FLT3 and NPM1 mutations in patients with Myeloid neoplasms
Background: Acute myeloid leukemia (AML) and myeloproliferative neoplasms (MPN) are the most common entities of myeloid neoplasms. In AML, among the most frequent genetic alterations that carries both diagnostic and prognostic values are mutations in Nucleophosmin 1 (NPM1) and FMS-like tyrosine ki...
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Kulliyyah of Allied Health Sciences, International Islamic University Malaysia
2021
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Summary: | Background: Acute myeloid leukemia (AML) and myeloproliferative neoplasms (MPN) are the most common
entities of myeloid neoplasms. In AML, among the most frequent genetic alterations that carries both diagnostic and
prognostic values are mutations in Nucleophosmin 1 (NPM1) and FMS-like tyrosine kinase 3 (FLT3) genes.
Nevertheless, their frequencies among AML patients in Kuantan, Pahang have not been studied. Additionally,
published literatures on both of these mutations in MPN are scarce although they have been shown to confer MPN
in animal model.
Purpose: This cross-sectional study therefore aimed to determine the proportion of FLT3-ITD, FLT3-D835 and NPM1
mutations among patients diagnosed with AML and MPN in Hospital Tengku Ampuan Afzan (HTAA) of Kuantan,
Pahang from the year 2016 to 2019.
Methodology: A total of 56 cases were studied, of which 43 cases were AML and 13 cases MPN. Molecular methods
based on polymerase chain reaction were employed for mutation detection, from the retrieved trephine biopsy tissue
blocks.
Result: Six of the 43 cases (14.0%) of AML were positive for FLT3-ITD and a similar proportion (6/43, 14.0%) were
also positive for NPM1 mutations. FLT3-D835 mutation was identified in three of the AML cases (7.0%) while
concurrent mutations of NPM1 and FLT3-ITD were seen in 2 cases (4.7%). Two of 13 (15.4%) MPN cases were positive
for FLT3-ITD. None of the MPNs cases were positive for either FLT-D835 or NPM1 mutations.
Conclusion: The frequency of FLT3 and NPM1 mutations in the AML cases in our study were relatively lower as
compared to other reports. The significance of FLT3-ITD mutation positivity found in our series of MPN remains to
be elucidated. |
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