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Du B, Zhang Y, Zhang P, Zhang M, Yu Z, Li L, Hou L, Wang Q, Zhang X, Zhang W. Joint metabolomics and transcriptomics analysis systematically reveal the impact of MYCN in neuroblastoma. Sci Rep 2024; 14:20155. [PMID: 39215128 PMCID: PMC11364762 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-024-71211-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/08/2024] [Accepted: 08/26/2024] [Indexed: 09/04/2024] Open
Abstract
The limited understanding of the molecular mechanism underlying MYCN-amplified (MNA) neuroblastoma (NB) has hindered the identification of effective therapeutic targets for MNA NB, contributing to its higher mortality rate compared to MYCN non-amplified (non-MNA) NB. Therefore, a comprehensive analysis integrating metabolomics and transcriptomics was conducted to systematically investigate the MNA NB. Metabolomics analysis utilized plasma samples from 28 MNA NB patients and 68 non-MNA NB patients, while transcriptomics analysis employed tissue samples from 15 MNA NB patients and 37 non-MNA NB patients. Notably, joint metabolomics and transcriptomics analysis was performed. A total of 46 metabolites exhibited alterations, with 21 displaying elevated levels and 25 demonstrating reduced levels in MNA NB. In addition, 884 mRNAs in MNA NB showed significant changes, among which 766 mRNAs were higher and 118 mRNAs were lower. Joint-pathway analysis revealed three aberrant pathways involving glycerolipid metabolism, purine metabolism, and lysine degradation. This study highlights the substantial differences in metabolomics and transcriptomics between MNA NB and non-MNA NB, identifying three abnormal metabolic pathways that may serve as potential targets for understanding the molecular mechanisms underlying MNA NB.
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- Bang Du
- Health Commission of Henan Province Key Laboratory for Precision Diagnosis and Treatment of Pediatric Tumor, Children's Hospital Affiliated to Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, 450018, China
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- The First Affiliated Hospital, College of Clinical Medicine of Henan University of Science and Technology, Henan Key Laboratory of Rare Diseases, Endocrinology and Metabolism Center, Luoyang, 471003, China
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- Health Commission of Henan Province Key Laboratory for Precision Diagnosis and Treatment of Pediatric Tumor, Children's Hospital Affiliated to Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, 450018, China
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- Health Commission of Henan Province Key Laboratory for Precision Diagnosis and Treatment of Pediatric Tumor, Children's Hospital Affiliated to Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, 450018, China
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- Health Commission of Henan Province Key Laboratory for Precision Diagnosis and Treatment of Pediatric Tumor, Children's Hospital Affiliated to Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, 450018, China
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- Health Commission of Henan Province Key Laboratory for Precision Diagnosis and Treatment of Pediatric Tumor, Children's Hospital Affiliated to Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, 450018, China
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- Henan International Joint Laboratory for Prevention and Treatment of Pediatric Disease, Children's Hospital Affiliated to Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, 450018, China
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- Henan Key Laboratory of Children's Genetics and Metabolic Diseases, Children's Hospital Affiliated to Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, 450018, China.
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- Health Commission of Henan Province Key Laboratory for Precision Diagnosis and Treatment of Pediatric Tumor, Children's Hospital Affiliated to Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, 450018, China.
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- Health Commission of Henan Province Key Laboratory for Precision Diagnosis and Treatment of Pediatric Tumor, Children's Hospital Affiliated to Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, 450018, China.
- Henan International Joint Laboratory for Prevention and Treatment of Pediatric Disease, Children's Hospital Affiliated to Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, 450018, China.
- Henan Key Laboratory of Children's Genetics and Metabolic Diseases, Children's Hospital Affiliated to Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, 450018, China.
