Acute megakaryoblastic leukemia in down syndrome

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Also known as DS-AMKL

Summary

Acute megakaryoblastic leukemia in down syndrome (MONDO:0020526) is a cancer with 8 cohort genes (7 CIViC-evidence somatic drivers; 14 ClinVar predisposition records).

At a glance

  • Classification: Cancer
  • Cohort genes: 8
  • ClinVar variants: 14

Clinical features

No curated clinical features (Orphanet) for this disease.

Identifiers

Disease identifiers

FieldValue
Canonical nameacute megakaryoblastic leukemia in down syndrome
Mondo IDMONDO:0020526
Orphanet99887
UMLSC5925108
MedGen1863778
GARD0019697
Is cancer (heuristic)yes

Also known as: DS-AMKL

Data availability: 14 ClinVar variants · 14 cell lines.

Disease family

Classification path: cancer or benign tumorneoplastic disease or syndromeneoplasmhematopoietic and lymphoid system neoplasmhematopoietic and lymphoid cell neoplasmleukemiamyeloid leukemiaacute myeloid leukemiaacute myeloid leukemia by FAB classificationacute megakaryoblastic leukemiaacute megakaryoblastic leukemia in down syndrome

Related subtypes (4): acute megakaryoblastic leukemia without down syndrome, childhood acute megakaryoblastic leukemia, myeloid leukemia associated with down syndrome, acute megakaryoblastic leukemia in adult

Genetics & variants

GWAS landscape

No GWAS associations recorded — common-variant (GWAS) studies don’t cover this disease (typical for Mendelian / rare diseases). See the curated gene cohort and Mendelian overlap below.

Variant details and genetic-evidence tiers

ClinVar germline variants

14 retrieved; paginated sample, class counts are floors:

6 pathogenic, 5 likely pathogenic, 2 pathogenic/likely pathogenic, 1 uncertain significance

ClinVarVariant (HGVS)GeneClassificationReview
465134NM_002049.4(GATA1):c.89C>G (p.Ser30Ter)GATA1Pathogeniccriteria provided, multiple submitters, no conflicts
998066NM_002049.4(GATA1):c.175_193dup (p.Asp65fs)GATA1Pathogeniccriteria provided, single submitter
998069NM_002049.4(GATA1):c.115_116insGGGGCTTGGATGCAGCAGCTTCCTGCACTGCCCCGAGCACAGCCACCGCTGCAGCTGCGGCCTG (p.Glu39delinsGlyGlyLeuAspAlaAlaAlaSerCysThrAlaProSerThrAlaThrAlaAlaAlaAlaAlaTer)GATA1Pathogeniccriteria provided, single submitter
998072NM_002049.4(GATA1):c.142_149dup (p.Ser51fs)GATA1Pathogeniccriteria provided, single submitter
998073NM_002049.4(GATA1):c.159_171dup (p.Ala58fs)GATA1Pathogeniccriteria provided, single submitter
998076NM_002049.4(GATA1):c.219A>G (p.Pro73=)GATA1Pathogeniccriteria provided, single submitter
13901NM_002524.5(NRAS):c.38G>A (p.Gly13Asp)NRASPathogenic/Likely pathogeniccriteria provided, multiple submitters, no conflicts
998071NM_015355.4(SUZ12):c.1150_1151del (p.Leu385fs)SUZ12Pathogenic/Likely pathogeniccriteria provided, multiple submitters, no conflicts
998068NM_006565.4(CTCF):c.1502_1503dup (p.Tyr502fs)CTCFLikely pathogeniccriteria provided, single submitter
998070NM_006565.4(CTCF):c.1640_1650delinsT (p.Asp547fs)CTCFLikely pathogeniccriteria provided, single submitter
998074NM_002227.4(JAK1):c.2347C>T (p.Leu783Phe)JAK1Likely pathogeniccriteria provided, single submitter
998075NM_001195427.2(SRSF2):c.284C>G (p.Pro95Arg)MFSD11Likely pathogeniccriteria provided, single submitter
998067NM_006265.3(RAD21):c.9C>A (p.Tyr3Ter)RAD21Likely pathogeniccriteria provided, single submitter
13341NM_002834.5(PTPN11):c.1232C>T (p.Thr411Met)PTPN11Uncertain significancereviewed by expert panel

