Nature Communications (Feb 2018)

A recurrent kinase domain mutation in PRKCA defines chordoid glioma of the third ventricle

  • Benjamin Goode,
  • Gourish Mondal,
  • Michael Hyun,
  • Diego Garrido Ruiz,
  • Yu-Hsiu Lin,
  • Jessica Van Ziffle,
  • Nancy M. Joseph,
  • Courtney Onodera,
  • Eric Talevich,
  • James P. Grenert,
  • Iman H. Hewedi,
  • Matija Snuderl,
  • Daniel J. Brat,
  • Bette K. Kleinschmidt-DeMasters,
  • Fausto J. Rodriguez,
  • David N. Louis,
  • William H. Yong,
  • M. Beatriz Lopes,
  • Marc K. Rosenblum,
  • Nicholas Butowski,
  • Tarik Tihan,
  • Andrew W. Bollen,
  • Joanna J. Phillips,
  • Arun P. Wiita,
  • Iwei Yeh,
  • Matthew P. Jacobson,
  • Boris C. Bastian,
  • Arie Perry,
  • David A. Solomon

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-02826-8
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 9, no. 1
pp. 1 – 8

Abstract

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Chordoid glioma is a rare low-grade brain tumor that originates from the anterior wall of the third ventricle where surgical resection is challenging; the clinical outcome of patients after subtotal resection or disease recurrence is poor. Here the authors identify a recurrent missense mutation in PRKCA that may serve as a potential therapeutic target in this uncommon brain cancer.