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Zhang W, Zhang M, Sun M, Hu M, Yu M, Sun J, Zhang X, Du B. Metabolomics-transcriptomics joint analysis: unveiling the dysregulated cell death network and developing a diagnostic model for high-grade neuroblastoma. Front Immunol 2024; 14:1345734. [PMID: 38239355 PMCID: PMC10794662 DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2023.1345734] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/28/2023] [Accepted: 12/14/2023] [Indexed: 01/22/2024] Open
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High-grade neuroblastoma (HG-NB) exhibits a significantly diminished survival rate in comparison to low-grade neuroblastoma (LG-NB), primarily attributed to the mechanism of HG-NB is unclear and the lacking effective therapeutic targets and diagnostic model. Therefore, the current investigation aims to study the dysregulated network between HG-NB and LG-NB based on transcriptomics and metabolomics joint analysis. Meanwhile, a risk diagnostic model to distinguish HG-NB and LG-NB was also developed. Metabolomics analysis was conducted using plasma samples obtained from 48 HG-NB patients and 36 LG-NB patients. A total of 39 metabolites exhibited alterations, with 20 showing an increase and 19 displaying a decrease in HG-NB. Additionally, transcriptomics analysis was performed on NB tissue samples collected from 31 HG-NB patients and 20 LG-NB patients. Results showed that a significant alteration was observed in a total of 1,199 mRNAs in HG-NB, among which 893 were upregulated while the remaining 306 were downregulated. In particular, the joint analysis of both omics data revealed three aberrant pathways, namely the cAMP signaling pathway, PI3K-Akt signaling pathway, and TNF signaling pathway, which were found to be associated with cell death. Notably, a diagnostic model for HG-NB risk classification was developed based on the genes MGST1, SERPINE1, and ERBB3 with an area under the receiver operating characteristic curve of 0.915. In the validation set, the sensitivity and specificity were determined to be 75.0% and 80.0%, respectively.
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- Wancun Zhang
- Health Commission of Henan Province Key Laboratory for Precision Diagnosis and Treatment of Pediatric Tumor, Children’s Hospital Affiliated to Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, China
- Henan International Joint Laboratory for Prevention and Treatment of Pediatric Disease, Children’s Hospital Affiliated to Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, China
- Henan Key Laboratory of Children’s Genetics and Metabolic Diseases, Children’s Hospital Affiliated to Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, China
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- Health Commission of Henan Province Key Laboratory for Precision Diagnosis and Treatment of Pediatric Tumor, Children’s Hospital Affiliated to Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, China
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- Henan Key Laboratory of Children’s Genetics and Metabolic Diseases, Children’s Hospital Affiliated to Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, China
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- Health Commission of Henan Province Key Laboratory for Precision Diagnosis and Treatment of Pediatric Tumor, Children’s Hospital Affiliated to Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, China
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- Henan International Joint Laboratory for Prevention and Treatment of Pediatric Disease, Children’s Hospital Affiliated to Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, China
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- Health Commission of Henan Province Key Laboratory for Precision Diagnosis and Treatment of Pediatric Tumor, Children’s Hospital Affiliated to Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, China
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- Health Commission of Henan Province Key Laboratory for Precision Diagnosis and Treatment of Pediatric Tumor, Children’s Hospital Affiliated to Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, China
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- Health Commission of Henan Province Key Laboratory for Precision Diagnosis and Treatment of Pediatric Tumor, Children’s Hospital Affiliated to Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, China
