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  • 1
    In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Vol. 110, No. 4 ( 2013-01-22), p. 1398-1403
    Abstract: Diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) is the most common form of lymphoma in adults. The disease exhibits a striking heterogeneity in gene expression profiles and clinical outcomes, but its genetic causes remain to be fully defined. Through whole genome and exome sequencing, we characterized the genetic diversity of DLBCL. In all, we sequenced 73 DLBCL primary tumors (34 with matched normal DNA). Separately, we sequenced the exomes of 21 DLBCL cell lines. We identified 322 DLBCL cancer genes that were recurrently mutated in primary DLBCLs. We identified recurrent mutations implicating a number of known and not previously identified genes and pathways in DLBCL including those related to chromatin modification ( ARID1A and MEF2B ), NF-κB ( CARD11 and TNFAIP3 ), PI3 kinase ( PIK3CD , PIK3R1 , and MTOR ), B-cell lineage ( IRF8 , POU2F2 , and GNA13 ), and WNT signaling ( WIF1 ). We also experimentally validated a mutation in PIK3CD , a gene not previously implicated in lymphomas. The patterns of mutation demonstrated a classic long tail distribution with substantial variation of mutated genes from patient to patient and also between published studies. Thus, our study reveals the tremendous genetic heterogeneity that underlies lymphomas and highlights the need for personalized medicine approaches to treating these patients.
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    ISSN: 0027-8424 , 1091-6490
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    Publisher: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
    Publication Date: 2013
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    In: Blood, American Society of Hematology, Vol. 124, No. 21 ( 2014-12-06), p. 864-864
    Abstract: Background: Diffuse Large B Cell Lymphoma (DLBCL) is the most common form of lymphoma in adults. Gene expression profiling has demonstrated that DLBCL can be classified into two distinct subgroups – activated B-cell-like (ABC) and germinal center B-cell-like (GCB) DLBCL. These subgroups arise through distinct normal cells of origin, activate different oncogenic pathways and display markedly different clinical outcomes. Deregulation of the transcriptome is believed to play a key role in the malignant transformation of B cells that culminates in the development of either ABC or GCB DLBCL. Here we describe global differences in RNA expression, mutation and splicing in relation to the pathogenesis of these subgroups of DLBCL. Methods: RNA sequencing (RNAseq) has emerged as a powerful tool for defining the cancer transcriptome. While mRNA sequencing is the most widely applied method for RNAseq, it overlooks non-coding RNAs, requires high-quality RNA and lacks strand-specificity. To overcome these limitations, we developed a method for strand-specific total RNA sequencing (ssRNAseq) to characterize the transcriptomes of 112 DLBCL tumors. Results: Through this work, we defined the entire spectrum of coding and non-coding RNAs expressed in DLBCLs including hundreds of lincRNAs, snoRNAs and microRNAs in addition to mRNAs. We found that the strand-specificity of our method was greater than 95% in all cases. This strand-specific sequencing strategy allowed us to maintain the orientation of the transcript to enable more accurate transcript annotation and better prediction of novel transcripts. Furthermore, we showed that our method had equal efficacy on frozen and FFPE tumor specimens from the sample patient in 24 cases. In addition, through simultaneous measurement of expression of diverse RNA types combined with mutations in MYD88, GNA13, EZH2, and BCL2, we demonstrated that we could distinguish the clinically important subgroups of DLBCL. Finally, we applied ssRNAseq to distinct training and validation sets of DLBCL cases (N=86 and N=112) to define alternative splicing events in DLBCL and found 1,021 genes that were preferentially spliced in a subgroup-specific manner. These alternatively spliced genes were selectively enriched in a number of different pathways important in lymphomas including those related to immune function, cell cycle progression and focal adhesion pathways, suggesting that alternative splicing regulates a number of important oncogenic processes in DLCBL. Conclusions: Strand-specific total RNA sequencing is a powerful method for defining the transcriptome and alternative splicing events in DLBCL. Here we define a complete coding and non-coding transcriptome of DLBCL and report the first characterization of subgroup-specific alternative splicing in DLBCL using high throughput sequencing. Our data demonstrate the power of our ssRNAseq method in defining the molecular patterns underlying DLBCLs and provide a starting point for defining the role of alternative splicing in this complex and heterogeneous disease. Disclosures Mann: Quiagen: Research Funding.