Genes & proteins

Mendelian disease overlap and somatic drivers

GenCC: 0 · Orphanet: 27 · OMIM-shared: 0 · Dual-evidence (GWAS+Mendelian): 0

Somatic driver evidence (intOGen + CIViC, cohort fanout)

GeneintOGen roleCancer typesCIViC
CTCFLoFALL,BRCA,HNSC,UCECCIViC #8508
SUZ12ActAML,PRAD,SARCNOS
GATA1CIViC #2188
JAK1LoFALL,BRCA,MLYM,OVT,PRAD,PROSTATE,STOMACH,UCECCIViC #3090
NRASActALL,AML,ANGS,CHOL,CLLSLL,COAD,COADREAD,GBM,HCC,LGGNOS,LUAD,LUSC,MEL,MGCT,NPC,OVT,PCM,PROSTATE,SKCM,THYM,UCEC,WDTCCIViC #36
PTPN11ActALL,AML,CLLSLL,COADREAD,GBM,LGGNOS,NBL,PAST,PCMCIViC #4685
RAD21LoFAML,LUSC

Orphanet rare-disease linkage (cohort genes)

GeneOrphanet IDRare disease
CTCFOrphanet:363611CTCF-related neurodevelopmental disorder
SUZ12Orphanet:213711Endometrial stromal sarcoma
SUZ12Orphanet:3447Weaver syndrome
SUZ12Orphanet:659463Imagawa-Matsumoto syndrome
GATA1Orphanet:124Diamond-Blackfan anemia
GATA1Orphanet:231393Beta-thalassemia-X-linked thrombocytopenia syndrome
GATA1Orphanet:363727X-linked dyserythropoietic anemia with abnormal platelets and neutropenia
GATA1Orphanet:420611Transient myeloproliferative syndrome
GATA1Orphanet:67044Thrombocytopenia with congenital dyserythropoietic anemia
GATA1Orphanet:79277Congenital erythropoietic porphyria
GATA1Orphanet:86849Acute basophilic leukemia
GATA1Orphanet:99887Acute megakaryoblastic leukemia in children with Down syndrome
JAK1Orphanet:574957Mendelian susceptibility to mycobacterial diseases due to partial JAK1 deficiency
JAK1Orphanet:667662Breast implant-associated anaplastic large cell lymphoma
NRASOrphanet:146Differentiated thyroid carcinoma
NRASOrphanet:2612Linear nevus sebaceus syndrome
NRASOrphanet:268114RAS-associated autoimmune leukoproliferative disease
NRASOrphanet:389Langerhans cell histiocytosis
NRASOrphanet:626Large/giant congenital melanocytic nevus
NRASOrphanet:648Noonan syndrome
NRASOrphanet:86834Juvenile myelomonocytic leukemia
PTPN11Orphanet:2499Metachondromatosis
PTPN11Orphanet:500Noonan syndrome with multiple lentigines
PTPN11Orphanet:648Noonan syndrome
PTPN11Orphanet:86834Juvenile myelomonocytic leukemia
RAD21Orphanet:199Cornelia de Lange syndrome
RAD21Orphanet:502Trichorhinophalangeal syndrome type 2

Cohort genes → proteins

8 cohort genes, 8 distinct canonical proteins.

Evidence partition

SubsetGenes
multi_evidence8

Cohort genes (full)

SymbolHGNCEnsemblUniProtNameEvidence
CTCFHGNC:13723ENSG00000102974P49711Transcriptional repressor CTCFclinvar
SUZ12HGNC:17101ENSG00000178691Q15022Polycomb protein SUZ12clinvar
MFSD11HGNC:25458ENSG00000092931O43934UNC93-like protein MFSD11clinvar
GATA1HGNC:4170ENSG00000102145P15976Erythroid transcription factorclinvar
JAK1HGNC:6190ENSG00000162434P23458Tyrosine-protein kinase JAK1clinvar
NRASHGNC:7989ENSG00000213281P01111GTPase NRasclinvar
PTPN11HGNC:9644ENSG00000179295Q06124Tyrosine-protein phosphatase non-receptor type 11clinvar
RAD21HGNC:9811ENSG00000164754O60216Double-strand-break repair protein rad21 homologclinvar

Cohort function summary

Lead sentence per gene, UniProt-curated.

