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In: Ecology, Wiley, Vol. 100, No. 7 ( 2019-07)

Abstract: Xenarthrans—anteaters, sloths, and armadillos—have essential functions for ecosystem maintenance, such as insect control and nutrient cycling, playing key roles as ecosystem engineers. Because of habitat loss and fragmentation, hunting pressure, and conflicts with domestic dogs, these species have been threatened locally, regionally, or even across their full distribution ranges. The Neotropics harbor 21 species of armadillos, 10 anteaters, and 6 sloths. Our data set includes the families Chlamyphoridae (13), Dasypodidae (7), Myrmecophagidae (3), Bradypodidae (4), and Megalonychidae (2). We have no occurrence data on Dasypus pilosus (Dasypodidae). Regarding Cyclopedidae, until recently, only one species was recognized, but new genetic studies have revealed that the group is represented by seven species. In this data paper, we compiled a total of 42,528 records of 31 species, represented by occurrence and quantitative data, totaling 24,847 unique georeferenced records. The geographic range is from the southern United States, Mexico, and Caribbean countries at the northern portion of the Neotropics, to the austral distribution in Argentina, Paraguay, Chile, and Uruguay. Regarding anteaters, Myrmecophaga tridactyla has the most records ( n  = 5,941), and Cyclopes sp. have the fewest ( n  = 240). The armadillo species with the most data is Dasypus novemcinctus ( n  = 11,588), and the fewest data are recorded for Calyptophractus retusus ( n  = 33). With regard to sloth species, Bradypus variegatus has the most records ( n  = 962), and Bradypus pygmaeus has the fewest ( n  = 12). Our main objective with Neotropical Xenarthrans is to make occurrence and quantitative data available to facilitate more ecological research, particularly if we integrate the xenarthran data with other data sets of Neotropical Series that will become available very soon (i.e., Neotropical Carnivores, Neotropical Invasive Mammals, and Neotropical Hunters and Dogs). Therefore, studies on trophic cascades, hunting pressure, habitat loss, fragmentation effects, species invasion, and climate change effects will be possible with the Neotropical Xenarthrans data set. Please cite this data paper when using its data in publications. We also request that researchers and teachers inform us of how they are using these data.

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DOI: 10.1002/ecy.2663

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In: Ecology, Wiley, Vol. 101, No. 11 ( 2020-11)

Abstract: Mammalian carnivores are considered a key group in maintaining ecological health and can indicate potential ecological integrity in landscapes where they occur. Carnivores also hold high conservation value and their habitat requirements can guide management and conservation plans. The order Carnivora has 84 species from 8 families in the Neotropical region: Canidae; Felidae; Mephitidae; Mustelidae; Otariidae; Phocidae; Procyonidae; and Ursidae. Herein, we include published and unpublished data on native terrestrial Neotropical carnivores (Canidae; Felidae; Mephitidae; Mustelidae; Procyonidae; and Ursidae). NEOTROPICAL CARNIVORES is a publicly available data set that includes 99,605 data entries from 35,511 unique georeferenced coordinates. Detection/non‐detection and quantitative data were obtained from 1818 to 2018 by researchers, governmental agencies, non‐governmental organizations, and private consultants. Data were collected using several methods including camera trapping, museum collections, roadkill, line transect, and opportunistic records. Literature (peer‐reviewed and grey literature) from Portuguese, Spanish and English were incorporated in this compilation. Most of the data set consists of detection data entries (n = 79,343; 79.7%) but also includes non‐detection data (n = 20,262; 20.3%). Of those, 43.3% also include count data (n = 43,151). The information available in NEOTROPICAL CARNIVORES will contribute to macroecological, ecological, and conservation questions in multiple spatio‐temporal perspectives. As carnivores play key roles in trophic interactions, a better understanding of their distribution and habitat requirements are essential to establish conservation management plans and safeguard the future ecological health of Neotropical ecosystems. Our data paper, combined with other large‐scale data sets, has great potential to clarify species distribution and related ecological processes within the Neotropics. There are no copyright restrictions and no restriction for using data from this data paper, as long as the data paper is cited as the source of the information used. We also request that users inform us of how they intend to use the data.

