Context: The search for somatic mutations in adrenals resected from patients with primary aldosteronism (PA) is performed by Sanger sequencing, often implemented with immunohistochemistry (IHC)-guidance focused on aldosterone-producing (CYP11B2-positive) areas.
Objective: To investigate the impact of double IHC for CYP11B1 and CYP11B2 on Sanger and next-generation sequencing (NGS).
Methods: We investigated 127 consecutive adrenal aldosterone-producing adenomas from consenting surgically cured PA patients using double IHC for CYP11B1 and CYP11B2, by Sanger sequencing and NGS.
Results: Double IHC for CYP11B2 and CYP11B1 revealed 3 distinct patterns: CYP11B2-positive adenoma (pattern 1), mixed CYP11B1/CYP11B2-positive adenoma (pattern 2), and adrenals with multiple small CYP11B2-positive nodules (pattern 3). Sanger sequencing allowed detection of KCNJ5 mutations in 44% of the adrenals; NGS revealed such mutations in 10% of those negative at Sanger and additional mutations in 61% of the cases. Importantly the rate of KCNJ5 mutations differed across patterns: 17.8% in pattern 1, 71.4% in pattern 2, and 10.7% in pattern 3 (χ2 = 22.492, P < .001).
Conclusion: NGS allowed detection of mutations in many adrenals that tested negative at Sanger sequencing. Moreover, the different distribution of KCNJ5 mutations across IHC patterns indicates that IHC-guided sequencing protocols selecting CYP11B2-positive areas could furnish results that might not be representative of the entire mutational status of the excised adrenal, which is important at a time when KCNJ5 mutations are suggested to drive management of patients with aldosterone-producing adenomas.
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