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Nat Commun ; 14(1): 8444, 2023 Dec 19.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-38114498

RESUMO

RNA splicing is an important biological process associated with cancer initiation and progression. However, the contribution of alternative splicing to pancreatic cancer (PDAC) development is not well understood. Here, we identify an enrichment of RNA binding proteins (RBPs) involved in splicing regulation linked to PDAC progression from a forward genetic screen using Sleeping Beauty insertional mutagenesis in a mouse model of pancreatic cancer. We demonstrate downregulation of RBFOX2, an RBP of the FOX family, promotes pancreatic cancer progression and liver metastasis. Specifically, we show RBFOX2 regulates exon splicing events in transcripts encoding proteins involved in cytoskeletal remodeling programs. These exons are differentially spliced in PDAC patients, with enhanced exon skipping in the classical subtype for several RBFOX2 targets. RBFOX2 mediated splicing of ABI1, encoding the Abelson-interactor 1 adapter protein, controls the abundance and localization of ABI1 protein isoforms in pancreatic cancer cells and promotes the relocalization of ABI1 from the cytoplasm to the periphery of migrating cells. Using splice-switching antisense oligonucleotides (AONs) we demonstrate the ABI1 ∆Ex9 isoform enhances cell migration. Together, our data identify a role for RBFOX2 in promoting PDAC progression through alternative splicing regulation.


Assuntos
Processamento Alternativo , Neoplasias Pancreáticas , Camundongos , Animais , Humanos , Processamento Alternativo/genética , Fatores de Processamento de RNA/genética , Fatores de Processamento de RNA/metabolismo , Proteínas de Ligação a RNA/genética , Proteínas de Ligação a RNA/metabolismo , Splicing de RNA , Isoformas de Proteínas/genética , Neoplasias Pancreáticas/genética , Proteínas Repressoras/metabolismo , Proteínas do Citoesqueleto/metabolismo , Proteínas Adaptadoras de Transdução de Sinal/metabolismo
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Cancer Res ; 82(22): 4261-4273, 2022 11 15.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-36112789

RESUMO

Mutationally activated BRAF is detected in approximately 7% of human lung adenocarcinomas, with BRAFT1799A serving as a predictive biomarker for treatment of patients with FDA-approved inhibitors of BRAFV600E oncoprotein signaling. In genetically engineered mouse (GEM) models, expression of BRAFV600E in the lung epithelium initiates growth of benign lung tumors that, without additional genetic alterations, rarely progress to malignant lung adenocarcinoma. To identify genes that cooperate with BRAFV600E for malignant progression, we used Sleeping Beauty-mediated transposon mutagenesis, which dramatically accelerated the emergence of lethal lung cancers. Among the genes identified was Rbms3, which encodes an RNA-binding protein previously implicated as a putative tumor suppressor. Silencing of RBMS3 via CRISPR/Cas9 gene editing promoted growth of BRAFV600E lung organoids and promoted development of malignant lung cancers with a distinct micropapillary architecture in BRAFV600E and EGFRL858R GEM models. BRAFV600E/RBMS3Null lung tumors displayed elevated expression of Ctnnb1, Ccnd1, Axin2, Lgr5, and c-Myc mRNAs, suggesting that RBMS3 silencing elevates signaling through the WNT/ß-catenin signaling axis. Although RBMS3 silencing rendered BRAFV600E-driven lung tumors resistant to the effects of dabrafenib plus trametinib, the tumors were sensitive to inhibition of porcupine, an acyltransferase of WNT ligands necessary for their secretion. Analysis of The Cancer Genome Atlas patient samples revealed that chromosome 3p24, which encompasses RBMS3, is frequently lost in non-small cell lung cancer and correlates with poor prognosis. Collectively, these data reveal the role of RBMS3 as a lung cancer suppressor and suggest that RBMS3 silencing may contribute to malignant NSCLC progression. SIGNIFICANCE: Loss of RBMS3 cooperates with BRAFV600E to induce lung tumorigenesis, providing a deeper understanding of the molecular mechanisms underlying mutant BRAF-driven lung cancer and potential strategies to more effectively target this disease.