- Henan International Joint Laboratory for Prevention and Treatment of Pediatric Disease, Children’s Hospital Affiliated to Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, China
- Henan Key Laboratory of Children’s Genetics and Metabolic Diseases, Children’s Hospital Affiliated to Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, China
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Du B, Zhang F, Zhou Q, Cheng W, Yu Z, Li L, Yang J, Zhang X, Zhou C, Zhang W. Joint analysis of the metabolomics and transcriptomics uncovers the dysregulated network and develops the diagnostic model of high-risk neuroblastoma. Sci Rep 2023; 13:16991. [PMID: 37813883 PMCID: PMC10562375 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-023-43988-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/06/2023] [Accepted: 10/01/2023] [Indexed: 10/11/2023] Open
Abstract
High-risk neuroblastoma (HR-NB) has a significantly lower survival rate compared to low- and intermediate-risk NB (LIR-NB) due to the lack of risk classification diagnostic models and effective therapeutic targets. The present study aims to characterize the differences between neuroblastomas with different risks through transcriptomic and metabolomic, and establish an early diagnostic model for risk classification of neuroblastoma.Plasma samples from 58 HR-NB and 38 LIR-NB patients were used for metabolomics analysis. Meanwhile, NB tissue samples from 32 HR-NB and 23 LIR-NB patients were used for transcriptomics analysis. In particular, integrative metabolomics and transcriptomic analysis was performed between HR-NB and LIR-NB. A total of 44 metabolites (P < 0.05 and fold change > 1.5) were altered, including 12 that increased and 32 that decreased in HR-NB. A total of 1,408 mRNAs (P < 0.05 and |log2(fold change)|> 1) showed significantly altered in HR-NB, of which 1,116 were upregulated and 292 were downregulated. Joint analysis of both omic data identified 4 aberrant pathways (P < 0.05 and impact ≥ 0.5) consisting of glycerolipid metabolism, retinol metabolism, arginine biosynthesis and linoleic acid metabolism. Importantly, a HR-NB risk classification diagnostic model was developed using plasma circulating-free S100A9, CDK2, and UNC5D, with an area under receiver operating characteristic curve of 0.837 where the sensitivity and specificity in the validation set were both 80.0%. This study presents a novel pioneering study demonstrating the metabolomics and transcriptomics profiles of HR-NB. The glycerolipid metabolism, retinol metabolism, arginine biosynthesis and linoleic acid metabolism were altered in HR-NB. The risk classification diagnostic model based on S100A9, CDK2, and UNC5D can be clinically used for HR-NB risk classification.
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- Bang Du
- Henan Key Laboratory of Children's Genetics and Metabolic Diseases, Children's Hospital Affiliated to Zhengzhou University, Henan Children's Hospital, Zhengzhou, 450018, China
- Henan International Joint Laboratory for Prevention and Treatment of Pediatric Disease, Children's Hospital Affiliated to Zhengzhou University, Henan Children's Hospital, Zhengzhou, 450018, China
- Health Commission of Henan Province Key Laboratory for Precision Diagnosis and Treatment of Pediatric Tumor, Children's Hospital Affiliated to Zhengzhou University, Henan Children's Hospital, Zhengzhou, 450018, China
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- Henan Key Laboratory of Children's Genetics and Metabolic Diseases, Children's Hospital Affiliated to Zhengzhou University, Henan Children's Hospital, Zhengzhou, 450018, China
- Henan International Joint Laboratory for Prevention and Treatment of Pediatric Disease, Children's Hospital Affiliated to Zhengzhou University, Henan Children's Hospital, Zhengzhou, 450018, China
- Health Commission of Henan Province Key Laboratory for Precision Diagnosis and Treatment of Pediatric Tumor, Children's Hospital Affiliated to Zhengzhou University, Henan Children's Hospital, Zhengzhou, 450018, China
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- Experimental Center of Clinical Research, The First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui University of Chinese Medicine, Hefei, 230000, China
