Spatial genomic heterogeneity in multiple myeloma revealed by multi- region sequencing

The bone-marrow (BM) containing skeletal system is the reservoir of Multiple Myeloma (MM), the malignant counterpart of antibody-secreting plasma cells. To gain insight into its spatial clonal architecture, we performed multi-region whole-exome sequencing of radiology-guided fine-needle aspirates from 51 MM patients. We found spatial genomic heterogeneity in a substantial proportion of cases including bi-allelic inactivation of tumor suppressors and mutations affecting cancer genes. The amount of heterogeneous mutations associated with the size of focal tumor lesions in whole body imaging consistent with focal outgrowth of highly advanced clones. In conclusion, our results support the regional initiation of transformation processes leading to high-risk disease as well as the pre-existence of key driver events in restricted areas. As such, our study does not only provide new insights in the underlying biology of MM progression but also has considerable implications for standard diagnostic approaches in the clinic.

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Archiver: European Genome-Phenome Archive (EGA)

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Dataset ID	Description	Technology	Samples
EGAD00001003988	Paired end Whole Exome Sequencing of fine-needle aspirates from 51 Mutliple Myeloma patients.	Illumina HiSeq 2000	176

Publications	Citations
Spatial genomic heterogeneity in multiple myeloma revealed by multi-region sequencing. Rasche L, Chavan SS, Stephens OW, Patel PH, Tytarenko R, Ashby C, Bauer M, Stein C, Deshpande S, Wardell C, Buzder T, Molnar G, Zangari M, van Rhee F, Thanendrarajan S, Schinke C, Epstein J, Davies FE, Walker BA, Meissner T, Barlogie B, Morgan GJ, Weinhold N. Nat Commun 8: 2017 268	183
Accelerated single cell seeding in relapsed multiple myeloma. Landau HJ, Yellapantula V, Diamond BT, Rustad EH, Maclachlan KH, Gundem G, Medina-Martinez J, Ossa JA, Levine MF, Zhou Y, Kappagantula R, Baez P, Attiyeh M, Makohon-Moore A, Zhang L, Boyle EM, Ashby C, Blaney P, Patel M, Zhang Y, Dogan A, Chung DJ, Giralt S, Lahoud OB, Peled JU, Scordo M, Shah G, Hassoun H, Korde NS, Lesokhin AM, Lu S, Mailankody S, Shah U, Smith E, Hultcrantz ML, Ulaner GA, van Rhee F, Morgan GJ, Landgren O, Papaemmanuil E, Iacobuzio-Donahue C, Maura F. Nat Commun 11: 2020 3617	29
Resolving the spatial architecture of myeloma and its microenvironment at the single-cell level. John L, Poos AM, Brobeil A, Schinke C, Huhn S, Prokoph N, Lutz R, Wagner B, Zangari M, Tirier SM, Mallm JP, Schumacher S, Vonficht D, Solé-Boldo L, Quick S, Steiger S, Przybilla MJ, Bauer K, Baumann A, Hemmer S, Rehnitz C, Lückerath C, Sachpekidis C, Mechtersheimer G, Haberkorn U, Dimitrakopoulou-Strauss A, Reichert P, Barlogie B, Müller-Tidow C, Goldschmidt H, Hillengass J, Rasche L, Haas SF, van Rhee F, Rippe K, Raab MS, Sauer S, Weinhold N. Nat Commun 14: 2023 5011	1