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Silvestri R, Rea F, Vitiello M, Moretti G, Aprile V, Lucchi M, Aretini P, Mazzanti CM, Landi S, Gemignani F. Comparative analysis of genetic variants in pleural fluids and solid tissue biopsies of pleural mesothelioma patients: Implications for molecular heterogeneity assessment. Heliyon 2024; 10:e32152. [PMID: 38947442 PMCID: PMC11214452 DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e32152] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/30/2023] [Revised: 05/28/2024] [Accepted: 05/29/2024] [Indexed: 07/02/2024] Open
Abstract
Objectives This study aims to determine whether the sequencing of DNA extracted from pleural fluids (PFs) of Pleural Mesothelioma (PM) patients accurately represents the genetic information obtained from the solid tissue counterpart biopsies with particular attention to the identification of single nucleotide variants (SNVs). Materials and methods Single pleural biopsy, PFs, and blood were collected from PM patients. DNA was extracted from these samples and then subjected to Whole-Exome Sequencing. Results A higher number of SNVs was identified in PFs than in solid tissue biopsies (STBs). Most SNVs were detected in PFs samples but not in STBs samples, while only a few SNVs were detected in STBs samples but not in PFs samples. Conclusion The current findings support the notion that PFs might offer a more robust depiction of cancer's molecular diversity. Nonetheless, the current outcomes challenge the assertion that liquid biopsies can encompass the entirety of intra-patient variations. Indeed, a subset of potential cancer-driver SNVs was exclusively identified in STBs. However, relying solely on STBs would have precluded the detection of significant SNVs that were exclusively present in PFs. This implies that while PFs serve as a valuable complement to STBs, they do not supplant them.
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- Roberto Silvestri
- Department of Biology, University of Pisa, via Derna 1, 56126, Pisa, Italy
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- Department of Biology, University of Pisa, via Derna 1, 56126, Pisa, Italy
- Department of Surgical, Medical, Molecular Pathology and Critical Area, University of Pisa, Via Savi 10, 56126, Pisa, Italy
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- Department of Biology, University of Pisa, via Derna 1, 56126, Pisa, Italy
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- Department of Biology, University of Pisa, via Derna 1, 56126, Pisa, Italy
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- Division of Thoracic Surgery, Cardiac-Thoracic and Vascular Department, University Hospital of Pisa, 56124, Pisa, Italy
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- Division of Thoracic Surgery, Cardiac-Thoracic and Vascular Department, University Hospital of Pisa, 56124, Pisa, Italy
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- Fondazione Pisana per la Scienza, Via Ferruccio Giovannini 13, 56017, San Giuliano Terme, Italy
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- Fondazione Pisana per la Scienza, Via Ferruccio Giovannini 13, 56017, San Giuliano Terme, Italy
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- Department of Biology, University of Pisa, via Derna 1, 56126, Pisa, Italy
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- Department of Biology, University of Pisa, via Derna 1, 56126, Pisa, Italy
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de Miguel-Perez D, Pickering EM, Malapelle U, Grier W, Pepe F, Pisapia P, Russo G, Pinto JA, Russo A, Troncone G, Culligan MJ, Scilla KA, Mehra R, Mohindra P, Arrieta O, Cardona AF, Del Re M, Sachdeva A, Hirsch FR, Wolf A, Friedberg JS, Rolfo C. Genomic profiling of tissue and blood predicts survival outcomes in patients with resected pleural mesothelioma. Eur J Cancer 2024; 196:113457. [PMID: 38008032 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejca.2023.113457] [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: 08/21/2023] [Revised: 11/10/2023] [Accepted: 11/16/2023] [Indexed: 11/28/2023]
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PURPOSE Pleural mesothelioma (PM) is an aggressive tumor still considered incurable, in part due to the lack of predictive biomarkers. Little is known about the clinical implications of molecular alterations in resectable PM tissues and blood. Here, we characterized genetic alterations to identify prognostic and predictive biomarkers in patients with resected PM. EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN Targeted next-generation sequencing was performed in retrospective pleural tumor tissue and paired plasma samples from stage IB-IIIB resected PM. Association between prognosis and presence of specific mutations was validated in silico. RESULTS Thirty PM tissues and paired blood samples from 12 patients were analyzed. High tissue tumor mutational burden (TMB) (>10 mutations/Mb), tissue median minor allele frequency (MAF) (>9 mutations/Mb), and blood TMB (>6 mutations/Mb), tissue KMT2C, PBRM1, PKHD1,EPHB1 and blood LIFR mutations correlated with longer disease-free survival and/or overall survival. High concordance (>80%) between tissue and blood was found for some mutations. CONCLUSIONS Tissue TMB and MAF, blood TMB, and specific mutations correlated with outcomes in patients with resected PM and should be further studied to validate their role as prognostic biomarkers and potentially predictive factors for combinations with immune-checkpoint inhibitors. This suggest that molecular profiling could identify longer survivors in patients with resected PM.
