Circulating oncometabolite 2-hydroxyglutarate is a potential surrogate biomarker in patients with isocitrate dehydrogenase-mutant intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma
Menée initialement à partir d'échantillons sanguins prélevés sur 31 patients atteints d'un cholangiocarcinome intrahépatique, puis validée sur une cohorte complémentaire de 38 patients, cette étude suggère que la mesure de la concentration sérique de l'oncométabolite 2HG est associée à la présence de mutations des gènes IDH1/2 et au volume tumoral
Purpose: Mutations in the IDH1 and IDH2 (IDH1/2) genes occur in ~20% of intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma (ICC) and lead to accumulation of 2-hydroxyglutarate (2HG) in the tumor tissue. However, it remains unknown whether IDH1/2 mutations can lead to high levels of 2HG circulating in the blood and whether serum 2HG can be used as a biomarker for IDH1/2 mutational status and tumor burden in ICC.
Experimental Design: We initially measured serum 2HG concentration in blood samples collected from 31 ICC patients in a Screening cohort. Findings were validated across 38 resected ICC patients from a second cohort with tumor volume measures. Circulating levels of 2HG were evaluated relative to IDH1/2 mutational status, tumor burden and a number of clinical variables.
Results: Circulating levels of 2HG in the Screening cohort were significantly elevated in patients with IDH1/2-mutant (median 478 ng/ml) versus IDH1/2-wild-type (median 118 ng/ml) tumors (p<0.001). This significance was maintained in the Validation cohort (343 ng/ml vs 55 ng/ml, p<0.0001) and levels of 2HG directly correlated with tumor burden in IDH1/2-mutant cases (p<0.05). Serum 2HG levels >170 ng/ml could predict the presence of an IDH1/2 mutation with a sensitivity of 83% and a specificity of 90%. No differences were noted between the allelic variants IDH1 or IDH2 in regards to the levels of circulating 2HG.
Conclusions: This study indicates that circulating 2HG may be a surrogate biomarker of IDH1 or IDH2 mutation status in ICC and that circulating 2HG levels may correlate directly with tumor burden.
Clinical Cancer Research , résumé, 2014