Author/Authors :
Snuderl، نويسنده , , Matija and Fazlollahi، نويسنده , , Ladan and Le، نويسنده , , Long P. and Nitta، نويسنده , , Mai and Zhelyazkova، نويسنده , , Boryana H. and Davidson، نويسنده , , Christian J. and Akhavanfard، نويسنده , , Sara and Cahill، نويسنده , , Daniel P. and Aldape، نويسنده , , Kenneth D. and Betensky، نويسنده , , Rebecca A. and Louis، نويسنده , , David N. and Iafrate، نويسنده , , A. John، نويسنده ,
Abstract :
Summary
heterogeneity has been implicated in tumor growth and progression as well as resistance to therapy. We present an example of genetic heterogeneity in human malignant brain tumors in which multiple closely related driver genes are amplified and activated simultaneously in adjacent intermingled cells. We have observed up to three different receptor tyrosine kinases (EGFR, MET, PDGFRA) amplified in single tumors in different cells in a mutually exclusive fashion. Each subpopulation was actively dividing, and the genetic changes resulted in protein production, and coexisting subpopulations shared common early genetic mutations indicating their derivation from a single precursor cell. The stable coexistence of different clones within the same tumor will have important clinical implications for tumor resistance to targeted therapies.
