SF3B1: from core splicing factor to oncogenic driver

TABLE 1.

Molecular, phenotypic, and clinical features of different cancer-associated SF3B1 mutations

Residues found in the SF3B1 hotspot mutational pocket
SF3B1 mutation E592K E622D R625H H662Q K666R K666N K700E K741N G742D E902K
HEAT repeat 2 3 3 4 4 4 5 6 6 11
Molecular association with SUGP1
 AF-M-predicted direct interaction with SUGP1
 AF-M-predicted proximity to mutational pocket
 Experimentally validated to disrupt SF3B1–SUGP1 interaction N/A +/− N/A N/A N/A
RNA missplicing of MDSRS-related transcripts
 MAP3K7 N/A +/−
 TMEM14C N/A + +/− +/− N/A N/A
 ABCB7 N/A +/− − +/− N/A N/A
Clinical and pathological features
 Disease/Frequency sAML (2.5%) N/A UVM (15%) MDS MDS CLL MDS-RS (18%) sAML (18%) CLL MDS-RS (1.5%) sAML (28%) CLL MDS (30%) MDS-RS (86%) CLL/sAML/ PDAC/BRCA CLL (13%) MDS (rare) CLL (19%) MDS (rare) BLAC (16%)
 Co-occurring mutations RUNX1 TET2 DNMT3A TET2 DNMT3A TET2 DNMT3A TET2 JAK2 FLT3 NPM1 JAK2 DNMT3A ASXL1 TET2 N/A TET2 N/A
 Prognostic significance N/A N/A N/A V N/A
  • References for each mutation are mentioned throughout the text. (N/A) Nonavailable, (MDS) myelodysplastic syndromes, (MDS-RS) MDS with ring sideroblasts, (sAML) secondary acute myeloid leukemia, (CLL) chronic lymphocytic leukemia, (UVM) uveal melanoma, (PDAC) pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma, (BLAC) bladder urothelial carcinoma, (BRCA) breast adenocarcinoma.

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