SymbolProtein nameFunction (lead sentence)
CTCFTranscriptional repressor CTCFChromatin binding factor that binds to DNA sequence specific sites and regulates the 3D structure of chromatin.
SUZ12Polycomb protein SUZ12Polycomb group (PcG) protein.
GATA1Erythroid transcription factorTranscriptional activator or repressor which serves as a general switch factor for erythroid development.
JAK1Tyrosine-protein kinase JAK1Tyrosine kinase of the non-receptor type, involved in the IFN-alpha/beta/gamma signal pathway.
NRASGTPase NRasRas proteins bind GDP/GTP and possess intrinsic GTPase activity.
PTPN11Tyrosine-protein phosphatase non-receptor type 11Acts downstream of various receptor and cytoplasmic protein tyrosine kinases to participate in the signal transduction from the cell surface to the nucleus.
RAD21Double-strand-break repair protein rad21 homologAs a member of the cohesin complex, involved in sister chromatid cohesion from the time of DNA replication in S phase to their segregation in mitosis, a function that is essential for proper chromosome segregation, post-replicative DNA rep…

Protein-family classification

Druggable: 3 · Difficult: 3 · Unknown: 2 · Druggable fraction: 0.38

Family distribution

Cohort families vs a genome-wide background (hypergeometric, BH-FDR; fold = observed/expected). Counts kept; sorted by enrichment, so the catch-all Other/Unknown bucket no longer leads.

FamilyGenesFoldFDR
Ion channel113.9×0.152
Phosphatase110.5×0.152
Transcription factor33.1×0.152
Kinase13.5×0.318
Other/Unknown20.5×0.984

Per-gene assignment

SymbolFamilyDruggable?ECInterPro (top 3)
CTCFTranscription factornoZnf_C2H2_type, Znf_C2H2_sf, Zinc_finger_PRDM4/PRDM1/PRDM14
SUZ12Transcription factornoPolycomb_protein_VEFS-Box, Znf_SUZ12
MFSD11Ion channelyesIon_channel_UNC-93, MFS_trans_sf, UNC-93-like_regulator
GATA1Transcription factornoZnf_GATA, Znf_NHR/GATA, Transcription_factor_GATA
JAK1Kinaseyes2.7.10.2FERM_domain, Prot_kinase_dom, SH2
NRASOther/UnknownnoSmall_GTPase, Small_GTP-bd, Small_GTPase_Ras-type
PTPN11Phosphataseyes3.1.3.48PTP_cat, Tyr_Pase_dom, SH2
RAD21Other/UnknownnoRad21/Rec8_C_eu, Rad21_Rec8_N, ScpA-like_C

Expression context

Cohort genes with no expression data: 0.

8 cohort genes are a single-cell marker in ≥1 SCXA experiment.

Breadth distribution (Bgee present_calls)

BucketGenes
narrow (1-5 tissues)0
moderate (6-20)0
broad (>20)8
unknown0

Top tissues across cohort

TissueCohort genes
ganglionic eminence2
ventricular zone2
buccal mucosa cell2
trabecular bone tissue2
endometrium epithelium1
mucosa of paranasal sinus1
adrenal tissue1
primordial germ cell in gonad1
blood1
bone marrow1
calcaneal tendon1
skin of hip1
type B pancreatic cell1
epithelium of nasopharynx1
gingival epithelium1
secondary oocyte1
dorsal motor nucleus of vagus nerve1
globus pallidus1
medial globus pallidus1
superficial temporal artery1

Per-gene tissue summary (top 30)

