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THE CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER OF COPY NUMBER CHANGES IN HYPERDIPLOID MULTIPLE MYELOMA PATIENTS
Author(s): ,
Francesco Maura
Affiliations:
Cancer Genome Project, Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute,Hinxton,United Kingdom;Department of Oncology and Hemato-Oncology,University of Milan,Milan,Italy
,
Niccolò Bolli
Affiliations:
Department of Oncology and Hemato-Oncology,University of Milan,Milan,Italy;Department of Hematology,Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori,Milan,Italy;Cancer Genome Project, Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute,Hinxton,United Kingdom
,
Kevin Dawson
Affiliations:
Cancer Genome Project, Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute,Hinxton,United Kingdom
,
Nicos Angelopoulos
Affiliations:
Cancer Genome Project, Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute,Hinxton,United Kingdom
,
Raphae Szalat
Affiliations:
Jerome Lipper Multiple Myeloma Center,Dana–Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School,Boston,United States
,
Inigo Martincorena
Affiliations:
Cancer Genome Project, Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute,Hinxton,United Kingdom
,
Thomas Mitchell
Affiliations:
Cancer Genome Project, Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute,Hinxton,United Kingdom
,
Anthony Fullam
Affiliations:
Cancer Genome Project, Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute,Hinxton,United Kingdom
,
Stephane Minvielle
Affiliations:
Unité de Genomique du Myelome,Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Rangueil,Toulouse,France
,
Santiago Gonzales
Affiliations:
European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI),Hinxton,United Kingdom
,
Dominik Glodzik
Affiliations:
Cancer Genome Project, Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute,Hinxton,United Kingdom
,
Daniel Leongamornlert
Affiliations:
Cancer Genome Project, Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute,Hinxton,United Kingdom
,
Mehmet Kemal Samur
Affiliations:
Jerome Lipper Multiple Myeloma Center,Dana–Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School,Boston,United States
,
Mariateresa Fulciniti
Affiliations:
Jerome Lipper Multiple Myeloma Center,Dana–Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School,Boston,United States
,
Yu Tzu Tai
Affiliations:
Jerome Lipper Multiple Myeloma Center,Dana–Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School,Boston,United States
,
Florence Magrangeas
Affiliations:
Université de Nantes,Nantes,France
,
Philippe Moreau
Affiliations:
Université de Nantes,Nantes,France
,
Paolo Corradini
Affiliations:
Department of Oncology and Hemato-Oncology,University of Milan,Milan,Italy;Department of Hematology,Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori,Milan,Italy
,
Kenneth Anderson
Affiliations:
Jerome Lipper Multiple Myeloma Center,Dana–Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School,Boston,United States
,
Moritz Gerstung
Affiliations:
European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI),Hinxton,United Kingdom
,
Herve Avet-Loiseau
Affiliations:
Unité de Genomique du Myelome ,Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Rangueil,Toulouse,France
,
Peter Campbell
Affiliations:
Cancer Genome Project, Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute,Hinxton,United Kingdom
Nikhil Munshi
Affiliations:
Jerome Lipper Multiple Myeloma Center,Dana–Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School,Boston,United States;Veterans Administration Boston Healthcare System,West Roxbury,United States
(Abstract release date: 05/17/18) EHA Library. Maura F. 06/17/18; 214620; S1575
Dr. Francesco Maura
Dr. Francesco Maura
Contributions
Abstract

Abstract: S1575

Type: Oral Presentation

Presentation during EHA23: On Sunday, June 17, 2018 from 08:00 - 08:15

Location: Room A7

Background

Multiple myeloma (MM) pathogenesis is characterized by a complex Darwinian evolution process where the progressive accumulation of genetic aberrations confers distinct proliferative advantage and clonal selection. Translocations between the immunoglobulin heavy chain (IGH) locus and known oncogenes, and multiple chromosome gains (Hyperdiploidy, HRD) are considered early drivers, being detectable also in pre-malignant stages of the disease. The IGH translocations are thought to arise from aberrant AID activity in the germinal centre; however, the pathogenesis of HRD and other aneuploidies remains unclear but are hypothesized to occur during a single failed mitotic event rather than through serial acquisitions over time.

Aims
To investigate the order of acquisition of aneuploidies in MM, we analysed whole genomes sequencing (WGS) data from 67 tumour samples, collected at different clinical time points from a cohort of 30 patients; 11 with smoldering MM (SMM) and 56 with MM at diagnosis or later stages (median of 2 samples per patients; range 1-4).

Methods

Aligned sequence files were analyzed using the published tools available at the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute. Aneuploidies and their cancer cell fraction (CCF) was extracted by the previously published Battenberg approach.

