Effect of epigenetic imprinting biomarkers in urine exfoliated cells (UEC) on the diagnostic accuracy of low-grade bladder cancer.

Authors

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Ning Zhou

Epigenetics Laboratory, Chinese Alliance Against Lung Cancer, Wuxi, DE, China

Ning Zhou , Tong Cheng , Xing Li , John P. Pineda , Rulong Shen , Xiaonan Wang , Han Si , Panying Shi , Shuxiong Zeng , Chuanliang Xu

Organizations

Epigenetics Laboratory, Chinese Alliance Against Lung Cancer, Wuxi, DE, China, Epigentics Laboratory, Chinese Alliance Against Lung Cancer, Wuxi, China, Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, OH, Changhai Hospital, Navy Medical University, Shanghai, China

Research Funding

Pharmaceutical/Biotech Company
Lisen Imprinting Diagnostics, Inc.

Background: Urine Exfoliated Cells (UEC) is the most widely used sample for noninvasive bladder cancer detection. However, current UEC-based methods including urinary cytology and other molecular detections showed low sensitivities especially for low-grade cancer (< 50% sensitivity). Epigenetic alterations such as elevated allelic expression of imprinted genes usually occur at early stages of malignancy, and can be considered as potential bladder cancer biomarkers. In this study, Quantitative Chromogenic Imprinting Gene In-Situ Hybridization (QCIGISH) was conducted to analyze the biallelic expression (BAE) and multiallelic expression (MAE) in UEC, and develop a more accurate method for early stage bladder cancer. Methods: 53 patients with urinary system diseases including 13 low-grade bladder cancer, 24 high-grade bladder cancer and 16 benign lesions, as well as 28 healthy volunteers were recruited in clinical trial NCT03563443 for validation. The total expression (TE), BAE and MAE of imprinted genes GNAS, PEG10, GRB10, SNRPN and HM13 were blindly detected by QCIGISH. The severity of malignancy was predicted by a grading model previously established on 229 tissue FFPE and cystoscopic biopsy samples, and subsequently validated with the pathology and clinical diagnosis results. Results: The QCIGISH method achieved 84.6% and 95.8% sensitivities for low- and high-grade bladder cancers, respectively, with an equally high specificity of 97.7%. The sensitivity of QCIGISH for low-grade bladder cancer is much higher than standard urinary cytology (16%), and FDA-approved molecular tests such as Hemoglobin Dipstick (38%), BTA Stat (36%), NMP22 BladderChek (25%), and ImmunoCyt (47%). Conclusions: The high accuracy of QCIGISH especially for low-grade bladder cancer demonstrated its great potential in becoming an important and powerful clinical tool for noninvasive diagnosis and large-scale screening for early bladder cancer.

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Abstract Details

Meeting

2020 ASCO Virtual Scientific Program

Session Type

Publication Only

Session Title

Publication Only: Genitourinary Cancer—Kidney and Bladder

Track

Genitourinary Cancer—Kidney and Bladder

Sub Track

Bladder Cancer

Citation

J Clin Oncol 38: 2020 (suppl; abstr e17027)

DOI

10.1200/JCO.2020.38.15_suppl.e17027

Abstract #

e17027

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