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Integrated clinical, whole genome, and transcriptome analysis of multisampled lethal metastatic prostate cancer

Bova, Stephen G,Kallio, Heini,Annala, Matti,Kivinummi, Kati,Högnäs, Gunilla,Häyrynen, Sergei,Rantapero, Tommi,Kivinen, Virpi,Isaacs, William,Tolonen, Teemu,Nykter, Matti,Visakorpi, Tapio

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We report the first combined analysis of whole-genome sequence, detailed clinical history, and transcriptome sequence of multiple prostate cancer metastases in a single patient (A21). Whole-genome and transcriptome sequence was obtained from nine anatomically separate metastases, and targeted DNA sequencing was performed in cancerous and noncancerous foci within the primary tumor specimen removed 5 yr before death. Transcriptome analysis revealed increased expression of androgen receptor (AR)-regulated genes in liver metastases that harbored an AR p.L702H mutation, suggesting a dominant effect by the mutation despite being present in only one of an estimated 16 copies per cell. The metastases harbored several alterations to the PI3K/AKT pathway, including a clonal truncal mutation in PIK3CG and present in all metastatic sites studied. The list of truncal genomic alterations shared by all metastases included homozygous deletion of TP53, hemizygous deletion of RB1 and CHD1, and amplification of FGFR1. If the patient were treated today, given this knowledge, the use of second-generation androgen-directed therapies, cessation of glucocorticoid administration, and therapeutic inhibition of the PI3K/AKT pathway or FGFR1 receptor could provide personalized benefit. Three previously unreported truncal clonal missense mutations (ABCC4 p.R891L, ALDH9A1 p.W89R, and ASNA1 p.P75R) were expressed at the RNA level and assessed as druggable. The truncal status of mutations may be critical for effective actionability and merit further study. Our findings suggest that a large set of deeply analyzed cases could serve as a powerful guide to more effective prostate cancer basic science and personalized cancer medicine clinical trials.

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In eg a ed clinical, whole-genome, and ansc ip ome analysis o mul isampled le hal me as a ic p os a e cance G. S e en Bo a, 1,3 Heini M.L. Kallio, 1,3 Ma i Annala, 1,3 Ka i Ki inummi, 1 Gunilla Högnäs, 1 Se gei Häy ynen, 1 Tommi Ran ape o, 1 Vi pi Ki inen, 1 William B. Isaacs, 2 Teemu Tolonen, 1 Ma i Nyk e , 1 and Tapio Visako pi 1 1 P os a e Cance Resea ch Cen e , Ins i u e o Biosciences and Medical Technology, BioMediTech, Uni e si y o Tampe e and Fimlab Labo a o ies, Tampe e Uni e si y Hospi al, FI-33014 Tampe e, Finland; 2 The James Buchanan B ady U ological Ins i u e, Johns Hopkins Uni e si y School o Medicine, Bal imo e, Ma yland 21287, USA Abs ac We epo he i s combined analysis o whole-genome sequence, de ailed clinical his o y, and ansc ip ome sequence o mul iple p os a e cance me as ases in a single pa ien (A21). Whole-genome and ansc ip ome sequence was ob ained om nine ana omically sepa a e me as ases, and a ge ed DNA sequencing was pe o med in cance ous and noncance ous oci wi hin he p ima y umo specimen emo ed 5 y be o e dea h. T ansc ip ome analysis e ealed inc eased exp ession o and ogen ecep o (AR)- egula ed genes in li e me as ases ha ha bo ed an AR p.L702H mu a ion, sugges ing a dominan e ec by he mu a ion despi e being p esen in only one o an es ima ed 16 copies pe cell. The me as ases ha bo ed se e al al e a ions o he PI3K/ AKT pa hway, including a clonal uncal mu a ion in PIK3CG and p esen in all me as a ic si es s udied. The lis o uncal genomic al e a ions sha ed by all me as ases included homozygous dele ion o TP53, hemizygous dele ion o RB1 and CHD1, and ampli ica ion o FGFR1. I he pa ien we e ea ed oday, gi en his knowledge, he use o second- gene