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DOI: 10.1002/ecy.3128

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In: Cancer Research, American Association for Cancer Research (AACR), Vol. 80, No. 16_Supplement ( 2020-08-15), p. 2700-2700

Abstract: BACKGROUND: Multiple Myeloma (MM) maintenance therapy is a low intensive, prolonged treatment, commonly administered to newly diagnosed patients (pts) at the end of front-line regimens. Lenalidomide (LEN) is considered the best available maintenance option for MM, the actual benefits or disadvantages of a LEN-based maintenance and its potential role as “selective pressure” on MM sublcones are still unclear. AIM: In this study we estimated the role of LEN maintenance therapy in eliciting genomic changes in a cohort of MM pts homogeneously up-front treated. PATIENTS-METHODS: Whole genome Copy Number Alterations (CNA) was obtained by SNPs array in 54 pts samples collected both at diagnosis(D) and at first relapse(R). Pts had an high-risk (HR) disease, defined by a median TTP of 29m. A custom gene-level CN calling algorithm was set up, to compute the evolution of every gene CN value and the genomic evolutive trajectories associated to changes of these values. High-risk genomic loci were defined using GISTIC to derive target genomic relevant for MM biology. After PIs induction therapy, 31/54 pts were treated with HD chemotherapy followed by either single or double ASCT; LEN maintenance therapy was then offered both to 20/31 auto-transplanted and to 6/23 not auto-transplanted pts. RESULTS: Three main evolutive trajectories (linear L, drift D, and branching B) were defined according to the CN changes' direction, reflecting a putative positive, negative, or both positive and negative selective pressure, respectively. A fourth, stable (S) trajectory was also observed, characterized by the absence of CN changes. Overall, 29, 15 and 10 pts relapsed with B/D, L and S pattern, respectively; at R, all LEN-treated pts changed their sub-clonal architecture: a B/D evolutive pattern characterized 70% of pts. By contrast, genome remained mostly stable in 61% of not-treated pts. We then focused on CN changes of specific chromosomal regions and/or genomic loci identified as high-risk, whose prognostic role has been already established in MM (i.e. TP53, CDKN2C, CKS1B). When present at D, these CNA tended to persist throughout the disease course, regardless of whether pts received or not maintenance. The emersion of any of these CNAs at R was widely observed both in pts receiving or not maintenance, whereas a negative selective pressure over them was more likely to occur in pts receiving maintenance, as compared to the others (50% vs 11% of B/D trajectories in LEN-treated vs not-treated pts, respectively). Strikingly, in LEN-treated pts, the extension of both TTP and OS was favored by the extinction and/or negative selection (B/D patterns) of the HR CNAs, and shortened by their stability or positive selection (L/S patterns) (median TTP 46 vs 32m HR=3.6, p=0.01; median OS 111 vs 63m HR 5.7, p=0.04 in B/D vs L/S pts, respectively). On the contrary, the absence of maintenance selective pressure seemed to affect neither the evolution trajectory, nor the clinical course of not-treated pts. CONCLUSION: The extinction of sub-clones carrying HR lesions in pts receiving maintenance therapy is likely to be associated to the negative selection exerted by the therapy. This might explain the extended survival of these pts. On the contrary, the subclones of pts not receiving maintenance might randomly evolve, due to the absence of a specific selective pressure. Citation Format: Andrea Poletti, Vincenza Solli, Marina Martello, Enrica Borsi, Lucia Pantani, Agboyi Lakpo, Silvia Armuzzi, Luca Nunzio Cifarelli, Elena Zamagni, Paola Tacchetti, Serena Rocchi, Katia Mancuso, Ilaria Rizzello, Giulia Marzocchi, Nicoletta Testoni, Luca Dozza, Maria Teresa Petrucci, Anna Marina Liberati, Giuseppe Rossi, Mario Boccadoro, Michele Cavo, Carolina Terragna. Negative selective pressure exerted by maintenance therapy promotes the extinction of sub-clones carrying high-risk lesions in multiple myeloma [abstract]. In: Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the American Association for Cancer Research 2020; 2020 Apr 27-28 and Jun 22-24. Philadelphia (PA): AACR; Cancer Res 2020;80(16 Suppl):Abstract nr 2700.

