ArticleBlood advances2026
Spectrum, prevalence, and clinical correlates of PPM1D mutations in patients with clonal hematopoiesis and clonal cytopenias.
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- Germline homologous recombination deficiency influences TP53-mutant clonal hematopoiesis fitness during platinum and PARP inhibitor treatment.Nature genetics · 2026Article
- Promoter TERT-Related Hematopoietic Somatic Mosaicism in Patients With Telomere Biology Disorders.American journal of hematology · 2026Article
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abstractTP53 and PPM1D are key regulators of DNA damage response and repair, and somatic mutations in these genes often co-occur in hematopoietic cells, expanding under genotoxic stress. Unlike TP53 mutations, where mechanisms of progression are defined, pathways underlying clonal fitness and transformation in PPM1D mutant cells remain unclear. In collaboration with 5 academic institutions, we analyzed the clinical and molecular landscape of 337 patients with clonal hematopoiesis (CH) and clonal cytopenia of undetermined significance (CCUS) across 4 genotypes: PPM1Dmt/TP53wt (n = 170 [50%]), PPM1Dmt/TP53mt (n = 25 [7%]), TP53mt/PPM1Dwt (n = 17 [5%]), and TP53wt/PPM1Dwt (n = 125 [38%]). All PPM1D variants were truncating, located in exon 6 of the gene, with a median variant allele frequency (VAF) of 6% (range, 0.3%-64%). The PPM1Dmt/TP53mt genotype was most frequently encountered in therapy-related CH/CCUS (t-CH/t-CCUS; 80%, 66.5%, 76.5%, and 19%; P ≤ .001) and had a shorter time interval to detection from last genotoxic exposure (6.2, 5.9, 11.25, and 24.5 months; P ≤ .001) compared with PPM1Dmt/TP53wt, TP53mt/PPM1Dwt, and TP53wt/PPM1Dwt genotypes, respectively. Acknowledging the short follow-up duration, rates of malignant transformation were lower in the PPM1Dmt/TP53wt (2%) and PPM1Dmt/TP53mt (4%) groups compared with PPM1Dwt/TP53wt (12%) and PPM1Dwt/TP53mt (17%) groups (P ≤ .001), respectively. In summary, PPM1D mutations are frequently observed in t-CH/t-CCUS, with low median VAFs, and are associated with low rates of progression, even when comutated with TP53.
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