Table 3.

Genetic insights into targeted therapy




Potential therapy
Signal transduction pathways  
    Mutation   
        FLT3  
            Activation loop*  Small molecule FLT3 inhibitors  
            ITD  Small molecule FLT3 inhibitors  
        RAS  Farnesyl transferase inhibitors  
        PTPN11 (SHP2)§  —  
        BCR-ABL§  Imatinib mesylate  
        TEL-PDGFβR§  Imatinib mesylate  
        ZNF198-FGFR1§  Small molecule FGFR inhibitors  
    Downstream effectors  
        mTOR  Rapamycin  
        MEK  Small molecule inhibitors  
        P13/AKT  Small molecule inhibitors  
Differentiation pathways: mutation  
    PML-RARα   ATRA, arsenic  
    Core binding factor   
        RUNX1-ETO  HDAC inhibitors  
        CBFβ-MYH11   HDAC inhibitors  
    MLL fusions   HDAC inhibitors/differentiating agents  
    Coactivator fusions   HDAC inhibitors/differentiating agents  
        MLL-CBP, MOZ-TIF2, RUNX1, GATA-1, CEBPA, PU.1  Differentiating agents  
Self-renewal pathway/gene  
    WNT/β-catenin   Unknown  
    Notch   Unknown  
    BMI-1  Unknown  
    HOX genes
 
Unknown
 



Potential therapy
Signal transduction pathways  
    Mutation   
        FLT3  
            Activation loop*  Small molecule FLT3 inhibitors  
            ITD  Small molecule FLT3 inhibitors  
        RAS  Farnesyl transferase inhibitors  
        PTPN11 (SHP2)§  —  
        BCR-ABL§  Imatinib mesylate  
        TEL-PDGFβR§  Imatinib mesylate  
        ZNF198-FGFR1§  Small molecule FGFR inhibitors  
    Downstream effectors  
        mTOR  Rapamycin  
        MEK  Small molecule inhibitors  
        P13/AKT  Small molecule inhibitors  
Differentiation pathways: mutation  
    PML-RARα   ATRA, arsenic  
    Core binding factor   
        RUNX1-ETO  HDAC inhibitors  
        CBFβ-MYH11   HDAC inhibitors  
    MLL fusions   HDAC inhibitors/differentiating agents  
    Coactivator fusions   HDAC inhibitors/differentiating agents  
        MLL-CBP, MOZ-TIF2, RUNX1, GATA-1, CEBPA, PU.1  Differentiating agents  
Self-renewal pathway/gene  
    WNT/β-catenin   Unknown  
    Notch   Unknown  
    BMI-1  Unknown  
    HOX genes
 
Unknown
 

ITD indicates internal tandem duplication; RAS, retinoic acid syndrome; PTPN11, protein tyrosine phosphatase, nonreceptor type 11; SHP2, Src homology 2 phosphatase 2; BCR-ABL, breakpoint cluster region-Abelson; TEL-PDGFβR, telomere elongation-platelet-derived growth factor β receptor; ZNF198-FGFR1, zinc finger protein 198-fibroblast growth factor receptor 1; mTOR, mammalian target of rapamycin; MEK, mitogen-activated protein kinase kinase; PI3/AKT, phosphatidylinositol 3/protein kinase B; RUNX1-ETO, runt-related transcription factor 1-eight-twenty-one; HDAC, histone deacetylase; CBFβ-MYH11, core-binding factor β-myosin, heavy polypeptide 11; MLL, mixed lineage leukemia; CREB (cAMP [cyclic adenosine monophosphate] response element-binding protein)-binding protein; MOZ-TIF2, monocytic leukemia zinc finger protein-translational initiation factor 2; GATA-1, GATA binding protein 1; C/EBPA, CCAAT/enhancer binding protein α; WNT, Wingless-type.

*

Occurrence is ∼ 5%-10%.

Occurrence is ∼ 20%-25%.

Occurrence is ∼ 10%-15%.

§

Occurrence is rare.

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