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In: Ecology, Wiley, Vol. 103, No. 2 ( 2022-02)

Abstract: Ants, an ecologically successful and numerically dominant group of animals, play key ecological roles as soil engineers, predators, nutrient recyclers, and regulators of plant growth and reproduction in most terrestrial ecosystems. Further, ants are widely used as bioindicators of the ecological impact of land use. We gathered information of ant species in the Atlantic Forest of South America. The ATLANTIC ANTS data set, which is part of the ATLANTIC SERIES data papers, is a compilation of ant records from collections (18,713 records), unpublished data (29,651 records), and published sources (106,910 records; 1,059 references), including papers, theses, dissertations, and book chapters published from 1886 to 2020. In total, the data set contains 153,818 ant records from 7,636 study locations in the Atlantic Forest, representing 10 subfamilies, 99 genera, 1,114 ant species identified with updated taxonomic certainty, and 2,235 morphospecies codes. Our data set reflects the heterogeneity in ant records, which include ants sampled at the beginning of the taxonomic history of myrmecology (the 19th and 20th centuries) and more recent ant surveys designed to address specific questions in ecology and biology. The data set can be used by researchers to develop strategies to deal with different macroecological and region‐wide questions, focusing on assemblages, species occurrences, and distribution patterns. Furthermore, the data can be used to assess the consequences of changes in land use in the Atlantic Forest on different ecological processes. No copyright restrictions apply to the use of this data set, but we request that authors cite this data paper when using these data in publications or teaching events.

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DOI: 10.1002/ecy.3580

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In: Blood, American Society of Hematology, Vol. 134, No. Supplement_1 ( 2019-11-13), p. 1778-1778

