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Metastasis Predictive Signature Profiles Pre-exist in Normal Tissues

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Previous studies from our laboratory have demonstrated that metastatic propensity is significantly influenced by the genetic background upon which tumors arise. We have also established that human gene expression profiles predictive of metastasis are not only present in mouse tumors with both high and low metastatic capacity, but also correlate with genetic background. These results suggest that human metastasis-predictive gene expression signatures may be significantly driven by genetic background, rather than acquired somatic mutations. To test this hypothesis, gene expression profiling was performed on inbred mouse strains with significantly different metastatic efficiencies. Analysis of previously described human metastasis signature gene expression patterns in normal tissues permitted accurate categorization of high or low metastatic mouse genotypes. Furthermore, prospective identification of animals at high risk of metastasis was achieved by using mass spectrometry to characterize salivary peptide polymorphisms in a genetically heterogeneous population. These results strongly support the role of constitutional genetic variation in modulation of metastatic efficiency and suggest that predictive signature profiles could be developed from normal tissues in humans. The ability to identify those individuals at high risk of disseminated disease at the time of clinical manifestation of a primary cancer could have a significant impact on cancer management.

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  1. Laboratory of Population Genetics, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD, 20892, USA

    Haiyan Yang, Nigel Crawford, Luanne Lukes, Richard Finney, Mindy Lancaster & Kent W. Hunter

  2. Laboratory of Population Genetics, CCR/NCI/NIH, Bldg 41 Rm 702, 41 Library Drive, Bethesda, MD, 20892, USA

    Kent W. Hunter

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Yang, H., Crawford, N., Lukes, L. et al. Metastasis Predictive Signature Profiles Pre-exist in Normal Tissues. Clin Exp Metastasis 22, 593–603 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10585-005-6244-6

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