Intertumoral Heterogeneity within Medulloblastoma Subgroups

Publication date: 12 June 2017
Source:Cancer Cell, Volume 31, Issue 6
Author(s): Florence M.G. Cavalli, Marc Remke, Ladislav Rampasek, John Peacock, David J.H. Shih, Betty Luu, Livia Garzia, Jonathon Torchia, Carolina Nor, A. Sorana Morrissy, Sameer Agnihotri, Yuan Yao Thompson, Claudia M. Kuzan-Fischer, Hamza Farooq, Keren Isaev, Craig Daniels, Byung-Kyu Cho, Seung-Ki Kim, Kyu-Chang Wang, Ji Yeoun Lee, Wieslawa A. Grajkowska, Marta Perek-Polnik, Alexandre Vasiljevic, Cecile Faure-Conter, Anne Jouvet, Caterina Giannini, Amulya A. Nageswara Rao, Kay Ka Wai Li, Ho-Keung Ng, Charles G. Eberhart, Ian F. Pollack, Ronald L. Hamilton, G. Yancey Gillespie, James M. Olson, Sarah Leary, William A. Weiss, Boleslaw Lach, Lola B. Chambless, Reid C. Thompson, Michael K. Cooper, Rajeev Vibhakar, Peter Hauser, Marie-Lise C. van Veelen, Johan M. Kros, Pim J. French, Young Shin Ra, Toshihiro Kumabe, Enrique López-Aguilar, Karel Zitterbart, Jaroslav Sterba, Gaetano Finocchiaro, Maura Massimino, Erwin G. Van Meir, Satoru Osuka, Tomoko Shofuda, Almos Klekner, Massimo Zollo, Jeffrey R. Leonard, Joshua B. Rubin, Nada Jabado, Steffen Albrecht, Jaume Mora, Timothy E. Van Meter, Shin Jung, Andrew S. Moore, Andrew R. Hallahan, Jennifer A. Chan, Daniela P.C. Tirapelli, Carlos G. Carlotti, Maryam Fouladi, José Pimentel, Claudia C. Faria, Ali G. Saad, Luca Massimi, Linda M. Liau, Helen Wheeler, Hideo Nakamura, Samer K. Elbabaa, Mario Perezpeña-Diazconti, Fernando Chico Ponce de León, Shenandoah Robinson, Michal Zapotocky, Alvaro Lassaletta, Annie Huang, Cynthia E. Hawkins, Uri Tabori, Eric Bouffet, Ute Bartels, Peter B. Dirks, James T. Rutka, Gary D. Bader, Jüri Reimand, Anna Goldenberg, Vijay Ramaswamy, Michael D. Taylor
While molecular subgrouping has revolutionized medulloblastoma classification, the extent of heterogeneity within subgroups is unknown. Similarity network fusion (SNF) applied to genome-wide DNA methylation and gene expression data across 763 primary samples identifies very homogeneous clusters of patients, supporting the presence of medulloblastoma subtypes. After integration of somatic copy-number alterations, and clinical features specific to each cluster, we identify 12 different subtypes of medulloblastoma. Integrative analysis using SNF further delineates group 3 from group 4 medulloblastoma, which is not as readily apparent through analyses of individual data types. Two clear subtypes of infants with Sonic Hedgehog medulloblastoma with disparate outcomes and biology are identified. Medulloblastoma subtypes identified through integrative clustering have important implications for stratification of future clinical trials.

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Cavalli et al. analyze 763 primary medulloblastoma samples using the similarity network fusion approach. They identify subtypes that have distinct somatic copy-number aberrations, activated pathways, and clinical outcomes within each of the four known subgroups and further delineate group 3 from group 4 MB.


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