a ion and ogen-di ec ed he apies, cessa ion o glucoco icoid adminis a ion, and he apeu ic inhibi ion o he PI3K/AKT pa hway o FGFR1 ecep o could p o ide pe sonalized bene i . Th ee p e iously un epo ed uncal clonal missense mu a ions (ABCC4 p.R891L, ALDH9A1 p.W89R, and ASNA1 p.P75R) we e exp essed a he RNA le el and assessed as d uggable. The uncal s a us o mu a ions may be c i ical o e ec i e ac ionabili y and me i u he s udy. Ou indings sugges ha a la ge se o deeply analyzed cases could se e as a powe ul guide o mo e e ec i e p os a e cance basic science and pe sonalized cance medicine clinical ials. [Supplemen al ma e ial is a ailable o his a icle.] INTRODUCTION Al hough whole-genome sequencing (WGS) has been epo ed om oughly 2500 indi id- ual human cance p ima y umo s o da e (Ding e al. 2010, 2014; Bass e al. 2011; Be ge e al. 2011, 2012; Chapman e al. 2011; Roychowdhu y e al. 2011; Ellis e al. 2012; Egan 3 These au ho s con ibu ed equally o his wo k. Co esponding au ho : [email p o ec ed] © 2016 Bo a e al. This a icle is dis ibu ed unde he e ms o he C ea i e Commons A ibu ion-NonComme cial License, which pe mi s euse and edis ibu ion, excep o comme cial pu poses, p o ided ha he o iginal au ho and sou ce a e c edi ed. On ology e ms: malignan geni ou ina y ac umo ; neoplasm o he geni ou ina y ac Published by Cold Sp ing Ha bo Labo a o y P ess doi: 10.1101/mcs.a000752 | RESEARCH REPORT COLD SPRING HARBOR Molecula Case S udies Ci e his a icle as Bo a e al. 2016 Cold Sp ing Ha b Mol Case S ud 2: a000752 1 o 15 e al. 2012; Go indan e al. 2012; Imielinski e al. 2012; Nik-Zainal e al. 2012; Tu ajlic e al. 2012; Wal e e al. 2012; Welch e al. 2012; Baca e al. 2013; Beà e al. 2013; B as ianos e al. 2013; B ennan e al. 2013; Dulak e al. 2013; Ho e al. 2013; Kan e al. 2013; Mo in e al. 2013; Newbu ge e al. 2013; Pugh e al. 2013; Zhang e al. 2013; B uin e al. 2014; Chen e al. 2014, 2015; Mo ison e al. 2014; Nadauld e al. 2014; Ouyang e al. 2014; Wang e al. 2014; Ande sson e al. 2015; Engle e al. 2015; Coope e al. 2015; Ko ac e al. 2015; Kim e al. 2015; Ya es e al. 2015), only a small numbe o s udies ha e compa ed WGS da a om mul iple me as a ic umo s and p ima y umo s om he same indi idual (Gundem e al. 2015; Hong e al. 2015; Pa ch e al. 2015). The ecen WGS s udy o mul iple p os a e cance me as ases and p ima y umo samples om 10 indi iduals (Gundem e al. 2015) al- lows compa ison o he esea ch alue o WGS s udies con ined o dozens o hund eds o samples o p ima y umo s (“wide”s udies) e sus s udies ha include bo h p ima y and mul- iple me as ases (“deep”s udies). “Wide”s udies ha e begun o es ablish he landscape o mu a ions ypical o a gi en cance and coho o pa ien s, whe eas “deep”s udies allow phylogene ic acing and analysis o ea u es o umo clonali y and e olu ion in esponse o he apy and linked o he me as a ic pheno ype, ea u es ha a guably ha e g ea e implica ions o he de elopmen o e ec i e p ecision ea men o cance han he ca alog- ing o common mu a ions. Combined analysis o p ima y and me as a ic samples om indi idual p os a e cance pa ien s is pa icula ly impo an in ligh o ecen epo s showing ha le hal me as a ic can- ce s can a ise om low Gleason g ade p ima y cance oci in he con ex o highe Gleason g ade oci in he same pa ien (Ha ne e al. 2013) and ha e en ex ensi e needle biopsies may miss he ocus o umo ha gi es ise o le hal disease (Ha ne e al. 2015; Lindbe g e al. 2015). He e we epo he i s combined analysis o ansc ip ome sequence, de ailed clinical his o y, and whole-genome sequencing o p ima y umo si es and mul iple me as ases om a single pa ien (A21), deepening he analysis o his case beyond he WGS da a al eady epo ed in Gundem e al. (2015), and epo ou indings om he poin o iew o pe son- alized cance medicine. RESULTS Clinical P esen a ion and Family His o y Ini ial clinical conce n was aised when he pa ien (A21) was ound o ha e ele