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Del Re M, Luculli GI, Petrini I, Sbrana A, Scotti V, Perez DDM, Livi L, Crucitta S, Iannopollo M, Mazzoni F, Ruglioni M, Tibaldi C, Olmetto E, Stasi I, Baldini E, Allegrini G, Antonuzzo L, Morelli F, Pierini A, Panzeri N, Fogli S, Chella A, Rolfo C, Danesi R. Clinical utility of Next Generation Sequencing of plasma cell-free DNA for the molecular profiling of patients with NSCLC at diagnosis and disease progression. Transl Oncol 2024; 41:101869. [PMID: 38290249 PMCID: PMC10859238 DOI: 10.1016/j.tranon.2023.101869] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/14/2023] [Revised: 11/17/2023] [Accepted: 12/15/2023] [Indexed: 02/01/2024] Open
Abstract
BACKGROUND The present study evaluates the utility of NGS analysis of circulating free DNA (cfDNA), which incorporates small amounts of tumor DNA (ctDNA), at diagnosis or at disease progression (PD) in NSCLC patients. METHODS Comprehensive genomic profiling on cfDNA by NGS were performed in NSCLC patients at diagnosis (if tissue was unavailable/insufficient) or at PD to investigate potential druggable molecular aberrations. Blood samples were collected as routinary diagnostic procedures, DNA was extracted, and the NextSeq 550 Illumina platform was used to run the Roche Avenio ctDNA Expanded Kit for molecular analyses. Gene variants were classified accordingly to the ESCAT score. RESULTS A total of 106 patients were included in this study; 44 % of cases were requested because of tissue unavailability at the diagnosis and 56 % were requested at the PD. At least one driver alteration was observed in 62 % of cases at diagnosis. Driver druggable variants classified as ESCAT level I were detected in 34 % of patients, including ALK-EML4, ROS1-CD74, EGFR, BRAF, KRAS p.G12C, PI3KCA. In the PD group, most patients were EGFR-positive, progressing to a first line-therapy. Sixty-three percent of patients had at least one driver alteration detected in blood and 17 % of patients had a known biological mechanism of resistance allowing further therapeutic decisions. CONCLUSIONS The present study confirms the potential of liquid biopsy to detect tumour molecular heterogeneity in NSCLC patients at the diagnosis and at PD, demonstrating that a significant number of druggable mutations and mechanisms of resistance can be detected by NGS analysis on ctDNA.
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- Marzia Del Re
- Unit of Clinical Pharmacology and Pharmacogenetics, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy; Thoracic Oncology Center, Tisch Cancer Center, Mount Sinai Hospital System & Icahn School of Medicine, Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA
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- Unit of Clinical Pharmacology and Pharmacogenetics, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy
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- Unit of Pneumology, Department of Translational Research and New Technologies in Medicine, University Hospital of Pisa, Pisa, Italy
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- Unit of Pneumology, Department of Translational Research and New Technologies in Medicine, University Hospital of Pisa, Pisa, Italy
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- Radiation Oncology Unit, Oncology Department, AOU Careggi Firenze, Firenze, Italy
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- Thoracic Oncology Center, Tisch Cancer Center, Mount Sinai Hospital System & Icahn School of Medicine, Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Experimental and Clinical Biomedical Sciences "M. Serio", University of Florence, Florence, Italy
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- Unit of Clinical Pharmacology and Pharmacogenetics, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy
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- Oncology Department, Oncology Unit, San Jacopo Hospital, Pistoia, Italy
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- Unit of Clinical Pharmacology and Pharmacogenetics, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy
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- Radiation Oncology Unit, Oncology Department, AOU Careggi Firenze, Firenze, Italy
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- Department of Oncology, Azienda USL Toscana Nord Ovest, Pisa, Italy
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- Medical Oncology, Careggi University Hospital, Florence, Italy; Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University of Florence, Florence, Italy
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- Medical Oncology Unit, Gemelli Hospital Molise, Campobasso, Italy
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- Unit of Clinical Pharmacology and Pharmacogenetics, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy
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- Unit of Pneumology, Department of Translational Research and New Technologies in Medicine, University Hospital of Pisa, Pisa, Italy
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- Thoracic Oncology Center, Tisch Cancer Center, Mount Sinai Hospital System & Icahn School of Medicine, Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Oncology and Hemato-Oncology, University of Milano, Via Festa del Perdono, 7, 20122 Milano, Italy.
