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Sung Hwan Lee1,2,3,*, Sun Young Yim1,4,*, Yun Seong Jeong1,*, Qi-Xiang Li5,*, Sang-Hee Kang1,6,*, Bo Hwa Sohn1,*, Shwetha V. Kumar7, Ji-Hyun Shin1, You Rhee Choi1, Jae-Jun Shim8, Hayeon Kim9, Jihoon Kim4, Shin Kim1,10, Sheng Guo11, Randy L. Johnson12, Ahmed Kaseb13, Koo Jeong Kang14, Yun Shin Chun15, Hee Jin Jang16, Byoung Gill Lee17, Hyun Goo Woo17, Min Jin Ha18, Rehan Akbani7, Lewis R. Roberts19, David A. Wheeler20, and Ju-Seog Lee1
1Department of Systems Biology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA
2Department of Surgery, Division of Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Korea
3Division of Hepatobiliary and Pancreas, Department of Surgery, CHA Bundang Medical Center, CHA University, Korea.
4Department of Internal Medicine, Korea University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
5Crown Bioscience, Inc., 3375 Scott Blvd, Suite 108, Santa Clara, CA, USA.
6Department of Surgery, Korea University Guro Hospital, Seoul, Korea.
7Department of Bioinformatics and Computational Biology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA
8Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, Kyung Hee University, Seoul, Korea.
9Department of Pathology, Korea University Guro Hospital, Seoul, Korea.
10Department of Immunology, School of Medicine, Keimyung University, Daegu, Korea.
11Crown Bioscience (Suzhou), Inc., 218 Xinhu St, Suzhou, China.
12Department of Cancer Biology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA.
13Department of GI Medical Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA.
14Division of Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Keimyung University Dongsan Medical Center, Daegu, Korea.
15Department of Surgical Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA
16Division of Thoracic Surgery, Michael E. DeBakey Department of Surgery, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA.
17Department of Physiology, Ajou University School of Medicine, Suwon, Republic of Korea.
18Department of Biostatistics, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA
19Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science, Rochester, MN, USA.
20Department of Molecular and Human Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA
*These authors contributed equally.
Correspondence: Ju-Seog Lee
Abstract
Background & aims
While many studies revealed transcriptomic subtypes of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), concordance of the subtypes are not fully examined. We aim to examine consensus of transcriptomic subtypes and correlate them with clinical outcomes.
Approach and results
By integrating 16 previously established genomic signatures for HCC subtypes, we identified 5 clinically and molecularly distinct consensus subtypes. STM (STeM) is characterized by high stem cell features, vascular invasion, and poor prognosis. CIN (Chromosomal INstability) has moderate stem cell features but high genomic instability and low immune activity. IMH (IMmune High) is characterized by high immune activity. BCM (Beta-Catenin with high Male predominance) is characterized by prominent β-catenin activation, low miRNA expression, hypomethylation, and high sensitivity to sorafenib. DLP (Differentiated and Low Proliferation) is differentiated with high HNF4A activity. We also developed and validated a robust predictor of consensus subtype with 100 genes (PICS100) and demonstrated that 5 subtypes were well conserved in patient derived xenograft (PDX) models and cell lines. By analyzing serum proteomic data from the same patients, we further identified potential serum biomarkers that can stratify patients into subtypes.
Conclusions
Five HCC subtypes are correlated with genomic phenotypes and clinical outcomes and highly conserved in pre-clinical models, providing a framework for selecting the most appropriate models for preclinical studies.
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