Carmen Rubio-Alarcón, Ellen Stelloo, Daan C L Vessies, Iris Van't Erve, Nienke J Mekkes, Joost Swennenhuis, Soufyan Lakbir, Elisabeth J van Bree, Marianne Tijssen, Pien Delis-van Diemen, Mirthe Lanfermeijer, Theodora Linders, Daan van den Broek, Cornelis J A Punt, Jaap Heringa, Gerrit A Meijer, Sanne Abeln, Harma Feitsma, Remond J A Fijneman
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Abstract
Structural variants (SVs) caused by chromosomal rearrangements in common fragile sites or long interspersed nuclear element (LINE) retrotranspositions are highly prevalent in colorectal cancer. However, methodology for the targeted detection of these SVs is lacking. This article reports the use of formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded targeted-locus capture (FFPE-TLC) sequencing as a novel technology for the targeted detection of tumor-specific SVs. Analysis of 29 FFPE colorectal tumor samples and 8 matched normal samples revealed tumor-specific SVs in 24 patients (83%), with a median of 2 SVs per patient (range, 1 to 21). A total of 104 SVs were found in the common fragile site-associated genes MACROD2, PRKN, FHIT, and WWOX in 18 patients (62%), and 39 SVs caused by three LINE transposable elements were found in 15 patients (52%). Tumor specificity of SVs was independently verified by Droplet Digital PCR of tumor tissue DNA, and their applicability as plasma circulating tumor DNA biomarkers was demonstrated. It was concluded that FFPE-TLC sequencing enables the detection of tumor-specific SVs caused by chromosomal rearrangements and LINE retrotranspositions in FFPE tissue. Therefore, FFPE-TLC sequencing facilitates the investigation of the biological and clinical effects of SVs using FFPE material from (retrospective) cohorts of cancer patients and has potential clinical applicability in the detection of SV biomarkers in the routine molecular diagnostics setting.
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The Journal of Molecular Diagnostics, the official publication of the Association for Molecular Pathology (AMP), co-owned by the American Society for Investigative Pathology (ASIP), seeks to publish high quality original papers on scientific advances in the translation and validation of molecular discoveries in medicine into the clinical diagnostic setting, and the description and application of technological advances in the field of molecular diagnostic medicine. The editors welcome for review articles that contain: novel discoveries or clinicopathologic correlations including studies in oncology, infectious diseases, inherited diseases, predisposition to disease, clinical informatics, or the description of polymorphisms linked to disease states or normal variations; the application of diagnostic methodologies in clinical trials; or the development of new or improved molecular methods which may be applied to diagnosis or monitoring of disease or disease predisposition.