a ed se um p os a e-speci ic an igen (PSA) (25.2 ng/mL) a he age o 65 (Fig. 1A). P os a e digi al ec al examina ion a e he PSA es esul s we e a ailable showed a “la ge leshy p os a e, app oxima ely 45–60 g ams, wi h sub le indu a ion loca ed deep wi hin he igh base o he gland. The ma gins we e no mal.”T ans ec al ul asound showed “cys s and calci ica- ions in he cen al zone compa ible wi h benign p os a ic hype plasia, as well as hypoechoic nodules in he pe iphe al zone in he midline, on he igh and he le , which we e suspicious o malignancy. The p os a e capsule appea ed in ac and he seminal esicles appea ed no mal.”P os a e biopsy con ained adenoca cinoma Gleason sco e 4 + 3 = 7. Family his o y was nega i e o p os a e cance . A21’s mo he died o b eas cance in he 80s. Bone scan pe o med 50 d a e biopsy diagnosis was suspicious o bone me as asis; ollow-up adio- g aphs showed degene a i e disk disease, mild os eopo osis, a possible healed ib ac u e, and “no de ini i e e idence o me as a ic oci.”Radical p os a ec omy 3 mo a e p os a e biopsy con ained Gleason 4 + 3 = 7 adenoca cinoma wi h a mino componen o Gleason g ade 5 ca cinoma. The igh pos e io aspec o he p os a e con ained es ablished capsula pene a ion and su gical ma gin posi i e o adenoca cinoma. Seminal esicles, i e igh pel ic lymph nodes, and se en le pel ic lymph nodes we e nega i e o umo . P ecision diagnos ics o p os a e cance COLD SPRING HARBOR Molecula Case S udies Bo a e al. 2016 Cold Sp ing Ha b Mol Case S ud 2: a000752 2o 15 Figu e 1. Case A21 clinical imeline and pa hology-genomic ela ionships. (A) Clinical e en s and se um PSA plo ed wi h ime in yea s on x-axis. (B) Th ee egions o adical p os a ec omy issue we e mic odissec ed (no - mal s oma, a mixed Gleason 3 + Gleason 5 cance egion, and a egion o ex ap os a ic ex ension con aining Gleason g ade 5 cance ) and compa ed by a ge ed sequencing o whole-genome sequence da a om nine me as a ic si es. Mu a ion pa e ns show ha he wo p ima y cance si es and nine me as a ic si es a e pa o a clonal cance lineage, as e lec ed by acc e ion o mu a ions in SPOP,ASNA1, and PIK3CG and o he s. The mixed Gleason 3 and Gleason 5 p ima y cance egion con ains he ea lies common ances o iden i ied, and cance cells in he egion o ex ap os a ic ex ension a e mo e closely ela ed o cells in all me as a ic si es s udied. All me as a ic si es con ain a PIK3CG p. R472 missense mu a ion ha was no iden i ied in he p ima y cance . The pa e n o sp ead o he me as a ic umo implied om he genomic da a is shown. Numbe s o unique high-con idence soma ic mu a ions iden i ied in me as ases a e lis ed in g ay and ho izon- al lines a e p opo ional in leng h o mu a ion numbe , wi h 1264 mu a ions sha ed by all me as ases, an addi ional 557 soma ic mu a ions unique o A, 178 mu a ions sha ed by all o he me as ases, and so o h. G, Gleason g ade; EPE, ex ap os a ic ex ension; LN, lymph node. P ecision diagnos ics o p os a e cance COLD SPRING HARBOR Molecula Case S udies Bo a e al. 2016 Cold Sp ing Ha b Mol Case S ud 2: a000752 3o 15 Se um PSA was <0.2 ng/mL, 1.6 y a e ini ial biopsy diagnosis. O no e, 3.8 y a e p os a- ec omy, he pa ien de eloped bone pain, his PSA ele a ed o 969 ng/mL, and a bone scan showed di use skele al me as ases. A lu einizing ho mone- eleasing ho mone (LHRH) ana- log, leup olide, combined wi h an an iand ogen, lu amide, was s a ed. Se um PSA d opped o 0.2 ng/mL and hen ose again o 15.8 ng/mL. This was accompanied by eoc- cu ence o bone pain 6 mo a e beginning leup olide plus lu amide, a which poin he pa- ien began ea men wi h a se ies o co icos e oids (Fig. 1A), as well as es amus ine and inblas ine. Vinblas ine ea men was associa ed wi h ansien dec ease in PSA. O no e, 225 d be o e dea h, lu amide and leup olide we e s opped acco ding o a ailable eco ds. The pa ien de eloped se e e bone pain poo ly con olled wi h opioid and o he pain