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- Title
Genome-wide plasma DNA methylation features of metastatic prostate cancer.
- Authors
Anjui Wu; Cremaschi, Paolo; Wetterskog, Daniel; Conteduca, Vincenza; Franceschini, Gian Marco; Kleftogiannis, Dimitrios; Jayaram, Anuradha; Sandhu, Shahneen; Wong, Stephen Q.; Benelli, Matteo; Salvi, Samanta; Gurioli, Giorgia; Feber, Andrew; Buongermino Pereira, Mariana; Wingate, Anna Maria; Gonzalez-Billalebeitia, Enrique; De Giorgi, Ugo; Demichelis, Francesca; Lise, Stefano; Attard, Gerhardt
- Abstract
Tumor DNA circulates in the plasma of cancer patients admixed with DNA from noncancerous cells. The genomic landscape of plasma DNA has been characterized in metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC) but the plasma methylome has not been extensively explored. Here, we performed next-generation sequencing (NGS) on plasma DNA with and without bisulfite treatment from mCRPC patients receiving either abiraterone or enzalutamide in the pre- or post-chemotherapy setting. Principal component analysis on the mCRPC plasma methylome indicated that the main contributor to methylation variance (principal component one, or PC1) was strongly correlated with genomically determined tumor fraction (r = -0.96; P < 10-8) and characterized by hypermethylation of targets of the polycomb repressor complex 2 components. Further deconvolution of the PC1 top-correlated segments revealed that these segments are comprised of methylation patterns specific to either prostate cancer or prostate normal epithelium. To extract information specific to an individual's cancer, we then focused on an orthogonal methylation signature, which revealed enrichment for androgen receptor binding sequences and hypomethylation of these segments associated with AR copy number gain. Individuals harboring this methylation pattern had a more aggressive clinical course. Plasma methylome analysis can accurately quantitate tumor fraction and identify distinct biologically relevant mCRPC phenotypes.
- Subjects
RESEARCH; SEQUENCE analysis; RESEARCH methodology; METASTASIS; EVALUATION research; MEDICAL cooperation; DNA methylation; COMPARATIVE studies; GENES; RESEARCH funding; PROSTATE tumors
- Publication
Journal of Clinical Investigation, 2020, Vol 130, Issue 4, p1991
- ISSN
0021-9738
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.1172/JCI130887