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    Publication Date: 2014
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    In: Leukemia, Springer Science and Business Media LLC, Vol. 36, No. 7 ( 2022-07), p. 1720-1748
    Abstract: We herein present an overview of the upcoming 5 th edition of the World Health Organization Classification of Haematolymphoid Tumours focussing on lymphoid neoplasms. Myeloid and histiocytic neoplasms will be presented in a separate accompanying article. Besides listing the entities of the classification, we highlight and explain changes from the revised 4 th edition. These include reorganization of entities by a hierarchical system as is adopted throughout the 5 th edition of the WHO classification of tumours of all organ systems, modification of nomenclature for some entities, revision of diagnostic criteria or subtypes, deletion of certain entities, and introduction of new entities, as well as inclusion of tumour-like lesions, mesenchymal lesions specific to lymph node and spleen, and germline predisposition syndromes associated with the lymphoid neoplasms.
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    ISSN: 0887-6924 , 1476-5551
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    Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
    Publication Date: 2022
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    In: Blood, American Society of Hematology, Vol. 140, No. Supplement 1 ( 2022-11-15), p. 6378-6380
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    In: Blood, American Society of Hematology, Vol. 138, No. Supplement 1 ( 2021-11-05), p. 2213-2213
    Abstract: Introduction Blood cancers are collectively common and strikingly heterogeneous diseases both clinically and molecularly. According to the WHO taxonomy, there are over 100 distinct myeloid and lymphoid neoplasms. Genomic profiling of blood cancers has been applied in a somewhat ad hoc fashion using diverse sequencing approaches including the use of targeted panels, whole exome sequencing, whole genome sequencing, RNA sequencing, etc. The lack of data uniformity has made it difficult to comprehensively understand the clinical and molecular spectrum within and across diseases. Systematic genomic approaches can address the central challenges in the diagnosis and treatment of blood cancers. For the diagnosis of blood cancers, the incorporation of genomics could greatly enhance the accuracy and speed of clinical diagnostics. Genomics could also inform their pathology classification. However, these applications must be preceded by a clear understanding of the particular genetic aberrations and expression profiles that unite and distinguish different leukemias and lymphomas. Therapeutic development can also be aided by genomic approaches through identification of new targets and establishing the relevance of existing targets and treatments. Targeted therapies including those directed at specific surface markers (e.g. CD19, CD30 and CD123) or molecular targets (e.g. BCR-ABL fusions, IDH1 mutations and EZH2 mutations) are rarely restricted to a single disease, with most occurring in multiple blood cancers. A systematic understanding of the presence or overlap of these targets within or across blood cancers would significantly expand the therapeutic possibilities and better enable the use of existing therapies in both common and rare cancers. However, such therapeutic possibilities need to be established through a rigorous, data-driven approach. We initiated the Atlas of Blood Cancers Genomes (ABCG) project to systematically elucidate the molecular basis of all leukemias and lymphomas by building upon advances in genomic technologies, our capabilities for data analysis and economies of scale. Using a uniform approach to systematically profile all blood cancers through DNA and RNA sequencing at the whole exome/whole transcriptome level, we aim to link genomic events with clinical outcomes, disease categories and subcategories, thereby providing a complete molecular blueprint of blood cancers. Methods/Results The ABCG project consists of collaborators from 25 institutions around the world who have collectively contributed samples from 10,481 patients comprising every type of blood cancer in the current WHO classification. The samples include thousands of myeloid leukemias and mature B cell lymphomas, hundreds of Hodgkin lymphoma and plasma cell myeloma, as well as every rare type of hematologic malignancy (along with case-matched