Atypical Teratoid/Rhabdoid Tumor (AT/RT) Arising From Ependymoma: A Type of AT/RT Secondarily Developing From Other Primary Central Nervous System Tumors

J Neuropathol Exp Neurol. 2016 Feb;75(2):167-74. doi: 10.1093/jnen/nlv017.

Abstract

Atypical teratoid/rhabdoid tumors (AT/RT) are rare, aggressive, embryonal brain tumors that occur most frequently in very young children; they are characterized by rhabdoid cells and loss of INI1 protein nuclear expression. Here, we report the case of a 24-year-old man with a left frontal lobe tumor that was composed mainly of rhabdoid cells showing loss of INI1 nuclear reactivity and polyphenotypic immunohistochemical expression, with a small INI1-positive component of ependymoma. Array comparative genomic hybridization separately conducted for each histologically distinct component revealed 22 shared identical copy number alterations, including loss of heterozygosity of chromosome 22q containing the INI1 locus. Furthermore, we found the C11orf95-RELA fusion gene, the genetic hallmark of supratentorial ependymomas, not only in the ependymoma component but also in the AT/RT component by fluorescence in situ hybridization analysis, suggesting that the AT/RT cells secondarily progressed from the preexisting ependymoma cells. A second genetic inactivating event in the INI1 gene was not detected in the AT/RT component. There are several reported cases of AT/RT (or INI1-negative rhabdoid tumors) arising in the setting of other primary brain tumors (gangliogliomas, pleomorphic xanthoastrocytomas, and high-grade gliomas), but the present case

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Central Nervous System Neoplasms / metabolism
  • Central Nervous System Neoplasms / pathology*
  • Chromosomal Proteins, Non-Histone / biosynthesis
  • Chromosomal Proteins, Non-Histone / genetics
  • DNA Copy Number Variations
  • DNA, Neoplasm / biosynthesis
  • DNA, Neoplasm / genetics
  • DNA-Binding Proteins / biosynthesis
  • DNA-Binding Proteins / genetics
  • Ependymoma / pathology*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Proteins / genetics
  • Proto-Oncogene Proteins B-raf / biosynthesis
  • Proto-Oncogene Proteins B-raf / genetics
  • Rhabdoid Tumor / metabolism
  • Rhabdoid Tumor / pathology*
  • SMARCB1 Protein
  • Supratentorial Neoplasms / genetics
  • Supratentorial Neoplasms / metabolism
  • Supratentorial Neoplasms / pathology
  • Teratoma / metabolism
  • Teratoma / pathology*
  • Transcription Factors / biosynthesis
  • Transcription Factors / genetics
  • Young Adult

Substances

  • C11orf95 protein, human
  • Chromosomal Proteins, Non-Histone
  • DNA, Neoplasm
  • DNA-Binding Proteins
  • Proteins
  • SMARCB1 Protein
  • SMARCB1 protein, human
  • Transcription Factors
  • BRAF protein, human
  • Proto-Oncogene Proteins B-raf