Annotation Detail

Information
Associated Genes
ABL1
Associated Variants
ABL1 BCR-ABL F311V
ABL1 BCR-ABL F311V
Associated Disease
chronic myeloid leukemia
Source Database
CIViC Evidence
Description
In this study, patients on imatinib monotherapy were monitored for ABL1 kinase domain variants in BCR-ABL1 fusions amplified from peripheral blood RNA. Among 64 patients initially in late-chronic phase (CP), 11 (79%) of 14 with secondary ABL1 variants acquired resistance compared to 2 (4%) of 50 without detectable variants. A CP patient had a partial hematologic response with the Q252H and M351T variants present. The patient progressed to myeloid blast crisis (MBC) and was then negative for secondary variants. However, they had cytogenetic evidence of double Ph-chromosomes and later died. Among 40 patients initially in accelerated phase (AP), 13 of 13 who had secondary variants acquired resistance compared to 2 (7%) of 27 with unmutated BCR-ABL1. An AP patient had a complete hematologic response with the F359V and M351T variants present. The patient progressed to myeloid blast crisis (MBC) at which point there were no secondary variants but cytogenetic evidence of double Ph-chromosomes.
Variant Origin
somatic
Variant Origin
Somatic
Evidence URL
https://civic.genome.wustl.edu/links/evidence_items/8093
Gene URL
https://civic.genome.wustl.edu/links/genes/4
Variant URL
https://civic.genome.wustl.edu/links/variants/3009
Rating
4
Evidence Type
Predictive
Disease
Chronic Myeloid Leukemia
Evidence Direction
Supports
Drug
Imatinib
Evidence Level
C
Clinical Significance
Resistance
Pubmed
12623848
Drugs
Drug NameSensitivitySupported
ImatinibResitance or Non-Reponsetrue