Effective April 25th, 2022 the Molecular Pathology laboratory now offers the following:

• Sarcoma Mutation and RNA Fusion Profile (LAB9216)

This test request allows providers a one-click option to request DNA mutation and RNA fusion analysis for soft tissue tumors. Details on specific gene coverage can be found below:

Genes with full exonic coverage included for the detection of substitutions, small insertions and deletions (indels):

APC, ARID1A, ATM, ATR, ATRX, AURKA, BAP1, BARD1, BRCA1, BRCA2, BRIP1, CDH1, CDK12, CDK8, CDKN1A, CDKN1B, CDKN2A, CDKN2B, CHEK1, CIC, CREBBP, CRKL, DAXX, DDX3X, DICER, DNMT3A, DOT1L, EED, EPHA3, ERRFI1, FAM175A, FANCA, FANCC, FANCD2, FANCI, FANCL, FBXW7, FLT1, FUBP1, GATA3, IGF2, KMT2D, MAPK3, MCL1, MLH1, MRE11A, MSH2, MSH6, NBN, NF1, NF2, NFKBIA, NOTCH1, NOTCH2, NOTCH3, PALB2, PARP1, PHF6, PIK3R1, PIK3R2, PMS2, POLD1, POLE, PTCH1, PTEN, RAD21, RAD50, RAD51, RAD51B, RAD51C, RAD51D, RB1, RNF43, SDHA, SDHB, SDHC, SDHD, SETD2, SIRT2, SLIT2, SLX4, SMARCA4, SMARCB1, SMC1A, SMC3, SOX2, STK11, SUFU, TP53, TRAF7, TSC1, TSC2, ZBTB7A

Genes with hotspot coverage* for the detection of substitutions and small indels in specific regions:

ABL1, ACVR1, AKT1, AKT2, AKT3, ALK, ANKRD26, AR, ARAF, AXL, BIRC3, BLM, BRAF, BTK, CBL, CCND1, CD28, CDK4, CDK6, CHEK2, CSF1R, CSF3R, CTNNB1, DDR2, DHX15, EGFR, ERBB2, ERBB3, ERBB4, ERCC2, ESR1, ETV6, ETNK1, EZH2, FGFR1, FGFR2, FGFR3, FGFR4, FLT3, FOXL2, GATA1, GATA2, GNA11, GNAQ, GNAS, H3F3A, HIST1H3B, HIST1H3C, HNF1A, HRAS, IDH1, IDH2, JAK1, JAK2, JAK3, KDR, KLF4, KIT, KNSTRN, KRAS, MAGOH, MAP2K1, MAP2K2, MAP2K4, MAPK1, MAX, MDM4, MED12, MET, MPL, MTOR, MYC, MYCN, MYD88, NFE2L2, NRAS, NTRK1, NTRK2, PDGFRA, PDGFRB, PIK3CA, PIK3CB, PLCG2, PPARG, PPP2R1A, PTPN11, RAC1, RAF1, RET, RHEB, RHOA, ROS1, SETBP1, SF3B1, SMAD4, SMO, SPOP, SRC, SRSF2, STAT3, STAT5B, TERT, TET2, TOP1, TYK2, U2AF1, U2AF2, WT1, XPO1
*For additional information on gene region coverage, please contact the lab.

Copy Number Variations (CNVs)^ reported for following genes:

AKT1, AKT2, AKT3, ALK, AR, AXL, BRAF, CCND1, CCND2, CCND3, CCNE1, CDK2, CDK4, CDK6, CDKN2A, CDKN2B, EGFR, ERBB2, ESR1, FGF19, FGF3, FGFR1, FGFR2, FGFR3, FGFR4, FLT3, IGF1R, KIT, KRAS, MDM2, MDM4, MET, MYC, MYCL, MYCN, NTRK1, NTRK2, NTRK3, PDGFRA, PDGFRB, PPARG, PIK3CA, PIK3CB, PTEN, RICTOR, SOX2, TERT, TSC1, TSC2.
^Only whole gene copy number changes are tested.

Fusion transcripts from rearrangements/translocations are detected in these genes:

AALK, CAMTA1, CCNB3, CIC, EPC1, EWSR1, FOXO1, FUS, GLI1, HMGA2, JAZF1, MEAF6, MKL2, NCOA2, NTRK3, PDGFB, PLAG1, ROS1, SS18, STAT6, TAF15, TAF12, TFG, USP6, and YWHAE

Additional analyses are performed for detection of Microsatellite Instability Status.

Questions can be directed to Deqin Ma, MD, Molecular Laboratory Director (384-5700, deqin-ma@uiowa.edu) or Sarah Hornberg, Molecular Laboratory Supervisor (384-9870, sarah-hornberg@uiowa.edu).