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Background The full complement of DNA mutations that are responsible for the pathogenesis of acute myeloid leukemia (AML) is not yet known.
Methods We used massively parallel DNA sequencing to obtain a very high level of coverage (approximately 98%) of a primary, cytogenetically normal, de novo genome for AML with minimal maturation (AML-M1) and a matched normal skin genome.
Results We identified 12 acquired (somatic) mutations within the coding sequences of genes and 52 somatic point mutations in conserved or regulatory portions of the genome. All mutations appeared to be heterozygous and present in nearly all cells in the tumor sample. Four of the 64 mutations occurred in at least 1 additional AML sample in 188 samples that were tested. Mutations in NRAS and NPM1 had been identified previously in patients with AML, but two other mutations had not been identified. One of these mutations, in the IDH1 gene, was present in 15 of 187 additional AML genomes tested and was strongly associated with normal cytogenetic status; it was present in 13 of 80 cytogenetically normal samples (16%). The other was a nongenic mutation in a genomic region with regulatory potential and conservation in higher mammals; we detected it in one additional AML tumor. The AML genome that we sequenced contains approximately 750 point mutations, of which only a small fraction are likely to be relevant to pathogenesis.
Conclusions By comparing the sequences of tumor and skin genomes of a patient with AML-M1, we have identified recurring mutations that may be relevant for pathogenesis.
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From the Departments of Genetics (E.R.M., L.D., V.J.M., R.K.W., T.J.L.), Medicine (R.E.R., P.W., M.H.T., S.H., W.D.S., D.C.L., M.J.W., T.A.G., J.F.D., T.J.L.), and Pathology and Immunology (J.E.P., M.A.W., R.N.); the Genome Center (E.R.M., L.D., D.J.D., D.E.L., M.D.M., K.C., D.C.K., R.S.F., K.D.D., S.D.M., L.A.F., D.P.L., V.J.M., R.M.A., T.L.V., J.S. Reed, J.S. Robinson, T.W., S.M.S., L.C., J.M.E., C.C.H., J.W., J.B.P., F.D., A.F.D., G.E.S., A.M.B., E.C., J.F.M., R.J.M., J.K.S., C.S.P., J.W.W., X.S., L.L., H.S., Y.T., C.H., M.E.W., J.V.I., J.K., G.E., M.A.W., R.K.W., T.J.L.); Siteman Cancer Center (P.W., M.H.T., M.A.W., S.H., W.D.S., R.N., D.C.L., M.J.W., T.A.G., J.F.D., R.K.W., T.J.L.); and the Division of Biostatistics (J.B.) — all at Washington University, St. Louis.
This article (10.1056/NEJMoa0903840) was published on August 5, 2009, at NEJM.org.
Address reprint requests to Dr. Ley at Washington University, 660 S. Euclid Ave., Campus Box 8007, St. Louis, MO 63110, or at timley{at}wustl.edu.
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