PIK3CA Mutational Analysis of Parathyroid Adenomas

Aaliyah Riccardi, Carolina Lemos, Ryan Ramos, Justin Bellizzi, Kourosh Parham, Taylor C. Brown, Reju Korah, Tobias Carling, Jessica Costa-Guda, Andrew Arnold

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Abstract

Benign parathyroid adenoma is the most common cause of primary hyperparathyroidism, whereas malignant parathyroid carcinoma is exceedingly rare. Distinguishing parathyroid carcinoma from benign adenoma is often difficult, and may be considerably delayed even after surgical resection until the rigorous diagnostic criteria of local invasion of surrounding tissues and/or distant metastases are fulfilled. Thus, new insights into their respective molecular bases may potentially aid in earlier diagnostic discrimination between the two, as well as informing new directions for treatment. In two recent studies, gain-of-function mutations in PIK3CA, a recognized driver oncogene in many human malignancies, have been newly identified in parathyroid carcinoma. To assess the potential specificity for malignant, as opposed to benign parathyroid disease, of PIK3CA hotspot mutations, we PCR-amplified and Sanger sequenced codons 111, 542/545, and 1047 and the immediate flanking regions in genomic DNA from 391 typical, sporadic parathyroid adenomas. Four parathyroid adenomas (1%) had subclonal, somatic, heterozygous, activating PIK3CA mutations. The rarity of PIK3CA activating mutations in benign parathyroid adenomas suggests that tumorigenic activation of PIK3CA is strongly associated with malignant parathyroid neoplasia. However, it does not appear that such mutations, at least in isolation, can be relied upon for definitive molecular diagnosis of parathyroid carcinoma.

Original languageEnglish
Article numbere10360
JournalJBMR Plus
Volume4
Issue number6
DOIs
StatePublished - Jun 1 2020

Keywords

  • CANCER
  • DISORDERS OF CALCIUM/PHOSPHATE METABOLISM
  • PARATHYROID-RELATED DISORDERS

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