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Cavenago M, Romé M, Maero G, Maggiore M, Bellan L, Cavaliere F, Comunian M, Galatà A, Panzeri N, Pisent A, Pranovi L, Porcellato AM. Development and installation of a radio frequency quadrupole cooler test. Rev Sci Instrum 2019; 90:113324. [PMID: 31779408 DOI: 10.1063/1.5128225] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/17/2019] [Accepted: 10/29/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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A Radio Frequency Quadrupole Cooler (RFQC) prototype was adapted for insertion into a high uniformity magnetic field, with Bz up to 0.2 T, to improve radial confinement. While the RFQC purpose is to reduce (by gas collisions) the energy spread and emittance of a beam of radioactive nuclei, to finely select ion mass in nuclear physics, the prototype is tested in a setup including a stable ion source, a pepper pot emittance meter, and two Faraday cups; this makes a precise characterization of the RFQC feasible. The ion extraction was studied in detail by simulations, both to match it to the emittance meter granularity and to verify the effect of the typical nonuniformity of the longitudinal electric field Ez inside the RFQC; an average motion description (including friction force from gas collisions) was used, introducing the ballistic and diffusive regimes. With a preliminary optimization of the electrode shape, buffer gas pressure pg, and radio frequency voltage, the ion beam can be extracted with a significant cooling margin.
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- M Cavenago
- INFN-LNL, Viale dell'Universitá n. 2, 35020 Legnaro (PD), Italy
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- INFN-MI and Universitá degli Studi di Milano, v. Celoria 16, 20133 Milano, Italy
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- INFN-MI and Universitá degli Studi di Milano, v. Celoria 16, 20133 Milano, Italy
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- INFN-LNL, Viale dell'Universitá n. 2, 35020 Legnaro (PD), Italy
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- INFN-LNL, Viale dell'Universitá n. 2, 35020 Legnaro (PD), Italy
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- INFN-MI and Universitá degli Studi di Milano, v. Celoria 16, 20133 Milano, Italy
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- INFN-LNL, Viale dell'Universitá n. 2, 35020 Legnaro (PD), Italy
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- INFN-LNL, Viale dell'Universitá n. 2, 35020 Legnaro (PD), Italy
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- INFN-MI and Universitá degli Studi di Milano, v. Celoria 16, 20133 Milano, Italy
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- INFN-LNL, Viale dell'Universitá n. 2, 35020 Legnaro (PD), Italy
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- INFN-LNL, Viale dell'Universitá n. 2, 35020 Legnaro (PD), Italy
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- INFN-LNL, Viale dell'Universitá n. 2, 35020 Legnaro (PD), Italy
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D'Amico A, Soragna A, Di Cairano E, Panzeri N, Anzai N, Vellea Sacchi F, Perego C. The surface density of the glutamate transporter EAAC1 is controlled by interactions with PDZK1 and AP2 adaptor complexes. Traffic 2010; 11:1455-70. [PMID: 20727120 DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0854.2010.01110.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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The glutamate transporter excitatory amino acid carrier (EAAC1/EAAT3) mediates the absorption of dicarboxylic amino acids in epithelial cells as well as the uptake of glutamate from the synaptic cleft. Its cell-surface density is regulated by interaction with accessory proteins which remain to be identified. We detected a consensus sequence for interaction with post-synaptic density-95/Discs large/Zonula occludens (PDZ) proteins (-SQF) and a tyrosine-based internalization signal (-YVNG-) in the C-terminus of EAAC1, and investigated their role in the transporter localization. We demonstrated that PDZ interactions are required for the efficient delivery to and the retention in the plasma membrane of EAAC1 and we identified PDZK1/NHERF3 (Na+/H+-exchanger regulatory factor 3) as a novel EAAC1 interacting protein. Expression of PDZK1 in Madin-Darby canine kidney (MDCK) cells tethered EAAC1 to filopodia and increased its surface activity. Removal of the PDZ-target motif promoted the EAAC1 binding to α-adaptin and clathrin and the transporter internalization in endocytic/degradative compartments. This defect was largely prevented by hypertonic treatment or overexpression of the dominant-negative µ2-W421A-subunit of AP-2 clathrin-adaptor. The rate of transporter endocytosis was attenuated following tyrosine mutagenesis in the internalization signal, thus indicating that this motif can regulate the transporter endocytosis. We suggest that EAAC1 density is controlled by balanced interactions with PDZK1 and adaptor protein 2 (AP2): the former promotes the transporter expression at the cell surface, and the latter mediates its constitutive endocytosis.
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- Anna D'Amico
- Department of Molecular Sciences Applied to Biosystems, Laboratory of Cellular Physiology, Università degli Studi di Milano, Milan, Italy
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