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@ARTICLE{Goschzik:306599,
author = {T. Goschzik and M. Yuan and E. Pfaff$^*$ and M. E. B.
Müller and M. Mynarek and E. Dörner and D. T. W. Jones$^*$
and S. M. Pfister$^*$ and S. Rutkowski and T. Pietsch},
title = {{R}ecurrent genetic alterations in epigenetically defined
pineoblastoma subtypes.},
journal = {Acta Neuropathologica Communications},
volume = {13},
number = {1},
issn = {2051-5960},
address = {London},
publisher = {Biomed Central},
reportid = {DKFZ-2025-02638},
pages = {241},
year = {2025},
abstract = {Previous studies have revealed four distinct epigenetic
consensus pineoblastoma (PB) subtypes. The aim of this study
was to confirm and further extend their respective genetic
underpinnings. Cytogenetics of 83 PB were analyzed by
high-resolution genome-wide molecular inversion probe
analysis and methylation profiling. Seventy-nine cases were
screened for mutations by next-generation DNA panel
sequencing and for 25 samples mRNA expression was analyzed
using NanoString. Additionally, 24 further pineal
parenchymal tumors were analyzed. Clinical data of 63
patients was available. Our cohort consisted of 48
PB-miRNA1, 19 PB-miRNA2, 8 PB-MYC/FOXR2, and 8 PB-RB1 cases.
PB-miRNA subtype tumors had characteristic alterations in
microRNA-processing genes; DICER1 mutations (n = 19/64) and
homozygous deletions of the DROSHA locus (n = 18/67) were
most abundant, followed by DROSHA mutations (n = 12/64).
Most frequent cytogenetic aberrations in PB-miRNA cases were
chromosome 7 gains (n = 31/67) and chromosome 14 losses (n =
26/67, including 5 cases with copy-neutral LOH). The latter
were significantly associated with DICER1 mutations (p <
0.001). OTX2 gain represented the most frequent alteration
that occurred in 37/83 PB of all subtypes. In the PB-miRNA
subtypes we identified cases with polyploid cytogenetics (n
= 16/67). In contrast to previous publications, we did not
find a difference in survival for the PB-miRNA subtypes,
whereas PB-MYC/FOXR2 and PB-RB1 in infants showed a worse
outcome. Epigenetically defined PB subtypes are
characterized by distinct genetic events. Frequent gains of
the oncogene OTX2 indicate a role in the pathogenesis of PB
independent of its subtype.},
keywords = {Humans / Pinealoma: genetics / Pinealoma: classification /
Pinealoma: pathology / Female / Male / Brain Neoplasms:
genetics / Brain Neoplasms: classification / Brain
Neoplasms: pathology / Child / Child, Preschool / Pineal
Gland: pathology / Adult / Ribonuclease III: genetics /
Adolescent / Epigenesis, Genetic: genetics / MicroRNAs:
genetics / Mutation: genetics / Young Adult / Middle Aged /
Infant / DEAD-box RNA Helicases: genetics / DNA Methylation
/ Otx Transcription Factors: genetics / DICER1 (Other) /
DROSHA (Other) / Epigenetic subtypes (Other) / PPTID (Other)
/ Pineoblastoma (Other) / Ribonuclease III (NLM Chemicals) /
MicroRNAs (NLM Chemicals) / DICER1 protein, human (NLM
Chemicals) / DEAD-box RNA Helicases (NLM Chemicals) / Otx
Transcription Factors (NLM Chemicals)},
cin = {B360 / B062 / HD01},
ddc = {610},
cid = {I:(DE-He78)B360-20160331 / I:(DE-He78)B062-20160331 /
I:(DE-He78)HD01-20160331},
pnm = {312 - Funktionelle und strukturelle Genomforschung
(POF4-312)},
pid = {G:(DE-HGF)POF4-312},
typ = {PUB:(DE-HGF)16},
pubmed = {pmid:41291966},
pmc = {pmc:PMC12648887},
doi = {10.1186/s40478-025-02140-7},
url = {https://inrepo02.dkfz.de/record/306599},
}