Assuntos
Adenocarcinoma de Pulmão , Carcinogênese , Carcinoma Pulmonar de Células não Pequenas , Neoplasias Pulmonares , Proteínas Proto-Oncogênicas B-raf , Proteínas de Ligação a RNA , Transativadores , Animais , Humanos , Camundongos , Adenocarcinoma de Pulmão/genética , Carcinoma Pulmonar de Células não Pequenas/genética , Proliferação de Células , Pulmão/patologia , Neoplasias Pulmonares/genética , Mutagênese , Proteínas Proto-Oncogênicas B-raf/metabolismo , Proteínas de Ligação a RNA/genética , Transativadores/metabolismo , Via de Sinalização Wnt , Carcinogênese/genética
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PLoS Genet ; 17(8): e1009094, 2021 08.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-34398873

RESUMO

The systematic identification of genetic events driving cellular transformation and tumor progression in the absence of a highly recurrent oncogenic driver mutation is a challenge in cutaneous oncology. In cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma (cuSCC), the high UV-induced mutational burden poses a hurdle to achieve a complete molecular landscape of this disease. Here, we utilized the Sleeping Beauty transposon mutagenesis system to statistically define drivers of keratinocyte transformation and cuSCC progression in vivo in the absence of UV-IR, and identified both known tumor suppressor genes and novel oncogenic drivers of cuSCC. Functional analysis confirms an oncogenic role for the ZMIZ genes, and tumor suppressive roles for KMT2C, CREBBP and NCOA2, in the initiation or progression of human cuSCC. Taken together, our in vivo screen demonstrates an extremely heterogeneous genetic landscape of cuSCC initiation and progression, which can be harnessed to better understand skin oncogenic etiology and prioritize therapeutic candidates.


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Biomarcadores Tumorais/genética , Carcinoma de Células Escamosas/genética , Transformação Celular Neoplásica/genética , Queratinócitos/patologia , Mutagênese Insercional/métodos , Análise de Sequência de DNA/métodos , Neoplasias Cutâneas/genética , Proteína de Ligação a CREB/genética , Carcinoma de Células Escamosas/patologia , Transformação Celular Neoplásica/patologia , Elementos de DNA Transponíveis , Proteínas de Ligação a DNA/genética , Progressão da Doença , Perfilação da Expressão Gênica , Regulação Neoplásica da Expressão Gênica , Sequenciamento de Nucleotídeos em Larga Escala , Humanos , Coativador 2 de Receptor Nuclear/genética , Neoplasias Cutâneas/patologia
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Elife ; 102021 06 02.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-34075878

RESUMO

High spliceosome activity is a dependency for cancer cells, making them more vulnerable to perturbation of the splicing machinery compared to normal cells. To identify splicing factors important for prostate cancer (PCa) fitness, we performed pooled shRNA screens in vitro and in vivo. Our screens identified heterogeneous nuclear ribonucleoprotein M (HNRNPM) as a regulator of PCa cell growth. RNA- and eCLIP-sequencing identified HNRNPM binding to transcripts of key homeostatic genes. HNRNPM binding to its targets prevents aberrant exon inclusion and backsplicing events. In both linear and circular mis-spliced transcripts, HNRNPM preferentially binds to GU-rich elements in long flanking proximal introns. Mimicry of HNRNPM-dependent linear-splicing events using splice-switching-antisense-oligonucleotides was sufficient to inhibit PCa cell growth. This suggests that PCa dependence on HNRNPM is likely a result of mis-splicing of key homeostatic coding and non-coding genes. Our results have further been confirmed in other solid tumors. Taken together, our data reveal a role for HNRNPM in supporting cancer cell fitness. Inhibition of HNRNPM activity is therefore a potential therapeutic strategy in suppressing growth of PCa and other solid tumors.


Assuntos
Adenocarcinoma/metabolismo , Proliferação de Células , Ribonucleoproteínas Nucleares Heterogêneas Grupo M/metabolismo , Neoplasias da Próstata/metabolismo , Splicing de RNA , RNA Circular/biossíntese , Adenocarcinoma/genética , Adenocarcinoma/patologia , Animais , Regulação Neoplásica da Expressão Gênica , Células Hep G2 , Ribonucleoproteínas Nucleares Heterogêneas Grupo M/genética , Humanos , Masculino , Camundongos SCID , Células PC-3 , Neoplasias da Próstata/genética , Neoplasias da Próstata/patologia , RNA Circular/genética , Carga Tumoral , Células Tumorais Cultivadas
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Cancers (Basel) ; 13(2)2021 Jan 09.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-33435458

