Integrating extracellular vesicle and circulating cell-free DNA analysis using a single plasma aliquot improves the detection of HER2 positivity in breast cancer patients

Multi-analyte liquid biopsies represent an emerging opportunity for non-invasive cancer assessment. We developed ONCE (ONe Aliquot for Circulating Elements), an approach for the isolation of extracellular vesicles (EV) and cell-free DNA (cfDNA) from a single aliquot of blood. We assessed ONCE performance to classify HER2-positive early-stage breast cancer (BrCa) patients by combining EV-associated RNA (EV-RNA) and cfDNA signals on n=64 healthy donors (HD) and non-metastatic BrCa patients. Specifically, we isolated EV-enriched samples by a charge-based (CB) method and investigated EV-RNA and cfDNA by next-generation sequencing (NGS) and by digital droplet PCR (ddPCR). Sequencing of cfDNA and EV-RNA from HER2- and HER2+ patients demonstrated concordance with in situ molecular analyses of matched tissues. Combined analysis of the two circulating analytes by ddPCR showed increased sensitivity in ERBB2/HER2 detection compared to single nucleic acid components. Multi-analyte liquid biopsy prediction performance was comparable to tissue-based sequencing results from TCGA. Also, imaging flow cytometry analysis revealed HER2 protein on the surface of EV isolated from the HER2+ BrCa plasma, thus corroborating the potential relevance of studying EV as companion analyte to cfDNA. This data confirms the relevance of combining cfDNA and EV-RNA for HER2 cancer assessment and supports the ONCE as a valuable tool for multi-analytes liquid biopsies' clinical implementation.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:2

Enthalten in:

Journal of extracellular biology - 2(2023), 9 vom: 26. Sept.

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Mugoni, Vera [VerfasserIn]
Ciani, Yari [VerfasserIn]
Quaini, Orsetta [VerfasserIn]
Tomasini, Simone [VerfasserIn]
Notarangelo, Michela [VerfasserIn]
Vannuccini, Federico [VerfasserIn]
Marinelli, Alessia [VerfasserIn]
Leonardi, Elena [VerfasserIn]
Pontalti, Stefano [VerfasserIn]
Martinelli, Angela [VerfasserIn]
Rossetto, Daniele [VerfasserIn]
Pesce, Isabella [VerfasserIn]
Mansy, Sheref S [VerfasserIn]
Barbareschi, Mattia [VerfasserIn]
Ferro, Antonella [VerfasserIn]
Caffo, Orazio [VerfasserIn]
Attard, Gerhardt [VerfasserIn]
Vizio, Dolores Di [VerfasserIn]
D'Agostino, Vito Giuseppe [VerfasserIn]
Nardella, Caterina [VerfasserIn]
Demichelis, Francesca [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Breast Cancer
Cell-free DNA (cfDNA)
DdPCR
EV-RNA
Extracellular Vesicles (EV)
HER2
ImageStream
Journal Article
ONCE approach

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Date Revised 26.04.2024

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE

doi:

10.1002/jex2.108

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM365374075