Purpose: Multiple Myeloma (MM) is a biologically heterogenous plasma-cell disorder. In this study we aimed at dissecting the functional impact on transcriptome of gene mutations, copy- number abnormalities (CNAs), and chromosomal rearrangements (CRs). Moreover, we applied a geno-transcriptomic approach to identify specific biomarkers for personalized treatments. Methods: We analyzed 514 newly diagnosed patients from the IA12 release of the CoMMpass study, accounting for mutations in MM driver genes, structural variants, copy-number segments and raw-transcript counts. We performed an in-silico drug sensitivity screen (DSS), interrogating the DepMap dataset after anchoring cell lines to primary tumor samples using the Celligner algorithm. Results: Immunoglobulin translocations, hyperdiploidy and Chr(1q)gain/amps were associated with the highest number of deregulated genes. Other CNAs and specific gene mutations had a lower but very distinct impact affecting specific pathways. Many recurrent genes showed a hotspot(HS)- specific effect. The clinical relevance of double-hit MM found strong biological bases in our analysis. Bi-allelic deletions of tumor suppressors and chr(1q)-amplifications showed the greatest impact on gene expression, deregulating pathways related to cell-cycle, proliferation and expression of immunotherapy targets. Moreover, our in-silico DSS showed that not only t(11;14) but also chr(1q)gain/amps and CYLD inactivation predicted differential expression of transcripts of the BCL2-axis and response to venetoclax. Conclusions: The MM genomic architecture and transcriptome have a strict connection, led by CNAs and CRs. Gene mutations impacted especially with HS-mutations of oncogenes and bi-allelic tumor suppressor gene inactivation. Finally, a comprehensive geno-transcriptomic analysis allows the identification of specific deregulated pathways and candidate biomarkers for personalized treatments in MM.

Functional impact of genomic complexity on the transcriptome of Multiple Myeloma / B. Ziccheddu, M.C. Da Via, M. Lionetti, A. Maeda, S. Morlupi, M. Dugo, K. Todoerti, S. Oliva, M. D'Agostino, P. Corradini, O. Landgren, F. Iorio, L. Pettine, A. Pompa, M. Manzoni, L. Baldini, A. Neri, F. Maura, N. Bolli. - In: CLINICAL CANCER RESEARCH. - ISSN 1078-0432. - 27:23(2021 Dec 01), pp. clincanres.4366.2020.6479-clincanres.4366.2020.6490. [10.1158/1078-0432.CCR-20-4366]

Functional impact of genomic complexity on the transcriptome of Multiple Myeloma

M.C. Da Via
Secondo
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M. Lionetti;A. Maeda;S. Morlupi;K. Todoerti;P. Corradini;L. Pettine;M. Manzoni;L. Baldini;A. Neri;F. Maura
Penultimo
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N. Bolli
Ultimo
2021

Abstract

Purpose: Multiple Myeloma (MM) is a biologically heterogenous plasma-cell disorder. In this study we aimed at dissecting the functional impact on transcriptome of gene mutations, copy- number abnormalities (CNAs), and chromosomal rearrangements (CRs). Moreover, we applied a geno-transcriptomic approach to identify specific biomarkers for personalized treatments. Methods: We analyzed 514 newly diagnosed patients from the IA12 release of the CoMMpass study, accounting for mutations in MM driver genes, structural variants, copy-number segments and raw-transcript counts. We performed an in-silico drug sensitivity screen (DSS), interrogating the DepMap dataset after anchoring cell lines to primary tumor samples using the Celligner algorithm. Results: Immunoglobulin translocations, hyperdiploidy and Chr(1q)gain/amps were associated with the highest number of deregulated genes. Other CNAs and specific gene mutations had a lower but very distinct impact affecting specific pathways. Many recurrent genes showed a hotspot(HS)- specific effect. The clinical relevance of double-hit MM found strong biological bases in our analysis. Bi-allelic deletions of tumor suppressors and chr(1q)-amplifications showed the greatest impact on gene expression, deregulating pathways related to cell-cycle, proliferation and expression of immunotherapy targets. Moreover, our in-silico DSS showed that not only t(11;14) but also chr(1q)gain/amps and CYLD inactivation predicted differential expression of transcripts of the BCL2-axis and response to venetoclax. Conclusions: The MM genomic architecture and transcriptome have a strict connection, led by CNAs and CRs. Gene mutations impacted especially with HS-mutations of oncogenes and bi-allelic tumor suppressor gene inactivation. Finally, a comprehensive geno-transcriptomic analysis allows the identification of specific deregulated pathways and candidate biomarkers for personalized treatments in MM.
Multiple myeloma; personalized medicine; genomics; transcriptomics; BCL2 inhibitors;
Settore MED/15 - Malattie del Sangue
1-dic-2021
15-set-2021
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