1. Development of sensitive and robust multiplex digital PCR assays for the detection of ESR1 mutations in the plasma of metastatic breast cancer patients
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Julien Corné, Véronique Quillien, Céline Callens, Pascal Portois, François-Clément Bidard, Emmanuelle Jeannot, Florence Godey, Fanny Le Du, Lucie Robert, Héloïse Bourien, Angélique Brunot, Laurence Crouzet, Christophe Perrin, Claudia Lefeuvre-Plesse, Véronique Diéras, Thibault De la Motte Rouge, CRLCC Eugène Marquis (CRLCC), Oncogenesis, Stress, Signaling (OSS), Université de Rennes (UR)-CRLCC Eugène Marquis (CRLCC)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM), Institut Curie [Paris], and This work was supported by 'La Vannetaise', a French association dedicated to the prevention and awareness of cancer in women.
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Plasma ,Liquid biopsy ,ESR1 ,Biochemistry (medical) ,Clinical Biochemistry ,[SDV.CAN]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Cancer ,Multiplex digital PCR ,General Medicine ,cfDNA ,Metastatic breast cancer ,Biochemistry - Abstract
International audience; BACKGROUND: Early detection of ESR1 mutations is a key element for better personalization of the management of patients with HR+/HER2- Metastatic Breast Cancer (MBC). Analysis of circulating tumor DNA from liquid biopsies is a particularly well-suited strategy for longitudinal monitoring of such patients. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Using the naica® three-color digital PCR platform, we developed a screening assay allowing the detection of 11 ESR1 mutations and designed a sequential strategy for precise mutation identification. We then applied this strategy in the analysis of plasma circulating cell-free DNA from 109 HR+/HER2- MBC patients and performed a double-blind comparison study on a subset of patients with the multiplex assay used at the Institut Curie (IC) for the PADA-1 study. RESULTS: Thirty-one patients (28.4%) harboured at least one ESR1 mutation, with the following frequencies: D538G (41.03%), Y537S (25.64%), E380Q (10.26%), Y537N (10.26%), "(536-540)" (7.69%), Y537C (2.56%), and L536R (2.56%). The presence of ESR1 mutation(s) was significantly associated with liver metastases (p = 0.0091). A very good agreement (91%) was observed with the IC assay. CONCLUSION: Our assays have proven to be robust and highly sensitive and are very well-suited for monitoring ESR1 mutations in the plasma of MBC patients.
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- 2023
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