normal tissue). All cases were de-identified and their associated pathology and detailed clinical information entered into a purpose-built web-based system that included disease-specific data templates. All cases were subjected to centralized pathology review and clinical data review by experienced hematopathologists and oncologists. All 10,481cases are being sequenced at the DNA and RNA level, and are being profiled to define the genetic alterations and expression changes that are characteristic of each disease. Analysis will include translocations, copy number alterations, and viral status. These molecular features will be examined in conjunction with genetic events, pathologic factors, and the clinical features. We have already generated results for ALK-negative anaplastic large B cell lymphoma and primary mediastinal B cell lymphomas (N=210). These data demonstrate novel subgroup and molecular discoveries that are enabled by integrative DNA and RNA sequencing analysis and the examination of molecular features across different diseases as well as within individual entities. In addition, other disease entities and the collective data will be presented in the meeting. Conclusion The ABCG project will comprehensively study the genetic and clinicopathological features of all blood cancers using systematic genomic approaches. We anticipate our data, approaches and results will serve as a lasting resource for the molecular classification and therapeutic development for leukemias and lymphomas. Disclosures McKinney: Novartis: Research Funding; Nordic Nanovector: Research Funding; Molecular Templates: Consultancy, Research Funding; Kite/Gilead: Honoraria, Speakers Bureau; Incyte: Research Funding; Genetech: Consultancy, Honoraria, Research Funding; Epizyme: Consultancy; Celgene: Consultancy, Research Funding; BTG: Consultancy; Beigene: Research Funding; ADC Therapeutics: Consultancy, Speakers Bureau; Pharmacyclics: Consultancy; Verastem: Consultancy. Behdad: Lilly: Speakers Bureau; Roche/Foundation Medicine: Speakers Bureau; Thermo Fisher: Speakers Bureau.
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    In: Blood, American Society of Hematology, Vol. 140, No. Supplement 1 ( 2022-11-15), p. 3500-3503
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    In: Blood, American Society of Hematology, Vol. 138, No. Supplement 1 ( 2021-11-05), p. 2403-2403
    Abstract: Introduction ALK-negative anaplastic large cell lymphoma (ALK- ALCL) is an uncommon type of T-cell non-Hodgkin lymphoma (T-NHL) with worse prognosis compared to ALK-positive (ALK+) ALCLs. Most published studies on the genomics of T-NHL have focused on peripheral T-cell lymphoma, not otherwise specified (PTCL-NOS), and previous studies of ALCL described rearrangements in DUSP22 and TP63 and mutations in genes comprising the JAK/STAT pathway as common genetic drivers in ALK- ALCL. The degree to which these drivers affect survival or other molecular features of ALK- ALCL remains unknown. Here, we describe novel subgroups of ALK- ALCL that exhibit distinct survival. One subgroup appears molecularly similar to ALK+ALCLs and is associated with favorable survival while the second subgroup is quite distinct from ALK- ALCLs and associated with poor outcomes. Methods and Results Eighty-two ALK- ALCL patients were recruited to the Atlas of Blood Cancer (ABC) genomes project, a worldwide consortium established to define the molecular origins of blood cancers. Tumor biopsies from these patients, as well as 10 ALK+ ALCL samples for comparison were obtained from participating institutions. Each case was subjected to centralized pathology review by an experienced panel of hematopathologists to ensure the accuracy of the diagnosis. All cases, along with paired normal tissues, were subjected to DNA and RNA (whole exome-level) sequencing on the Illumina platform to identify mutations and expression changes for each of these cases using methods well established in our group and described previously. We first examined the genetic alterations in ALK- ALCLs. In addition to frequently described genetic alterations such as TP63 and DUSP22 rearrangements, as well as mutations in JAK1, STAT3 and TP53, we also detected mutations in ERBB4, SETD2 and KMT2D, which may serve as potential novel drivers and have not been described previously to our knowledge. We next performed comparative gene expression analysis of the ALK- and ALK+ ALCLs. Surprisingly, a proportion of ALK- ALCL cases (38%) clustered together with ALK+ ALCLs and had a signature resembling ALK+ cases, which we designated as "ALK-like ALCL" here. Both the ALK-like ALCLs and the other ALK- ALCL cases showed decreased ALK expression compared to the ALK+ ALCLs by gene expression analysis. These results point to downstream pathways that are common among ALK+ALCLs and ALK-like ALCLs, but different from the other ALK- ALCLs. Gene set enrichment analysis revealed that the ALK-like ALCLs overexpressed genes in pathways related to monocyte and fibroblast activation, whereas the remaining ALK- ALCLs overexpressed genes in the T follicular helper cells, memory T cells and adaptive immune response-related pathways (P & lt;0.001 in all cases). Kaplan-Meier survival analysis revealed that patients with ALK-like ALCL had significantly better overall survival compared to the other cases (P=0.01, Wald test). Conclusion Our data indicate that ALK- ALCLs represent a heterogeneous group of diseases and comprise at least two distinct subgroups that can be identified based on their similarity to the ALK+ ALCLs. The ALK-like ALCLs demonstrated distinct molecular features and favorable outcomes. Our results provide a potentially new approach to patient risk-stratification and pathological classification of this disease. Disclosures Kwong: Celgene: Consultancy, Honoraria, Research Funding; Bayer: Consultancy, Honoraria, Research Funding; Astellas: Consultancy, Honoraria, Research Funding; Amgen: Consultancy, Honoraria, Research Funding; Bristol Myers Squibb: Consultancy, Honoraria, Research Funding; BeiGene: Consultancy, Honoraria, Research Funding; Gilead: Consultancy, Honoraria, Research Funding; Janssen: Consultancy, Honoraria, Research Funding; Merck: Consultancy, Honoraria, Research Funding; Novartis: Consultancy, Honoraria, Research Funding; Roche: Consultancy, Honoraria, Research Funding; Takeda: Consultancy, Honoraria, Research Funding. Jaye: Stemline Therapeutics: Honoraria. Behdad: Roche/Foundation Medicine: Speakers Bureau; Thermo Fisher: Speakers Bureau; Lilly: Speakers Bureau. Hsi: AbbVie Inc, Eli Lilly: Research Funding. Dave: Data Driven Bioscience: Current equity holder in publicly-traded company.
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    In: Blood, American Society of Hematology, Vol. 116, No. 21 ( 2010-11-19), p. 803-803
    Abstract: Abstract 803 Diffuse large B-cell lymphomas (DLBCL) is the most common form of lymphoma and these tumors demonstrate a striking molecular and clinical heterogeneity. Gene expression profiling has shown that these tumors can be divided into at least two groups, activated B cell-like (ABC) and germinal B cell-like (GCB), as well as a number of other cellular processes underlying survival and tumor biology. However, the molecular mechanisms which lead to the differential gene expression patterns are not well understood. Alternative splicing is a process through which individual exons that comprise genes that are assembled into different gene isoforms with potentially different function. Alternative splicing has been shown to be a ubiquitous mechanism of gene regulation in eukaryotes and a number of cancers. The role of alternative splicing in DLBCL is unknown. We hypothesized that alternative splicing might play an important role in DLBCL. We measured genome-wide expression of over 1 million exons in 106 primary DLBCL tumors using Affymetrix Exon 1.0 ST microarrays. The same cases were also profiled for gene expression using a conventional Affymetrix Gene microarray for comparison, and further sub-classified as the molecular subgroups of DLBCL and for independent assessment of gene expression associated with known biological processes. We identified those genes as alternatively spliced which had at least one exon that was significantly different (P 〈 0.01) compared with the comparison group. Through examination of exon-level expression data, we found evidence for splicing events in over 10,000 genes that affect at least 10% of DLBCL cases. We identified over 200 genes that have differential exon usage between ABC and GCB DLBCL. The expression of selected alternatively spliced exons was confirmed by real-time PCR. We further examined the occurrence of alternative splicing in a number of cellular processes including each of the survival associated gene expression signatures. We found that alternative splicing regulates a significant number of genes underlying the survival-associated proliferation, stromal response and germinal center differentiation gene expression