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- Henan Key Laboratory of Children's Genetics and Metabolic Diseases, Children's Hospital Affiliated to Zhengzhou University, Henan Children's Hospital, Zhengzhou, 450018, China
- Henan International Joint Laboratory for Prevention and Treatment of Pediatric Disease, Children's Hospital Affiliated to Zhengzhou University, Henan Children's Hospital, Zhengzhou, 450018, China
- Health Commission of Henan Province Key Laboratory for Precision Diagnosis and Treatment of Pediatric Tumor, Children's Hospital Affiliated to Zhengzhou University, Henan Children's Hospital, Zhengzhou, 450018, China
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- Henan Key Laboratory of Children's Genetics and Metabolic Diseases, Children's Hospital Affiliated to Zhengzhou University, Henan Children's Hospital, Zhengzhou, 450018, China
- Henan International Joint Laboratory for Prevention and Treatment of Pediatric Disease, Children's Hospital Affiliated to Zhengzhou University, Henan Children's Hospital, Zhengzhou, 450018, China
- Health Commission of Henan Province Key Laboratory for Precision Diagnosis and Treatment of Pediatric Tumor, Children's Hospital Affiliated to Zhengzhou University, Henan Children's Hospital, Zhengzhou, 450018, China
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- Henan Key Laboratory of Children's Genetics and Metabolic Diseases, Children's Hospital Affiliated to Zhengzhou University, Henan Children's Hospital, Zhengzhou, 450018, China
- Henan International Joint Laboratory for Prevention and Treatment of Pediatric Disease, Children's Hospital Affiliated to Zhengzhou University, Henan Children's Hospital, Zhengzhou, 450018, China
- Health Commission of Henan Province Key Laboratory for Precision Diagnosis and Treatment of Pediatric Tumor, Children's Hospital Affiliated to Zhengzhou University, Henan Children's Hospital, Zhengzhou, 450018, China
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- Henan Key Laboratory of Children's Genetics and Metabolic Diseases, Children's Hospital Affiliated to Zhengzhou University, Henan Children's Hospital, Zhengzhou, 450018, China
- Henan International Joint Laboratory for Prevention and Treatment of Pediatric Disease, Children's Hospital Affiliated to Zhengzhou University, Henan Children's Hospital, Zhengzhou, 450018, China
- Health Commission of Henan Province Key Laboratory for Precision Diagnosis and Treatment of Pediatric Tumor, Children's Hospital Affiliated to Zhengzhou University, Henan Children's Hospital, Zhengzhou, 450018, China
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- Henan Key Laboratory of Children's Genetics and Metabolic Diseases, Children's Hospital Affiliated to Zhengzhou University, Henan Children's Hospital, Zhengzhou, 450018, China.
- Henan International Joint Laboratory for Prevention and Treatment of Pediatric Disease, Children's Hospital Affiliated to Zhengzhou University, Henan Children's Hospital, Zhengzhou, 450018, China.
- Health Commission of Henan Province Key Laboratory for Precision Diagnosis and Treatment of Pediatric Tumor, Children's Hospital Affiliated to Zhengzhou University, Henan Children's Hospital, Zhengzhou, 450018, China.
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- Henan Key Laboratory of Children's Genetics and Metabolic Diseases, Children's Hospital Affiliated to Zhengzhou University, Henan Children's Hospital, Zhengzhou, 450018, China.
- Henan International Joint Laboratory for Prevention and Treatment of Pediatric Disease, Children's Hospital Affiliated to Zhengzhou University, Henan Children's Hospital, Zhengzhou, 450018, China.
- Health Commission of Henan Province Key Laboratory for Precision Diagnosis and Treatment of Pediatric Tumor, Children's Hospital Affiliated to Zhengzhou University, Henan Children's Hospital, Zhengzhou, 450018, China.
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- Henan Key Laboratory of Children's Genetics and Metabolic Diseases, Children's Hospital Affiliated to Zhengzhou University, Henan Children's Hospital, Zhengzhou, 450018, China.
- Henan International Joint Laboratory for Prevention and Treatment of Pediatric Disease, Children's Hospital Affiliated to Zhengzhou University, Henan Children's Hospital, Zhengzhou, 450018, China.
- Health Commission of Henan Province Key Laboratory for Precision Diagnosis and Treatment of Pediatric Tumor, Children's Hospital Affiliated to Zhengzhou University, Henan Children's Hospital, Zhengzhou, 450018, China.
