Abstract 2339: Prevalence of MET expression, activating mutations of KRAS and IDH1/2, and ROS1 fusions in cholangiocarcinoma patient tumor samples.
Authors: Thobe Megan N. , Yan S. Betty , Credille Kelly M. , Nasir Aejaz , Roseberry Baker Jessica A. , Lajiness Mary , Brooks Nathan A. , Ballard Darryl W. , Farley Donna M. , Peek Victoria L. , Um Suzane L. , Jin G. Jason , Gilmour Raymond , Reinhard Christoph , Graff Jeremy R. , Schade Andrew E. , Gruver Aaron M. , Colligan Bruce , Douglass Larry , Carter Julia , Walgren Richard A. 
Published: August 2014

Cholangiocarcinoma (CCA) originates from biliary tract epithelium and can be classified anatomically into intrahepatic or extrahepatic CCA. Although a relatively rare disease in the United States and Europe, the incidence of intrahepatic CCA is on the rise with unknown causes. CCA incidence is higher in Asia and the etiology is associated with infections such as liver fluke and hepatitis B/C. Prognosis at diagnosis is poor with median survival time of &lt; 1 year, and only 10-20% of patients are eligible for tumor resection at diagnosis. This study examined the prevalence of MET over-expression, activating single point mutations of KRAS and IDH1/2, and ROS1 gene fusions in ∼100 intrahepatic and extrahepatic CCA FFPE tumor tissues obtained from non-Asian (n=40) and Asian (n=60) patients. Immunohistochemistry performed with an anti-MET-specific antibody (A2) demonstrated that MET is expressed in the majority of all intrahepatic CCA samples analyzed, with ∼50% of samples reported with membranocytoplasmic scores of 2+ (moderate intensity) or 3+ (strong intensity) on a 0-3+ scale. Interestingly, most non-malignant bile ducts and much vascular endothelia also stained lightly positive for MET. To determine mutation frequencies of KRAS and IDH1/2, competitive allele-specific Taqman® PCR (castPCR) was performed on DNA extracted from FFPE CCA tissue (limit of mutation detection 0.1%). Fourteen KRAS activating mutations (G12S, G12R, G12A, G13C, G13S, G13R, G12D, G13D, G12V, G12C, Q61R, Q61L, Q61H (c.183A&gt;C and c.183A&gt;T for Q61H), 5 IDH1 mutations (R132G, R132S, R132H, R132C, R132L), and 5 IDH2 mutations (R172G, R172M, R172K, R172W, R172S) were analyzed. Overall, 25% of analyzed samples were positive for KRAS mutation, and G12D was the predominant mutation (∼60%). One-third of Asian samples were positive for KRAS mutation, whereas less than one-fifth of non-Asian samples contained KRAS mutations. For IDH1, the frequency of mutation was less than 10% overall, and the majority of patients with IDH1 mutations were non-Asian. The R132C mutation was the predominant IDH1 mutation, and all tissues that were positive for IDH1 mutations were of intrahepatic origin. Interestingly, 2 out of the 7 samples positive for IDH1 mutations (R132C) were also positive for G12D KRAS mutation. There is no trend of MET expression correlating with either KRAS or IDH1 mutations. IDH2 analyses by castPCR and FISH studies examining ROS1 gene fusion are ongoing. Based on these data, inhibitors of receptor tyrosine kinases and their signaling pathways such as MET and ROS1 may merit clinical evaluation in CCA patients. LY2801653, a MET inhibitor which also has inhibitory activity against ROS1 and MKNK1/2 is currently in phase 1 clinical testing in patients with advanced cancer (trial I3O-MC-JSBA, NCT01285037).

Citation Format: Megan N. Thobe, S. Betty Yan, Kelly M. Credille, Aejaz Nasir, Jessica A. Roseberry Baker, Mary Lajiness, Nathan A. Brooks, Darryl W. Ballard, Donna M. Farley, Victoria L. Peek, Suzane L. Um, G. Jason Jin, Raymond Gilmour, Christoph Reinhard, Jeremy R. Graff, Andrew E. Schade, Aaron M. Gruver, Bruce Colligan, Larry Douglass, Julia Carter, Richard A. Walgren. Prevalence of MET expression, activating mutations of KRAS and IDH1/2, and ROS1 fusions in cholangiocarcinoma patient tumor samples. [abstract]. In: Proceedings of the 104th Annual Meeting of the American Association for Cancer Research; 2013 Apr 6-10; Washington, DC. Philadelphia (PA): AACR; Cancer Res 2013;73(8 Suppl):Abstract nr 2339. doi:10.1158/1538-7445.AM2013-2339