RESUMO

A central challenge in cancer genomics is the systematic identification of single and cooperating tumor suppressor gene mutations driving cellular transformation and tumor progression in the absence of oncogenic driver mutation(s). Multiple in vitro and in vivo gene inactivation screens have enhanced our understanding of the tumor suppressor gene landscape in various cancers. However, these studies are limited to single or combination gene effects, specific organs, or require sensitizing mutations. In this study, we developed and utilized a Sleeping Beauty transposon mutagenesis system that functions only as a gene trap to exclusively inactivate tumor suppressor genes. Using whole body transposon mobilization in wild type mice, we observed that cumulative gene inactivation can drive tumorigenesis of solid cancers. We provide a quantitative landscape of the tumor suppressor genes inactivated in these cancers and show that, despite the absence of oncogenic drivers, these genes converge on key biological pathways and processes associated with cancer hallmarks.

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Nucleic Acids Res ; 46(16): e94, 2018 09 19.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-29846651

RESUMO

Cancer driver prioritization for functional analysis of potential actionable therapeutic targets is a significant challenge. Meta-analyses of mutated genes across different human cancer types for driver prioritization has reaffirmed the role of major players in cancer, including KRAS, TP53 and EGFR, but has had limited success in prioritizing genes with non-recurrent mutations in specific cancer types. Sleeping Beauty (SB) insertional mutagenesis is a powerful experimental gene discovery framework to define driver genes in mouse models of human cancers. Meta-analyses of SB datasets across multiple tumor types is a potentially informative approach to prioritize drivers, and complements efforts in human cancers. Here, we report the development of SB Driver Analysis, an in-silico method for defining cancer driver genes that positively contribute to tumor initiation and progression from population-level SB insertion data sets. We demonstrate that SB Driver Analysis computationally prioritizes drivers and defines distinct driver classes from end-stage tumors that predict their putative functions during tumorigenesis. SB Driver Analysis greatly enhances our ability to analyze, interpret and prioritize drivers from SB cancer datasets and will continue to substantially increase our understanding of the genetic basis of cancer.


Assuntos
Transformação Celular Neoplásica/genética , Elementos de DNA Transponíveis/genética , Mutagênese Insercional , Neoplasias/genética , Oncogenes/genética , Proteínas Supressoras de Tumor/genética , Algoritmos , Animais , Predisposição Genética para Doença/genética , Humanos , Camundongos , Modelos Genéticos , Neoplasias/patologia
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Acad Med ; 93(7): 1055-1063, 2018 07.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-29342008

RESUMO

PURPOSE: The authors previously developed and tested a reflective model for facilitating performance feedback for practice improvement, the R2C2 model. It consists of four phases: relationship building, exploring reactions, exploring content, and coaching. This research studied the use and effectiveness of the model across different residency programs and the factors that influenced its effectiveness and use. METHOD: From July 2014-October 2016, case study methodology was used to study R2C2 model use and the influence of context on use within and across five cases. Five residency programs (family medicine, psychiatry, internal medicine, surgery, and anesthesia) from three countries (Canada, the United States, and the Netherlands) were recruited. Data collection included audiotaped site assessment interviews, feedback sessions, and debriefing interviews with residents and supervisors, and completed learning change plans (LCPs). Content, thematic, template, and cross-case analysis were conducted. RESULTS: An average of nine resident-supervisor dyads per site were recruited. The R2C2 feedback model, used with an LCP, was reported to be effective in engaging residents in a reflective, goal-oriented discussion about performance data, supporting coaching, and enabling collaborative development of a change plan. Use varied across cases, influenced by six general factors: supervisor characteristics, resident characteristics, qualities of the resident-supervisor relationship, assessment approaches, program culture and context, and supports provided by the authors. CONCLUSIONS: The R2C2 model was reported to be effective in fostering a productive, reflective feedback conversation focused on resident development and in facilitating collaborative development of a change plan. Factors contributing to successful use were identified.


