Measurement of Plasma Cell-Free Mitochondrial Tumor DNA Improves Detection of Glioblastoma in Patient-Derived Orthotopic Xenograft Models.
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Authors
Tsui, Dana WY
Watts, Colin
Publication Date
2019-01Journal Title
Cancer research
ISSN
0008-5472
Publisher
American Association for Cancer Research
Volume
79
Issue
1
Pages
220-230
Language
eng
Type
Article
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AM
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Print-Electronic
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Mair, R., Mouliere, F., Smith, C., Chandrananda, S., Gale, D., Marass, F., Tsui, D. W., et al. (2019). Measurement of Plasma Cell-Free Mitochondrial Tumor DNA Improves Detection of Glioblastoma in Patient-Derived Orthotopic Xenograft Models.. Cancer research, 79 (1), 220-230. https://doi.org/10.1158/0008-5472.can-18-0074
Abstract
The factors responsible for the low detection rate of cell-free tumor DNA (ctDNA) in the plasma of glioblastoma (GB) patients are currently unknown. In this study, we measured circulating nucleic acids in patient-derived orthotopically implanted xenograft (PDOX) models of GB (n=64) and show that tumor size and cell proliferation, but not the integrity of the blood-brain barrier or cell death, affect the release of ctDNA in treatment naïve GB PDOX. Analysis of fragment length profiles by shallow genome-wide sequencing (<0.2x coverage) of host (rat) and tumor (human) circulating DNA identified a peak at 145 bp in the human DNA fragments, indicating a difference in the origin or processing of the ctDNA. The concentration of ctDNA correlated with cell death only after treatment with Temozolomide and radiotherapy. Digital PCR detection of plasma tumor mitochondrial DNA (tmtDNA), an alternative to detection of nuclear ctDNA, improved plasma DNA detection rate (82% versus 24%) and allowed detection in cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) and urine.
Mitochondrial mutations are prevalent across all cancers and can be detected with high sensitivity, at low cost and without prior knowledge of tumor mutations via capture-panel sequencing. Coupled with the observation that mitochondrial copy number increases in glioma, these data suggest analyzing tmtDNA as a more sensitive method to detect and monitor tumor burden in cancer, specifically in GB where current methods have largely failed.
Keywords
Tumor Cells, Cultured, Mitochondria, Body Fluids, Animals, Humans, Rats, Rats, Nude, Glioblastoma, DNA, Mitochondrial, DNA, Neoplasm, Xenograft Model Antitumor Assays, Female, High-Throughput Nucleotide Sequencing, Biomarkers, Tumor, Circulating Tumor DNA
Sponsorship
N. Rosenfeld and K. Brindle are supported by the University of Cambridge, Cancer Research UK (grant numbers A11906, A20240, 17242, 16465) and Hutchison Whampoa Limited. N. Rosenfeld has received funding from the European Research Council under the European Union's Seventh Framework Programme (FP/2007-2013) / ERC Grant Agreement n. 337905. C. Watts is supported by The Brain Tumour Charity grant 10/136.
Funder references
Cancer Research UK (16465)
Cancer Research UK (C48525/A18345)
Addenbrooke's Charitable Trust (ACT) (unknown)
Cancer Research UK (CB4100)
Cancer Research UK (C14303_do not transfer)
European Research Council (337905)
Cancer Research UK (unknown)
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External DOI: https://doi.org/10.1158/0008-5472.can-18-0074
This record's URL: https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/286401
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