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ArticleClinical cancer research : an official journal of the American Association for Cancer Research2024

RAS/RAF Comutation and ERBB2 Copy Number Modulates HER2 Heterogeneity and Responsiveness to HER2-directed Therapy in Colorectal Cancer.

Harshabad Singh, Pranshu Sahgal, Kevin Kapner, Steven M Corsello, Hersh Gupta, Rahul Gujrathi, Yvonne Y Li, Andrew D Cherniack, Raquelle El Alam, Joseph Kerfoot and 32 more

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8 citing papers in PubMed, 7 citations in OpenAlex.

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42 authors at 8 institutions in 2 countries.

Harshabad SinghDana-Farber Brigham and Women's Cancer Center, Department of Medical Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.ORCID 0000-0001-6295-2013
Pranshu SahgalDana-Farber Brigham and Women's Cancer Center, Department of Medical Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.ORCID 0000-0002-9857-3987
Kevin KapnerDana-Farber Brigham and Women's Cancer Center, Department of Medical Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.ORCID 0000-0002-2306-2373
Steven M CorselloDepartment of Medicine, Stanford University, Palo Alto, California.ORCID 0000-0002-9929-3709
Hersh GuptaDana-Farber Brigham and Women's Cancer Center, Department of Medical Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.ORCID 0000-0002-5136-6403
Rahul GujrathiDepartment of Radiology, Boston Medical Center and Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts.ORCID 0000-0003-2581-2315
Yvonne Y LiDana-Farber Brigham and Women's Cancer Center, Department of Medical Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.ORCID 0000-0002-1741-1995
Andrew D CherniackDana-Farber Brigham and Women's Cancer Center, Department of Medical Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.ORCID 0000-0003-0470-0111
Raquelle El AlamDepartment of Radiology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.ORCID 0000-0002-4296-6095
Joseph KerfootDepartment of Pathology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.ORCID 0009-0001-3517-3951
Elizabeth AndrewsDana-Farber Brigham and Women's Cancer Center, Department of Medical Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.ORCID 0009-0008-9117-6736
Annette LeeDana-Farber Brigham and Women's Cancer Center, Department of Medical Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.ORCID 0009-0001-1039-706X
Chetan NambiarDana-Farber Brigham and Women's Cancer Center, Department of Medical Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.ORCID 0009-0003-1817-2628
Alison M HanniganDana-Farber Brigham and Women's Cancer Center, Department of Medical Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.ORCID 0009-0004-3232-0460
Joshua RemlandDana-Farber Brigham and Women's Cancer Center, Department of Medical Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.ORCID 0009-0004-5655-0762
Lauren BraisDana-Farber Brigham and Women's Cancer Center, Department of Medical Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.ORCID 0000-0003-1069-0407
Meghan E LeahyDana-Farber Brigham and Women's Cancer Center, Department of Medical Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.ORCID 0009-0001-8453-7416
Douglas A RubinsonDana-Farber Brigham and Women's Cancer Center, Department of Medical Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.ORCID 0000-0002-5337-5231
Benjamin L SchlechterDana-Farber Brigham and Women's Cancer Center, Department of Medical Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.ORCID 0000-0002-1529-3278
Matthew MeyersonDana-Farber Brigham and Women's Cancer Center, Department of Medical Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.ORCID 0000-0002-9133-8108
Yanan KuangBelfer Center for Applied Cancer Science, Department of Medical Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts.ORCID 0000-0002-5416-5543
Cloud P PaweletzBelfer Center for Applied Cancer Science, Department of Medical Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts.ORCID 0000-0002-2287-5663
Jessica K LeeFoundation Medicine, Inc., Cambridge, Massachusetts.ORCID 0000-0002-4333-5092
Julia C F QuintanilhaFoundation Medicine, Inc., Cambridge, Massachusetts.ORCID 0000-0001-6908-4474
Andrew J AguirreDana-Farber Brigham and Women's Cancer Center, Department of Medical Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.ORCID 0000-0002-0701-6203
Kimberly J PerezDana-Farber Brigham and Women's Cancer Center, Department of Medical Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.ORCID 0000-0002-5745-2994
Brandon M HuffmanDana-Farber Brigham and Women's Cancer Center, Department of Medical Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.ORCID 0000-0002-0768-3145
Humberto RossiDana-Farber Brigham and Women's Cancer Center, Department of Medical Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.ORCID 0009-0006-5141-0132
Thomas A AbramsDana-Farber Brigham and Women's Cancer Center, Department of Medical Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.ORCID 0000-0003-3101-1573
Sheheryar KabrajiDana-Farber Brigham and Women's Cancer Center, Department of Medical Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.ORCID 0000-0002-5315-7103
Livio TrusolinoCandiolo Cancer Institute FPO IRCCS, Candiolo, Torino, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-6379-3365
Andrea BertottiCandiolo Cancer Institute FPO IRCCS, Candiolo, Torino, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-8196-7608
Ewa T SicinskaDepartment of Pathology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.ORCID 0000-0003-2564-3478
Aparna R ParikhMassachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.ORCID 0000-0002-5245-7841
Brian M WolpinDana-Farber Brigham and Women's Cancer Center, Department of Medical Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.ORCID 0000-0002-0455-1032
Alexa B SchrockFoundation Medicine, Inc., Cambridge, Massachusetts.ORCID 0000-0003-0106-9096
Marios GiannakisDana-Farber Brigham and Women's Cancer Center, Department of Medical Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.ORCID 0000-0001-9012-6982
Kimmie NgDana-Farber Brigham and Women's Cancer Center, Department of Medical Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.ORCID 0000-0003-0631-1494
Jeffrey A MeyerhardtDana-Farber Brigham and Women's Cancer Center, Department of Medical Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.ORCID 0000-0002-1120-0898
Jason L HornickDepartment of Pathology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.ORCID 0000-0001-6475-8345
Nilay S SethiDana-Farber Brigham and Women's Cancer Center, Department of Medical Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.ORCID 0000-0002-3748-7559
James M ClearyDana-Farber Brigham and Women's Cancer Center, Department of Medical Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.ORCID 0000-0001-7213-3951
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute · USBroad Institute · USGlobalFoundries (United States) · USTorino e-district · ITBoston Medical Center · USBrigham and Women's Hospital · USMassachusetts General Hospital · USPalo Alto University · US

