Abstract:
Objective To determine the prognostic significance of a ten-eleven translocation-2 (TET2) mutation combined with a DNA methyltransferases 3A (DNMT3A) mutation or other concomitant mutations in patients with acute myeloid leukemia (AML) (non-M3).
Methods A total of 512 newly diagnosed AML (non-M3) patients who underwent next-generation sequencing of hematologic tumor-associated mutated gene exons were analyzed. Patient clinical characteristics, treatment efficacy, and patient survival were also analyzed.
Results A total of 110 patients were enrolled in this study. Sixty-four patients with TET2 mutations were selected as the research group, and 46 patients carrying single mutations in DNMT3A were included as a control group. The study included 50 males (45.5%) with a median age of 54 years (15-79 years). A single TET2 mutation was detected in 12.5% (64/512) of AML patients; 98.4% (63/64) of patients carried more than 2 mutated genes, with each patient having an average of 5.2 mutated genes. NPM1 (43.8%), DNMT3A (42.2%), FLT3-ITD/TKD (40.6%), CEBPA (26.6%), TTN (20.3%) were the genes most frequently co-mutated with TET2. The complete response (CR) rate of patients with TET2 and DNMT3A mutations was 46.2%, lower than that of patients with a TET2 mutation only (P=0.077), but not significantly different from that of patients with DNMT3A mutation only (P=0.952). The median overall survival (mOS) time of patients with TET2 and DNMT3A mutations was 9.5 months, significantly lower than that of patients with TET2 mutation only (P=0.002). No significant difference was detected in median relapse-free survival (mRFS) time among the three groups (P>0.05). In the context of a TET2 mutation, the CR rate of patients with a K/NRAS mutation was significantly lower than that of patients without a K/NRAS mutation (28.6% vs. 75.0%, P=0.030), and the mOS of patients with an FLT3-ITD mutation was significantly shorter than that of patients without an FLT3-ITD mutation (P=0.030). Multivariate analysis showed that age≥60 years, concomitant FLT3-ITD mutation, and failure to reach CR during induction therapy were independent risk factors for OS in AML patients carrying TET2 mutations, while DNMT3A mutations had no effect on OS in patients with TET2 mutations.
Conclusions TET2 mutations are common in AML patients and often accompanied by concomitant gene mutations. TET2 mutations and concomitant mutations affect AML patient prognosis. Gene mutation detection based on next-generation sequencing is of great significance for accurate stratification and precise treatment of AML patients.