Use of distinct molecular signatures of appendiceal cancer subtypes to assess biomarker development.

Authors

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Wan Ying Tan

Yale University, New Haven, CT;

Wan Ying Tan , Melissa Tian , Nensi Ruzgar , Astrid Hengartner , Bethsebie Sailo , Olivia Ang-Olson , Airol Ubas , Nithyla John , Vesal Yaghoobi , Haoyu Tang , Anup Sharma , ILKe Nalbantoglu , Nita Ahuja

Organizations

Yale University, New Haven, CT; , Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT;

Research Funding

No funding received
None.

Background: Appendiceal Neoplasms are diverse entities which have a variety of clinical presentations, histologic subtypes, biologic behavior, and patient outcomes. Advanced disease at initial diagnosis is not uncommon and therapeutic options are limited. This study aims to identify potential targets to develop epigenetics-based therapeutics/biomarkers. Methods: Archival (FFPE) specimens were collected from 25 patients with histologically confirmed and subtyped appendiceal neoplasia and 16 age-matched non-neoplastic controls. Four appendiceal neoplastic processes identified: Low grade appendiceal neoplasm (LAMN), pseudomyxoma peritonei (intra-peritoneal spread of LAMN), conventional-type adenocarcinoma and goblet cell adenocarcinoma. Gene expression profiling was performed using the HTG EdgeSeq Oncology Biomarker panel. Differentially expressed genes (DEGs) were selected with cut-off threshold FDR<0.05 and analyzed using Qlucore Explorer and functional analyses via Ingenuity Pathway Analysis (IPA). Results: Four appendiceal neoplastic processes identified: pseudomyxoma peritonei (20%), low-grade appendiceal mucinous neoplasm (24%), adenocarcinoma (24%), and goblet cell adenocarcinoma (32%). Unsupervised hierarchical clustering identified 498 DEGs (424 up, 74 down) between all appendiceal cancer versus age-matched controls that showed enrichment in B-cell inflammatory signaling, senescence, cell cycle regulation, PI3K/AKT signaling, cell cycle checkpoint control pathways, and sets relating to NANOG in stem cell pluripotency (all p0.001). G1/S checkpoint, apoptosis, ATM, and PTEN signaling are downregulated (p0.001). TP53, E2F1, IL6, IFNG, TNF, and HGF (p0.001) regulated overlapping genes. Four-subgroups comparison found 67 DEGs involved in T-helper cell differentiation, immune-mediated apoptosis, T-cell fatigue, and PD1/PDL1 signaling to be dysregulated (p0.001). IFNG, FGF2, POU5F1, TNF, and MYC (p0.001) were upstream regulators. Conclusions: In this study, downregulated gene expressions in appendiceal cancers are related to cell proliferation and death control mechanisms, with a trend towards overexpression of inflammatory and cell cycle pathways. It is postulated that genes involved in these pathways are hypermethylated. More research is being undertaken on epigenetics-based biomarkers for diagnosis and prognosis. Given PI’s decades of experience in biomarker research, we aim to develop a "single blood test" to expand bedside monitoring alternatives that align with the National Cancer Moonshot Initiative to discover cancer early, when the likelihood of a cure is highest.

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Abstract Details

Meeting

2023 ASCO Gastrointestinal Cancers Symposium

Session Type

Poster Session

Session Title

Poster Session C: Cancers of the Colon, Rectum, and Anus

Track

Colorectal Cancer,Anal Cancer

Sub Track

Translational Research

Citation

J Clin Oncol 41, 2023 (suppl 4; abstr 189)

DOI

10.1200/JCO.2023.41.4_suppl.189

Abstract #

189

Poster Bd #

K11

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