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Biomarkers for Non-Hodgkin Lymphomas and Uses Thereof

a non-hodgkin lymphoma and biomarker technology, applied in the field of cancer detection methods, can solve the problems of limited knowledge of the specific genetic events leading to dlbcl and fl, and the difficulty of clearly identifying b-cell nhls, so as to reduce molecular weight, reduce size, and reduce mrna.

Inactive Publication Date: 2013-08-01
BRITISH COLUMBIA CANCER AGENCY BRANCH
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The patent text describes the identification of biomarkers that can be used to identify and classify B-cell NHL, a type of cancer. These biomarkers show significant evidence of positive selection in tumor samples from B-cell NHL subjects. This information can help with disease management and pharmacological treatment, as different subtypes of B-cell NHL require different agents. Using the methods described in the patent, researchers hope to improve the precision of diagnosis and treatment for B-cell NHL.

Problems solved by technology

Current knowledge of the specific genetic events leading to DLBCL and FL is limited to the presence of a few recurrent genetic abnormalities [2].
Despite the disparity in response to therapy of the individual subtypes and the knowledge of clear genetic differences between the subtypes, clearly identifying B-cell NHLs remains challenging.

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Identification of Recurrently Mutated Genes

[0082]The genomes or exomes of 14 NHL cases were sequenced, all with matched constitutional DNA sequenced to comparable depths. After screening for single nucleotide variants followed by subtraction of known polymorphisms and visual inspection of the sequence read alignments, 717 nonsynonymous (coding single nucleotide variants; cSNVs) affecting 651 genes were identified. Between 20 and 135 cSNVs in each of these genomes were identified. Only 25 of the 651 genes with cSNVs were represented in the cancer gene census (December, 2010 release) [14].

[0083]RNA sequencing (RNA-seq) was performed on these 14 NHL cases and an expanded set of 113 samples comprising 83 DLBCL, 12 FL and 8 B-cell NHL cases with other histologies and 10 DLBCL-derived cell lines. These data were analysed to identify novel fusion transcripts and cSNVs (FIG. 1). 240 genes were identified with at least one cSNV in a genome / exome or an RNA-seq “mutation hot spot” (below), and...

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Mutations in EZH2 at Position Y641 are Common in NHL

[0136]This example relates to the identification of novel mutations and biomarkers useful for the diagnosis, prognosis and prediction of response to treatment of Non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL). Additionally, embodiments of the invention relate to the disclosure of novel drug targets in non-Hodgkin lymphoma useful for development of new therapeutic agents.

[0137]Protein-altering point mutations were identified by sequencing NHL genomes and exomes and in particular by the sequencing of one Follicular Lymphoma genome (tumor / normal) and two DLBCL exomes (tumor / normal). A total of 160 protein-altering somatic point mutations were identified, including 64 in each DLBCL and 32 in FL. 79 of these mutations were predicted to be damaging to protein function using SIFT. Remarkably, very few genes were found to be mutated in more than one sample, namely EZH2, FAT2, BLR1 and CARD11.

[0138]Matched RNA-seq libraries were then sequenced for each sample....

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Abstract

The disclosure provides a method of identifying a subject as having B-cell non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL) such as testing a sample from a subject for a mutation in one or more biomarkers. Also described are methods for classifying or monitoring a subject having, or suspected of having, B-cell non-Hodgkin lymphoma comprising testing the sample for a mutation in one or more biomarkers.

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RELATED APPLICATIONS[0001]The present application is a Continuation-In-Part of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 13 / 805,504 filed on Dec. 19, 2012, which is a U.S. national phase application filed under 35 U.S.C. §371 claiming benefit to International patent Application No. PCT / CA2011 / 000724, filed Jun. 23, 2011, which is entitled to priority under 35 U.S.C. §119(e) to U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 61 / 357,813 filed Jun. 23, 2010, and U.S. Provisional Application No. 61 / 420,065 filed Dec. 6, 2010, each of which application is hereby incorporated herein by reference in its entirety.INCORPORATION OF SEQUENCE LISTING[0002]A computer readable form of the Sequence Listing “3158-P39718US01_SequenceListing.txt” (16,384), submitted via EFS-WEB and created on Mar. 12, 2013 is herein incorporated by reference.FIELD OF THE DISCLOSURE[0003]The disclosure relates to methods of testing for cancer and more specifically to methods of testing samples for somatic mutations indicative of B-cel...

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IPC IPC(8): C12Q1/68C07K16/40G01N33/68C12N9/10
CPCC12Q1/6886C12N9/1007C07K16/40G01N33/6872C12Y201/01043G01N2800/52C12Q2600/106C12Q2600/156G01N33/57407
Inventor MORIN, RYAN D.MARRA, MARCO A.MUNGALL, ANDREW J.HIRST, MARTINMENDEZ-LAGO, MARIAGASCOYNE, RANDY D.CONNORS, JOSEPH M.
Owner BRITISH COLUMBIA CANCER AGENCY BRANCH
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