Complementary Sequential Circulating Tumor Cell (CTC) and Cell-Free Tumor DNA (ctDNA) Profiling Reveals Metastatic Heterogeneity and Genomic Changes in Lung Cancer and Breast Cancer

Copyright © 2021 Kong, Liu, Tan, Tai, Phua, Poh, Yeo, Chua, Haw, Ling, Ng, Tan, Loh, Tan, Ng, Ang, Toh, Lee, Lim, Lim, Hillmer, Yap and Lim..

INTRODUCTION: Circulating tumor cells (CTCs) and cell-free tumor DNA (ctDNA) are tumor components present in circulation. Due to the limited access to both CTC enrichment platforms and ctDNA sequencing in most laboratories, they are rarely analyzed together.

METHODS: Concurrent isolation of ctDNA and single CTCs were isolated from lung cancer and breast cancer patients using the combination of size-based and CD45-negative selection method via DropCell platform. We performed targeted amplicon sequencing to evaluate the genomic heterogeneity of CTCs and ctDNA in lung cancer and breast cancer patients.

RESULTS: Higher degrees of genomic heterogeneity were observed in CTCs as compared to ctDNA. Several shared alterations present in CTCs and ctDNA were undetected in the primary tumor, highlighting the intra-tumoral heterogeneity of tumor components that were shed into systemic circulation. Accordingly, CTCs and ctDNA displayed higher degree of concordance with the metastatic tumor than the primary tumor. The alterations detected in circulation correlated with worse survival outcome for both lung and breast cancer patients emphasizing the impact of the metastatic phenotype. Notably, evolving genetic signatures were detected in the CTCs and ctDNA samples during the course of treatment and disease progression.

CONCLUSIONS: A standardized sample processing and data analysis workflow for concurrent analysis of CTCs and ctDNA successfully dissected the heterogeneity of metastatic tumor in circulation as well as the progressive genomic changes that may potentially guide the selection of appropriate therapy against evolving tumor clonality.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2021

Erschienen:

2021

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:11

Enthalten in:

Frontiers in oncology - 11(2021), Seite 698551

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Kong, Say Li [VerfasserIn]
Liu, Xingliang [VerfasserIn]
Tan, Swee Jin [VerfasserIn]
Tai, Joyce A [VerfasserIn]
Phua, Ler Yee [VerfasserIn]
Poh, Huay Mei [VerfasserIn]
Yeo, Trifanny [VerfasserIn]
Chua, Yong Wei [VerfasserIn]
Haw, Yu Xuan [VerfasserIn]
Ling, Wen Huan [VerfasserIn]
Ng, Raymond Chee Hui [VerfasserIn]
Tan, Tira J [VerfasserIn]
Loh, Kiley Wei Jen [VerfasserIn]
Tan, Daniel Shao-Weng [VerfasserIn]
Ng, Quan Sing [VerfasserIn]
Ang, Mei Kim [VerfasserIn]
Toh, Chee Keong [VerfasserIn]
Lee, Yi Fang [VerfasserIn]
Lim, Chwee Teck [VerfasserIn]
Lim, Tony Kiat Hon [VerfasserIn]
Hillmer, Axel M [VerfasserIn]
Yap, Yoon Sim [VerfasserIn]
Lim, Wan-Teck [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Amplicon-sequencing
Breast cancer
Cell-free tumor DNA
Circulating tumor cells
Evolving alterations
Genomic heterogeneity
Journal Article
Lung cancer
Metastatic signatures

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Date Revised 25.04.2022

published: Electronic-eCollection

Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE

doi:

10.3389/fonc.2021.698551

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NLM328812358