Project description:microRNA profiles of NSCLCs driven by ALK, EGFR or KRAS in order to find driver-specific diagnostic and prognostic microRNA signatures.
Project description:Identification of genes up-regulated in ALK-positive and EGFR/KRAS/ALK-negative lung adenocarcinomas. To elucidate molecular characteristics of lung adenocarcinomas (ADCs) with ALK mutations and those without EGFR, KRAS and ALK mutations, 226 primary lung ADCs of pathological stage I-II, examined for the status of EGFR, KRAS and ALK mutations, were subjected to genome-wide expression profiling, and genes up-regulated in lung ADCs with ALK mutations and those without EGFR, KRAS and ALK mutations were identified. One hundred and seventy-four genes, including ALK, were selected as being up-regulated specifically in 79 lung ADCs without EGFR and KRAS mutations. These 79 cases were divided into: 11 cases of ALK-positive ADCs, 36 cases of group A triple-negative ADCs, and 32 cases of group B triple-negative ADCs, by unsupervised clustering according to the expression of the 174 genes. In ALK-positive ADCs, 30 genes, including ALK itself and GRIN2A, were significantly overexpressed. Group A triple-negative ADC cases showed significantly worse prognoses for relapse and death than ADC cases with EGFR, KRAS or ALK mutations and group B triple-negative ADC cases. Nine genes were identified as being significantly up-regulated in group A triple-negative ADC cases and critical for predicting their prognosis. The nine genes included DEPDC1, which had been identified as a candidate diagnostic and therapeutic target in bladder and breast cancers. Genes discriminating this group of ADCs will be useful for selection of patients who will benefit from adjuvant chemotherapy after surgical resection of stage I-II triple-negative ADCs and also informative for the development of molecular targeting therapies for these patients. Expression profiles in of 226 lung adenocarcinomas (127 with EGFR mutation, 20 with KRAS mutation, 11 with EML4-ALK fusion and 68 triple negative cases).
Project description:Identification of genes up-regulated in ALK-positive and EGFR/KRAS/ALK-negative lung adenocarcinomas. To elucidate molecular characteristics of lung adenocarcinomas (ADCs) with ALK mutations and those without EGFR, KRAS and ALK mutations, 226 primary lung ADCs of pathological stage I-II, examined for the status of EGFR, KRAS and ALK mutations, were subjected to genome-wide expression profiling, and genes up-regulated in lung ADCs with ALK mutations and those without EGFR, KRAS and ALK mutations were identified. One hundred and seventy-four genes, including ALK, were selected as being up-regulated specifically in 79 lung ADCs without EGFR and KRAS mutations. These 79 cases were divided into: 11 cases of ALK-positive ADCs, 36 cases of group A triple-negative ADCs, and 32 cases of group B triple-negative ADCs, by unsupervised clustering according to the expression of the 174 genes. In ALK-positive ADCs, 30 genes, including ALK itself and GRIN2A, were significantly overexpressed. Group A triple-negative ADC cases showed significantly worse prognoses for relapse and death than ADC cases with EGFR, KRAS or ALK mutations and group B triple-negative ADC cases. Nine genes were identified as being significantly up-regulated in group A triple-negative ADC cases and critical for predicting their prognosis. The nine genes included DEPDC1, which had been identified as a candidate diagnostic and therapeutic target in bladder and breast cancers. Genes discriminating this group of ADCs will be useful for selection of patients who will benefit from adjuvant chemotherapy after surgical resection of stage I-II triple-negative ADCs and also informative for the development of molecular targeting therapies for these patients.
Project description:Never-smoker lung adenocarcinoma (NSLA) is prevalent in Asian populations and even more in women. Since epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) mutations or anaplastic lymphoma kinase (ALK) fusions are major alterations found in NSLA, studies have focused on NSLA with EGFR and ALK alteration (EA), but not for NSLA without EGFR and ALK alteration (NENA). To reveal the proteogenomic landscape of NENA, we selected 101 NSLA tissues without EGFR and ALK by targeted sequencing of 1597 FFPE samples, and performed multiomics analyses including whole genome, transcriptome, methylation EPIC array, total proteome, and phosphoproteome. Genome analysis revealed that TP53 (25%), KRAS (22%), ROS1 fusion (13%), SETD2 (11%), and ERRB2 (9%) were the most frequently mutated genes in NENA. Proteogenomic impact analysis found that STK11 and ERBB2 somatic mutations had more profound effects on cancer-associated genes in NENA. From DNA copy number alteration analysis, we identified 22 prognostic proteins whose expression was controlled through transcriptome from copy number alterations Intriguingly, from gene set enrichment analysis, estrogen signaling emerged as the key pathway activated in NENA compared with EA. Evidence from multiomics analysis including copy number gains in chromosomes 14 and 21, STK11 mutation, and DNA hypomethylation of LLGL2 and ST14, also supported the increased estrogen signaling. Finally, the saracatinib, an Src inhibitor, was suggested as a potential drug for targeting activated estrogen signaling in NENA. Taken together, the proteogenomic landscape for NENA from this study will enhance our understanding of the etiology of NSLA.
