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KIT Asp816Val Mutation Analysis, Varies

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Diagnosing systemic mastocytosis using blood or bone marrow specimens

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Method Name
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Allele-Specific Oligonucleotide Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR)

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Yes

Reporting Name
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KIT Asp816Val Mutation Analysis, V

Aliases
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C-KIT

D816V

Systemic Mastocytosis Mutation

Testing Algorithm
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Specimen Type
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Varies

ORDER QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

Question ID Description Answers
MP055 Specimen Type Peripheral blood
Bone marrow
Extracted DNA from blood
Extracted DNA from bone marrow

Specimen Required
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Submit only 1 of the following specimens:

 

Specimen Type: Whole blood

Container/Tube: Lavender top (EDTA) or yellow top (ACD)

Specimen Volume: 3 mL

Collections Instructions:

1. Invert several times to mix blood.

2. Send specimen in original tube. Do not aliquot.

3. Label specimen as blood.

Specimen Stability Information: Ambient (preferred) 7 days/Refrigerate 7 days

 

Specimen Type: Bone marrow

Container/Tube: Lavender top (EDTA) or yellow top (ACD)

Specimen Volume: 2 mL

Collections Instructions:

1. Invert several times to mix bone marrow.

2. Send specimens in original tube. Do not aliquot.

3. Label specimen as bone marrow.

Specimen Stability Information: Ambient (preferred) 7 days/Refrigerate 7 days

 

Specimen Type: Extracted DNA from blood or bone marrow

Container/Tube: 1.5- to 2-mL tube

Specimen Volume: Entire specimen

Collection Instructions:

1. Label specimen as extracted DNA from blood or bone marrow.

2. Provide indication of volume and concentration of DNA.

Specimen Stability Information: Frozen (preferred)/Refrigerated/Ambient

Special Instructions
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Forms

1. Hematopathology Patient Information (T676)

2. If not ordering electronically, complete, print, and send a Hematopathology/Cytogenetics Test Request (T726)) with the specimen.

Specimen Minimum Volume
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Blood, Bone Marrow: 1 mL

Extracted DNA: 50 mcL at 20 ng/mcL concentration

Reject Due To
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Gross hemolysis Reject
Moderately to severely clotted
Bone marrow biopsies
Paraffin-embedded bone marrow clots
Paraffin-embedded tissue
Slides
Paraffin shavings 		Reject

Specimen Stability Information
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Specimen Type Temperature Time Special Container
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Useful For
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Diagnosing systemic mastocytosis using blood or bone marrow specimens

Testing Algorithm
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Clinical Information
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Systemic mastocytosis is a hematopoietic neoplasm that can be included in the general category of chronic myeloproliferative disorders (CMPD). These neoplasms are characterized by excessive proliferation of one or more myeloid lineages, with cells filling the bone marrow and populating other hematopoietic sites. In systemic mastocytosis, mast cell proliferation is the defining feature, although other myeloid lineages and B cells are frequently part of the neoplastic clone.

 

Function-altering point alterations in KIT, a gene coding for a membrane receptor tyrosine kinase, have been found in myeloid lineage cells in the majority of systemic mastocytosis cases. The most common KIT alteration is an adenine to thymine base substitution (A>T) at nucleotide position 2447, which results in an aspartic acid to valine change in the protein (Asp816Val). Much less frequently, other alterations at this same location are found, and occasional cases with alterations at other locations have also been reported. Variations at codon 816 are believed to alter the protein such that it is in a constitutively activated state. The main downstream effect of KIT activation is cell proliferation.

 

Detection of a variant at codon 816 is included as one of the minor diagnostic criteria for systemic mastocytosis in the World Health Organization classification system for hematopoietic neoplasms and is also of therapeutic relevance, as it confers resistance to imatinib, a drug commonly used to treat CMPD. It is now clear that individual mast cell neoplasms are variable with respect to the number of cell lineages containing the variant; some having positivity only in mast cells and others having positivity in additional myeloid and even lymphoid lineages. The alteration has not been reported in normal tissues.

