Abstract
Low-grade oncocytic renal tumor (LOT) is an emerging provisional entity, described as rare solid renal oncocytic/eosinophilic tumor sharing diffuse CK7 and negative CD117 immunoprofile. The links between LOT and other eosinophilic chromophobe like-renal cell carcinomas (RCC) are currently discussed. We sequenced tumoral DNA with a next generation sequencing panel for kidney cancer and carried out immunohistochemical analyses with CK7, CD117, SDHB, 4EBP1-P, S6K-P, and FOXI1 antibodies in a series of ten cases of LOT (9 females, 1 male; mean age at surgery: 66 years, 42.3 to 83.4) retrospectively diagnosed from a cohort of 272 tumors initially classified as chromophobe RCC (CHRCC). All LOT were single, without known hereditary predisposition, classified stage pT1 (70%), pT2 (20%) or pT3a (10%). Morphological features were similar to previous descriptions and clinical behavior was indolent for the six cases with available follow-up. We identified genetic variations in mTOR pathway related genes in 80% of cases, MTOR (7 cases) or TSC1 (1 case). Expression of FOXI1 was absent in all cases. In 9 LOT, 4EBP1-P and S6K-P were overexpressed, suggesting mTOR pathway activation.Our data highlights the major role of mTOR pathway in tumorigenesis of LOT mostly due to activating MTOR gene variations. Absence of FOXI1 expression is a strong argument to distinguish LOT from eosinophilic CHRCC and to bring them closer to other recently described FOXI1 negative eosinophilic-CHRCC like with MTOR/TSC mutations. Altogether, our data argue to consider LOT as a distinct entity with a favorable clinical outcome. However, in case of metastasis, an accurate diagnosis of LOT would be essential for the patient's management and could allow targeted therapy.
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