med- ica ions, and he elec ed o unde go in a enous 89 S adionuclide ea men 46 d be o e dea h om me as a ic p os a e cance . The las measu ed se um PSA le el 64 d be o e dea h was 643.1 ng/mL. The age a p os a e biopsy diagnosis o p os a e cance o subjec A21 has been shi ed by a andomly selec ed numbe be ween −3 and +3 y in acco dance wi h s udy subjec ’s consen o pa icipa e. Clinical alues ha e also been al e ed o educe he isk o eiden i ica ion o he subjec wi hou al e ing clinical meaning. Pa ien A21 was ea ed in he 1990s. All o he a ailable PSA, chemo he apy, s e oid he apy, and adio he apy da a o he pa ien a e shown. A21 was no conside ed o adju- an adio he apy a e adical p os a ec omy, o unclea easons. A21 appea s o ha e a oided e u ning o his physician a e he PSA ini ially ose o 0.9 ng/mL, a e adical p os- a ec omy, un il he de eloped se e e pain. I is also no clea om he a ailable eco ds why leup olide and lu amide we e s opped 225 d p io o dea h, when he was ans e ed o a long- e m ca e acili y. We specula e ha since A21’s p os a e cance was p og essing de- spi e and ogen dep i a ion he apy (ADT) using leup olide and lu amide, his clinicians el i was no longe needed. Whole-Genome Sequencing We pe o med whole-genome sequencing (WGS) in nine and whole- ansc ip ome sequenc- ing (RNA-seq) in six o he same me as a ic cance samples ob ained in a apid au opsy s udy. Phylogene ic Analysis Analysis o soma ic mu a ions ac oss me as ases e ealed he o de o clonal e olu ion om igh ib nodula me as asis h ough se e al in e media e loca ions o ou li e si es in he inal s ages o he disease (Fig. 1B). This was con i med by analysis o DNA ea angemen s and soma ic copy-numbe al e a ions (Supplemen al Figs. 1 and 2). The chain-like ea ange- men s sugges i e o ch omoplexy p esen only in hese li e me as ases demons a e ha majo genome c isis e en s con inue o occu du ing cance p og ession (Baca e al. 2013). All me as ases showed ampli ica ion o he and ogen ecep o (AR) locus (Fig. 2A). AR lo- cus ins abili y was cha ac e ized by ou dis inc pa e ns sugges ing ha AR ins abili y a ose independen ly in he ou ea lies me as a ic si es, consis en wi h sudden s ong selec ion p essu e o main ain and ogen signaling a e onse o ADT (Palmbe g e al. 2000) (see Me hods). We addi ionally ound e idence o a la e-s age AR p.L702H missense mu a ion in all ou li e me as ases (Table 1). The mu an allele ac ion indica ed a single mu an copy o AR in he se ing o ∼16- old AR ampli ica ion (Fig. 2B). The le ad enal me as asis also yielded a single p.L702H ead, bu sequencing e o could no be uled ou (Fig. 2B). Noneo heme as asesshowede idenceo signi ican exp essiono ARc yp icexon a ian s. T ansc ip ome Sequencing RNA-seq in he six me as a ic si es demons a ed signi ican up- egula ion o and ogen- eg- ula ed genes in samples wi h he AR p.L702H mu a ion (Fig. 2C). The p.L702H mu an is P ecision diagnos ics o p os a e cance COLD SPRING HARBOR Molecula Case S udies Bo a e al. 2016 Cold Sp ing Ha b Mol Case S ud 2: a000752 4o 15 known o ha e inc eased a ini y o glucoco icoids leading o AR ansac i a ion (Zhao e al. 2000; Ca ei a e al. 2014). I a pa ien wi h simila indings we e ali e oday, de ec ion o mu- an AR migh indica e hal ing co icos e oid ea men , wi h po en ial bene i o he pa ien . The indings indica e ha he AR locus can be a ge ed by wo hi s (AR ampli ica ion and Figu e 2. E olu ion o and ogen ecep o (AR) egion X Ch omosome al e a ions by whole-genome and an- sc ip ome sequencing in case A21. (A)AR egional s uc u al ins abili y signa u e in ea lie me as ases ( igh ib, le iliac c es , le cla icle LN, and le ad enal) in he clonal e olu ion map shown in Figu e 1B con ain ou dis inc pa e ns, he la e o which (le ad enal) is sha ed by all subsequen si es on he map, sugges ing in- dependen e olu iona y selec ion o dis inc AR s uc u al esponse o and ogen dep i a ion he apy (ADT) in a leas