Clonal competition with alternating dominance in multiple myeloma

Jonathan J. Keats, Marta Chesi, Jan B. Egan, Victoria M. Garbitt, Stephen E. Palmer, Esteban Braggio, Scott Van Wier, Patrick R. Blackburn, Angela S. Baker, Angela Dispenzieri, Shaji Kumar, S. Vincent Rajkumar, John D. Carpten, Michael Barrett, Rafael Fonseca, A. Keith Stewart, P. Leif Bergsagel

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Abstract

Emerging evidence indicates that tumors can follow several evolutionary paths over a patient's disease course. With the use of serial genomic analysis of samples collected at different points during the disease course of 28 patients with multiple myeloma, we found that the genomes of standard-risk patients show few changes over time, whereas those of cytogenetically high-risk patients show significantly more changes over time. The results indicate the existence of 3 temporal tumor types, which can either be genetically stable, linearly evolving, or heterogeneous clonal mixtures with shifting predominant clones. A detailed analysis of one high-risk patient sampled at 7 time points over the entire disease course identified 2 competing subclones that alternate in a back and forth manner for dominance with therapy until one clone underwent a dramatic linear evolution. With the use of the Vk*MYC genetically engineered mouse model of myeloma we modeled this competition between subclones for predominance occurring spontaneously and with therapeutic selection.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)1067-1076
Number of pages10
JournalBlood
Volume120
Issue number5
DOIs
StatePublished - Aug 2 2012

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Biochemistry
  • Immunology
  • Hematology
  • Cell Biology

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