MIMESIS : minimal DNA-methylation signatures to quantify and classify tumor signals in tissue and cell-free DNA samples

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DNA-methylation alterations are common in cancer and display unique characteristics that make them ideal markers for tumor quantification and classification. Here we present MIMESIS, a computational framework exploiting minimal DNA-methylation signatures composed by a few dozen informative DNA-methylation sites to quantify and classify tumor signals in tissue and cell-free DNA samples. Extensive analyses of multiple independent and heterogenous datasets including >7200 samples demonstrate the capability of MIMESIS to provide precise estimations of tumor content and to enable accurate classification of tumor type and molecular subtype. To assess our framework for clinical applications, we designed a MIMESIS-informed assay incorporating the minimal signatures for breast cancer. Using both artificial samples and clinical serial cell-free DNA samples from patients with metastatic breast cancer, we show that our approach provides accurate estimations of tumor content, sensitive detection of tumor signal and the ability to capture clinically relevant molecular subtype in patients' circulation. This study provides evidence that our extremely parsimonious approach can be used to develop cost-effective and highly scalable DNA-methylation assays that could support and facilitate the implementation of precision oncology in clinical practice.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:24

Enthalten in:

Briefings in bioinformatics - 24(2023), 2 vom: 19. März

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Romagnoli, Dario [VerfasserIn]
Nardone, Agostina [VerfasserIn]
Galardi, Francesca [VerfasserIn]
Paoli, Marta [VerfasserIn]
De Luca, Francesca [VerfasserIn]
Biagioni, Chiara [VerfasserIn]
Franceschini, Gian Marco [VerfasserIn]
Pestrin, Marta [VerfasserIn]
Sanna, Giuseppina [VerfasserIn]
Moretti, Erica [VerfasserIn]
Demichelis, Francesca [VerfasserIn]
Migliaccio, Ilenia [VerfasserIn]
Biganzoli, Laura [VerfasserIn]
Malorni, Luca [VerfasserIn]
Benelli, Matteo [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Bioinformatics
Biomarkers, Tumor
Breast cancer
Cancer
Cell-Free Nucleic Acids
Cell-free DNA
DNA, Neoplasm
DNA-methylation
Deconvolution
Journal Article
Liquid biopsy
Precision medicine
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Tumor content
Tumor subtype

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 21.03.2023

Date Revised 27.03.2023

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1093/bib/bbad015

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM35164699X