hese ou s udied independen si es. Whe he hese asso ed AR-mu a ed subclones exis ed in small numbe s be o e selec ion canno be de e mined om he cu en s udy. (B) All ou li e me as ases and he le ad enal me as asis con ained an AR p.L702H mu a ion in one copy o AR. The mu a ion is also p esen in he RNA-seq da a om he same samples. The L702H mu an modi ies he AR ligand binding domain and is known o al e ligand speci ici y, ende ing he p o ein esponsi e o glucoco icoids adminis e ed du ing A21’s ea men shown in Figu e 1A (Zhao e al. 2000; Ca ei a e al. 2014). (C) Li e me as ases con aining he AR p.L702H mu a ion exhibi ed signi ican ly inc eased exp ession o and ogen- egula ed genes KLK3, ACPP, FKBP5,SLC45A3, and PCA3 as compa ed wi h h ee me as a ic si es whe e he AR p.L702H was no de ec ed (∗P< 0.05, ∗∗P< 0.01 and ∗∗∗P< 0.001; see Me hods). P ecision diagnos ics o p os a e cance COLD SPRING HARBOR Molecula Case S udies Bo a e al. 2016 Cold Sp ing Ha b Mol Case S ud 2: a000752 5o 15 mu a ion), unde sco ing he impo ance o and ogen signaling in p os a e cance p og es- sion. All o he pa ien ’s sequenced me as ases we e nega i e o ETS (E26 ans o ma ion speci ic) usions. Ta ge ed Sequencing To ace he o igin o he al e a ions ound in he me as ases, we pe o med a ge ed se- quencing o h ee oci in he p os a e: a egion con aining mixed Gleason g ade 3 and 5 can- ce , a egion o ex ap os a ic ex ension (EPE) con aining Gleason g ade 5 cance , and a egion o noncance ous p os a e s oma (Fig. 1B). Based on sequence analysis o hese oci, he me as ases mos closely ma ch mu a ions ound in he egion o EPE. Bo h he e- gion o mixed Gleason 3 and Gleason 5 cance and he egion o Gleason 5 EPE con ain a SPOP p.F102C mu a ion (Ba bie i e al. 2012). DISCUSSION Examining he indings in he me as ases a he AR locus oge he wi h he clinical imeline, we specula e ha me as a ic p os a e cance subpopula ion selec ion occu ed in h ee phases. Phase 1 occu ed a he ime o ini ial ADT, when ou independen AR-ampli ied subclones eme ged in ou sepa a e loca ions (Figs. 1A and 2A). Phase 2 is indica ed by he eme gence o an AR p.L702H mu a ion con e ing glucoco icoid esponsi eness (Figs. 1A, 2B,C). Phase 3 occu ed when leup olide and lu amide ea men we e s opped 225 d be o e dea h, when he mos highly and ogen-plus-co icos e oid esponsi e sub- clone apidly eme ged and popula ed he li e (Figs. 1A, 2B). Sha ed uncal d i e mu a ions in me as ases a e a ac i e po en ial a ge s o pe son- alized he apy. In A21, we ound six po en ially ac ionable genomic al e a ions sha ed by all me as ases and exp essed a he RNA le el, including ou poin mu a ions and wo copy- numbe al e a ions (Supplemen al Table 1). The PI3K/AKT pa hway ha bo ed se e al po en- ially ac i a ing al e a ions, including an AKT3 duplica ion and PIK3CG p.R472C mu a ion in all me as ases, and a PIK3CA duplica ion in all me as ases excep he igh ib me as asis. The le ib me as asis addi ionally ha bo ed a p i a e PIK3CA p.Q546K mu a ion (Table 1). Mu a ions a his esidue dis up he PI3KCA helical domain and a e known o esul in PI3K pa hway ac i a ion. PIK3CA encodes a ca aly ic subuni o he class IA phosphoinosi- ol-3-kinase (PI3K) complex, whe eas PIK3CG encodes a ca aly ic subuni o he class IB Table 1. Selec ed missense a ian s based on whole-genome sequencing Numbe o a ian eads/ o al eads Ch Posi ion Re Al Gene AA_Change No mal kidney Righ ib Le iliac c es Le cla icle LN Le ad enal Le ib Single li e 4 Single li e 8 Single li e 2 Mul i li e 13 Ch 3 178936094 C A PIK3CA p.Q546K 0/33 0/32 0/56 0/33 0/60 18/59 0/48 0/66 0/54 0/37 Ch 1 165664551 A G ALDH9A1 p.W89R 0/29 18/29 17/27 16/24 23/37 26/36 22/32 18/29 19/26 21/29 Ch 7 106509420 C T PIK3CG p.R472C 0/35 7/25 11/36 12/42 8/24 12/38 8/19 8/24 7/47 15/38 Ch 13 95735408 C A ABCC4 p.R891L 0/30 13/24 25/44 25/31 16/26 20/35 20/32 18/27 22/33 15/28 Ch 17 47696643 A C SPOP p.F102C 0/35 