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ArticleNature communications2025

The genomic landscape of relapsed infant and childhood KMT2A-rearranged acute leukemia.

Louise Ahlgren, Mattias Pilheden, Helena Sturesson, Guangchun Song, Michael P Walsh, Minjun Yang, Maud Maillard, Huanbin Zhao, Zhongshan Cheng, Varsha Singh and 19 more

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3 · Its place in the literature

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

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29 authors.

Louise AhlgrenDivision of Clinical Genetics, Department of Laboratory Medicine, Lund University, Lund, Sweden.
Mattias PilhedenDivision of Clinical Genetics, Department of Laboratory Medicine, Lund University, Lund, Sweden.
Helena SturessonDivision of Clinical Genetics, Department of Laboratory Medicine, Lund University, Lund, Sweden.
Guangchun SongDepartment of Pathology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, USA.
Michael P WalshDepartment of Pathology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, USA.
Minjun YangDivision of Clinical Genetics, Department of Laboratory Medicine, Lund University, Lund, Sweden.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3324-1498
Maud MaillardDepartment of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, St Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, USA.
Huanbin ZhaoDepartment of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, St Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0001-4418-6770
Zhongshan ChengCenter for Applied Bioinformatics, St Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, USA.
Varsha SinghDivision of Clinical Genetics, Department of Laboratory Medicine, Lund University, Lund, Sweden.
Anders CastorChildhood Cancer Center, Skåne University Hospital, Lund, Sweden.
Cornelis Jan PronkChildhood Cancer Center, Skåne University Hospital, Lund, Sweden.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0073-9660
Hanne Vibeke MarquartDepartment of Clinical Immunology, National University Hospital, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9740-6522
Birgitte LausenDepartment of Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Rigshospitalet, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5306-0774
Pauline SchneiderPrincess Máxima Center for Pediatric Oncology, Utrecht, The Netherlands.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0162-9436
Gisela BarbanyDepartment of Molecular Medicine and Surgery, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3185-2962
Katja Pokrovskaja TammDepartment of Oncology and Pathology, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6359-1256
Jonas AbrahamssonDepartment of Pediatrics, Institution for Clinical Sciences, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden.
Olli LohiTampere Center for Child, Adolescent and Maternal Health Research, Faculty of Medicine and Health Technology, Tampere University, and Tays Cancer Center, Tampere University Hospital, Tampere, Finland.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9195-0797
Linda FogelstrandRegion Västra Götaland, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Department of Clinical Chemistry, Gothenburg, Sweden.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3698-8519
Pablo MenendezJosep Carreras Leukemia Research Institute and School of Medicine, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain.
Rob PietersPrincess Máxima Center for Pediatric Oncology, Utrecht, The Netherlands.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2997-3570
Jinghui ZhangDepartment of Computational Biology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3350-9682
Karin Lindkvist-PeterssonDepartment of Experimental Medical Science, Medical Structural Biology, Lund University, Lund, Sweden.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5209-3160
Jun J YangDepartment of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, St Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0770-9659
Tanja A GruberDepartment of Pediatrics, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1072-7257
Ronald W StamPrincess Máxima Center for Pediatric Oncology, Utrecht, The Netherlands.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4986-1656
Jing MaDepartment of Pathology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, USA.
Anna K Hagström-AnderssonDivision of Clinical Genetics, Department of Laboratory Medicine, Lund University, Lund, Sweden. Anna.Hagstrom@med.lu.se.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2904-1311

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

To study the mechanisms of relapse in KMT2A-rearranged (KMT2A-r) acute lymphoblastic (ALL) and acute myeloid leukemia (AML), we performed whole-genome and exome sequencing of infants and children with relapsed ALL/AML (n = 36), and longitudinal deep-sequencing of 257 samples in 30 patients. Somatic alterations in drug-response genes, most commonly in TP53 and IKZF1 (64%), were highly enriched in early relapse ALL (79%, 9-36 months after diagnosis), but rare in very early relapse ALL (<9 months, 9%). A marked chemotherapy-exposure signature was detected for mutations in early relapse ALL but not in very early ALL or AML relapse, in line with different mechanisms of relapse. Longitudinal analyses could track residual leukemia cells, clonal drug responses, and the upcoming relapse. These results highlight that KMT2A-r ALL and AML evade therapy differently and provide insights into the mechanisms of relapse in this highly lethal form of pediatric acute leukemia.

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Gene RearrangementHistone-Lysine N-MethyltransferaseLeukemia, Myeloid, AcuteMyeloid-Lymphoid Leukemia ProteinPrecursor Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-LymphomaAdolescentChildChild, PreschoolExome SequencingFemaleGenomicsHumansIkaros Transcription FactorInfantMaleMutationHistone-Lysine N-MethyltransferaseIkaros Transcription FactorIKZF1 protein, humanKMT2A protein, humanMyeloid-Lymphoid Leukemia ProteinTP53 protein, humanTumor Suppressor Protein p53

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