Funding

Tissue and Pathology ResourcesP50CA127003 · NCI · DANA-FARBER CANCER INST · PI SHIVDASANI, RAMESH A · 2007 to 2023
$33.2M
Novel randomized controlled trials of vitamin D supplementation in patients with colorectal cancer: Impact on survival and biologyR01CA205406 · NCI · DANA-FARBER CANCER INST · PI Kimmie Ng · 2017 to 2026
$4.9M
Mechanisms of response and resistance to KRAS inhibition in pancreatic cancerR01CA276268 · NCI · DANA-FARBER CANCER INST · PI Andrew James Aguirre · 2023 to 2026
$2.2M
Improving response prediction to neoadjuvant therapy in pancreatic cancerK08CA286749 · NCI · MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL · PI Harshabad Singh · 2023 to 2026
$1.2M
Targeting casein kinase 1-alpha for cancer therapyK08CA230220 · NCI · STANFORD UNIVERSITY · PI CORSELLO, STEVEN MUNTEAN · 2018 to 2022
$1.0M
Integration of early genetic alterations and inflammation in gastroesophageal premalignancyK08DK120930 · NIDDK · DANA-FARBER CANCER INST · PI SETHI, NILAY · 2019 to 2023
$790k
NCI NIH HHS K08 CA230220NCI NIH HHS K08 CA286749NCI NIH HHS P50 CA127003NCI NIH HHS R01 CA205406NCI NIH HHS R01 CA276268NIDDK NIH HHS K08 DK120930
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeERBB2-amplified colorectal cancer is a distinct molecular subtype with expanding treatments. Implications of concurrent oncogenic RAS/RAF alterations are not known. EXPERIMENTAL

designDana-Farber and Foundation Medicine Inc. Colorectal cancer cohorts with genomic profiling were used to identify ERBB2-amplified cases [Dana-Farber, n = 47/2,729 (1.7%); FMI, n = 1857/49,839 (3.7%)]. Outcomes of patients receiving HER2-directed therapies are reported (Dana-Farber, n = 9; Flatiron Health-Foundation Medicine clinicogenomic database, FH-FMI CGDB, n = 38). Multisite HER2 IHC and genomic profiling were performed to understand HER2 intratumoral and interlesional heterogeneity. The impact of concurrent RAS comutations on the effectiveness of HER2-directed therapies were studied in isogenic colorectal cancer cell lines and xenografts.

resultsERBB2 amplifications are enriched in left-sided colorectal cancer. Twenty percent of ERBB2-amplified colorectal cancers have co-occurring oncogenic RAS/RAF alterations. While RAS/RAF WT colorectal cancers typically have clonal ERBB2 amplification, colorectal cancers with co-occurring RAS/RAF alterations have lower level ERRB2 amplification, higher intratumoral heterogeneity, and interlesional ERBB2 discordance. These distinct genomic patterns lead to differential responsiveness and patterns of resistance to HER2-directed therapy. ERBB2-amplified colorectal cancer with RAS/RAF alterations are resistant to trastuzumab-based combinations, such as trastuzumab/tucatinib, but retain sensitivity to trastuzumab deruxtecan in in vitro and murine models. Trastuzumab deruxtecan shows clinical efficacy in cases with high-level ERBB2-amplified RAS/RAF coaltered colorectal cancer.

conclusionsCo-occurring RAS/RAF alterations define a unique subtype of ERBB2-amplified colorectal cancer that has increased intratumoral heterogeneity, interlesional discordance, and resistance to trastuzumab-based combinations. Further examination of trastuzumab deruxtecan in this previously understudied cohort of ERBB2-amplified colorectal cancer is warranted.

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Colorectal NeoplasmsDNA Copy Number VariationsAnimalsErb-b2 Receptor Tyrosine KinasesGene AmplificationHumansMiceMutationTrastuzumabTreatment OutcomeERBB2 protein, humanErb-b2 Receptor Tyrosine KinasesTrastuzumab

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