Results

CCF analysis of the showed that 30% recurrent anueploidies were not fully clonal, suggesting their acquisition at different times during disease evolution. Ranking each event based on the distribution of its CCF, we observed that most chromosome gains in HRD, as well as amp1q, del1p and del13q occurred earlier compared to del17p, del14q and del8p. To increase the resolution of our analysis, we further developed a “molecular time” (MT) analysis of each clonal chromosome duplication greater than 1 Mb. The MT was calculated as the corrected ratio between the total number of clonal SNVs present on > 1 allele and all other clonal SNVs on one allele only. During a single allele duplication, all SNVs already present will be duplicated acquiring an allelic fraction ~66% and conversely all SNVs acquired on the non-duplicated allele (or on one of the two gained alleles after the duplication) will have an allelic fraction ~33%. In this analysis, we considered only those copy number alteration segments with a length > 1 Mb and with more than 50 clonal SNVs, extracted using the previously described dirichlet process. Integrating CCF and MT data we found that not all HRD gains were acquired at once, and in 11/18 (61%) cases the HRD karyotype was the result of multiple independent gains (MIG) acquired at different times. Interestingly we observed that in 12/18 (66%) patients the first HRD MIG event also involved other events, including amp1q that was therefore confirmed as an early event. Similarly, independent MIGs were also present in the MM (sub)clonal architecture evolution, with multiple CNAs gains lost and/or acquired during different cancer progression phases (from SMM to MM and from MM to relapsed MM). At the extreme end of the spectrum, we found 4 patients acquiring a whole genome duplication, whose occurrence only in relapsed samples suggests a potential role in relapsed/refractory stages.

Conclusion

In conclusion, in this study we described for the first time the pattern of acquisition of the HRD karyotype in MM. By integrating this analysis to the timing of acquisition of mutations, we have reconstructed the life history of the 30 MM cases, highlighting dynamic changes both spontaneous and after treatment, that will impact the way we manage the disease both in SMM and in active MM.

Session topic: 13. Myeloma and other monoclonal gammopathies – Biology & Translational Research

Keyword(s): Chromosomal abnormality, Genomics, Multiple Myeloma

Abstract: S1575

Type: Oral Presentation

Presentation during EHA23: On Sunday, June 17, 2018 from 08:00 - 08:15

Location: Room A7

Background

Multiple myeloma (MM) pathogenesis is characterized by a complex Darwinian evolution process where the progressive accumulation of genetic aberrations confers distinct proliferative advantage and clonal selection. Translocations between the immunoglobulin heavy chain (IGH) locus and known oncogenes, and multiple chromosome gains (Hyperdiploidy, HRD) are considered early drivers, being detectable also in pre-malignant stages of the disease. The IGH translocations are thought to arise from aberrant AID activity in the germinal centre; however, the pathogenesis of HRD and other aneuploidies remains unclear but are hypothesized to occur during a single failed mitotic event rather than through serial acquisitions over time.

Aims
To investigate the order of acquisition of aneuploidies in MM, we analysed whole genomes sequencing (WGS) data from 67 tumour samples, collected at different clinical time points from a cohort of 30 patients; 11 with smoldering MM (SMM) and 56 with MM at diagnosis or later stages (median of 2 samples per patients; range 1-4).

Methods

Aligned sequence files were analyzed using the published tools available at the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute. Aneuploidies and their cancer cell fraction (CCF) was extracted by the previously published Battenberg approach.

Results

CCF analysis of the showed that 30% recurrent anueploidies were not fully clonal, suggesting their acquisition at different times during disease evolution. Ranking each event based on the distribution of its CCF, we observed that most chromosome gains in HRD, as well as amp1q, del1p and del13q occurred earlier compared to del17p, del14q and del8p. To increase the resolution of our analysis, we further developed a “molecular time” (MT) analysis of each clonal chromosome duplication greater than 1 Mb. The MT was calculated as the corrected ratio between the total number of clonal SNVs present on > 1 allele and all other clonal SNVs on one allele only. During a single allele duplication, all SNVs already present will be duplicated acquiring an allelic fraction ~66% and conversely all SNVs acquired on the non-duplicated allele (or on one of the two gained alleles after the duplication) will have an allelic fraction ~33%. In this analysis, we considered only those copy number alteration segments with a length > 1 Mb and with more than 50 clonal SNVs, extracted using the previously described dirichlet process. Integrating CCF and MT data we found that not all HRD gains were acquired at once, and in 11/18 (61%) cases the HRD karyotype was the result of multiple independent gains (MIG) acquired at different times. Interestingly we observed that in 12/18 (66%) patients the first HRD MIG event also involved other events, including amp1q that was therefore confirmed as an early event. Similarly, independent MIGs were also present in the MM (sub)clonal architecture evolution, with multiple CNAs gains lost and/or acquired during different cancer progression phases (from SMM to MM and from MM to relapsed MM). At the extreme end of the spectrum, we found 4 patients acquiring a whole genome duplication, whose occurrence only in relapsed samples suggests a potential role in relapsed/refractory stages.

Conclusion

In conclusion, in this study we described for the first time the pattern of acquisition of the HRD karyotype in MM. By integrating this analysis to the timing of acquisition of mutations, we have reconstructed the life history of the 30 MM cases, highlighting dynamic changes both spontaneous and after treatment, that will impact the way we manage the disease both in SMM and in active MM.

Session topic: 13. Myeloma and other monoclonal gammopathies – Biology & Translational Research

Keyword(s): Chromosomal abnormality, Genomics, Multiple Myeloma

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