Assuntos
Avaliação Educacional/normas , Retroalimentação , Internato e Residência/métodos , Tutoria/normas , Avaliação Educacional/métodos , Humanos , Medicina Interna/educação , Internato e Residência/normas , Entrevistas como Assunto/métodos , Tutoria/métodos , Tutoria/tendências , Reino Unido
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Nucleic Acids Res ; 46(D1): D1011-D1017, 2018 01 04.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-29059366

RESUMO

Large-scale oncogenomic studies have identified few frequently mutated cancer drivers and hundreds of infrequently mutated drivers. Defining the biological context for rare driving events is fundamentally important to increasing our understanding of the druggable pathways in cancer. Sleeping Beauty (SB) insertional mutagenesis is a powerful gene discovery tool used to model human cancers in mice. Our lab and others have published a number of studies that identify cancer drivers from these models using various statistical and computational approaches. Here, we have integrated SB data from primary tumor models into an analysis and reporting framework, the Sleeping Beauty Cancer Driver DataBase (SBCDDB, http://sbcddb.moffitt.org), which identifies drivers in individual tumors or tumor populations. Unique to this effort, the SBCDDB utilizes a single, scalable, statistical analysis method that enables data to be grouped by different biological properties. This allows for SB drivers to be evaluated (and re-evaluated) under different contexts. The SBCDDB provides visual representations highlighting the spatial attributes of transposon mutagenesis and couples this functionality with analysis of gene sets, enabling users to interrogate relationships between drivers. The SBCDDB is a powerful resource for comparative oncogenomic analyses with human cancer genomics datasets for driver prioritization.


Assuntos
Bases de Dados Genéticas , Genes Neoplásicos , Neoplasias Experimentais/genética , Animais , Elementos de DNA Transponíveis , Modelos Animais de Doenças , Camundongos , Mutagênese Insercional
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Arch Pathol Lab Med ; 141(3): 341-354, 2017 Mar.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-28055240

RESUMO

Accurate assessment of tissues for hematolymphoid neoplasms requires an integrated multiparameter approach. Although morphologic examination by light microscopy remains the mainstay of initial assessment for hematolymphoid neoplasms, immunophenotypic analysis by immunohistochemistry and/or flow cytometry is essential to determine the pattern of differentiation and to detect minimal disease when morphology is inconclusive. In some cases, immunophenotypic analysis provides additional information for targeted immunotherapy and prognostication. Genotypic studies, including cytogenetics, fluorescence in situ hybridization, DNA microarray, polymerase chain reaction, and/or next-generation sequencing, are also imperative for subclassification of the genetically defined disease entities in the current World Health Organization classification of hematolymphoid neoplasms. Moreover, genotypic studies can establish clonality, stratify patients to determine appropriate treatment, and monitor patients for treatment response.


Assuntos
Neoplasias Hematológicas/diagnóstico , Citogenética/métodos , Neoplasias Hematológicas/classificação , Neoplasias Hematológicas/genética , Humanos , Imuno-Histoquímica
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Pharmacol Ther ; 168: 29-42, 2016 12.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-27595930

RESUMO

Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) is a highly metastatic disease with a high mortality rate. Genetic and biochemical studies have shown that RAS signaling mediated by KRAS plays a pivotal role in disease initiation, progression and drug resistance. RAS signaling affects several cellular processes in PDAC, including cellular proliferation, migration, cellular metabolism and autophagy. 90% of pancreatic cancer patients harbor somatic oncogenic point mutations in KRAS, which lead to constitutive activation of the molecule. Pancreatic cancers lacking KRAS mutations show activation of RAS via upstream signaling through receptor mediated tyrosine kinases, like EGFR, and in a small fraction of patients, oncogenic activation of the downstream B-RAF molecule is detected. RAS-stimulated signaling of RAF/MEK/ERK, PI3K/AKT/mTOR and RalA/B is active in human pancreatic cancers, cancer cell lines and mouse models of PDAC, although activation levels of each signaling arm appear to be variable across different tumors and perhaps within different subclones of single tumors. Recently, several targeted therapies directed towards MEK, ERK, PI3K and mTOR have been assayed in pancreatic cancer cell lines and in mouse models of the disease with promising results for their ability to impede cellular growth or delay tumor formation, and several inhibitors are currently in clinical trials. However, therapy-induced cross activation of RAS effector molecules has elucidated the complexities of targeting RAS signaling. Combinatorial therapies are now being explored as an approach to overcome RAS-induced therapeutic resistance in pancreatic cancer.