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- Diego de Miguel-Perez
- Center for Thoracic Oncology, Tisch Cancer Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA; Marlene and Stewart Greenebaum Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Section of Interventional Pulmonology, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Department of Public Health, University Federico II of Naples, Naples, Italy
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- Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, University of Maryland Medical Center, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Department of Public Health, University Federico II of Naples, Naples, Italy
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- Department of Public Health, University Federico II of Naples, Naples, Italy
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- Department of Public Health, University Federico II of Naples, Naples, Italy
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- Centro de Investigación Básica y Traslacional, Auna Ideas, Lima, Peru
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- Marlene and Stewart Greenebaum Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Department of Public Health, University Federico II of Naples, Naples, Italy
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- Department of Thoracic Medicine and Surgery, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Marlene and Stewart Greenebaum Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Marlene and Stewart Greenebaum Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center, Cleveland, OH, USA
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- Thoracic Oncology Unit, Instituto Nacional de Cancerología (INCan), Mexico City, Mexico
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- Luis Carlos Sarmiento Angulo Cancer Treatment and Research Center (CTIC) / Foundation for Clinical and Applied Cancer Research (FICMAC) / Molecular Oncology and Biology Systems Research Group (Fox-G), Universidad El Bosque, Bogotá, Colombia
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- Center for Thoracic Oncology, Tisch Cancer Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA
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- Section of Interventional Pulmonology, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Center for Thoracic Oncology, Tisch Cancer Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Thoracic Surgery, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Thoracic Medicine and Surgery, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Center for Thoracic Oncology, Tisch Cancer Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA; Marlene and Stewart Greenebaum Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA.
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Anobile DP, Montenovo G, Pecoraro C, Franczak M, Ait Iddouch W, Peters GJ, Riganti C, Giovannetti E. Splicing deregulation, microRNA and Notch aberrations: fighting the three-headed dog to overcome drug resistance in malignant mesothelioma. Expert Rev Clin Pharmacol 2022; 15:305-322. [PMID: 35533249 DOI: 10.1080/17512433.2022.2074835] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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INTRODUCTION Malignant mesothelioma (MMe) is an aggressive rare cancer of the mesothelium, associated with asbestos exposure. MMe is currently an incurable disease at all stages mainly due to resistance to treatments. It is therefore necessary to elucidate key mechanisms underlying chemoresistance, in an effort to exploit them as novel therapeutic targets. AREAS COVERED Chemoresistance is frequently elicited by microRNA (miRNA) alterations and splicing deregulations. Indeed, several miRNAs, such as miR-29c, have been shown to exert oncogenic or oncosuppressive activity. Alterations in the splicing machinery might also be involved in chemoresistance. Moreover, the Notch signaling pathway, often deregulated in MMe, plays a key role in cancer stem cells formation and self-renewal, leading to drug resistance and relapses. EXPERT OPINION The prognosis of MMe in patients varies among different tumors and patient characteristics, and novel biomarkers and therapies are warranted. This work aims at giving an overview of MMe, with a special focus on state-of-the-art treatments and new therapeutic strategies against vulnerabilities emerging from studies on epigenetics factors. Besides, this review is also the first to discuss the interplay between miRNAs and alternative splicing as well as the role of Notch as new promising frontiers to overcome drug resistance in MMe.
