scholarly journals Circulating tumor DNA profiling reveals clonal evolution and real-time disease progression in advanced hepatocellular carcinoma

2017 ◽  
Vol 141 (5) ◽  
pp. 977-985 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhi-Xiong Cai ◽  
Geng Chen ◽  
Yong-Yi Zeng ◽  
Xiu-Qing Dong ◽  
Min-Jie Lin ◽  
...  
BMC Cancer ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Stine Karlsen Oversoe ◽  
Michelle Simone Clement ◽  
Britta Weber ◽  
Henning Grønbæk ◽  
Stephen Jacques Hamilton-Dutoit ◽  
...  

Abstract Background and aims Studies suggest that mutations in the CTNNB1 gene are predictive of response to immunotherapy, an emerging therapy for advanced hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). Analysis of circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA) offers the possibility of serial non-invasive mutational profiling of tumors. Combining tumor tissue and ctDNA analysis may increase the detection rate of mutations. This study aimed to evaluate the frequency of the CTNNB1 p.T41A mutation in ctDNA and tumor samples from HCC patients and to evaluate the concordance rates between plasma and tissue. We further evaluated changes in ctDNA after various HCC treatment modalities and the impact of the CTNNB1 p.T41A mutation on the clinical course of HCC. Methods We used droplet digital PCR to analyze plasma from 95 patients and the corresponding tumor samples from 37 patients during 3 years follow up. Results In tumor tissue samples, the mutation rate was 8.1% (3/37). In ctDNA from HCC patients, the CTNNB1 mutation rate was 9.5% (9/95) in the pre-treatment samples. Adding results from plasma analysis to the subgroup of patients with available tissue samples, the mutation detection rate increased to 13.5% (5/37). There was no difference in overall survival according to CTNNB1 mutational status. Serial testing of ctDNA suggested a possible clonal evolution of HCC or arising multicentric tumors with separate genetic profiles in individual patients. Conclusion Combining analysis of ctDNA and tumor tissue increased the detection rate of CTNNB1 mutation in HCC patients. A liquid biopsy approach may be useful in a tailored therapy of HCC.


2020 ◽  
Vol 73 ◽  
pp. S900
Author(s):  
Johann von Felden ◽  
Amanda J. Craig ◽  
Ismail Labgaa ◽  
Teresa Garcia-Lezana ◽  
Delia D’Avola ◽  
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2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stine Karlsen Oversoe ◽  
Michelle Simone Clement ◽  
Britta Weber ◽  
Henning Grønbæk ◽  
Stephen Jacques Hamilton-Dutoit ◽  
...  

Abstract Background and aims: Studies suggest that mutations in the CTNNB1 gene are predictive of response to immunotherapy, an emerging therapy for advanced hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). Analysis of circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA) offers the possibility of serial non-invasive mutational profiling of tumors. Combining tumor tissue and ctDNA analysis may increase the detection rate of mutations.This study aimed to evaluate the frequency of the CTNNB1 p.T41A mutation in ctDNA and tumor samples from HCC patients and to evaluate the concordance rates between plasma and tissue. We further evaluated changes in ctDNA after various HCC treatment modalities and the impact of the CTNNB1 p.T41A mutation on the clinical course of HCC.Methods: We used droplet digital PCR to analyze plasma from 95 patients and the corresponding tumor samples from 37 patients during three years of follow up. Results: In tumor tissue samples, the mutation rate was 8.1% (3/37). In ctDNA from HCC patients, we found a CTNNB1 mutation rate of 9.5% (9/95) in the pre-treatment samples. Adding results from plasma analysis to the subgroup of patients with available tissue samples, the mutation detection rate increased to 13.5% (5/37). There was no difference in overall survival according to CTNNB1 mutational status. Serial testing of ctDNA indicated a clonal evolution of HCC or arising of multicentric tumors with separate genetic profiles.Conclusion: Combining analysis of ctDNA and tumor tissue increased the detection rate of CTNNB1 mutation in HCC patients. A liquid biopsy approach may be useful in a tailored therapy of HCC.


2018 ◽  
Vol 23 (5) ◽  
pp. 586-593 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sadakatsu Ikeda ◽  
Igor F. Tsigelny ◽  
Åge A. Skjevik ◽  
Yuko Kono ◽  
Michel Mendler ◽  
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2019 ◽  
Vol 37 (15_suppl) ◽  
pp. e15606-e15606
Author(s):  
Mao Li ◽  
Ailin Wei ◽  
Wenzhuan Xie ◽  
Jing Zhao ◽  
Zhengyi Zhao ◽  
...  

e15606 Background: Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is one of the most common malignancies with a particularly high prevalence in China. The genomic profiling in HCC had been widely explored with tissue biopsy, however, given the intrinsic risks of invasive approach, blood-based circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA) has been proposed as a promising alternative. In this study, we aim to investigate whether the ctDNA may serve as a reliable tool to provide a more accurate molecular snapshot of HCC in Chinese patients. Methods: Plasma samples from 385 Chinese patients with advanced HCC were assayed for somatic genomic alternations by hybrid capture-based next-generation sequencing (NGS) with 150 genes and a mean sequencing depth of more than 3000×. The results were compared with our internal tissue genomic database of Chinese HCC patients (N = 873) tested by NGS and TCGA database (N = 373) tested by whole exome sequencing. Genomic alterations including single nucleotide variation (SNV), insertions/deletions, copy number variations, gene rearrangement and fusions were assessed. Results: Among 385 patients with ctDNA testing, somatic genomic alternations were detected in 97% of the patients (median = 5 alterations/patient). The most prevalent SNV mutations from ctDNA sequencing were TP53 (45.7%), TERT (19.5%), CTNNB1 (12.5%), and LRP1B (8.3%) compared to our tissue database (TP53 (61.2%), CTNNB1 (15.6%), TERT (13.3%), and LRP1B (11.0%)). While in TCGA database, the most common SNV mutations were found in TP53 (30.1%), CTNNB1 (26.0%), LRP1B (8.8%), ARID1A (8.6%), and SPTA1 (7.5%). Moreover, the level of MSAF was associated with detectable variant types, evidenced by a significant higher MSAF level observed when amplifications (P < 0.0001) or fusions (P = 0.008) were detected in the samples. Conclusions: Molecular analysis of patients with advanced HCC through ctDNA can serve as a reliable alternative to tissue biopsy. Chinese HCC patients may have different mutational landscapes to Western population. The utility of ctDNA analysis can provide therapeutically exploitable genomic profiles to identify potentially actionable gene alterations for targeted therapies.


Oncogene ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 40 (1) ◽  
pp. 140-151
Author(s):  
Johann von Felden ◽  
Amanda J. Craig ◽  
Teresa Garcia-Lezana ◽  
Ismail Labgaa ◽  
Philipp K. Haber ◽  
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