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Somatic mutations in salivary duct carcinoma and potential therapeutic targets.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Salivary duct carcinomas (SDCa) are rare highly aggressive malignancies. Most patients die from distant metastatic disease within three years of diagnosis. There are limited therapeutic options for disseminated disease.

Results

11 cases showed androgen receptor expression and 6 cases showed HER2 amplification. 6 Somatic mutations with additional available targeted therapies were identified: EGFR (p.G721A: Gefitinib), PDGFRA (p.H845Y: Imatinib and Crenolanib), PIK3CA (p.H1047R: Everolimus), ERBB2 (p.V842I: Lapatinib), HRAS (p.Q61R: Selumetinib) and KIT (p.T670I: Sorafenib). Furthermore, alterations in PTEN, PIK3CA and HRAS that alter response to androgen deprivation therapy and HER2 inhibition were also seen.

Materials and methods

Somatic mutation analysis was performed on DNA extracted from 15 archival cases of SDCa using the targeted Illumina TruSeq Amplicon Cancer Panel. Potential targetable genetic alterations were identified using extensive literature and international somatic mutation database (COSMIC, KEGG) search. Immunohistochemistry for androgen receptor and immunohistochemistry and fluorescent in situ hybridization for HER2 were also performed.

Conclusions

SDCa show multiple somatic mutations, some that are amenable to pharmacologic manipulation and others that confer resistance to treatments currently under investigation. These findings emphasize the need to develop testing and treatment strategies for SDCa.

SUBMITTER: Khoo TK

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5652672 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Somatic mutations in salivary duct carcinoma and potential therapeutic targets.

Khoo Timothy K TK Yu Bing B Smith Joel A JA Clarke Angus J AJ Luk Peter P PP Selinger Christina I CI Mahon Kate L KL Kraitsek Spiridoula S Palme Carsten C Boyer Michael J MJ Dinger Marcel E ME Cowley Mark J MJ O'Toole Sandra A SA Clark Jonathan R JR Gupta Ruta R

Oncotarget 20170525 44

<h4>Background</h4>Salivary duct carcinomas (SDCa) are rare highly aggressive malignancies. Most patients die from distant metastatic disease within three years of diagnosis. There are limited therapeutic options for disseminated disease.<h4>Results</h4>11 cases showed androgen receptor expression and 6 cases showed HER2 amplification. 6 Somatic mutations with additional available targeted therapies were identified: <i>EGFR</i> (p.G721A: Gefitinib), <i>PDGFRA</i> (p.H845Y: Imatinib and Crenolani ...[more]

PMID: 29100278

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Somatic mutations in salivary duct carcinoma and potential therapeutic targets.

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Somatic mutations in salivary duct carcinoma and potential therapeutic targets.

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