Assuntos
Carcinoma Ductal Pancreático/patologia , Neoplasias Pancreáticas/patologia , Proteínas Proto-Oncogênicas p21(ras)/genética , Animais , Antineoplásicos/farmacologia , Carcinoma Ductal Pancreático/tratamento farmacológico , Carcinoma Ductal Pancreático/genética , Modelos Animais de Doenças , Resistencia a Medicamentos Antineoplásicos , Humanos , Camundongos , Terapia de Alvo Molecular , Neoplasias Pancreáticas/tratamento farmacológico , Neoplasias Pancreáticas/genética , Mutação Puntual , Transdução de Sinais
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Nat Biotechnol ; 34(9): 962-72, 2016 09.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-27479497

RESUMO

A central challenge in oncology is how to kill tumors containing heterogeneous cell populations defined by different combinations of mutated genes. Identifying these mutated genes and understanding how they cooperate requires single-cell analysis, but current single-cell analytic methods, such as PCR-based strategies or whole-exome sequencing, are biased, lack sequencing depth or are cost prohibitive. Transposon-based mutagenesis allows the identification of early cancer drivers, but current sequencing methods have limitations that prevent single-cell analysis. We report a liquid-phase, capture-based sequencing and bioinformatics pipeline, Sleeping Beauty (SB) capture hybridization sequencing (SBCapSeq), that facilitates sequencing of transposon insertion sites from single tumor cells in a SB mouse model of myeloid leukemia (ML). SBCapSeq analysis of just 26 cells from one tumor revealed the tumor's major clonal subpopulations, enabled detection of clonal insertion events not detected by other sequencing methods and led to the identification of dominant subclones, each containing a unique pair of interacting gene drivers along with three to six cooperating cancer genes with SB-driven expression changes.


Assuntos
DNA de Neoplasias/genética , Genes Neoplásicos/genética , Hibridização In Situ/métodos , Leucemia Mieloide/genética , Mutagênese Insercional/genética , Análise de Sequência de DNA/métodos , Algoritmos , Animais , Biomarcadores Tumorais/genética , Elementos de DNA Transponíveis , Feminino , Sequenciamento de Nucleotídeos em Larga Escala/métodos , Leucemia Mieloide/patologia , Masculino , Camundongos , Proteínas de Neoplasias/genética , Software , Transposases/genética
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Plast Reconstr Surg ; 137(4): 1327-1333, 2016 Apr.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-27018688

RESUMO

BACKGROUND: The transition to the Next Accreditation System is well underway, and a shift toward competency-based assessment in the form of milestones is now the standard. A significant effort has been completed by the Plastic Surgery Milestones Working Group to develop specific milestones and assessment tools for plastic surgery training. METHODS: The history of the development toward competency-based assessment was reviewed. Data regarding the trends and regulations associated with board certification and the role of maintenance of certification were reviewed. RESULTS: The work of the Plastic Surgery Milestones Working Group has sparked interest in assessment and created an opportunity for further development. The efforts toward validating assessment tools by our colleagues working in other surgical specialties serve as a suitable roadmap for further progress. Board certification is an integral part of successful practice and should be regarded as an expectation. Despite the burdens associated with maintenance of certification, it serves a valuable function in ensuring optimal patient care and is often retrospectively seen as an important component of practice. CONCLUSIONS: The competency-based milestones are the new standard, and work on this new methodology of assessing plastic surgery trainees is expected to continue. Accurate assessment is critical to the pathways for board certification and maintenance of certification, which serve important roles for all parties involved in the delivery of medical care.


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Certificação/história , Competência Clínica/normas , Educação de Pós-Graduação em Medicina/história , Cirurgia Plástica/história , Certificação/normas , Certificação/tendências , Currículo , Educação de Pós-Graduação em Medicina/normas , Educação de Pós-Graduação em Medicina/tendências , História do Século XX , História do Século XXI , Humanos , Reprodutibilidade dos Testes , Cirurgia Plástica/educação , Cirurgia Plástica/normas , Cirurgia Plástica/tendências , Estados Unidos
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Plast Reconstr Surg ; 137(3): 617e-623e, 2016 Mar.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-26910705

RESUMO

BACKGROUND: Principles of effective assessment have become increasingly popular topics in graduate medical education. Changes in the structure of plastic surgery training demand a thorough understanding of the state-of-the-art in assessing surgical trainees. Moreover, the authors' understanding of different domains and methods of assessment and the available tools continues to grow. METHODS: The authors reviewed the available literature regarding assessment in graduate medical education, specifically as it pertains to plastic surgery. In addition, the authors present principles of effective assessment and report on the currently available assessment methods. RESULTS: Assessment is multifaceted and impacts everyone, not just the individual learner. For assessments to be useful, they need to possess validity and reliability. Moreover, there is a necessary pragmatism limiting different methods and tools for assessing learners. Some types of assessment are universally familiar and include examples such as written examinations and procedural logs. Other emerging areas that are actively being researched involve simulation, nontechnical skills, and procedure-specific technical assessments. CONCLUSION: Updating the thoroughness and multidimensionality with which plastic surgery trainees are assessed is an evolving area and one that is ripe for continued research.