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- Dario P Anobile
- Department of Medical Oncology, VU University Medical Center, Cancer Center Amsterdam, 1081HV Amsterdam, Netherlands.,Department of Oncology, University of Torino, 10043 Orbassano, Italy
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- Department of Medical Oncology, VU University Medical Center, Cancer Center Amsterdam, 1081HV Amsterdam, Netherlands.,Department of Medicine and Surgery, University of Parma, 43126 Parma, Italy
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- Department of Medical Oncology, VU University Medical Center, Cancer Center Amsterdam, 1081HV Amsterdam, Netherlands.,Dipartimento Di Scienze E Tecnologie Biologiche Chimiche E Farmaceutiche (STEBICEF), Università degli Studi di Palermo, Palermo, Italy
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- Department of Medical Oncology, VU University Medical Center, Cancer Center Amsterdam, 1081HV Amsterdam, Netherlands.,Department of Biochemistry, Medical University of Gdansk, 80-210 Gdansk, Poland
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- Department of Medical Oncology, VU University Medical Center, Cancer Center Amsterdam, 1081HV Amsterdam, Netherlands
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- Department of Medical Oncology, VU University Medical Center, Cancer Center Amsterdam, 1081HV Amsterdam, Netherlands.,Department of Biochemistry, Medical University of Gdansk, 80-210 Gdansk, Poland
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- Department of Oncology, University of Torino, 10043 Orbassano, Italy
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- Department of Medical Oncology, VU University Medical Center, Cancer Center Amsterdam, 1081HV Amsterdam, Netherlands.,Fondazione Pisana per la Scienza Pisa, 56100 Pisa, Italy
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Pouliquen DL, Kopecka J. Malignant Mesothelioma. Cancers (Basel) 2021; 13:cancers13143447. [PMID: 34298661 PMCID: PMC8307269 DOI: 10.3390/cancers13143447] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/01/2021] [Accepted: 07/06/2021] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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- Daniel L. Pouliquen
- Université d’Angers, Inserm, CRCINA, F-44000 Nantes, France
- Correspondence: (D.L.P.); (J.K.)
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- Department of Oncology, University of Turin, 10126 Turin, Italy
- Correspondence: (D.L.P.); (J.K.)
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Oddone E, Bollon J, Nava CR, Consonni D, Marinaccio A, Magnani C, Gasparrini A, Barone-Adesi F. Effect of Asbestos Consumption on Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma in Italy: Forecasts of Mortality up to 2040. Cancers (Basel) 2021; 13:3338. [PMID: 34283067 PMCID: PMC8267929 DOI: 10.3390/cancers13133338] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/18/2021] [Accepted: 06/30/2021] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
Abstract
Statistical models used to forecast malignant pleural mesothelioma (MPM) trends often do not take into account historical asbestos consumption, possibly resulting in less accurate predictions of the future MPM death toll. We used the distributed lag non-linear model (DLNM) approach to predict future MPM cases in Italy until 2040, based on past asbestos consumption figures. Analyses were conducted using data on male MPM deaths (1970-2014) and annual asbestos consumption using data on domestic production, importation, and exportation. According to our model, the peak of MPM deaths is expected to occur in 2021 (1122 expected cases), with a subsequent decrease in mortality (344 MPM deaths in 2039). The exposure-response curve shows that relative risk (RR) of MPM increased almost linearly for lower levels of exposure but flattened at higher levels. The lag-specific RR grew until 30 years since exposure and decreased thereafter, suggesting that the most relevant contributions to the risk come from exposures which occurred 20-40 years before death. Our results show that the Italian MPM epidemic is approaching its peak and underline that the association between temporal trends of MPM and time since exposure to asbestos is not monotonic, suggesting a lesser role of remote exposures in the development of MPM than previously assumed.
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- Enrico Oddone
- Department of Public Health, Experimental and Forensic Medicine, University of Pavia, via Severino Boezio 24, 27100 Pavia, Italy
- Occupational Medicine Unit (UOOML), ICS Maugeri IRCCS, 27100 Pavia, Italy
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- Department of Translational Medicine, University of Eastern Piedmont, 28100 Novara, Italy; (J.B.); (C.M.); (F.B.-A.)
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- Department of Economics and Statistics ‘Cognetti de Martiis’, University of Turin, 10124 Turin, Italy;
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- Epidemiology Unit, Fondazione IRCCS Ca’ Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, 20122 Milan, Italy;
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- Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Epidemiology and Hygiene Department, Italian Workers’ Compensation Authority (INAIL), 00187 Rome, Italy;
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- Department of Translational Medicine, University of Eastern Piedmont, 28100 Novara, Italy; (J.B.); (C.M.); (F.B.-A.)
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- Department of Public Health Environments and Society, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London WC1H 9SH, UK;
- Centre for Statistical Methodology, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London WC1E 7HT, UK
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- Department of Translational Medicine, University of Eastern Piedmont, 28100 Novara, Italy; (J.B.); (C.M.); (F.B.-A.)
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