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Prognostic significance of RET and NTRK1 rearrangements in sporadic papillary thyroid carcinoma.
Surgery 2000 December
BACKGROUND: The expression of RET/PTC chimeras was demonstrated in 10% to 20% of sporadic papillary thyroid carcinomas (PTCs), whereas rearrangements of NTRK1 were detected less frequently. Some investigators have hypothesized that RET/PTC activation is preferentially associated with slow-growing tumors of low malignancy in elderly patients; other studies support the contrary.
METHODS: Expression analysis of RET and NTRK1 was performed by duplex reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction in tumor tissues from 119 patients with PTC. Samples with suspected rearrangements were further analyzed for the expression of the hybrid messenger RNAs RET/PTC 1 to RET/PTC 7 and for known NTRK1 chimeras, respectively.
RESULTS: Seventeen of 119 tumors (14.3%) revealed somatic rearrangements of RET; NTRK1-derived hybrids were demonstrated in 15 cases (12.6%). In patients with RET/PTC chimeras, a statistically not significant tendency towards younger age, lower recurrence rate, and improved survival was observed, despite increased incidence of lymph node metastasis. Cumulative survival analysis of NTRK1 rearrangement-positive individuals demonstrated a worse outcome when compared with patients with expression of RET hybrids (P =.055).
CONCLUSIONS: The high incidence of yet uncharacterized NTRK1 hybrid mRNAs in our patient cohort leads to the speculation that activating chromosomal rearrangements of several tyrosine kinase receptors may be a common feature of PTCs and that the expression of distinct chimeras may potentially be of prognostic significance.
METHODS: Expression analysis of RET and NTRK1 was performed by duplex reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction in tumor tissues from 119 patients with PTC. Samples with suspected rearrangements were further analyzed for the expression of the hybrid messenger RNAs RET/PTC 1 to RET/PTC 7 and for known NTRK1 chimeras, respectively.
RESULTS: Seventeen of 119 tumors (14.3%) revealed somatic rearrangements of RET; NTRK1-derived hybrids were demonstrated in 15 cases (12.6%). In patients with RET/PTC chimeras, a statistically not significant tendency towards younger age, lower recurrence rate, and improved survival was observed, despite increased incidence of lymph node metastasis. Cumulative survival analysis of NTRK1 rearrangement-positive individuals demonstrated a worse outcome when compared with patients with expression of RET hybrids (P =.055).
CONCLUSIONS: The high incidence of yet uncharacterized NTRK1 hybrid mRNAs in our patient cohort leads to the speculation that activating chromosomal rearrangements of several tyrosine kinase receptors may be a common feature of PTCs and that the expression of distinct chimeras may potentially be of prognostic significance.
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