16/22 7/25 6/18 8/24 14/34 12/20 12/26 16/32 16/29 Ch 19 12849387 C G ASNA1 p.P75R 0/33 8/16 13/29 15/30 6/20 9/25 9/19 10/19 16/38 14/33 Ch X 66931463 T A AR p.L702H 0/19 0/176 0/153 0/164 1/83 0/127 8/132 8/91 5/94 4/112 Re , A21 ge mline e e ence allele; Al , A21 al e na i e allele; AA_Change, p edic ed p o ein amino acid change. P ecision diagnos ics o p os a e cance COLD SPRING HARBOR Molecula Case S udies Bo a e al. 2016 Cold Sp ing Ha b Mol Case S ud 2: a000752 6o 15 PI3K complex. Bo h class I PI3K complexes phospho yla e PIP 2 lipids o p oduce PIP 3 . PIP 3 lipids bind o he plasma memb ane and p o ide a docking poin o AKT amily p o eins (in- cluding AKT3) and hei ups eam ac i a o PDK1, esul ing in ac i a ed AKT signaling. Al hough he biological signi icance o he PIK3CG p.R472C mu a ion is unclea , he mul i- ple hi s o his pa hway sugges ha he pa ien could ha e bene i ed om PI3K/AKT pa h- way inhibi ion h ough d ugs such as NVP-BEZ235 o AZD5363. Ano he po en ially ac ionable inding was a ocal FGFR1 ampli ica ion sha ed by all me as ases. Abe an ac i- a ion o ib oblas g ow h ac o ecep o s by ampli ica ion o usion has been associa ed wi h oncogenic p og ession in a ious cance s including p os a e cance (A ms ong e al. 2011), and FGFR1 inhibi o s a e cu en ly being es ed in clinical ials (Dieci e al. 2013). Th ee o A21’s clonal uncal mu a ions (ABCC4 p.R891L, ALDH9A1 p.W89R, and ASNA1 p.P75R) (Table 1; Supplemen al Table 1) we e exp essed a he RNA le el and we e assessed as po en ially d uggable based on analysis using he D ug–Gene In e ac ion Da abase (G i i h e al. 2013). Al hough hese uncal mu a ions likely ep esen passenge e en s, hey could in oduce physiologic ulne abili ies o small-molecule-based syn he ic le hali y and/o c ea e no el a ge s o immuno he apy. Exp essed clonal uncal mu a ions ha all in o his “po en ially help ul passenge ”ca ego y me i u he analysis o de e mine hei ue alue in ad ancing cance p ecision medicine. Wha added alue did WGSp o idein hiss udy?Would whole-exomesequencing (WES) ha e p o ided simila in o ma ion? WGS was c i ical o unde s anding he clonal his o y o he me as ases, as WES would ha e educed he numbe o in o ma i e mu a ions om 741 o below 20. This numbe o mu a ions would no ha e been su icien o econs uc ing he clonal his o y wi h high con idence. Use o exome sequencing would ha e also ende ed de ailed analysis o he AR copy-numbe al e a ions and hei b eakpoin s impossible. These a e esea ch indings wi h po en ial clinical impo , suppo ing he u he use o WGS in ap- p op ia e ials. None heless, using he WGS da a o simula e WES in each me as asis s udied in his case shows ha 35–43 p o ein-al e ing mu a ions would ha e been iden i ied, 32 o which we e sha ed by all me as ases (including he ou po en ially d uggable p o ein-al e - ing mu a ions in PIK3CG,ABCC4,ALDH9A1, and ASNA1). A ma ix o p o ein-al e ing mu- a ions sha ed by any wo me as ases shows ha he 32 uncal mu a ions could be pe ec ly o nea ly pe ec ly sepa a ed om he non uncal mu a ions by combining esul s o any wo bone me as asis samples o combina ion o one bone and one isce al me as asis samples. This inding should be es ed in u u e s udies (Table 1; Supplemen al Table 3). How does his case compa e o he cases in he ecen clinical exome sequencing in ad- anced p os a e cance s udy wi h 150 pa ien s (Robinson e al. 2015)? Based on Figu e 2 in Robinson e al., Case A21 epo ed he e has in e es ing simila i ies o Case 32 in Robinson e al. These wo cases sha e AR ampli ica ion and loss o bo h copies o TP53; nei he has loss o PTEN o con ains ETS usions; A21 has missense mu a ions in one copy o PI3 kinase co e p o ein PIK3CG; Case 32 has ampli ica ion o bo h copies o PI3 kinase co e p o ein PIK3CB; bo h cases show loss o CHD1 (bo h copies in Case 32, hemizygous in Case A21); and bo h ha e missense mu a ion o one copy o SPOP. Genomic di e ences