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Competência Clínica , Educação de Pós-Graduação em Medicina/métodos , Avaliação Educacional/métodos , Cirurgia Plástica/educação , Adulto , Currículo , Feminino , Humanos , Internato e Residência , Masculino , Reprodutibilidade dos Testes
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J Mol Diagn ; 18(2): 299-315, 2016 Mar.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-26801070

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We tested and clinically validated a targeted next-generation sequencing (NGS) mutation panel using 80 formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded (FFPE) tumor samples. Forty non-small cell lung carcinoma (NSCLC), 30 melanoma, and 30 gastrointestinal (12 colonic, 10 gastric, and 8 pancreatic adenocarcinoma) FFPE samples were selected from laboratory archives. After appropriate specimen and nucleic acid quality control, 80 NGS libraries were prepared using the Illumina TruSight tumor (TST) kit and sequenced on the Illumina MiSeq. Sequence alignment, variant calling, and sequencing quality control were performed using vendor software and laboratory-developed analysis workflows. TST generated ≥500× coverage for 98.4% of the 13,952 targeted bases. Reproducible and accurate variant calling was achieved at ≥5% variant allele frequency with 8 to 12 multiplexed samples per MiSeq flow cell. TST detected 112 variants overall, and confirmed all known single-nucleotide variants (n = 27), deletions (n = 5), insertions (n = 3), and multinucleotide variants (n = 3). TST detected at least one variant in 85.0% (68/80), and two or more variants in 36.2% (29/80), of samples. TP53 was the most frequently mutated gene in NSCLC (13 variants; 13/32 samples), gastrointestinal malignancies (15 variants; 13/25 samples), and overall (30 variants; 28/80 samples). BRAF mutations were most common in melanoma (nine variants; 9/23 samples). Clinically relevant NGS data can be obtained from routine clinical FFPE solid tumor specimens using TST, benchtop instruments, and vendor-supplied bioinformatics pipelines.


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Carcinoma Pulmonar de Células não Pequenas/genética , Neoplasias Gastrointestinais/genética , Sequenciamento de Nucleotídeos em Larga Escala/métodos , Neoplasias Pulmonares/genética , Melanoma/genética , Receptores ErbB/genética , Humanos , Hibridização in Situ Fluorescente , Limite de Detecção , Reação em Cadeia da Polimerase Multiplex/métodos , Reação em Cadeia da Polimerase Multiplex/normas , Mutação , Inclusão em Parafina , Controle de Qualidade , Receptor ErbB-2/genética , Sensibilidade e Especificidade , Proteína Supressora de Tumor p53/genética
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Psychol Health Med ; 21(3): 368-76, 2016.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-26208893

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Health psychologists have succeeded in identifying theory-congruent behaviour change techniques (BCTs) to prevent and reduce lifestyle-related illnesses, such as cardiovascular disease, cancers and diabetes. Obesity management discussions between doctors and patients can be challenging and are often avoided. Despite a clear training need, it is unknown how best to tailor BCT research findings to inform obesity-management training for future healthcare professionals. The primary objective of this descriptive study was to gather information on the feasibility and acceptability of delivering and evaluating health psychology-informed obesity training to UK medical students. Medical students (n = 41) attended an obesity management session delivered by GP tutors. Sessions were audio-recorded to enable fidelity checks. Acceptability of training was explored qualitatively. Tutors consistently delivered training according to the intervention protocol; and students and tutors found the training highly acceptable. This psychology-informed training can be delivered successfully by GP tutors and further research is warranted to explore its efficacy.