Abstract: Multiple Myeloma (MM) maintenance therapy is a low intensive, prolonged treatment, commonly administered to newly diagnosed patients (pts) at the end of fixed-time, front-line regimens. Lenalidomide (LEN) is considered the best available maintenance option for MM able to prolong pts survival. However, the actual benefits or disadvantages of a LEN-based continuous maintenance and its potential role as selective pressure able to induce genomic changes are still unclear. The identification of specific therapy-driven modifications has been so far prevented by the scarce number of homogeneously-treated cohorts of pts with paired samples (diagnosis, D and relapse, R). In this study we estimated the role of LEN maintenance therapy in eliciting genomic changes in a cohort of MM pts homogeneously up-front treated with PI-based regimens. Whole genome Copy Number Aberrations (CNAs) landscape was obtained by SNPs array in 54 pts whose BM-CD138+ were collected both at D and at first R. Pts had an high-risk (HR) disease, as defined both by the presence of HR cytogenetic aberration at baseline in 81% of pts and by the 29 m median TTP. RawCopy 1.10 was used for the segmentation of SNPs array signals; samples' purity was adjusted by using manually reviewed ASCAT solutions. A custom gene-level CN calling approach was set up, to match every gene's CN value at D and R, thus generating genomic evolutive patterns based on changes of these values. Finally, high-risk genomic loci were computed using GISTIC 2.0_v7 to derive focal regions with oncogene and/or tumor suppressor genes relevant for MM biology. After induction therapy, 31/54 pts were treated with HD chemotherapy followed by either single or double ASCT; LEN maintenance therapy was then offered both to 20/31 auto-transplanted and to 6/23 not auto-transplanted pts. Three main evolutive trajectories (linear L, drift D, and branching B) were defined according to the CN changes' direction, reflecting a putative positive, negative, or both positive and negative selective pressure, respectively. A fourth, stable (S) trajectory was also observed, characterized by the absence of CN changes between D and R. Overall, 29, 15 and 10 pts relapsed with B/D, L and S pattern, respectively; at R, all LEN-treated pts quantitively and qualitatively changed their sub-clonal architecture: a B/D evolutive pattern characterized 70% of pts. By contrast, genome remained mostly stable in 61% of not-treated pts. We then focused on CN changes of specific chromosomal regions and/or genomic loci, whose prognostic role has been already established in MM (i.e. CN losses of TP53 on chr17p, RB1 on chr13q, CYLD on chr16q, CDKN2C and FAM46C on chr1p; CN gain of CKS1B on chr1q). When present at D these CNAs tended to persist throughout the disease course regardless of whether pts received or not maintenance. The emersion of any of these CNAs at R was widely observed both in pts receiving or not maintenance, whereas a negative selective pressure over them was more likely to occur in pts receiving maintenance, as compared to the others (50% vs 11% of B/D trajectories in LEN-treated vs not-treated pts, respectively). Strikingly, in LEN-treated pts, the extension of both TTP and OS was favored by the extinction and/or negative selection of the HR CNAs (B/D patterns), and shortened by their stability or positive selection (L/S patterns) (median TTP 46 vs 32 m HR=3,6 CI 1,2-10,6, p=0.01; median OS 111 vs 63 m HR 5,7 CI 1,1-32,4, p=0.04 in B/D vs L/S pts, respectively). On the contrary, the absence of maintenance selective pressure seemed to affect neither the evolution trajectory, nor the clinical course of not-treated pts (fig 1). The extinction of sub-clones carrying HR lesions in pts receiving maintenance therapy is likely to be associated to the negative selection exerted by the therapy itself. This might explain the extended survival of pts receiving maintenance and relapsing with B/D evolution patterns, as compared to that of pts whose genomic landscape either tended to remain stable or let the prevalent emersion of HR genomic features. On the contrary, the sub-clonal architecture of pts not receiving maintenance seemed to randomly evolve, due to the absence of a specific therapy-related selective pressure. Overall, information on the genomic changes occurring throughout the disease course might be relevant for the recognition of pts most benefitting from a continuous therapy. Thanks to AIRC_IG2014-15839, RF-2016-02362532 Disclosures Zamagni: Takeda: Honoraria, Speakers Bureau; Sanofi: Honoraria, Other: Advisory Board, Speakers Bureau; Janssen: Honoraria, Other: Advisory board, Speakers Bureau; Amgen: Honoraria, Other: Advisory board, Speakers Bureau; BMS: Honoraria, Other: Advisory Board, Speakers Bureau; Celgene Corporation: Honoraria, Other: Advisory board, Speakers Bureau. Tacchetti:BMS: Honoraria; Takeda: Honoraria, Speakers Bureau; Janssen: Honoraria; Oncopeptides: Honoraria, Speakers Bureau; Amgen: Honoraria, Speakers Bureau; Celgene: Honoraria, Speakers Bureau. Mancuso:Celgene: Honoraria, Speakers Bureau; Janssen: Honoraria; Takeda: Honoraria; Amgen: Honoraria. Petrucci:Janssen-Cilag: Honoraria, Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees; Amgen: Honoraria, Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees; Takeda: Honoraria, Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees; Bristol-Myers Squibb: Honoraria, Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees; Sanofi: Honoraria, Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees; Celgene: Honoraria, Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees. Liberati:Incyte: Consultancy; Servier: Honoraria, Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees; AbbVie: Honoraria, Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees; Takeda: Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees; Amgen: Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees; Bristol & Mayer: Honoraria; Janssen: Honoraria; Celgene: Honoraria. Rossi:Roche: Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees; Janssen: Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees; Daiichi-Sankyo: Consultancy; Celgene: Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees; Amgen: Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees; Gilead: Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees; Sanofi: Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees; Abbvie: Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees; Pfizer: Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees; Jazz: Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees; Astellas: Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees; Novartis: Honoraria; Mundipharma: Honoraria; BMS: Honoraria; Sandoz: Honoraria. Boccadoro:Bristol-Myers Squibb: Honoraria, Research Funding; Mundipharma: Research Funding; Sanofi: Honoraria, Research Funding; Celgene: Honoraria, Research Funding; Amgen: Honoraria, Research Funding; Janssen: Honoraria, Research Funding; Novartis: Honoraria, Research Funding; AbbVie: Honoraria. Cavo:amgen: Consultancy, Honoraria, Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees, Speakers Bureau; takeda: Honoraria, Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees, Speakers Bureau; novartis: Honoraria; sanofi: Honoraria, Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees, Speakers Bureau; bms: Honoraria, Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees, Speakers Bureau; janssen: Consultancy, Honoraria, Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees, Other: travel accommodations, Speakers Bureau; celgene: Consultancy, Honoraria, Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees, Other: travel accommodations, Speakers Bureau; AbbVie: Consultancy, Honoraria, Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees.