include al e a ions in BRCA2 in Case 32 only, and loss o RB1 and TET2 in A21 only. FGFR1 is ampli ied in A21, and none is epo ed o Case 32. Whe he hese simila i ies and di e ences a e meaning ul on a biologic o clinical le el would equi e mo e de ailed compa ison using well-cu a ed da- abases and a la ge numbe o cases, bu hey sugges ha he ield would likely bene i om he abili y o do such compa isons. In conclusion, analysis o he “deep”da a se a ail- able o Case A21 p o ides biological insigh s ele an o p os a e cance biology in gene al and o Case A21 in pa icula . These insigh s a e a mo e use ul han wha can ypically be ob ained om “wide”s udies. In conclusion, his case s udy sugges s ha once ini ial selec ion o cas a ion- esis an subclones occu s a e ini ial ADT, and ogen esponsi eness is none heless main ained by P ecision diagnos ics o p os a e cance COLD SPRING HARBOR Molecula Case S udies Bo a e al. 2016 Cold Sp ing Ha b Mol Case S ud 2: a000752 7o 15 me as a ic cells. Rein oduc ion o and ogen by s opping leup olide and lu amide and con- inuing co icos e oids was associa ed wi h popula ion o he li e by a clone con aining com- bined ampli ied wild- ype and co icos e oid-sensi i e mu an AR. In addi ion, p.L702H AR mu a ion in app oxima ely one o 16 AR copies pe cell was associa ed wi h ac i a ion o an- d ogen- esponsi e elemen s as e idenced by RNA-seq. Impo an ly, his s udy adds o p e- ious epo s ques ioning he alidi y o molecula ep esen a ion p o ided by andom biopsies o he p ima y umo . To ind he bes po en ial no el d ug a ge s o indi idual pa- ien s, s udies a e needed o de e mine op imal sampling egimes, including “liquid”and me as a ic issue biopsies a di e en ime poin s, o iden i y uncal changes, and o de ec he apy-induced changes. S udies ully in eg a ing he en i e clinical imeline, pa hology, and genomic indings in indi idual pa ien s a e essen ial o meaning ul p og ess in unde - s anding cance and can each he combined esea ch and medical eam o iden i y po en- ially ac ionable al e a ions. We a gue ha such “deep”s udies should become he ule, a he han he excep ion. Finally, iden i ica ion o no el “p ecision”d uggable a ge s is jus a i s s ep. Cu en ly many pa ien s a e no eligible o ecei e iden i ied a ge ed d ugs because o limi a ions in ial and eimbu semen mechanisms. New clinical ial and d ug ap- p o al and eimbu semen mechanisms a e needed o allow he cance p ecision medicine concep o ind i s app op ia e use in medical p ac ice. METHODS Tissue Mic odissec ion and DNA Isola ion DNA and RNA isola ion om he eshly ozen c yos a -mic odissec ed me as ases (n=9; Fig. 3B) was pe o med wi h phenol–chlo o o m ex ac ion o QIAGEN column ex ac ion. A noncance ous kidney sample was used as ge mline e e ence con ol. Cance cell ac ion (CCF) es ima ed by isual analysis o hema oxylin and eosin–s ained dissec ed umo sec- ions and om examina ion o allelic ac ions was be ween 75% and 90% (mean CCF was 84.6%) o all umo samples. WGS was pe o med o all nine me as a ic samples and RNA-seq was pe o med in six o he same me as a ic issue ma e ials (al e na ing sec ions used o DNA o RNA isola ion). Lase mic odissec ion o selec ed oci (Fig. 1B) om he p os a e emo ed 5 y be o e dea h was pe o med using A c u us and MMI dissec ion sys- ems. DNA isola ion was pe o med using QIAGEN FFPE ki s. Whole-Genome Lib a y Cons uc ion and Sequencing Genomic DNA was shea ed in o 500-bp agmen s using a Co a is E210 ul asonica o . O e hangs we e con e ed in o blun ends using T4 DNA polyme ase and Klenow enzyme. An adenine was added o he 3′end o he blun phospho yla ed DNA agmen s, and adap - e s we e liga ed on bo h ends. Liga ed p oduc s we e pu i ied by aga ose gel elec opho e- sis ollowed by QIAquick gel ex ac ion, o emo e esidual ee and sel -liga ed adap e s and o selec p ope ly sized empla es o clus e gene a ion. DNA agmen s wi h adap e s on bo h ends we e