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- Title
Consensus molecular subtype transition during progression of colorectal cancer.
- Authors
van de Weerd, Simone; Torang, Arezo; Zwager, Liselotte W; Koelink, Pim J; Koster, Jan; Bastiaansen, Barbara AJ; Lammers, Veerle; Longobardi, Ciro; Roodhart, Jeanine ML; van Krieken, J Han; Farina Sarasqueta, Arantza; Dekker, Evelien; Medema, Jan Paul
- Abstract
The consensus molecular subtype (CMS) classification divides colorectal cancer (CRC) into four distinct subtypes based on RNA expression profiles. The biological differences between CMSs are already present in CRC precursor lesions, but not all CMSs pose the same risk of malignant transformation. To fully understand the path to malignant transformation and to determine whether CMS is a fixed entity during progression, genomic and transcriptomic data from two regions of the same CRC lesion were compared: the precursor region and the carcinoma region. In total, 24 patients who underwent endoscopic removal of T1–2 CRC were included. Regions were subtyped for CMS and DNA mutation analysis was performed. Additionally, a set of 85 benign adenomas was CMS‐subtyped. This analysis revealed that almost all benign adenomas were classified as CMS3 (91.8%). In contrast, CMS2 was the most prevalent subtype in precursor regions (66.7%), followed by CMS3 (29.2%). CMS4 was absent in precursor lesions and originated at the carcinoma stage. Importantly, CMS switching occurred in a substantial number of cases and almost all (six out of seven) CMS3 precursor regions showed a shift to a different subtype in the carcinoma part of the lesion, which in four cases was classified as CMS4. In conclusion, our data indicate that CMS3 is related to a more indolent type of precursor lesion that less likely progresses to CRC and when this occurs, it is often associated with a subtype change that includes the more aggressive mesenchymal CMS4. In contrast, an acquired CMS2 signature appeared to be rather fixed during early CRC development. Combined, our data show that subtype changes occur during progression and that CMS3 switching is related to changes in the genomic background through acquisition of a novel driver mutation (TP53) or selective expansion of a clone, but also occurred independently of such genetic changes. © 2023 The Authors. The Journal of Pathology published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd on behalf of The Pathological Society of Great Britain and Ireland.
- Subjects
JOHN Wiley &; Sons Inc.; GENE expression; COLORECTAL cancer; DNA analysis; CANCER invasiveness; GENE expression profiling; HEREDITARY nonpolyposis colorectal cancer
- Publication
Journal of Pathology, 2023, Vol 261, Issue 3, p298
- ISSN
0022-3417
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1002/path.6176