Reference Values
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An interpretive report will be provided indicating the mutation status as positive or negative.

Interpretation
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The test will be interpreted as positive or negative for KIT Asp816Val.

Cautions
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Some systemic mastocytosis cases may have the variation only in mast cells. Since these cells rarely circulate in blood and are difficult to obtain in significant numbers from bone marrow aspirate specimens, false-negative results may occur if neoplastic cells are present below the sensitivity of the assay (fewer than 0.1% altered alleles).

 

The test is qualitative only. Reliable quantitative results cannot be issued.

Supportive Data

The analytic sensitivity of this test is 0.1% and was determined by the dilution of a cell line containing homozygous KIT alteration. This means that 0.1% or greater of the KIT alleles present in the specimen must contain the alteration to be detected by the assay. The analytic specificity was 100% in assay validation.

Clinical Reference
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1. Garcia-Montero AC, Jara-Acevedo M, Teodosio C, et al. KIT mutation in mast cells and other bone marrow hematopoietic cell lineages in systemic mast cell disorders: a prospective study of the Spanish Network on Mastocytosis (REMA) in a series of 113 patients. Blood. 2006;108:2366-2372. doi:10.1182/blood-2006-04-015545

2. Valent P, Akin C, Sperr WR, et al. Diagnosis and treatment of systemic mastocytosis: state of the art. Br J Haematol. 2003;122:695-717. doi:10.1046/j.1365-2141.2003.04575.x

3. Jaffe ES, Harris NL, Stein H, et al. Pathology and Genetics. In: WHO Classification of Tumours of the Haematopoietic and Lymphoid Tissues. 2001:291-302. World Health Organization Classification of Tumours. Vol 2

4. Pardanani A. Systemic mastocytosis in adults: 2012 Update on diagnosis, risk stratification, and management. Am J Hematol. 2012;87:402-411. doi: 10.1002/ajh.23134.

5. Munoz-Gonzalez JI, Alvarez-Twose I, Jara-Acevedo M, et al. Frequency and prognostic impact of KIT and other genetic variants in indolent systemic mastocytosis. Blood. 2019; 134(5):456-468. doi:10.1182/blood.2018886507

Method Description
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This assay detects the KIT alteration responsible for Asp816Val. The technique used is allele-specific oligonucleotide polymerase chain reaction (ASO-PCR) with fragment analysis on a genetic analyzer. DNA is extracted from bone marrow or blood, and PCR is used to amplify across the alteration site in 2 separate tubes; one contains a reverse primer complementary to the unaltered sequence and the other contains a reverse primer complementary to the altered sequence. Each of these is labeled with a fluorescent tag and contains an identical, non-labeled forward primer. Both primer sets amplify a 200 base pair fragment that differs only at the alteration site. The unaltered fragment should be amplified in all samples. Samples negative for KIT Asp816Val will not have an amplified fragment in the altered sequence reaction tube. Positive samples will have amplified fragments in both tubes. The test gives a qualitative (positive or negative) result only, as the end point PCR used is not reliable for quantification.(Unpublished Mayo method)

PDF Report
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No

Day(s) Performed
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Monday through Friday

Report Available
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4 to 7 days

Specimen Retention Time
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Whole blood, bone marrow: 2 weeks; Extracted DNA: 3 Months

Performing Laboratory Location
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Rochester

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This test was developed and its performance characteristics determined by Mayo Clinic in a manner consistent with CLIA requirements. It has not been cleared or approved by the US Food and Drug Administration.

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CPT codes are provided by the performing laboratory.

81273

LOINC® Information
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Test Id Test Order Name Order LOINC Value
KITVS KIT Asp816Val Mutation Analysis, V 55201-8
Result Id Test Result Name Result LOINC Value
Applies only to results expressed in units of measure originally reported by the performing laboratory. These values do not apply to results that are converted to other units of measure.
MP055 Specimen Type 31208-2
607982 Interpretation 69047-9
607983 Signing Pathologist 19139-5

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