SymbolBgee breadthFANTOM5 breadthSCXATop tissues
CTCF297ubiquitousmarkerventricular zone, ganglionic eminence, endometrium epithelium
SUZ12288ubiquitousmarkertrabecular bone tissue, mucosa of paranasal sinus, buccal mucosa cell
MFSD11244ubiquitousmarkerbuccal mucosa cell, adrenal tissue, primordial germ cell in gonad
GATA1138tissue_specificmarkertrabecular bone tissue, blood, bone marrow
JAK1295ubiquitousmarkertype B pancreatic cell, skin of hip, calcaneal tendon
NRAS278ubiquitousmarkergingival epithelium, epithelium of nasopharynx, secondary oocyte
PTPN11295ubiquitousmarkermedial globus pallidus, dorsal motor nucleus of vagus nerve, globus pallidus
RAD21301ubiquitousmarkerventricular zone, ganglionic eminence, superficial temporal artery

Protein interactions among cohort

Intra-cohort edges: 3.

Hub genes (top 10 by interactor count)

SymbolInteractor count
NRAS7,598
PTPN116,009
CTCF5,713
JAK15,229
RAD215,042
GATA14,810
SUZ124,349
MFSD111,076

Intra-cohort edges

ABSources
CTCFRAD21string_interaction
CTCFSUZ12string_interaction
NRASPTPN11string_interaction

Structural data

PDB: 7 · AlphaFold-only: 1 · No structure: 0

Cohort genes with PDB structures (top 30)

SymbolUniProtPDB entries
PTPN11Q06124115
JAK1P2345851
RAD21O6021636
NRASP0111135
SUZ12Q1502230
CTCFP4971121
GATA1P159761

AlphaFold-only cohort genes (top 30 by pLDDT)

SymbolUniProtpLDDT
MFSD11O4393487.72

Function

Pathway analysis

Distinct Reactome pathways touched by cohort: 192. Enrichment computed across 8 evidence-associated genes (7 with Reactome annotation).

Pathways by enrichment

Over-representation of cohort genes vs the genome-wide background (hypergeometric test, Benjamini-Hochberg FDR; fold = observed/expected over 7 annotated cohort genes). Counts and members are kept as ground-truth; sorted by enrichment.

PathwayCohort genesFoldFDRSample cohort genes
MAPK1 (ERK2) activation2326.3×0.001JAK1, PTPN11
MAPK3 (ERK1) activation2296.6×0.001JAK1, PTPN11
Interleukin-6 signaling2271.9×0.001JAK1, PTPN11
Activated NTRK2 signals through FRS2 and FRS32271.9×0.001NRAS, PTPN11
Regulation of IFNG signaling2233.1×0.001JAK1, PTPN11
Signaling by FLT3 ITD and TKD mutants2217.5×0.001NRAS, PTPN11
Tie2 Signaling2171.7×0.001NRAS, PTPN11
Signaling by CSF3 (G-CSF)2163.1×0.001JAK1, PTPN11
FRS-mediated FGFR3 signaling2155.4×0.001NRAS, PTPN11
FRS-mediated FGFR4 signaling2141.9×0.002NRAS, PTPN11
FRS-mediated FGFR1 signaling2130.5×0.002NRAS, PTPN11
FRS-mediated FGFR2 signaling2125.5×0.002NRAS, PTPN11
Regulation of IFNA/IFNB signaling2125.5×0.002JAK1, PTPN11
Interleukin-20 family signaling2120.8×0.002JAK1, PTPN11
Downstream signal transduction2108.8×0.002NRAS, PTPN11
FLT3 Signaling298.9×0.002NRAS, PTPN11
Interleukin-3, Interleukin-5 and GM-CSF signaling290.6×0.002JAK1, PTPN11
Signaling by SCF-KIT270.9×0.004NRAS, PTPN11
Interferon alpha/beta signaling243.5×0.009JAK1, PTPN11
Signaling by RAS GAP mutants1543.8×0.017NRAS
Signaling by RAS GTPase mutants1543.8×0.017NRAS
Activation of anterior HOX genes in hindbrain development during early embryogenesis226.1×0.021CTCF, SUZ12
SARS-CoV-2 activates/modulates innate and adaptive immune responses225.5×0.021JAK1, PTPN11
Activation of RAS in B cells1326.3×0.023NRAS
MET activates PTPN111326.3×0.023PTPN11
Co-inhibition by BTLA1326.3×0.023PTPN11
RAS signaling downstream of NF1 loss-of-function variants1233.1×0.027NRAS
Estrogen-stimulated signaling through PRKCZ1233.1×0.027NRAS
STAT5 Activation1233.1×0.027PTPN11
SOS-mediated signalling1203.9×0.027NRAS