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Terapia Comportamental , Medicina do Comportamento/educação , Obesidade/prevenção & controle , Estudantes de Medicina/psicologia , Adulto , Atitude do Pessoal de Saúde , Estudos de Viabilidade , Feminino , Humanos , Estilo de Vida , Masculino , Obesidade/psicologia , Relações Médico-Paciente , Pesquisa Qualitativa , Estudantes de Medicina/estatística & dados numéricos , Reino Unido , Adulto Jovem
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Leuk Lymphoma ; 57(2): 364-369, 2016 Feb.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-25573206

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Quantitative detection of BCR-ABL1 transcript is essential in monitoring residual disease of Philadelphia chromosome positive B lymphoblastic leukemia (Ph+ B-LL). We studied the kinetics of BCR-ABL1 transcript in 41 Ph+ B-LL patients in correlation with their clinical outcome. A total of 23 patients achieved complete molecular remission at 6 months post-treatment. This was associated with a lower relapse risk and better overall survival. Likewise, sustainable complete molecular remission in 27 patients was associated with superior clinical outcome. Sporadic low level BCR-ABL1 was detected in 12 of 27 patients who had attained complete molecular remission. The relapse rate was significantly higher in non-transplant patients with persistent positive BCR-ABL1 than patients transplanted when BCR-ABL1 was detectable. All eight patients harboring ABL1 kinase domain mutations died of disease or were transferred to hospice care. We concluded that monitoring the level of BCR-ABL1 transcript after hematologic remission has predictive value to the long-term outcome.

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Am J Clin Pathol ; 144(5): 738-45, 2015 Nov.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-26486738

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OBJECTIVES: To validate a diagnostic assay for detecting CALR mutations in the clinical setting. METHODS: Traditional polymerase chain reaction (PCR) was performed on DNA previously extracted from 60 specimens (30 bone marrow aspirates [BMAs] and 30 peripheral blood [PB] samples) from 55 patients. Nearly all reported CALR mutations are insertions or deletions in exon 9. Therefore, we performed amplicon sizing by capillary electrophoresis and fragment length analysis (FLA) to determine mutation status. Mutations were confirmed by Sanger sequencing. RESULTS: Fourteen samples from 10 patients with JAK2 and MPL wild-type myeloproliferative neoplasms were positive for CALR mutation. Detected mutations included a 52-base pair (bp) deletion (n = 6), a 5-bp insertion (n = 2), a 31-bp deletion (n = 1), and a 61-bp deletion (n = 1). Sanger sequencing of 15 samples showed 100% concordance. Matched patient PB and BMA samples (n = 5) harbored identical mutations, and samples run multiple times (n = 8) showed 100% reproducibility. CONCLUSIONS: We conclude that CALR mutations may be quickly and accurately detected by FLA of PCR amplicons by capillary electrophoresis. These methods are routine procedures for most molecular laboratories and should allow for straightforward incorporation of the CALR assay into the clinical diagnostic testing menu.


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Neoplasias da Medula Óssea/diagnóstico , Calreticulina/genética , Análise Mutacional de DNA/métodos , Transtornos Mieloproliferativos/diagnóstico , Neoplasias da Medula Óssea/genética , Genótipo , Humanos , Transtornos Mieloproliferativos/genética , Reprodutibilidade dos Testes , Sensibilidade e Especificidade
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Oncotarget ; 6(20): 17968-80, 2015 Jul 20.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-26255629

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The tumour suppressor p53 is regulated primarily at the protein level. In normal tissues its levels are maintained at a very low level by the action of specific E3 ligases and the ubiquitin proteosome pathway. The mutant p53 protein contributes to transformation, metastasis and drug resistance. High levels of mutant p53 can be found in tumours and the accumulation of mutant p53 has previously been reported in pathologically normal cells in human skin. We show for the first time that similarly elevated levels of mutant p53 can be detected in apparently normal cells in a mutant p53 knock-in mouse model. In fact, in the small intestine, mutant p53 spontaneously accumulates in a manner dependent on gene dosage and cell type. Mutant p53 protein is regulated similarly to wild type p53, which can accumulate rapidly after induction by ionising radiation or Mdm2 inhibitors, however, the clearance of mutant p53 protein is much slower than wild type p53. The accumulation of the protein in the murine small intestine is limited to the cycling, crypt base columnar cells and proliferative zone and is lost as the cells differentiate and exit the cell cycle. Loss of Mdm2 results in even higher levels of p53 expression but p53 is still restricted to proliferating cells in the small intestine. Therefore, the small intestine of these p53 mutant mice is an experimental system in which we can dissect the molecular pathways leading to p53 accumulation, which has important implications for cancer prevention and therapy.


