Genetic landscape and prognosis of conjunctival melanoma in Chinese patients,British Journal of Ophthalmology

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Genetic landscape and prognosis of conjunctival melanoma in Chinese patients
British Journal of Ophthalmology ( IF 3.7 ) Pub Date : 2024-09-01 , DOI: 10.1136/bjo-2023-324306
Hanhan Shi _{1,

2} , Hao Tian _{1,

2} , Tianyu Zhu _{1,

2} , Jie Chen _{1,

2} , Shichong Jia ₃ , Chunyan Zong _{1,

2} , Qili Liao _{1,

2} , Jing Ruan _{1,

2} , Shengfang Ge _{1,

2} , Yamin Rao ₄ , Mei Dong ₅ , Renbing Jia _{1,

2} , Yimin Li _{2,

6} , Shiqiong Xu _{2,

6} , Xianqun Fan _{2,

6}

Affiliation

Aims Conjunctival melanoma (CoM) is a rare but highly lethal ocular melanoma and there is limited understanding of its genetic background. To update the genetic landscape of CoM, whole-exome sequencing (WES) and targeted next-generation sequencing (NGS) were performed. Methods Among 30 patients who were diagnosed and treated at Shanghai Ninth People’s Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, from January 2018 to January 2023, WES was performed on 16 patients, while targeted NGS was conducted on 14 patients. Samples were analysed to identify the mutated genes, and the potential predictive factors for progression-free survival were evaluated. Furthermore, the expression of the mutated gene was detected and validated in a 30-patient cohort by immunofluorescence. Results Mutations were verified in classic genes, such as BRAF (n=9), NRAS (n=5) and NF1 (n=6). Mutated FAT4 and BRAF were associated with an increased risk for the progression of CoM. Moreover, decreased expression of FAT4 was detected in CoM patients with a worse prognosis. Conclusions The molecular landscape of CoM in Chinese patients was updated with new findings. A relatively high frequency of mutated FAT4 was determined in Chinese CoM patients, and decreased expression of FAT4 was found in patients with worse prognoses. In addition, both BRAF mutations and FAT4 mutations could serve as predictive factors for CoM patients. Data are available on reasonable request.

更新日期：2024-08-22

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