Molecular classification of low-grade diffuse gliomas

Young Ho Kim, Sumihito Nobusawa, Michel Mittelbronn, Werner Paulus, Benjamin Brokinkel, Kathy Keyvani, Ulrich Sure, Karsten Wrede, Yoichi Nakazato, Yuko Tanaka, Anne Vital, Luigi Mariani, Robert Stawski, Takuya Watanabe, Umberto De Girolami, Paul Kleihues, Hiroko Ohgaki*

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Abstract

The current World Health Organization classification recognizes three histological types of grade II low-grade diffuse glioma (diffuse astrocytoma, oligoastrocytoma, and oligodendroglioma). However, the diagnostic criteria, in particular for oligoastrocytoma, are highly subjective. The aim of our study was to establish genetic profiles for diffuse gliomas and to estimate their predictive impact. In this study, we screened 360 World Health Organization grade II gliomas for mutations in the IDH1, IDH2, and TP53 genes and for 1p/19q loss and correlated these with clinical outcome. Most tumors (86%) were characterized genetically by TP53 mutation plus IDH1/2 mutation (32%), 1p/19q loss plus IDH1/2 mutation (37%), or IDH1/2 mutation only (17%). TP53 mutations only or 1p/19q loss only was rare (2 and 3%, respectively). The median survival of patients with TP53 mutation ± IDH1/2 mutation was significantly shorter than that of patients with 1p/19q loss ± IDH1/2 mutation (51.8 months vs. 58.7 months, respectively; P = 0.0037). Multivariate analysis with adjustment for age and treatment confirmed these results (P = 0.0087) and also revealed that TP53 mutation is a significant prognostic marker for shorter survival (P = 0.0005) and 1p/19q loss for longer survival (P = 0.0002), while IDH1/2 mutations are not prognostic (P = 0.8737). The molecular classification on the basis of IDH1/2 mutation, TP53 mutation, and 1p/19q loss has power similar to histological classification and avoids the ambiguity inherent to the diagnosis of oligoastrocytoma.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)2708-2714
Number of pages7
JournalAmerican Journal of Pathology
Volume177
Issue number6
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Dec 2010
Externally publishedYes

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