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Ciclo Celular , Proliferação de Células , Intestino Delgado/metabolismo , Mutação , Proteína Supressora de Tumor p53/genética , Proteína Supressora de Tumor p53/metabolismo , Fatores Etários , Animais , Diferenciação Celular , Dano ao DNA , Inibidores Enzimáticos/farmacologia , Regulação da Expressão Gênica , Genótipo , Intestino Delgado/diagnóstico por imagem , Intestino Delgado/efeitos dos fármacos , Camundongos da Linhagem 129 , Camundongos Endogâmicos C57BL , Camundongos Knockout , Fenótipo , Proteínas Proto-Oncogênicas c-mdm2/antagonistas & inibidores , Proteínas Proto-Oncogênicas c-mdm2/metabolismo , Radiografia , Fatores de Tempo , Técnicas de Cultura de Tecidos
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Int J Cancer ; 136(10): 2341-51, 2015 May 15.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-25359525

RESUMO

Diffuse large B cell lymphoma (DLBCL) is the most common form of lymphoma in the United States. DLBCL comprises biologically distinct subtypes including germinal center-like (GCB) and activated-B-cell-like DLBCL (ABC). The most aggressive type, ABC-DLBCL, displays dysregulation of both canonical and noncanonical NF-κB pathway as well as genomic instability. Although, much is known about the tumorigenic roles of the canonical NF-kB pathway, the precise role of the noncanonical NF-kB pathway remains unknown. Here we show that activation of the noncanonical NF-κB pathway regulates chromosome stability, DNA damage response and centrosome duplication in DLBCL. Analysis of 92 DLBCL samples revealed that activation of the noncanonical NF-κB pathway is associated with low levels of DNA damage and centrosome amplification. Inhibiting the noncanonical pathway in lymphoma cells uncovered baseline DNA damage and prevented doxorubicin-induced DNA damage repair. In addition, it triggered centrosome amplification and chromosome instability, indicated by anaphase bridges, multipolar spindles and chromosome missegregation. We determined that the noncanonical NF-κB pathway execute these functions through the regulation of GADD45α and REDD1 in a p53-independent manner, while it collaborates with p53 to regulate cyclin G2 expression. Furthermore, this pathway regulates GADD45α, REDD1 and cyclin G2 through direct binding of NF-κB sites to their promoter region. Overall, these results indicate that the noncanonical NF-κB pathway plays a central role in maintaining genome integrity in DLBCL. Our data suggests that inhibition of the noncanonical NF-kB pathway should be considered as an important component in DLBCL therapeutic approach.


Assuntos
Instabilidade Cromossômica , Cromossomos Humanos/genética , Linfoma Difuso de Grandes Células B/genética , NF-kappa B/metabolismo , Transdução de Sinais , Proteínas de Ciclo Celular/metabolismo , Linhagem Celular Tumoral , Núcleo Celular/genética , Centrossomo/metabolismo , Ciclina G2/metabolismo , Dano ao DNA , Reparo do DNA/efeitos dos fármacos , Doxorrubicina/farmacologia , Humanos , Cariótipo , Dados de Sequência Molecular , Proteínas Nucleares/metabolismo , Transdução de Sinais/efeitos dos fármacos , Fatores de Transcrição/metabolismo
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Curr Opin Genet Dev ; 24: 16-22, 2014 Feb.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-24657532

RESUMO

Sleeping Beauty (SB) is a powerful insertional mutagen used in somatic forward genetic screens to identify novel candidate cancer genes. In the past two years, SB has become widely adopted to model human pancreatic, hepatocellular, colorectal and neurological cancers to identify loci that participate in tumor initiation, progression and metastasis. Oncogenomic approaches have directly linked hundreds of genes identified by SB with human cancers, many with prognostic implications. These SB candidate cancer genes are aiding to prioritize punitive human cancer genes for follow-up studies and as possible biomarkers or therapeutic targets. This review highlights recent advances in SB cancer gene discovery, approaches to validate candidate cancer genes, and efforts to integrate SB data across all tumor types to prioritize drug development and tumor specificity.


Assuntos
Mutagênese , Neoplasias/genética , Transposases/metabolismo , Animais , Genes Neoplásicos , Testes Genéticos , Humanos , Modelos Genéticos
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