Novel androgen receptor splice variant 7 in gynecologic tumors Journal Article
| Authors: | Wang, L.; Vasudevaraja, V.; Tran, I.; Sukhadia, P.; Reuter, V. E.; Abu-Rustum, N. R.; Rubinstein, M. M.; Gopalan, A.; Ross, D.; Snuderl, M.; Chiang, S. |
| Article Title: | Novel androgen receptor splice variant 7 in gynecologic tumors |
| Abstract: | Androgen receptor splicing variant 7 (AR-V7) is a truncated variant of the AR mRNA that may be a predictive biomarker for AR-targeted therapy. AR-V7 has been described in prostate, breast, salivary duct, and hepatocellular carcinomas as well as mammary and extra-mammary Paget disease. We report 2 gynecologic cancers occurring in the lower uterine segment and ovary and both harboring AR-V7 by targeted RNA sequencing. The uterine tumor was an undifferentiated carcinoma consisting of epithelioid cells and focally spindled cells arranged in sheets, nests, and cords associated with brisk mitotic activity and tumor necrosis. The ovarian tumor consisted of glands with cribriform and solid architecture and uniform cytologic atypia. ER and PR were positive in the ovarian tumor and negative in the uterine tumor. Both were positive for AR and negative for HER2, GATA3, and NKX3.1. DNA methylation profiling showed epigenetic similarity of the AR-V7-positive gynecologic cancers to AR-V7-positive breast cancers rather than to prostate cancers. AR-V7 may underpin rare gynecologic carcinomas with undifferentiated histology or cribriform growth reminiscent of prostatic adenocarcinoma and breast invasive ductal carcinoma. |
| Keywords: | undifferentiated carcinoma; androgen receptor; ovarian carcinoma; expression; ar-v7 |
| Journal Title: | International Journal of Gynecological Pathology |
| Volume: | 44 |
| Issue: | 1 |
| ISSN: | 0277-1691 |
| Publisher: | Lippincott Williams & Wilkins |
| Date Published: | 2025-01-01 |
| Start Page: | 88 |
| End Page: | 93 |
| Language: | English |
| ACCESSION: | WOS:001375628600003 |
| DOI: | 10.1097/pgp.0000000000001029 |
| PROVIDER: | wos |
| PUBMED: | 38833720 |
| Notes: | The MSK Cancer Center Support Grant (P30 CA008748) is acknowledge in the PDF -- Corresponding authors is MSK authors: Sarah Chiang -- Source: Wos |
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