Project description:Mutations in key oncogenes have been identified as important genetic alterations in lung
adenocarcinoma (LUAC), including genes encoding epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR), Kirsten rat sarcoma viral oncogene homolog (KRAS), and anaplastic lymphoma kinase (ALK). These genetic mutations fundamentally determine the therapeutic options of the patients. Our aim was the characterization of the altered biological pathways and phosphorylation events in LUAC tumors harboring EGFR, KRAS, or ALK oncogenic mutation and triple wild-type (WT) LUAC tumors by MS-based quantitative proteomics and phosphoproteomics analyses of 84 formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded (FFPE) tissue sections. EGFR-mutated samples showed distinct proteomic profiles, while principal component analysis based on the phosphoproteomic experiments revealed considerable differences between the samples with different mutations. Additionally, 31 proteins and 60 phosphosites were identified with potentially mutation-specific values serving as potential therapeutic targets. Our results could provide significant insights for developing therapeutic strategies for LUAC.
Project description:Never-smoker lung adenocarcinoma (NSLA) is prevalent in Asian populations, and is even more in women. EGFR mutations and ALK fusions are major alterations observed in NSLA. We have focused on NSLA without EGFR and ALK alteration (NENA) rather than NSLA with EGFR and ALK (EA). First, we selected 141 NSLA tissues, and performed proteogenomic analyses including the whole-genome sequencing (WGS), transcriptome, methylation EPIC array, total proteome and phosphoproteome. We then excluded 40 patients with EA and 7 patients with NENA microsatellite instability. Genome analysis revealed that TP53 (25%), KRAS (22%), ROS1 fusion (14%), and SETD2 (11%) were the most frequently mutated genes in NENA patients. Proteogenomic impact analysis revealed that STK11 and ERBB2 somatic mutations had broader effects on cancer-associated genes in NENA. Through DNA copy-number alteration analysis, we identified 22 prognostic proteins, influencing transcriptomic and proteomic changes. Gene set enrichment analysis revealed that the estrogen signaling emerged as the key pathway activated in NENA. A lot of proteogenomic evidence supported the increased estrogen signaling, such as copy-number deletions in chromosomes 14 and 21, STK11 mutation, and DNA hypomethylation of LLGL2 and ST14. Finally, saracatinib, an Src inhibitor, was suggested as a potential drug for targeting activated estrogen signaling in NENA, and was experimentally validated in vitro using cell line model. In this study, we enhanced our understanding of the etiology of NENA NSLA through the proteogenomic landscape, based on which we proposed saracatinib as an effective drug
Project description:Never-smoker lung adenocarcinoma (NSLA) is prevalent in Asian populations, and is even more in women. EGFR mutations and ALK fusions are major alterations observed in NSLA. We have focused on NSLA without EGFR and ALK alteration (NENA) rather than NSLA with EGFR and ALK (EA). First, we selected 141 NSLA tissues, and performed proteogenomic analyses including the whole-genome sequencing (WGS), transcriptome, methylation EPIC array, total proteome and phosphoproteome. We then excluded 40 patients with EA and 7 patients with NENA microsatellite instability. Genome analysis revealed that TP53 (25%), KRAS (22%), ROS1 fusion (14%), and SETD2 (11%) were the most frequently mutated genes in NENA patients. Proteogenomic impact analysis revealed that STK11 and ERBB2 somatic mutations had broader effects on cancer-associated genes in NENA. Through DNA copy-number alteration analysis, we identified 22 prognostic proteins, influencing transcriptomic and proteomic changes. Gene set enrichment analysis revealed that the estrogen signaling emerged as the key pathway activated in NENA. A lot of proteogenomic evidence supported the increased estrogen signaling, such as copy-number deletions in chromosomes 14 and 21, STK11 mutation, and DNA hypomethylation of LLGL2 and ST14. Finally, saracatinib, an Src inhibitor, was suggested as a potential drug for targeting activated estrogen signaling in NENA, and was experimentally validated in vitro using cell line model. In this study, we enhanced our understanding of the etiology of NENA NSLA through the proteogenomic landscape, based on which we proposed saracatinib as an effective drug
Project description:To identify diagnostic and prognostic cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) proteomic signatures in glioblastoma (GBM), brain metastases (BM), normal pressure hydrocephalus (NPH) and central nervous system lymphoma (CNSL), CSF samples were retrospectively retrieved from the Penn State Neuroscience Biorepository and profiled using shotgun proteomics. Proteomic signatures were identified using machine learning classifiers and survival analyses.
Project description:The aim of our study was to investigate whether miRNAs could serve as predictive biomarkers to anti-EGFR therapy (cetuximab, panitumumab) in patients with KRAS wild-type (wt-KRAS) metastatic colorectal cancer (mCRC). In our study, historical cohort of 96 patiens with wt-KRAS mCRC (2006-2009) was included and further divided into exploratory and validation cohorts. Large-scale miRNAs expression profiling was performed on the exploratory cohort of 41 wt-KRAS mCRC patients treated with cetuximab to identify miRNAs associated with time to progression (TTP). The validation was performed on two independent cohorts: 30 patients of wt-KRAS mCRC treated with cetuximab and 25 patients of wt-KRAS mCRC treated with panitumumab.