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PMID | (26032424) | ||||||||||||
Authors | Maxson JE, Davare MA, Luty SB, Eide CA, Chang BH, Loriaux MM, Tognon CE, Bottomly D, Wilmot B, McWeeney SK, Druker BJ, Tyner JW | ||||||||||||
Title | Therapeutically Targetable ALK Mutations in Leukemia. | ||||||||||||
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Abstract Text | Genome sequencing is revealing a vast mutational landscape in leukemia, offering new opportunities for treatment with targeted therapy. Here, we identify two patients with acute myelogenous leukemia and B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia whose tumors harbor point mutations in the ALK kinase. The mutations reside in the extracellular domain of ALK and are potently transforming in cytokine-independent cellular assays and primary mouse bone marrow colony formation studies. Strikingly, both mutations conferred sensitivity to ALK kinase inhibitors, including the FDA-approved drug crizotinib. On the basis of our results, we propose that tumors harboring ALK mutations may be therapeutically tractable for personalized treatment of certain aggressive leukemias with ALK inhibitors. |