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In: Leukemia & Lymphoma, Informa UK Limited, Vol. 57, No. 9 ( 2016-09), p. 2058-2064

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In: New Biotechnology, Elsevier BV, Vol. 53 ( 2019-11), p. 9-15

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In: Blood, American Society of Hematology, Vol. 120, No. 21 ( 2012-11-16), p. 574-574

Abstract: Abstract 574 Multiple Myeloma (MM) is an incurable hematologic malignancy characterized by the accumulation of malignant plasma cells. Dysregulation of MYC by rearrangement or translocation are common somatic events described either in early or late stage of the disease, and transcriptional profiling of MYC pathway activation is observed in more than 60% of MM cell lines. Hypoxia Inducible Factor-1α (HIF-1α) overexpression has been described in several MM cell lines and in about 30% of MM patients samples. In solid tumours, deregulation of c-MYC has been associated with HIF-1α upregulation: under physiologic conditions HIF-1α inhibits c-MYC activity by direct interaction and stimulation of a proteasome-dependent pathway. In the present study we explored the interaction between c-MYC and HIF-1α in a panel of MM cell lines (MM1S, OPM2, RPMI8226, U266). We had previously shown that treatment with EZN2968, a locked nucleic acid antisense oligonucleotide directed against HIF-1α, resulted in a significantly reduction of HIF-1α protein level after 24h of incubation. The reduction of HIF-1α was specific and lasted over 96h. To confirm the inhibition of HIF-1α activity, MM1S cells were treated with EZN2968 for 24h, lysed, co-precipitated with p300, and incubated with anti-HIF-1α antibody. We showed that HIF-1α was no longer associated p300 in EZN-treated compared to untreated samples, suggesting an inhibitory effect of HIF-1α activity. We next observed that treatment with EZN2968 induced a progressive accumulation of cells in S-phase with concomitant reduction of G2/M phase. By western blot analysis, we observed that p21 and p27, cell cycle check points negatively regulated by c-MYC, were up-regulated in treated samples. We further verified the effect of HIF-1α inhibition on c-MYC protein level by western blotting analysis. After treatment with EZN2968, c-MYC protein expression was reduced in a time dependent manner (c-MYC protein was almost undetectable after 72h of incubation), suggesting that c-MYC protein level is associated with inhibition of HIF-1α. To examine whether HIF-1α and c-MYC regulate each other promoter activity, we performed Chromatin Immunoprecipitation (ChIP) assays with HIF-1α or c-MYC antibodies. HIF-1A and MYC promoter amplification signals, were present in the controls samples, and increased after EZN2968 exposure, suggesting that these proteins can play a direct role in regulating each other's activity. Recently, it has been shown that SIRT1, a transcription factor involved in a development, cellular stress responses, and metabolism, can modulate HIF-1α and c-MYC activity. By Immunoblotting assay, we observed that SIRT1 physically interacts with both proteins and that, after 24h of exposure to EZN2968, c-MYC and HIF-1α were no longer associated to SIRT1. These results were also confirmed at the transcriptional level, by ChIP assay using an anti-SIRT1 antibody. After 24h of treatment with EZN2968, we observed a significant increase of HIF-1A and MYC promoter amplification signals in treated compared to untreated samples, suggesting that SIRT1 recruitment at both promoters is dependent on HIF inhibition. We showed that in MM cell lines the expression of HIF-1α and c-MYC are linked and mediated by SIRT1 deacetylase protein. The data suggests a new regulatory mechanism for controlling c-MYC and HIF-1α activity by SIRT1. The identification of a HIF-c- MYC–SIRT 1 interaction in MM cell lines suggests a novel therapeutic target for MM patients. Disclosures: Cavo: Janssen: Consultancy, Honoraria, Speakers Bureau; Celgene: Consultancy, Honoraria, Speakers Bureau; Novartis: Consultancy, Honoraria, Speakers Bureau; Millennium Pharmaceuticals: Consultancy.

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In: Blood, American Society of Hematology, Vol. 126, No. 23 ( 2015-12-03), p. 2961-2961

