Browsing by Author "Ojala, Teija"
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Dufva, Olli; Kankainen, Matti; Kelkka, Tiina; Sekiguchi, Nodoka; Awad, Shady; Eldfors, Samuli; Yadav, Bhagwan; Kuusanmäki, Heikki; Malani, Disha; Andersson, Emma; Pietarinen, Paavo; Saikko, Leena; Kovanen, Panu; Ojala, Teija; Lee, Dean; Loughran, Thomas; Nakazawa, Hideyuki; Suzumiya, Junji; Suzuki, Ritsuro; Ko, Young Hyeh; Kim, Won Seog; Chuang, Shih-Sung; Aittokallio, Tero; Chan, Wing; Ohshima, Koishi; Ishida, Fumihiro; Mustjoki, Satu (2019)Aggressive natural killer-cell (NK-cell) leukemia (ANKL) is an extremely aggressive malig- nancy with dismal prognosis and lack of targeted therapies. Here, we elucidate the molecular pathogenesis of ANKL using a combination of genomic and drug sensitivity profiling. We study 14 ANKL patients using whole-exome sequencing (WES) and identify mutations in STAT3 (21%) and RAS-MAPK pathway genes (21%) as well as in DDX3X (29%) and epi- genetic modifiers (50%). Additional alterations include JAK-STAT copy gains and tyrosine phosphatase mutations, which we show recurrent also in extranodal NK/T-cell lymphoma, nasal type (NKTCL) through integration of public genomic data. Drug sensitivity profiling further demonstrates the role of the JAK-STAT pathway in the pathogenesis of NK-cell malignancies, identifying NK cells to be highly sensitive to JAK and BCL2 inhibition compared to other hematopoietic cell lineages. Our results provide insight into ANKL genetics and a framework for application of targeted therapies in NK-cell malignancies.
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