Missense mutations located in structural p53 DNA-binding motifs are associated with extremely poor survival in Chronic lymphocytic leukemia

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TRBUŠEK Martin ŠMARDOVÁ Jana MALČÍKOVÁ Jitka ŠEBEJOVÁ Ludmila DOBEŠ Petr SVITÁKOVÁ Miluše VRANOVÁ Vladimíra MRÁZ Marek SKUHROVÁ FRANCOVÁ Hana DOUBEK Michael BRYCHTOVÁ Yvona KUGLÍK Petr POSPÍŠILOVÁ Šárka MAYER Jiří

Year of publication 2011
Type Article in Periodical
Magazine / Source Journal of Clinical Oncology
MU Faculty or unit

Central European Institute of Technology

Citation
Web http://jco.ascopubs.org/content/29/19/2703
Doi http://dx.doi.org/10.1200/JCO.2011.34.7872
Field Oncology and hematology
Keywords CLL; TP53; DNA-binding motifs; survival
Description Purpose There is a distinct connection between TP53 defects and poor prognosis in chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL). It remains unclear whether patients harboring TP53 mutations represent a homogenous prognostic group. Patients and Methods We evaluated the survival of patients with CLL and p53 defects identified at our institution by p53 yeast functional assay and complementary interphase fluorescence in situ hybridization analysis detecting del(17p) from 2003 to 2010. Results A defect of the TP53 gene was identified in 100 of 550 patients. p53 mutations were strongly associated with the deletion of 17p and the unmutated IgVH locus (both P .001). Survival assessed from the time of abnormality detection was significantly reduced in patients with both missense (P .001) and nonmissense p53 mutations (P .004). In addition, patients harboring missense mutation located in p53 DNA-binding motifs (DBMs), structurally well-defined parts of the DNA-binding domain, manifested a clearly shorter median survival (12 months) compared with patients having missense mutations outside DBMs (41 months; P .002) or nonmissense alterations (36 months; P .005). The difference in survival was similar in the analysis limited to patients harboring mutation accompanied by del(17p) and was also confirmed in a subgroup harboring TP53 defect at diagnosis. The patients with p53 DBMs mutation (at diagnosis) also manifested a short median time to first therapy (TTFT; 1 month). Conclusion The substantially worse survival and the short TTFT suggest a strong mutated p53 gain-of-function phenotype in patients with CLL with DBMs mutations. The impact of p53 DBMs mutations on prognosis and response to therapy should be analyzed in investigative clinical trials.
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