signatures (P 〈 10−6 in all cases). In addition, a number of processes that are known to be important in oncogenesis appeared to be highly regulated by alternative splicing including transcription factor activity, DNA-repair and apoptosis (P 〈 0.001). These data confirm that alternative splicing plays a significant role in regulating genes that are important mediators of DLBCL biology. We further investigated whether lineage-specific effects were responsible for some of the observed differences in splicing in the molecular subgroups of DLBCLs. We obtained normal resting B cells from healthy donors and stimulated them with IgM and CD40-ligand to generate activated B cells. We found that the gene-isoforms expressed highly in activated normal B cells were significantly enriched in ABC-DLBCLS (P 〈 0.01), suggesting that lineage-derived differences in isoform splicing are preserved in their malignant counterparts. Our data indicate that alternative splicing provides an additional and significant component of regulation that encompasses nearly every biological process that is known to be important in DLBCL. Future studies that examine the role gene expression will need to recognize the specific isoforms that result in proteins with altered function. Disclosures: No relevant conflicts of interest to declare.
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    In: Blood, American Society of Hematology, Vol. 120, No. 21 ( 2012-11-16), p. 898-898
    Abstract: Abstract 898 Burkitt Lymphoma (BL) is a highly proliferative form of non-Hodgkin lymphoma and is characterized by translocation of the C-MYC gene to the immunoglobulin gene loci resulting in deregulation. The role of collaborating gene mutations in BL is largely unknown. We performed whole exome sequencing and gene expression profiling of 57 Burkitt lymphoma and 94 DLBCL exomes. Mutational analysis revealed that ID3 is recurrently mutated in 38% of Burkitt lymphoma samples. ID3 mutations did not occur in any of the 94 DLBCL cases. ID3 gene expression was also found to be a distinguishing feature of Burkitt lymphomas (P 〈 10−6), compared to DLBCL. We found a total of 27 distinct mutations in the ID3 genes among the 22 BL cases. These included five frameshift, four nonsense, and 18 missense mutations. We validated 16 of these events with Sanger sequencing with over 90% concordance. All of these mutations were located in the highly conserved helix-loop-helix region located on Exon 1. We explored the biological significance of ID3 mutations by initially comparing the gene expression profiles of BL cases that had mutated and wild-type ID3. Gene set enrichment analysis showed that those samples with mutated ID3 had higher expression of genes that were involved in cell cycle regulation, specifically those involved in the G1-S transition (P=0.01). In order to experimentally investigate the functional consequences of ID3 mutation, we generated mutant constructs corresponding to six different ID3 mutations observed in BLs. These mutant constructs were cloned into lentiviral vectors and overexpressed in BL cells that were wild type for ID3. We then performed cell cycle analysis for these wild type cells expressing GFP controls or the mutant constructs. We found that BL cells expressing each of the six mutant constructs demonstrated significant cell cycle progression from G1 to S phase compared to wild-type (P=0.01). Separately, we tested the effects of expressing mutant ID3 in cell proliferation assays and found that cells expressing mutant ID3 were considerably more proliferative than those expressing wild type (P=0.03). Conversely, we over-expressed the wild type form of ID3 in BL cells that had mutated ID3. These experiments completely rescued the observed phenotypes of the mutant ID3 constructs, with reduced cell cycle progression through increased G1 phase and decreased S-phase (P=0.04). We also noted decreased cell proliferation in these cells (P=0.03). These experiments support a role for ID3 as a novel tumor suppressor gene in Burkitt lymphoma. ID3 is a basic helix loop helix (bHLH) protein that binds to other E-proteins, blocking their ability to bind DNA. ID3 has been shown to be involved in a variety of biological processes including development and T and B cell differentiation. ID3 knockout mice have been shown to develop T cell as well as B cell lymphomas. Our data implicates this gene for the first time as a tumor suppressor in human cancer. Disclosures: No relevant conflicts of interest to declare.
