Whole-genome sequencing facilitates patient-specific quantitative PCR-based minimal residual disease monitoring in acute lymphoblastic leukaemia, neuroblastoma and Ewing sarcoma
Autor: | Marie Wong, Michelle J. Henderson, Caroline Atkinson, Glenn M. Marshall, Nicola C. Venn, Pooja Venkat, Michelle Haber, Alvin Kamili, Vinod Vijay Subhash, Vanessa Tyrrell, Murray D. Norris, Mark J. Cowley, Paul G Ekert, Dan Chen, Chelsea Mayoh, Rosemary Sutton, Toby Trahair, Jamie I. Fletcher, Libby Huang |
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Rok vydání: | 2021 |
Předmět: |
Cancer Research
biology business.industry medicine.disease Minimal residual disease law.invention body regions Real-time polymerase chain reaction Oncology law hemic and lymphatic diseases Neuroblastoma microRNA Cancer research biology.protein Medicine Digital polymerase chain reaction Sarcoma Antibody business Polymerase chain reaction |
Zdroj: | British Journal of Cancer. 126:482-491 |
ISSN: | 1532-1827 0007-0920 |
Popis: | Background Minimal residual disease (MRD) measurement is a cornerstone of contemporary acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (ALL) treatment. The presence of immunoglobulin (Ig) and T cell receptor (TCR) gene recombinations in leukaemic clones allows widespread use of patient-specific, DNA-based MRD assays. In contrast, paediatric solid tumour MRD remains experimental and has focussed on generic assays targeting tumour-specific messenger RNA, methylated DNA or microRNA. Methods We examined the feasibility of using whole-genome sequencing (WGS) data to design tumour-specific polymerase chain reaction (PCR)-based MRD tests (WGS-MRD) in 18 children with high-risk relapsed cancer, including ALL, high-risk neuroblastoma (HR-NB) and Ewing sarcoma (EWS) (n = 6 each). Results Sensitive WGS-MRD assays were generated for each patient and allowed quantitation of 1 tumour cell per 10−4 (0.01%)–10–5 (0.001%) mononuclear cells. In ALL, WGS-MRD and Ig/TCR-MRD were highly concordant. WGS-MRD assays also showed good concordance between quantitative PCR and droplet digital PCR formats. In serial clinical samples, WGS-MRD correlated with disease course. In solid tumours, WGS-MRD assays were more sensitive than RNA-MRD assays. Conclusions WGS facilitated the development of patient-specific MRD tests in ALL, HR-NB and EWS with potential clinical utility in monitoring treatment response. WGS data could be used to design patient-specific MRD assays in a broad range of tumours. |
Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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