GO biological processes by enrichment

Over-representation of cohort genes vs the genome-wide background (hypergeometric test, Benjamini-Hochberg FDR; fold = observed/expected over 8 annotated cohort genes). Counts and members are kept as ground-truth; sorted by enrichment.

GO termCohort genesFoldFDRSample cohort genes
chromatin looping2300.9×0.003CTCF, RAD21
platelet formation2175.5×0.004GATA1, PTPN11
homeostasis of number of cells within a tissue2110.9×0.007GATA1, PTPN11
negative regulation of cortisol secretion12106.5×0.014PTPN11
negative regulation of growth hormone secretion12106.5×0.014PTPN11
regulation of primitive erythrocyte differentiation11053.2×0.014GATA1
basophil differentiation11053.2×0.014GATA1
microvillus organization11053.2×0.014PTPN11
eosinophil fate commitment11053.2×0.014GATA1
intestinal epithelial cell migration11053.2×0.014PTPN11
chromosome segregation243.4×0.014CTCF, RAD21
regulation of definitive erythrocyte differentiation1702.2×0.015GATA1
cerebellar cortex formation1702.2×0.015PTPN11
regulation of centromeric sister chromatid cohesion1702.2×0.015CTCF
regulation of glycoprotein biosynthetic process1526.6×0.015GATA1
eosinophil differentiation1526.6×0.015GATA1
establishment of meiotic sister chromatid cohesion1526.6×0.015RAD21
negative regulation of mitotic metaphase/anaphase transition1526.6×0.015RAD21
primitive erythrocyte differentiation1526.6×0.015GATA1
regulation of type I interferon-mediated signaling pathway1526.6×0.015PTPN11
cytokine-mediated signaling pathway232.7×0.015JAK1, PTPN11
ERBB signaling pathway1421.3×0.016PTPN11
interleukin-11-mediated signaling pathway1421.3×0.016JAK1
positive regulation of sister chromatid cohesion1421.3×0.016RAD21
replication-born double-strand break repair via sister chromatid exchange1351.1×0.017RAD21
establishment of mitotic sister chromatid cohesion1300.9×0.017RAD21
positive regulation of homotypic cell-cell adhesion1300.9×0.017JAK1
interleukin-4-mediated signaling pathway1300.9×0.017JAK1
negative regulation of neutrophil activation1300.9×0.017PTPN11
myeloid cell apoptotic process1263.3×0.017GATA1

Therapeutics

Drug target analysis

Approved (phase 4): 3 · Phase ≥3: 3 · Phased (≥1): 4 · Undrugged: 4

Druggability breadth: 5 of 8 evidence-associated genes (62%) have a ChEMBL target (buckets above are over the deeply-mined display cohort).

Genes with an approved drug

The molecule shown is one approved compound that hits the gene — not necessarily a drug of choice or one indicated for this disease.

SymbolExample approved molecule
SUZ12TAZEMETOSTAT
JAK1FEDRATINIB
PTPN11ESTRAMUSTINE PHOSPHATE

Top cohort targets by molecule count

SymbolMoleculesMax phase
JAK1684
PTPN1184
SUZ1224
NRAS11
CTCF00
MFSD1100
GATA100
RAD2100

Drugs targeting cohort genes (top 30)