Abstract: INTRODUCTION. Although remarkable advances have been reported in Multiple Myeloma (MM) therapy, mainly due to the introduction of novel agents, the disease remains incurable in most of the patients. The iperactivation of self-renewal mechanisms, like Hedgehog (Hh) pathway, which controls the refuel of the tumor clone, might be critical to disease recurrence. Whilst several studies suggestthatHh pathway is activated in the putative CD138- Myeloma Propagating Cells (MPCs), it is likely that also terminally differentiated CD138+ plasma cells might contribute to drug resistance, by reverting to an immature phenotype. AIM. In order to dissect the role played by Hh pathway in different MM cells compartments, and to evaluate the impact of Hh pathway expression on patientsÕ clinical outcomes, a high-throughput molecular characterization was employed to explore the transcriptomic and genomic profiles in both CD138+ plasma cells and CD138-19+ B cells progenitors obtained from newly diagnosed MM patients. PATIENTS AND METHODS. The study included a cohort of 126 patients, homogenously treated with bortezomib-based regimens and ASCT, who were randomly included in a training set and a test set. For each patient, the CD138+ plasma cell fraction was isolated by immunomagnetic beads method; CD19+ B cells were isolated in 18 patients. Gene expression profiling (GEP) (HG U133 Plus 2.0 chip) and genomic analysis (SNP 6.0 chip) were performed on Affymetrix platform. dChip analysis software was used to perform GEP clustering. Expression data were analyzed by Ingenuity Pathway Analysis software and were validated by Western Blot assays. Copy number analysis was carried out using Nexus Copy Number software. RESULTS. The expression of Hh pathway genes resulted deregulated in both CD138+ and CD19+ cells, as compared to their normal counterparts. By unsupervised hierarchical clustering, an Hh signature of 10 genes - SHH, IHH, DHH, SMO, PTCH1, PTCH2, SUFU, GLI1, GLI2 and GLI3 - was identified, and was able to significantly cluster patients in two subgroups: cluster 1 included 39 patients while 37 were included in cluster 2. Clustering robustness was validated in an independent cohort of 50 patients (test set), of whom 31 were assigned to cluster 1 and 19 to cluster 2. An overall significant activation of Hh pathway was shown in cluster 2, as compared to cluster 1. Of note, the Hh pathway was down regulated in CD19+ B cells obtained from patients included in cluster 2, while it was overexpressed in cluster 1 patients. Western blots on both cell fractions confirmed this opposite Hh genes behavior. Peculiar genomic and transcriptomic profiles characterized patients included in clusters 1 and 2: indeed, a higher genomic instability (e.g. higher frequencies of both t(4;14) and del(17p)) was demonstrated in CD138+ plasma cells from cluster 2 patients and, at least 5 known tumor suppressor genes, such as RB1, BRCA2, PDX1, FOXO1 and TP53 were included in deleted regions. Conversely, cluster 1 patients were mainly characterized by hyperdiploid karyotypes. The more aggressive phenotype of cluster 2 patients was confirmed by an overall deregulation of cell adhesion processes (CD44, LIMS1, COL4A2, CTGF, COL1A1, FN1), increased proliferation (MYCBP, IL22, SDPR, SOX2, SOX6) and impaired DNA repair mechanisms (SP1, SMARCD3, FOXA3). Hh pathway activation significantly influenced patientsÕ outcome, since those included in cluster 2 had a shorter PFS and OS compared to cluster 1. In fact, the 5-year PFS estimates were 31% vs 56% (p=0.0062), whereas the OS probabilities were 66% and 83%, respectively (p=0.0071) (Fig.1,2). Of note, both hazard ratios for PFS and OS were doubled in patients included in cluster 2, as compared to patients included in cluster 1. Finally, multivariate analyses confirmed that being included in cluster 2 was an independent prognostic factor for both PFS and OS, along with del(17p) and ISS 3 (Tab. 1). CONCLUSION. Sorts of Òying -yang Ó effect of Hh pathway between mature CD138+ plasma cells and immature CD138-CD19+ MPCs could be hypothesized, where two alternate Hh-driven subtypes of MM at diagnosis correlated well with patientsÕ outcomes. Stratification of patients according to their molecular background might help the fine-tuning of future clinical studies. Supported by Regione-Universita 2010-12 (L. Bolondi), FP7 NGS-PTL project. Disclosures Zamagni: Celgene Corporation: Honoraria, Speakers Bureau; Janssen Pharmaceuticals: Honoraria, Speakers Bureau; Amgen: Honoraria, Speakers Bureau. Martinelli:AMGEN: Consultancy; BMS: Consultancy, Speakers Bureau; Ariad: Consultancy; Novartis: Consultancy, Speakers Bureau; MSD: Consultancy; Pfizer: Consultancy; ROCHE: Consultancy. Cavo:Janssen-Cilag, Celgene, Amgen, BMS: Honoraria.