ampli ied using wo p ime s ha annealed o he adap e s. Polyme ase chain eac ion (PCR) p oduc s we e checked and pu i ied by aga ose gel elec opho esis. The agmen size and mola concen a ion o each lib a y we e de e mined using he Agilen 2100 Bioanalyze and ABI Real-Time PCR Sys em (S epOnePlus), espec i ely. As mean agmen size inc eased o 622 bp a e adap e liga ion, agmen s be ween 600 bp and 684 bp we e selec ed. An Illumina Clus e S a ion was used o hyb idize samples on o a low cell and ampli y hem o sequencing on Illumina HiSeq 2000. Raw image iles we e p ocessed by Illumina pipeline o base-calling wi h de aul pa ame e s esul ing in 90-bp pai ed-end eads. Reads wi h oo many N bases (>10%) o low base quali y (>50% P ecision diagnos ics o p os a e cance COLD SPRING HARBOR Molecula Case S udies Bo a e al. 2016 Cold Sp ing Ha b Mol Case S ud 2: a000752 8o 15 bases wi h base quali y <5) we e disca ded. Lib a y cons uc ion and sequencing was pe - o med a BGI (Hong Kong). A e age whole-genome sequence co e age was 30× o can- ce ous and noncance ous samples. Median co e age o coding egions was 23× o highe in all samples (Table 2). The ange o co e age a di e en dep hs o each umo sample is shown in Supplemen al Figu e 4. Ta ge ed Sequencing To alida e mu a ions ound by whole-genome sequencing and o sequence mic odissec ed egions om he p ima y umo , a ge ed sequencing o 88 amplicons (a e age 150 bp in leng h) was ca ied ou using Illumina MiSeq and an Illumina T uSeq Cus om Amplicon ki designed using Illumina Design S udio so wa e. O he 88 amplicons, 63 amplicons we e a ge ed a soma ic mu a ions, i e a ge ed a ge mline single-nucleo ide polymo phisms (SNPs) we e used as posi i e con ols, and he emaining 20 we e used o assessing copy numbe . The lis o 63 soma ic mu a ion a ge s included 17 p o ein-al e ing mu a ions obse ed in all me as ases, 16 p o ein-al e ing mu a ions obse ed in a subse o me as ases, and 30 non-CDS (coding sequence) mu a ions ha we e alida ed because hey we e in o ma i e wi h ega d o he p og ession model (Supplemen al Table 2). O he 63 a ge ed mu a ions, 60 yielded eads, and 57 o 60 (95%) yielded geno ype calls iden ical o hose ob ained om whole-genome sequencing. Th ee a ge ed mu a ions yielded low mu an allele ac ion in all samples (including he no mal issue) and we e eca ego ized as sequencing e o s. Amplicons used o copy-numbe assessmen included i e amplicons each o TP53, RB1,CHD1, and he 23-Mb egion in Ch omosome 2. These ou egions we e dele ed in all me as ases, and he amplicons we e included o assess hei copy numbe in he p os a- ec omy sample. Whole-T ansc ip ome Lib a y Cons uc ion and Sequencing RNA isola ed om se en o he me as ases unde wen ansc ip ome sequencing. Beads wi h oligo(dT) we e used o isola e poly(A) mRNA a e collec ion o o al RNA. F agmen a ion bu e was added o shea mRNA in o sho agmen s and o syn hesize he i s -s and cDNA wi h andom hexame p ime s. The second-s and cDNA was syn he- sized using bu e , dNTPs, RNaseH, and DNA polyme ase I, espec i ely. Sho agmen s Table 2. The co e age o he whole-genome and whole- ansc ip ome sequencing Sample Whole-genome sequencing Whole- ansc ip ome sequencing To al eads Aligned (%) Median CDS co e age To al eads Aligned (%) m RNA (%) Righ ib 1,200,343,314 93 26 108,387,928 68 15 Le iliac c es 1,379,274,636 94 37 105,250,920 55 10 Le cla icle LN 1,126,637,546 93 31 110,086,613 91 82 Le ad enal 1,151,593,908 93 27 Le ib 1,252,845,806 93 30 110,678,869 73 8 Single li e 2 1,481,140,684 91 38 108,970,487 93 9 Single li e 4 1,077,269,004 92 23 Single li e 8 1,164,407,226 92 24 11,237,2452 88 12 Mul i li e 13 1,088,762,606 92 28 113,997,841 93 10 No mal kidney 1,169,821,684 91 34 CDS, coding DNA sequence; m RNA, mi ochond ial RNA. P ecision diagnos ics o p os a e cance COLD SPRING HARBOR Molecula Case S udies Bo a e al. 2016 Cold Sp ing Ha b Mol Case S ud 2: a000752 9o 15