Hürthle cell carcinomas (HCC) are rare differentiated thyroid cancers that display low avidity for radioactive iodine and respond poorly to kinase inhibitors. Here, using next-generation sequencing, we analyzed the mutational status of primary tissue and poorly differentiated metastatic tissue from two HCC patients. In both cases, metastatic tissues harbored a mutation of SETD2, each resulting in loss of the SRI and WW domains of SETD2, a methyltransferase that trimethylates H3K36 (H3K36me3) and also interacts with p53 to promote its stability. Functional studies of the novel p.D1890fs6* mutation (case 1) revealed significantly reduced H3K36me3 levels in SETD2-mutated tissue and primary cell cultures and decreased levels of the active form of p53. Restoration of SETD2-wildtype expression in the SETD2-mutant cells significantly reduced the expression of four well-known stemness markers (OCT-4, SOX2, IPF1, Goosecoid). These findings suggest potential roles for SETD2 loss-of-function mutations in HCC progression, possibly involving p53 destabilization and promotion of stemness. Their prevalence and potential treatment implications in thyroid cancer, especially HCC, require further study.

Loss of function SETD2 mutations in poorly differentiated metastases from two Hürthle cell carcinomas of the thyroid / Pecce, Valeria; Verrienti, Antonella; Abballe, Luana; Carletti, Raffaella; Grani, Giorgio; Falcone, Rosa; Ramundo, Valeria; Durante, Cosimo; Di Gioia, Cira; Russo, Diego; Filetti, Sebastiano; Sponziello, Marialuisa. - In: CANCERS. - ISSN 2072-6694. - 12:7(2020). [10.3390/cancers12071892]

Loss of function SETD2 mutations in poorly differentiated metastases from two Hürthle cell carcinomas of the thyroid

Pecce, Valeria
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Verrienti, Antonella
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Abballe, Luana;Carletti, Raffaella;Grani, Giorgio;Falcone, Rosa;Ramundo, Valeria;Durante, Cosimo;Di Gioia, Cira;Filetti, Sebastiano
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Sponziello, Marialuisa
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2020

Abstract

Hürthle cell carcinomas (HCC) are rare differentiated thyroid cancers that display low avidity for radioactive iodine and respond poorly to kinase inhibitors. Here, using next-generation sequencing, we analyzed the mutational status of primary tissue and poorly differentiated metastatic tissue from two HCC patients. In both cases, metastatic tissues harbored a mutation of SETD2, each resulting in loss of the SRI and WW domains of SETD2, a methyltransferase that trimethylates H3K36 (H3K36me3) and also interacts with p53 to promote its stability. Functional studies of the novel p.D1890fs6* mutation (case 1) revealed significantly reduced H3K36me3 levels in SETD2-mutated tissue and primary cell cultures and decreased levels of the active form of p53. Restoration of SETD2-wildtype expression in the SETD2-mutant cells significantly reduced the expression of four well-known stemness markers (OCT-4, SOX2, IPF1, Goosecoid). These findings suggest potential roles for SETD2 loss-of-function mutations in HCC progression, possibly involving p53 destabilization and promotion of stemness. Their prevalence and potential treatment implications in thyroid cancer, especially HCC, require further study.
2020
Hürthle cell carcinoma; SETD2 loss-of-function mutations; poorly differentiated thyroid cancer
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Loss of function SETD2 mutations in poorly differentiated metastases from two Hürthle cell carcinomas of the thyroid / Pecce, Valeria; Verrienti, Antonella; Abballe, Luana; Carletti, Raffaella; Grani, Giorgio; Falcone, Rosa; Ramundo, Valeria; Durante, Cosimo; Di Gioia, Cira; Russo, Diego; Filetti, Sebastiano; Sponziello, Marialuisa. - In: CANCERS. - ISSN 2072-6694. - 12:7(2020). [10.3390/cancers12071892]
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