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In: Blood, American Society of Hematology, Vol. 118, No. 21 ( 2011-11-18), p. 805-805

Abstract: Abstract 805FN2 Background. Achievement of CR is generally associated with improved clinical outcomes for patients (pts) with MM and represents a primary endpoint of current clinical trials. The GIMEMA Italian Myeloma Network designed a phase 3 study to demonstrate that the triplet VTD regimen was superior over a doublet such as thalidomide-dexamethasone (TD) as induction therapy prior to double ASCT for newly diagnosed MM. On an intention-to-treat basis, the rate of complete or near complete response (CR/nCR) was 31% for the 236 pts on VTD induction therapy, while it was 11% (p 〈 0.0001) for the 238 pts on TD induction therapy. Since enhanced rates of CR/nCR affected by VTD incorporated into ASCT resulted in extended progression-free survival, prediction of CR by pharmacogenomic tools is likely to be an important goal to prospectively select those pts who are more likely to benefit from a given therapy. Methods. For this purpose, in a molecular substudy to the main clinical study we assessed the ability of gene expression profile (GEP) to predict attainment of CR/nCR in 122 pts enrolled in the VTD arm of the study. Their characteristics at baseline, including cytogenetic abnormalities, were comparable with those of the whole population of 236 pts. Highly purified CD138+ plasma cells were obtained at diagnosis from each of these pts and were profiled for gene expression using the Affymetrix U133 Plus2.0 platform. In order to build a low-dimensional signature with optimal performance, genomic data were analyzed with an original algorithm that exploits quadratic discriminant analysis with a bottom-up approach that builds N-gene signatures starting from two-dimensional signatures. Gene models were applied to test datasets to predict achievement of either CR/nCR or less than nCR, and classification performances were validated by a leave-one-out crossvalidation procedure. Results. Thirty four pts out of the 122 (28%) who were included in the present analysis achieved a CR/nCR, while the remaining 88 patients failed this objective. The molecular approach described above allowed to identify several gene signatures among which we choose a 163-gene signature that provided a predictive capability of 79% sensitivity, 87% specificity, 71% positive predictive value (PPV) and 92% negative predictive value (NPV). These expression values were used in an unsupervised hierarchical clustering to stratify the population of 122 profilated pts into 3 well defined subgroups. Seventy nine pts were included in subgroup A, while the remaining 43 pts were included in either subgroup B (n=22) or subgroup C (n=21). Notably, 19 out the 34 CR/nCR pts (56%) clustered in subgroup B, whereas the remaining 15 pts were randomly distributed within subgroup A. Analysis of demographic and disease characteristics of the pts belonging to the 3 major subgroups, revealed that in subgroup B the frequencies of pts carrying del(13q) (78%) or del(17p) (22%) or with an IgA isotype (54%) were significantly higher in comparison with the corresponding values found in subgroup A (47%, 4%, and 10%, respectively) and subgroup C (38%, 10%, and 5%, respectively). In order to obtain a more feasible set of genes predictive of CR/nCR, several smaller signatures originating from the 163-gene signature were further analyzed by means of the same algorithm described above. The best predictive capability was obtained with a 41-gene signature that provided 88% sensitivity, 97% specificity, 91% PPV and 95% NPV. A GeneGo ® network analysis of genes included in the signatures showed that the most relevant network nodes included tumour suppressor genes (FBXW7 and MAD), genes involved in inflammatory response (TREM1 and TLR4) and genes involved in B cell development (IKZF1, IL10 and NFAM1). Genes included in the signatures do not gather in specific chromosomes, thus confirming the absence of bias on selection of signatures genes, potentially due to prevalence of MM typical chromosomal aberrations. Conclusions. GEP analysis of a subgroup of pts who received VTD induction therapy allowed to provide a 41-gene signature that was able to predict attainment of CR/nCR and, conversely, failure to achieve at least nCR in 91% and 95% of cases, respectively. These favorable results might represent a first step towards the possible application of a tailored therapy based on the single patient's genetic background. Supported by: Fondazione Del Monte di Bologna e Ravenna, Ateneo RFO grants (M.C.) BolognAIL. Disclosures: Bringhen: Celgene: Honoraria; Janssen-Cilag: Honoraria; Novartis: Honoraria; Merck Sharp & Dhome: Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees. Offidani:Janssen: Honoraria; Celgene: Honoraria.

Type of Medium: Online Resource

ISSN: 0006-4971 , 1528-0020

URL: Article

DOI: 10.1182/blood.V118.21.805.805

Language: English

Publisher: American Society of Hematology

Publication Date: 2011

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