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Barco S, Lavarello C, Cangelosi D, Morini M, Eva A, Oneto L, Uva P, Tripodi G, Garaventa A, Conte M, Petretto A, Cangemi G. Untargeted LC-HRMS Based-Plasma Metabolomics Reveals 3-O-Methyldopa as a New Biomarker of Poor Prognosis in High-Risk Neuroblastoma. Front Oncol 2022; 12:845936. [PMID: 35756625 PMCID: PMC9231354 DOI: 10.3389/fonc.2022.845936] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/30/2021] [Accepted: 05/12/2022] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
Abstract
Neuroblastoma (NB) is the most common extracranial malignant tumor in children. Although the survival rate of NB has improved over the years, the outcome of NB still remains poor for over 30% of cases. A more accurate risk stratification remains a key point in the study of NB and the availability of novel prognostic biomarkers of "high-risk" at diagnosis could help improving patient stratification and predicting outcome. In this paper we show a biomarker discovery approach applied to the plasma of 172 NB patients. Plasma samples from a first cohort of NB patients and age-matched healthy controls were used for untargeted metabolomics analysis based on high-resolution mass spectrometry (HRMS). Differential expression analysis highlighted a number of metabolites annotated with a high degree of identification. Among them, 3-O-methyldopa (3-O-MD) was validated in a second cohort of NB patients using a targeted metabolite profiling approach and its prognostic potential was also analyzed by survival analysis on patients with 3 years follow-up. High expression of 3-O-MD was associated with worse prognosis in the subset of patients with stage M tumor (log-rank p < 0.05) and, among them, it was confirmed as a prognostic factor able to stratify high-risk patients older than 18 months. 3-O-MD might be thus considered as a novel prognostic biomarker of NB eligible to be included at diagnosis among catecholamine metabolite panels in prospective clinical studies. Further studies are warranted to exploit other potential biomarkers highlighted using our approach.
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- Sebastiano Barco
- Chromatography and Mass Spectrometry Section, Central Laboratory of Analysis, IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Genoa, Italy
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- Core Facilities Clinical Proteomics and Metabolomics, IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Genoa, Italy
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- Clinical Bioinformatics Unit, IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Genoa, Italy
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- Laboratory of Molecular Biology, IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Genoa, Italy
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- Laboratory of Molecular Biology, IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Genoa, Italy
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- DIBRIS, University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy
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- Clinical Bioinformatics Unit, IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Genoa, Italy
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- Chromatography and Mass Spectrometry Section, Central Laboratory of Analysis, IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Genoa, Italy
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- Department of Pediatric Oncology and Hematology, IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Genoa, Italy
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- Department of Pediatric Oncology and Hematology, IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Genoa, Italy
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- Core Facilities Clinical Proteomics and Metabolomics, IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Genoa, Italy
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- Chromatography and Mass Spectrometry Section, Central Laboratory of Analysis, IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Genoa, Italy
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Quintás G, Yáñez Y, Gargallo P, Juan Ribelles A, Cañete A, Castel V, Segura V. Metabolomic profiling in neuroblastoma. Pediatr Blood Cancer 2020; 67:e28113. [PMID: 31802629 DOI: 10.1002/pbc.28113] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/15/2019] [Revised: 10/14/2019] [Accepted: 11/11/2019] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Previous studies on several cancer types show that metabolomics provides a potentially useful noninvasive screening approach for outcome prediction and accurate response to treatment assessment. Neuroblastoma (NB) accounts for at least 15% of cancer-related deaths in children. Although current risk-based treatment approaches in NB have resulted in improved outcome, survival for high-risk patients remains poor. This study aims to evaluate the use of metabolomics for improving patients' risk-group stratification and outcome prediction in NB. DESIGN AND METHODS Plasma samples from 110 patients with NB were collected at diagnosis prior to starting therapy and at the end of treatment if available. Metabolomic analysis of samples was carried out by ultra-performance liquid chromatography-time of flight mass spectrometry (UPLC-MS). RESULTS The metabolomic analysis was able to identify different plasma metabolic profiles in high-risk and low-risk NB patients at diagnosis. The metabolic model correctly classified 16 high-risk and 15 low-risk samples in an external validation set providing 84.2% sensitivity (60.4-96.6, 95% CI) and 93.7% specificity (69.8-99.8, 95% CI). Metabolomic profiling could also discriminate high-risk patients with active disease from those in remission. Notably, a plasma metabolomic signature at diagnosis identified a subset of high-risk NB patients who progressed during treatment. CONCLUSIONS To the best of our knowledge, this is the largest NB study investigating the prognostic power of plasma metabolomics. Our results support the potential of metabolomic profiling for improving NB risk-group stratification and outcome prediction. Additional validating studies with a large cohort are needed.