MoleculeMax phaseTargets in cohort
TAZEMETOSTAT4SUZ12
FEDRATINIB4JAK1
RUXOLITINIB4JAK1
TOFACITINIB4JAK1
UPADACITINIB4JAK1
MOMELOTINIB4JAK1
PONATINIB4JAK1
RUXOLITINIB PHOSPHATE4JAK1
ENTRECTINIB4JAK1
PACRITINIB4JAK1
TOFACITINIB CITRATE4JAK1
BARICITINIB4JAK1
CERITINIB4JAK1
PEFICITINIB4JAK1
FILGOTINIB4JAK1
ABROCITINIB4JAK1
RITLECITINIB4JAK1
DEUCRAVACITINIB4JAK1
NINTEDANIB4JAK1
SUNITINIB4JAK1
CRIZOTINIB4JAK1
MIDOSTAURIN4JAK1
ESTRAMUSTINE PHOSPHATE4PTPN11
ITACITINIB3JAK1
BREPOCITINIB3JAK1
DELGOCITINIB3JAK1
ABIVERTINIB3JAK1
POVORCITINIB3JAK1
IVARMACITINIB3JAK1
DOVITINIB3JAK1

Bioactivity and enzyme data

Enzyme cohort genes (≥1 EC): 2.

Cohort genes with ChEMBL bioactivity (full, sorted by assay count)

SymbolAssaysType breakdown
JAK11,502Binding:1428, Functional:49, ADMET:24, Toxicity:1
PTPN11588Binding:585, Functional:2, ADMET:1
SUZ1251Binding:51
NRAS18Binding:18
CTCF2Binding:2

Cohort enzymes (BRENDA EC)

SymbolEC numbersNames
JAK12.7.10.2non-specific protein-tyrosine kinase
PTPN113.1.3.48protein-tyrosine-phosphatase

Cohort genes with high screening signal

≥100 ChEMBL assays — a studied-ness signal; see Therapeutics for approved-drug status.

SymbolChEMBL assays
JAK11,502
PTPN11588

Pharmacogenomics

Cohort genes with a PharmGKB record: 8; with CPIC/DPWG dosing guidelines: 0.

No cohort gene has a CPIC/DPWG genotype-guided dosing guideline (PharmGKB).

Drug repurposing candidates

30 approved/phased drugs hit cohort targets but don’t yet appear in disease-level clinical trials. Target-inhibition rationale is strongest for cancer driver genes; a bioactivity hit is a screening signal, not a treatment claim.

CompoundMax phaseCohort target (bioactivity)
TAZEMETOSTAT4SUZ12
FEDRATINIB4JAK1
RUXOLITINIB4JAK1
TOFACITINIB4JAK1
UPADACITINIB4JAK1
MOMELOTINIB4JAK1
PONATINIB4JAK1
RUXOLITINIB PHOSPHATE4JAK1
ENTRECTINIB4JAK1
PACRITINIB4JAK1
TOFACITINIB CITRATE4JAK1
BARICITINIB4JAK1
CERITINIB4JAK1
PEFICITINIB4JAK1
FILGOTINIB4JAK1
ABROCITINIB4JAK1
RITLECITINIB4JAK1
DEUCRAVACITINIB4JAK1
NINTEDANIB4JAK1
SUNITINIB4JAK1
CRIZOTINIB4JAK1
MIDOSTAURIN4JAK1
ESTRAMUSTINE PHOSPHATE4PTPN11
ITACITINIB3JAK1
BREPOCITINIB3JAK1
DELGOCITINIB3JAK1
ABIVERTINIB3JAK1
POVORCITINIB3JAK1
IVARMACITINIB3JAK1
DOVITINIB3JAK1

Druggability pyramid

Cohort genes binned by druggability tier (high → low):

TierDefinitionGenesSymbols
AApproved (phase 4 drug)3SUZ12, JAK1, PTPN11
BPhased (≥1) drug, not yet approved1NRAS
CDruggable family + PDB, no drug0
DDruggable family + AlphaFold only, no drug1MFSD11
EDifficult family or no structure, no drug3CTCF, GATA1, RAD21

Undrugged target profiles

4 cohort genes are undrugged. Ranked by ‘starting-point quality’ (assay depth + drugged-partner adjacency).

SymbolChEMBL assaysDrugged partners (top 3)
CTCF2
MFSD110
GATA10
RAD210

Clinical trials & evidence

Clinical trials

Clinical trials: 0.