Carcinogenesis, Teratogenesis & Mutagenesis ›› 2015, Vol. 27 ›› Issue (5): 361-365.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.1004-616x.2015.05.007

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TERT promoter mutation is a potential biomarker for predicting poor outcome in gliomas

HE Jie1,2, WAN Jinghai2, LI Xueji2, QIAN Haipeng2, MENG Xiaoli2, HAO Jiajie3, XU Xin3, WANG Mingrong3   

  1. 1. Department of Neurosurgery, the Second Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hefei 230601, Anhui;
    2. Department of Neurosurgery, Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing 100021;
    3. State Key Laboratory of Molecular Oncology, Cancer Institute & Hospital, Peking Union Medical College and Chinese Academy of Medical Science, Beijing 100021, China
  • Received:2015-05-08 Revised:2015-06-29 Online:2015-09-30 Published:2015-09-30

Abstract:

OBJECTIVE: To explore the correlation between TERT promoter mutations and clinicopathological features in patients with gliomas. METHODS:TERT promoter mutations were screened by direct DNA sequencing in a population-based collection of 78 glioma tissues. The correlation of TERT promoter mutations and the prognosis was analyzed. RESULTS:We identified TERT promoter mutations in 32.1% gliomas, including 28.0% in low grade tumors and 34.0% in high grade tumors. The mutations were much more common in oligoastrocytomas (57.1%) and glioblastomas (44.4%), while much less prevalent in astrocytomas (28.6%) and oligodendrogliomas(23.1%). Median overall survival of the patients harboring mutations in TERT promoter was longer than that without the mutations (P=0.001) in both low (P=0.019) and high grade gliomas (P=0.018). Multivariate analysis revealed TERT promoter mutations and no postoperative adjuvant therapy as significant prognostic factors for shorter survival (P=0.002, HR=3.486, 95%CI: 1.591-7.637;P=0.004, HR=0.331, 95%CI:0.156-0.699). CONCLUSION:TERT promoter mutations frequently occurred in gliomas, which was a prognostic factor of poor outcome for the patients with the same pathological grade gliomas.

Key words: gliomas, telomerase reverse transcriptase, promoter mutations, prognosis

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