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  • Burstein, Matthew D; Tsimelzon, Anna; Poage, Graham M; Covington, Kyle R; Contreras, Alejandro; Fuqua, Suzanne A W; Savage, Michelle I; Osborne, C Kent; Hilsenbeck, Susan G; Chang, Jenny C; Mills, Gordon B; Lau, Ching C; Brown, Powel H

    Clinical cancer research, 04/2015, Letnik: 21, Številka: 7
    Journal Article

    Genomic profiling studies suggest that triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) is a heterogeneous disease. In this study, we sought to define TNBC subtypes and identify subtype-specific markers and targets. RNA and DNA profiling analyses were conducted on 198 TNBC tumors estrogen receptor (ER) negativity defined as Allred scale value ≤ 2 with >50% cellularity (discovery set: n = 84; validation set: n = 114) collected at Baylor College of Medicine (Houston, TX). An external dataset of seven publically accessible TNBC studies was used to confirm results. DNA copy number, disease-free survival (DFS), and disease-specific survival (DSS) were analyzed independently using these datasets. We identified and confirmed four distinct TNBC subtypes: (i) luminal androgen receptor (AR; LAR), (ii) mesenchymal (MES), (iii) basal-like immunosuppressed (BLIS), and (iv) basal-like immune-activated (BLIA). Of these, prognosis is worst for BLIS tumors and best for BLIA tumors for both DFS (log-rank test: P = 0.042 and 0.041, respectively) and DSS (log-rank test: P = 0.039 and 0.029, respectively). DNA copy number analysis produced two major groups (LAR and MES/BLIS/BLIA) and suggested that gene amplification drives gene expression in some cases FGFR2 (BLIS). Putative subtype-specific targets were identified: (i) LAR: androgen receptor and the cell surface mucin MUC1, (ii) MES: growth factor receptors platelet-derived growth factor (PDGF) receptor A; c-Kit, (iii) BLIS: an immunosuppressing molecule (VTCN1), and (iv) BLIA: Stat signal transduction molecules and cytokines. There are four stable TNBC subtypes characterized by the expression of distinct molecular profiles that have distinct prognoses. These studies identify novel subtype-specific targets that can be targeted in the future for the effective treatment of TNBCs.