Abstract
AbstractPancreatic Neuroendocrine Carcinomas (PanNECs) are high-grade, poorly-differentiated tumors grouped together with Pancreatic Neuroendocrine Tumors (PanNETs) and placed within the Pancreatic Neuroendocrine Neoplasms (PanNENs) WHO tumor classification. Despite recent studies suggesting the endocrine origin of low-grade PanNETs, high-grade PanNEC origin remains unknown. DNA methylation analysis using the Illumina 850K beadchip array was conducted on 57 PanNEN samples, including 14 PanNECs. Distinct methylation profiles separated PanNEN samples into two major groups, clearly distinguishing high-grade PanNECs from other PanNETs including high-grade NETG3. DNA mutations, copy number changes and Immunohistochemistry of pancreatic cell-type markers PDX1, ARX and SOX9 were utilized to further characterize PanNECs and their hierarchical cell of origin in the pancreas. Phylo-epigenetic and cell-type signature features using methylation data from normal alpha, beta, acinar and ductal adult cells indicate an exocrine cell of origin for PanNECs, thus separating them in cell lineage from other PanNENs of endocrine origin. Our study provides a robust and clinically relevant method relying on methylation profiles to clearly distinguish PanNECs from PanNETG3s to improve patient stratification and treatment.
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Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
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