Novel synthetic lethality (SL) anti-cancer drug target in urothelial bladder cancer (UCB) based on MTAP genomic loss: Incidence and correlations in standard of care (SOC).

Authors

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Gennady Bratslavsky

SUNY Upstate University Hospital, Bethesda, MD

Gennady Bratslavsky , Joseph M Jacob , Andrea Necchi , Petros Grivas , Natalie Danziger , Ethan Sokol , Russell Madison , Shakti H. Ramkissoon , Ryon Graf , Douglas A Mata , Brennan James Decker , Jeffrey S. Ross

Organizations

SUNY Upstate University Hospital, Bethesda, MD, SUNY Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori, Milan, Italy, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, Foundation Medicine, Inc., Cambridge, MA, Foundation Medicine, Cambridge, MA, Foundation Medicine Inc., Cambridge, MA

Research Funding

Pharmaceutical/Biotech Company
Foundation Medicine Inc

Background: When UCB presents or progresses to chemorefractory metastatic disease, the search for new therapy targets is paramount. Targeting PRMT5 arginine methyltransferase accumulation in tumors with MTAP (methylthioadenosine Phosphorylase) genomic loss has been proposed as a new SL based anti-tumor strategy and under consideration for development for UCB. We sought to evaluate the incidence of patients with candidate SL and correlate to treatment-guiding biomarkers currently evaluated in SOC. Methods: 2,683 cases of clinically advanced UCB underwent hybrid-capture based comprehensive genomic profiling in a standard of care setting using the F1CDx FDA-approved assay to evaluate all classes of genomic alterations (GA) among 324 genes. Tumor mutational burden (TMB) was determined on 0.8 Mbp of sequenced DNA and microsatellite instability (MSI) was determined on 95 loci. PD-L1 expression was determined by IHC (Dako 22C3). Results: 650 (24%) of UCB feature MTAP loss (MTAP-) (Table). The gene and age distributions were similar MTAP intact (MTAP+) and MTAP- UCB. The GA/tumor was higher in MTAP- UCB likely reflecting the significant GA co-deletions of CDKN2A/B at the 9p21 locus. Of potential therapeutic targets, FGFR3 and PTEN GA were more frequent in the MTAP- UCB. In contrast, biomarkers of immunotherapy (IO) response included higher frequencies of high TMB and high PD-L1 IHC staining in the MTAP+ UCB. Conclusions: When compared with MATP+ UCB, MTAP- UCB differs in genomic signatures including an increase in potential for targeted therapies but a lower potential for IO drug benefit. Thus, the genomic landscape in MTAP- UCB may play a significant role in the design of clinical trials incorporating SL strategies when targeting PRMT5 in MTAP deficient tumors.

UCB MTAP IntactUCB MTAP LossSignificance
Number of Cases2,033650
Males/Females77%/23%72%/28%NS
Median age (range) years70 (16-95)71 (31-98)NS
GA/tumor7.49.9
CDKN2A18%99.8%P<.0001
CDKN2B8%96%P<.0001
TP5366%42%P<.0001
TERT75%79%NS
FGFR313%33%P<.0001
PIK3CA21%26%NS
ERBB218%14%NS
EGFR4%4%NS
PTEN4%6%P=.04
TSC17%2%P<.0001
BRCA1/22%/0%1%/2%NS
MSI High1%1%NS
Median TMB7.56.3
Mean TMB11.28.5P<.0001
TMB>10 mut/Mb41%30%P<.0001
TMB>20 mut/Mb15%7%P<.0001
PD-L1 Low Positive20%24%NS
PD-L1 High Positive22%3%P<.0001

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Abstract Details

Meeting

2021 Genitourinary Cancers Symposium

Session Type

Poster Session

Session Title

Poster Session: Urothelial Carcinoma

Track

Urothelial Carcinoma

Sub Track

Tumor Biology, Biomarkers, and Pathology

Citation

J Clin Oncol 39, 2021 (suppl 6; abstr 485)

DOI

10.1200/JCO.2021.39.6_suppl.485

Abstract #

485

Poster Bd #

Online Only

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