Various genes implicated in the PPGL pathogenesis, their impact on the tumorigenesis and the functional imaging specific to the cluster types

Cluster typeSub-typeGermline or somaticExclusively somaticLocation of geneNormal functionImpact of mutationsNuclear imaging
PseudohypoxiaCluster 1ASDHA
SDHB
SDHC
SDHD
SDHAF2
FH
MDH2
IDH3B
GOT2
DLST
SLC25A11
SUCLG2
IDH1
IDH2
5p15
1p36.1-p35
1q23.3
11q23.1
11q12.2
1q42.1
7q11.23
20p13
16q21
14q24.3
17p13.2
3p14.1
2q34
15q26.1
Regulate oxygen levels and HIF activityHIF accumulation, propelling angiogenesis, and tumor expansion68Ga-DOTATATE positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT)
Cluster 1BVHL
EGLN1
EGLN2
EPAS13p25.3
1q42.2
19q13.2
2p21
Regulate oxygen levels and HIF activityHIF accumulation, propelling angiogenesis, and tumor expansion18F-FDOPA imaging
Kinase signalingCluster 2A and 2BNF1
RET
MAX
TMEM127
MET
MERTK
FGFR1
HRAS
BRAF
17q11.2
10q11.21
14q23.3
2q11.2
7q31
2q14.1
8p11.23
11p15.5
7q34
Control cell growth and proliferationCell proliferation, differentiation, and apoptosis 18F-FDOPA imaging
Wnt signalingNoneNoneCSDE1
UBTF-MAML3
1p13.3
4q31.3
Regulate cellular differentiation and proliferationAnomalous cell differentiation and tumorigenesisNone

GOT2: glutamic-oxaloacetic transaminase 2; DLST: dihydrolipoamide succinyltransferase; SLC25A11: solute carrier family 25 member 11; SUCLG2: succinate-CoA ligase GDP-forming subunit beta 2; MET: mesenchymal-epithelial transition factor; MERTK: myeloid-epithelial-reproductive tyrosine kinase; FGFR1: fibroblast growth factor receptor 1; HRAS: Harvey rat sarcoma viral oncogene homolog; BRAF: B-type Raf kinase; UBTF: upstream binding transcription factor; 68Ga-DOTA-TATE: 68Gallium-DOTA-Tyr3-octreotate; 18F-FDOPA: 6-L-18F-fluorodihydroxyphenylalanine