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- Guillermo Quintás
- Leitat Technological Center, Health and Biomedicine Division, Barcelona, Spain.,Unidad Analítica, Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria Hospital La Fe, Valencia, Spain
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- Pediatric Oncology Unit, Hospital Universitario y Politécnico La Fe, Valencia, Spain
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- Pediatric Oncology Unit, Hospital Universitario y Politécnico La Fe, Valencia, Spain
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- Pediatric Oncology Unit, Hospital Universitario y Politécnico La Fe, Valencia, Spain
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- Pediatric Oncology Unit, Hospital Universitario y Politécnico La Fe, Valencia, Spain
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- Pediatric Oncology Unit, Hospital Universitario y Politécnico La Fe, Valencia, Spain
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- Pediatric Oncology Unit, Hospital Universitario y Politécnico La Fe, Valencia, Spain
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Ornell KJ, Coburn JM. Developing preclinical models of neuroblastoma: driving therapeutic testing. BMC Biomed Eng 2019; 1:33. [PMID: 32903387 PMCID: PMC7422585 DOI: 10.1186/s42490-019-0034-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/09/2019] [Accepted: 11/19/2019] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
Abstract
Despite advances in cancer therapeutics, particularly in the area of immuno-oncology, successful treatment of neuroblastoma (NB) remains a challenge. NB is the most common cancer in infants under 1 year of age, and accounts for approximately 10% of all pediatric cancers. Currently, children with high-risk NB exhibit a survival rate of 40–50%. The heterogeneous nature of NB makes development of effective therapeutic strategies challenging. Many preclinical models attempt to mimic the tumor phenotype and tumor microenvironment. In vivo mouse models, in the form of genetic, syngeneic, and xenograft mice, are advantageous as they replicated the complex tumor-stroma interactions and represent the gold standard for preclinical therapeutic testing. Traditional in vitro models, while high throughput, exhibit many limitations. The emergence of new tissue engineered models has the potential to bridge the gap between in vitro and in vivo models for therapeutic testing. Therapeutics continue to evolve from traditional cytotoxic chemotherapies to biologically targeted therapies. These therapeutics act on both the tumor cells and other cells within the tumor microenvironment, making development of preclinical models that accurately reflect tumor heterogeneity more important than ever. In this review, we will discuss current in vitro and in vivo preclinical testing models, and their potential applications to therapeutic development.
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- Kimberly J Ornell
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, 100 Institute Road, Worcester, MA 01605 USA
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, 100 Institute Road, Worcester, MA 01605 USA
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Malik DM, Rhoades S, Weljie A. Extraction and Analysis of Pan-metabolome Polar Metabolites by Ultra Performance Liquid Chromatography-Tandem Mass Spectrometry (UPLC-MS/MS). Bio Protoc 2018; 8:e2715. [PMID: 29623284 DOI: 10.21769/bioprotoc.2715] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
Abstract
Modern triple quadrupole mass spectrometers provide the ability to detect and quantify a large number of metabolites using tandem mass spectrometry (MS/MS). Liquid chromatography (LC) is advantageous, as it does not require derivatization procedures and a large diversity in physiochemical characteristics of analytes can be accommodated through a variety of column chemistries. Recently, the comprehensive optimization of LC-MS metabolomics using design of experiments (COLMeD) approach has been described and used by our group to develop robust LC-MS workflows (Rhoades and Weljie, 2016). The optimized LC-MS/MS method described here has been utilized extensively for metabolomics analysis of polar metabolites. Typically, tissue or biofluid samples are extracted using a modified Bligh-Dyer protocol (Bligh and Dyer, 1959; Tambellini et al., 2013). The protocol described herein describes this workflow using targeted polar metabolite multiple reaction monitoring (MRM) from tissues and biofluids via ultra-performance liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (UPLC-MS/MS). This workflow has been utilized extensively for chronometabolic analysis (Krishnaiah et al., 2017), with applications generalized to other types of analyses as well (Sengupta et al., 2017; Sivanand et al., 2017).