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    In: Blood, American Society of Hematology, Vol. 114, No. 22 ( 2009-11-20), p. 2403-2403
    Abstract: Abstract 2403 Poster Board II-380 Background MicroRNAs are 18-22 nucleotide-long RNA molecules that regulate expression of genes. We and others have previously demonstrated a role for microRNAs in the pathogenesis of B cell malignancies. Computational predictions suggest that the human genome encodes several thousand microRNAs. Thus far, about 700 microRNAs have been discovered in humans, including over 200 new microRNAs in the past year alone. The ongoing discovery of microRNAs makes it difficult to comprehensively study their role in a disease group. The advent of high throughput sequencing allows the simultaneous identification of millions of transcripts, thereby providing a sensitivity that is several orders of magnitude higher than conventional methods. We hypothesized that high throughput sequencing would be an effective tool to comprehensively identify microRNAs in normal and malignant B cells. While there is an overlap between diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) and Burkitt lymphoma (BL) in morphology, immunophenotype and cytogenetics, distinguishing between BL and DLBCL is critical because there are important differences in their clinical management. We investigated whether microRNA expression could be used to reliably distinguish BL from DLBCL. Methods and Results We carefully chose 31 human samples to represent the spectrum of normal and malignant B cells including FACS-sorted naive, germinal center, memory, plasma cells, EBV transformed and activated B cells. Samples derived from B cell malignancies included B-lymphoblastic lymphoma, chronic lymphocytic leukemia (immunoglobulin gene mutated and unmutated), mantle cell lymphoma, marginal zone lymphomas, HIV-related lymphoma, BL, DLBCL (activated and germinal center type), primary mediastinal B cell lymphoma, Hodgkin lymphoma, and multiple myeloma. We applied massively parallel, high-throughput sequencing of the 18-22 nt RNAs from these cases and generated a total of 255,624,785 sequences (∼5 billion bases). Using a computational approach that we have previously validated with normal B cells, we identified the expression of 429 known microRNAs in normal and malignant B cells, a number that is over three times higher than previously recognized in any tissue type. We also identified the expression of 302 novel microRNAs in normal and malignant B cells. The vast majority of these microRNAs were highly conserved in multiple species. As a proof of principle, we generated a custom microarray that included all the known human, and viral microRNAs, as well as 302 novel microRNAs identified by sequencing, and applied it to the clinically important distinction of BL from DLBCL. Biopsy samples were collected from 104 patients (BL, N=25, DLBCL, N=79) treated at 9 institutions that comprise an international consortium. All cases were reviewed for pathology diagnosis and profiled for microRNA expression. We constructed a Bayesian predictor to distinguish BL from DLBCL based on the microRNA expression. The predictor performance was tested using leave-one-out cross-validation. We also applied gene expression profiling to the cases of DLBCL to identify the molecular subsets of DLBCL: activated B cell like and germinal center B cell like DLBCL. The microRNA profiles of these cases were equally efficacious in distinguishing the DLBCL subsets. The predictor constructed based on microRNA expression was over 90% accurate in distinguishing BL from DLBCL, using pathology diagnosis as the gold standard. Further, microRNA-based predictor was also over 90% accurate in the distinction of the molecular subsets of DLBCL, compared to the gold standard of gene expression-profiling. As additional validation, we performed in situ hybridization of selected microRNAs to directly visualize their expression using methods that are easily accessible in conventional pathology laboratories. We found excellent concordance between the expression results derived from microarrays and in situ hybridization suggesting a ready path to clinical translation. Conclusion Our study represents the first comprehensive delineation of microRNA expression in B cell malignancies using high throughput sequencing. Our data suggest that microRNAs are a promising marker for the distinction of aggressive lymphomas. Disclosures: No relevant conflicts of interest to declare.
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