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Molecular and genetic diversity in the metastatic process of melanoma.

Harbst, Katja LU orcid ; Lauss, Martin LU ; Cirenajwis, Helena LU ; Winter, Christof LU ; Howlin, Jillian LU ; Törngren, Therese LU ; Kvist, Anders LU ; Nodin, Björn LU ; Olsson, Eleonor LU and Häkkinen, Jari LU orcid , et al. (2014) In Journal of Pathology 233(1). p.39-50
Abstract
Diversity between metastatic melanoma tumours in individual patients is known; however, the molecular and genetic differences remain unclear. To examine the molecular and genetic differences between metastatic tumours, we performed gene-expression profiling of 63 melanoma tumours obtained from 28 patients (two or three tumours/patient), followed by analysis of their mutational landscape, using targeted deep sequencing of 1697 cancer genes and DNA copy number analysis. Gene-expression signatures revealed discordant phenotypes between tumour lesions within a patient in 50% of the cases. In 18 of 22 patients (where matched normal tissue was available), we found that the multiple lesions within a patient were genetically divergent, with one or... (More)
Diversity between metastatic melanoma tumours in individual patients is known; however, the molecular and genetic differences remain unclear. To examine the molecular and genetic differences between metastatic tumours, we performed gene-expression profiling of 63 melanoma tumours obtained from 28 patients (two or three tumours/patient), followed by analysis of their mutational landscape, using targeted deep sequencing of 1697 cancer genes and DNA copy number analysis. Gene-expression signatures revealed discordant phenotypes between tumour lesions within a patient in 50% of the cases. In 18 of 22 patients (where matched normal tissue was available), we found that the multiple lesions within a patient were genetically divergent, with one or more melanoma tumours harbouring 'private' somatic mutations. In one case, the distant subcutaneous metastasis of one patient occurring 3 months after an earlier regional lymph node metastasis had acquired 37 new coding sequence mutations, including mutations in PTEN and CDH1. However, BRAF and NRAS mutations, when present in the first metastasis, were always preserved in subsequent metastases. The patterns of nucleotide substitutions found in this study indicate an influence of UV radiation but possibly also DNA alkylating agents. Our results clearly demonstrate that metastatic melanoma is a molecularly highly heterogeneous disease that continues to progress throughout its clinical course. The private aberrations observed on a background of shared aberrations within a patient provide evidence of continued evolution of individual tumours following divergence from a common parental clone, and might have implications for personalized medicine strategies in melanoma treatment. Published by John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. www.pathsoc.org.uk. (Less)
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Journal of Pathology
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233
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39 - 50
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0022-3417
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10.1002/path.4318
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  abstract     = {{Diversity between metastatic melanoma tumours in individual patients is known; however, the molecular and genetic differences remain unclear. To examine the molecular and genetic differences between metastatic tumours, we performed gene-expression profiling of 63 melanoma tumours obtained from 28 patients (two or three tumours/patient), followed by analysis of their mutational landscape, using targeted deep sequencing of 1697 cancer genes and DNA copy number analysis. Gene-expression signatures revealed discordant phenotypes between tumour lesions within a patient in 50% of the cases. In 18 of 22 patients (where matched normal tissue was available), we found that the multiple lesions within a patient were genetically divergent, with one or more melanoma tumours harbouring 'private' somatic mutations. In one case, the distant subcutaneous metastasis of one patient occurring 3 months after an earlier regional lymph node metastasis had acquired 37 new coding sequence mutations, including mutations in PTEN and CDH1. However, BRAF and NRAS mutations, when present in the first metastasis, were always preserved in subsequent metastases. The patterns of nucleotide substitutions found in this study indicate an influence of UV radiation but possibly also DNA alkylating agents. Our results clearly demonstrate that metastatic melanoma is a molecularly highly heterogeneous disease that continues to progress throughout its clinical course. The private aberrations observed on a background of shared aberrations within a patient provide evidence of continued evolution of individual tumours following divergence from a common parental clone, and might have implications for personalized medicine strategies in melanoma treatment. Published by John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. www.pathsoc.org.uk.}},
  author       = {{Harbst, Katja and Lauss, Martin and Cirenajwis, Helena and Winter, Christof and Howlin, Jillian and Törngren, Therese and Kvist, Anders and Nodin, Björn and Olsson, Eleonor and Häkkinen, Jari and Jirström, Karin and Staaf, Johan and Lundgren, Lotta and Olsson, Håkan and Ingvar, Christian and Gruvberger, Sofia and Saal, Lao and Jönsson, Göran B}},
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  language     = {{eng}},
  number       = {{1}},
  pages        = {{39--50}},
  publisher    = {{John Wiley & Sons Inc.}},
  series       = {{Journal of Pathology}},
  title        = {{Molecular and genetic diversity in the metastatic process of melanoma.}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/path.4318}},
  doi          = {{10.1002/path.4318}},
  volume       = {{233}},
  year         = {{2014}},
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