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- Dania M Malik
- Pharmacology Graduate Group, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.,Department of Systems Pharmacology and Translational Therapeutics, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.,Institute for Translational Medicine and Therapeutics, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Pharmacology Graduate Group, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.,Department of Systems Pharmacology and Translational Therapeutics, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Department of Systems Pharmacology and Translational Therapeutics, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.,Institute for Translational Medicine and Therapeutics, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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Esposito MR, Aveic S, Seydel A, Tonini GP. Neuroblastoma treatment in the post-genomic era. J Biomed Sci 2017; 24:14. [PMID: 28178969 PMCID: PMC5299732 DOI: 10.1186/s12929-017-0319-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 77] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/28/2016] [Accepted: 01/31/2017] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
Abstract
Neuroblastoma is an embryonic malignancy of early childhood originating from neural crest cells and showing heterogeneous biological, morphological, genetic and clinical characteristics. The correct stratification of neuroblastoma patients within risk groups (low, intermediate, high and ultra-high) is critical for the adequate treatment of the patients. High-throughput technologies in the Omics disciplines are leading to significant insights into the molecular pathogenesis of neuroblastoma. Nonetheless, further study of Omics data is necessary to better characterise neuroblastoma tumour biology. In the present review, we report an update of compounds that are used in preclinical tests and/or in Phase I-II trials for neuroblastoma. Furthermore, we recapitulate a number of compounds targeting proteins associated to neuroblastoma: MYCN (direct and indirect inhibitors) and downstream targets, Trk, ALK and its downstream signalling pathways. In particular, for the latter, given the frequency of ALK gene deregulation in neuroblastoma patients, we discuss on second-generation ALK inhibitors in preclinical or clinical phases developed for the treatment of neuroblastoma patients resistant to crizotinib. We summarise how Omics drive clinical trials for neuroblastoma treatment and how much the research of biological targets is useful for personalised medicine. Finally, we give an overview of the most recent druggable targets selected by Omics investigation and discuss how the Omics results can provide us additional advantages for overcoming tumour drug resistance.
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- Maria Rosaria Esposito
- Paediatric Research Institute, Fondazione Città della Speranza, Neuroblastoma Laboratory, Corso Stati Uniti, 4, Padua, 35127, Italy.
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- Paediatric Research Institute, Fondazione Città della Speranza, Neuroblastoma Laboratory, Corso Stati Uniti, 4, Padua, 35127, Italy
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- Department of Biology, University of Padua, Padua, Italy
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- Paediatric Research Institute, Fondazione Città della Speranza, Neuroblastoma Laboratory, Corso Stati Uniti, 4, Padua, 35127, Italy
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Buck A, Aichler M, Huber K, Walch A. In Situ Metabolomics in Cancer by Mass Spectrometry Imaging. Adv Cancer Res 2016; 134:117-132. [PMID: 28110648 DOI: 10.1016/bs.acr.2016.11.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Metabolomics is a rapidly evolving and a promising research field with the expectation to improve diagnosis, therapeutic treatment prediction, and prognosis of particular diseases. Among all techniques used to assess the metabolome in biological systems, mass spectrometry imaging is the method of choice to qualitatively and quantitatively analyze metabolite distribution in tissues with a high spatial resolution, thus providing molecular data in relation to cancer histopathology. The technique is ideally suited to study tissues molecular content and is able to provide molecular biomarkers or specific mass signatures which can be used in classification or the prognostic evaluation of tumors. Recently, it was shown that FFPE tissue samples are also suitable for metabolic analyses. This progress in methodology allows access to a highly valuable resource of tissues believed to widen and strengthen metabolic discovery-driven studies.
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- A Buck
- Research Unit Analytical Pathology, Helmholtz Zentrum München, Neuherberg, Germany
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- Research Unit Analytical Pathology, Helmholtz Zentrum München, Neuherberg, Germany
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- Research Unit Analytical Pathology, Helmholtz Zentrum München, Neuherberg, Germany
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- Research Unit Analytical Pathology, Helmholtz Zentrum München, Neuherberg, Germany.
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