Genomic and Transcriptomic Profiling of Brain Metastases

Brain metastases (BM) are the most common brain tumors in adults occurring in up to 40% of all cancer patients. Multi-omics approaches allow for understanding molecular mechanisms and identification of markers with prognostic significance. In this study, we profile 130 BM using genomics and transcri...

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Autores principales: Christopher P. Wardell, Emilie Darrigues, Annick De Loose, Madison P. Lee, Murat Gokden, Issam Makhoul, Alan J. Tackett, Analiz Rodriguez
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:d591e78b2b614af4abc722ff1c15d4d92021-11-25T17:01:20ZGenomic and Transcriptomic Profiling of Brain Metastases10.3390/cancers132255982072-6694https://doaj.org/article/d591e78b2b614af4abc722ff1c15d4d92021-11-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.mdpi.com/2072-6694/13/22/5598https://doaj.org/toc/2072-6694Brain metastases (BM) are the most common brain tumors in adults occurring in up to 40% of all cancer patients. Multi-omics approaches allow for understanding molecular mechanisms and identification of markers with prognostic significance. In this study, we profile 130 BM using genomics and transcriptomics and correlate molecular characteristics to clinical parameters. The most common tumor origins for BM were lung (40%) followed by melanoma (21%) and breast (15%). Melanoma and lung BMs contained more deleterious mutations than other subtypes (<i>p</i> < 0.001). Mutational signatures suggested that the bulk of the mutations were gained before metastasis. A novel copy number event centered around the MCL1 gene was found in 75% of all samples, suggesting a broader role in promoting metastasis. Unsupervised hierarchical cluster analysis of transcriptional signatures available in 65 samples based on the hallmarks of cancer revealed four distinct clusters. Melanoma samples formed a distinctive cluster in comparison to other BM subtypes. Characteristics of molecular profiles did not correlate with survival. However, patients with self-identified black race or those who did not receive radiation correlated with poor survival. These data identify potential new drivers of brain metastatic progression. Our data also suggest further investigation of sociodemographic and clinical features is needed in BM cohorts.Christopher P. WardellEmilie DarriguesAnnick De LooseMadison P. LeeMurat GokdenIssam MakhoulAlan J. TackettAnaliz RodriguezMDPI AGarticlebioinformaticsgenomicstranscriptomicsbrain metastasesNeoplasms. Tumors. Oncology. Including cancer and carcinogensRC254-282ENCancers, Vol 13, Iss 5598, p 5598 (2021)
institution DOAJ
collection DOAJ
language EN
topic bioinformatics
genomics
transcriptomics
brain metastases
Neoplasms. Tumors. Oncology. Including cancer and carcinogens
RC254-282
spellingShingle bioinformatics
genomics
transcriptomics
brain metastases
Neoplasms. Tumors. Oncology. Including cancer and carcinogens
RC254-282
Christopher P. Wardell
Emilie Darrigues
Annick De Loose
Madison P. Lee
Murat Gokden
Issam Makhoul
Alan J. Tackett
Analiz Rodriguez
Genomic and Transcriptomic Profiling of Brain Metastases
description Brain metastases (BM) are the most common brain tumors in adults occurring in up to 40% of all cancer patients. Multi-omics approaches allow for understanding molecular mechanisms and identification of markers with prognostic significance. In this study, we profile 130 BM using genomics and transcriptomics and correlate molecular characteristics to clinical parameters. The most common tumor origins for BM were lung (40%) followed by melanoma (21%) and breast (15%). Melanoma and lung BMs contained more deleterious mutations than other subtypes (<i>p</i> < 0.001). Mutational signatures suggested that the bulk of the mutations were gained before metastasis. A novel copy number event centered around the MCL1 gene was found in 75% of all samples, suggesting a broader role in promoting metastasis. Unsupervised hierarchical cluster analysis of transcriptional signatures available in 65 samples based on the hallmarks of cancer revealed four distinct clusters. Melanoma samples formed a distinctive cluster in comparison to other BM subtypes. Characteristics of molecular profiles did not correlate with survival. However, patients with self-identified black race or those who did not receive radiation correlated with poor survival. These data identify potential new drivers of brain metastatic progression. Our data also suggest further investigation of sociodemographic and clinical features is needed in BM cohorts.
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author Christopher P. Wardell
Emilie Darrigues
Annick De Loose
Madison P. Lee
Murat Gokden
Issam Makhoul
Alan J. Tackett
Analiz Rodriguez
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title Genomic and Transcriptomic Profiling of Brain Metastases
title_short Genomic and Transcriptomic Profiling of Brain Metastases
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