Frequency of genetic alterations differs in advanced breast cancer between metastatic sites.

breast cancer metastasis organotropism

Journal

Genes, chromosomes & cancer
ISSN: 1098-2264
Titre abrégé: Genes Chromosomes Cancer
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 9007329

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
06 Sep 2023
Historique:
revised: 15 08 2023
received: 20 04 2023
accepted: 29 08 2023
medline: 6 9 2023
pubmed: 6 9 2023
entrez: 6 9 2023
Statut: aheadofprint

Résumé

About 20%-30% of breast cancer (BC) patients will develop distant metastases, preferentially in bones, liver, lung, and brain. BCs with different intrinsic subtypes prefer different sites for metastasis. These subtypes vary in the abundance of genetic alterations which may influence the localization of metastases. Currently, information about the relation between metastatic site and mutational profile of BC is limited. In this study, n = 521 BC metastases of the most frequently affected sites (bone, brain, liver, and lung) were investigated for the frequency of AKT1, ERBB2, ESR1, PIK3CA, and TP53 mutations via NGS and pyrosequencing. Somatic mutations were present in 64% cases. PIK3CA and TP53 were the most frequently mutated genes under study. We provide an analysis of the mutational profile of BCs and the affected metastatic site. Genetic alterations differed significantly depending on the organ site affected by metastases. TP53 mutations were mostly observed in brain metastases (51.0%), metastases outside of the brain revealed a much lower proportion of TP53 mutated samples. PIK3CA mutations are frequent in liver (40.6%), lung (36.8%), and bone metastases (35.7%), whereas less common in brain metastases (18.4%). The highest percentage of ESR1 mutations was observed in liver and lung metastases (about 30% each), whereas metastatic lesions in the brain showed significantly less ESR1 mutations, only in 2.0% of the cases. In summary, we found significant differences of mutational status in mBC depending on the affected organ and intrinsic subtype. Organotropism of metastatic cancer spread may be influenced by the mutational profile of individual BCs.

Identifiants

pubmed: 37672607
doi: 10.1002/gcc.23199
doi:

Types de publication

Journal Article

Langues

eng

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IM

Subventions

Organisme : Deutsche Krebshilfe

Informations de copyright

© 2023 The Authors. Genes, Chromosomes and Cancer published by Wiley Periodicals LLC.

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Auteurs

Isabel Grote (I)

Institute of Pathology, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany.

Alexandra Poppe (A)

Institute of Pathology, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany.

Ulrich Lehmann (U)

Institute of Pathology, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany.

Matthias Christgen (M)

Institute of Pathology, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany.

Hans Kreipe (H)

Institute of Pathology, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany.

Stephan Bartels (S)

Institute of Pathology, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany.

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