Unique evolutionary trajectories of breast cancers with distinct genomic and spatial heterogeneity

Abstract Breast cancers exhibit intratumoral heterogeneity associated with disease progression and therapeutic resistance. To define the sources and the extent of heterogeneity, we performed an in-depth analysis of the genomic architecture of three chemoradiation-naïve breast cancers with well-defin...

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Autores principales: Tanya N. Phung, Timothy H. Webster, Elizabeth Lenkiewicz, Smriti Malasi, Mariacarla Andreozzi, Ann E. McCullough, Karen S. Anderson, Barbara A. Pockaj, Melissa A. Wilson, Michael T. Barrett
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:999832948d3245a391877d69ab0c30832021-12-02T15:53:10ZUnique evolutionary trajectories of breast cancers with distinct genomic and spatial heterogeneity10.1038/s41598-021-90170-12045-2322https://doaj.org/article/999832948d3245a391877d69ab0c30832021-05-01T00:00:00Zhttps://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-90170-1https://doaj.org/toc/2045-2322Abstract Breast cancers exhibit intratumoral heterogeneity associated with disease progression and therapeutic resistance. To define the sources and the extent of heterogeneity, we performed an in-depth analysis of the genomic architecture of three chemoradiation-naïve breast cancers with well-defined clinical features including variable ER, PR, ERBB2 receptor expression and two distinct pathogenic BRCA2mut genotypes. The latter included a germ line carrier and a patient with a somatic variant. In each case we combined DNA content-based flow cytometry with whole exome sequencing and genome wide copy number variant (CNV) analysis of distinct populations sorted from multiple (4–18) mapped biopsies within the tumors and involved lymph nodes. Interrogating flow-sorted tumor populations from each biopsy provided an objective method to distinguish fixed and variable genomic lesions in each tumor. Notably we show that tumors exploit CNVs to fix mutations and deletions in distinct populations throughout each tumor. The identification of fixed genomic lesions that are shared or unique within each tumor, has broad implications for the study of tumor heterogeneity including the presence of tumor markers and therapeutic targets, and of candidate neoepitopes in breast and other solid tumors that can advance more effective treatment and clinical management of patients with disease.Tanya N. PhungTimothy H. WebsterElizabeth LenkiewiczSmriti MalasiMariacarla AndreozziAnn E. McCulloughKaren S. AndersonBarbara A. PockajMelissa A. WilsonMichael T. BarrettNature PortfolioarticleMedicineRScienceQENScientific Reports, Vol 11, Iss 1, Pp 1-12 (2021)
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Tanya N. Phung
Timothy H. Webster
Elizabeth Lenkiewicz
Smriti Malasi
Mariacarla Andreozzi
Ann E. McCullough
Karen S. Anderson
Barbara A. Pockaj
Melissa A. Wilson
Michael T. Barrett
Unique evolutionary trajectories of breast cancers with distinct genomic and spatial heterogeneity
description Abstract Breast cancers exhibit intratumoral heterogeneity associated with disease progression and therapeutic resistance. To define the sources and the extent of heterogeneity, we performed an in-depth analysis of the genomic architecture of three chemoradiation-naïve breast cancers with well-defined clinical features including variable ER, PR, ERBB2 receptor expression and two distinct pathogenic BRCA2mut genotypes. The latter included a germ line carrier and a patient with a somatic variant. In each case we combined DNA content-based flow cytometry with whole exome sequencing and genome wide copy number variant (CNV) analysis of distinct populations sorted from multiple (4–18) mapped biopsies within the tumors and involved lymph nodes. Interrogating flow-sorted tumor populations from each biopsy provided an objective method to distinguish fixed and variable genomic lesions in each tumor. Notably we show that tumors exploit CNVs to fix mutations and deletions in distinct populations throughout each tumor. The identification of fixed genomic lesions that are shared or unique within each tumor, has broad implications for the study of tumor heterogeneity including the presence of tumor markers and therapeutic targets, and of candidate neoepitopes in breast and other solid tumors that can advance more effective treatment and clinical management of patients with disease.
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author Tanya N. Phung
Timothy H. Webster
Elizabeth Lenkiewicz
Smriti Malasi
Mariacarla Andreozzi
Ann E. McCullough
Karen S. Anderson
Barbara A. Pockaj
Melissa A. Wilson
Michael T. Barrett
author_facet Tanya N. Phung
Timothy H. Webster
Elizabeth Lenkiewicz
Smriti Malasi
Mariacarla Andreozzi
Ann E. McCullough
Karen S. Anderson
Barbara A. Pockaj
Melissa A. Wilson
Michael T. Barrett
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title Unique evolutionary trajectories of breast cancers with distinct genomic and spatial heterogeneity
title_short Unique evolutionary trajectories of breast cancers with distinct genomic and spatial heterogeneity
title_full Unique evolutionary trajectories of breast cancers with distinct genomic and spatial heterogeneity
title_fullStr Unique evolutionary trajectories of breast cancers with distinct genomic and spatial heterogeneity
title_full_unstemmed Unique evolutionary trajectories of breast cancers with distinct genomic and spatial heterogeneity
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