A Validated Gene Expression Model of High-risk Multiple Myeloma is Defined by Deregulated Expression of Genes Mapping to Chromosome 1.
From: Donna D. and Donald M. Lambert Laboratory of Myeloma Genetics at the Myeloma Institute for Research and Therapy, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR 72205, USA. shaughnessyjohn@uams.edu
Blood
- Publish Date: Mar 2007
- ISSN: 0006-4971
- Volume: 109
- Issue: 6
- Pages: 2276-84
- Medium: Print
- Language: English
- Citation (JAMA): Shaughnessy John D, Zhan Fenghuang, Burington Bart E, et al. A Validated Gene Expression Model of High-risk Multiple Myeloma is Defined by Deregulated Expression of Genes Mapping to Chromosome 1.. Blood Mar 2007;109:2276-84
Abstract
To molecularly define high-risk disease, we performed microarray analysis on tumor cells from 532 newly diagnosed patients with multiple myeloma (MM) treated on 2 separate protocols. Using log-rank tests of expression quartiles, 70 genes, 30% mapping to chromosome 1 (P < .001), were linked to early disease-related death. Importantly, most up-regulated genes mapped to chromosome 1q, and down-regulated genes mapped to chromosome 1p. The ratio of mean expression levels of up-regulated to down-regulated genes defined a high-risk score present in 13% of patients with shorter durations of complete remission, event-free survival, and overall survival (training set: hazard ratio [HR], 5.16; P < .001; test cohort: HR, 4.75; P < .001). The high-risk score also was an independent predictor of outcome endpoints in multivariate analysis (P < .001) that included the International Staging System and high-risk translocations. In a comparison of paired baseline and relapse samples, the high-risk score frequency rose to 76% at relapse and predicted short postrelapse survival (P < .05). Multivariate discriminant analysis revealed that a 17-gene subset could predict outcome as well as the 70-gene model. Our data suggest that altered transcriptional regulation of genes mapping to chromosome 1 may contribute to disease progression, and that expression profiling can be used to identify high-risk disease and guide therapeutic interventions.
Mesh Headings (Keywords): Aged, Chromosome Mapping, Chromosomes, Human, Pair 1, Cohort Studies, Gene Expression Profiling, Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic, Humans, Models, Genetic, Multigene Family, Multiple Myeloma, Recurrence, Risk Factors, Survival Rate
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