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Institute Institute for Institute Institute for for Tumor for Tumor Tumor Biology Tumor Biology Biology Biology Klaus Pantel Klaus Pantel Liquid Biopsy: Current Status and Future Perspective Perspective CTC CTC as as Liquid
CTC CTC as as Liquid Liquid Biopsy Biopsy for for metastatic metastatic cells cells for for metastatic metastatic cells cells
Metastasis evolve many years y y after primary tumor resection and can harbor unique genomic alterations. Biopsy of metastases is an invasive and sometimes invasive and sometimes dangerous procedure. Can the molecular Can the molecular characterizaton of CTC reveal representative information
- n metastatic cells located at
different sites ?
Alix Alix-
- Panabières & Pantel,
Panabières & Pantel, Clin Clin Chem Chem, , 2012 2012
Detection Detection of
- f CTC in
CTC in the the peripheral peripheral blood blood
September 2013: September 2013: 400 i t d 400 i t d li i l li i l t i l t i l ith ith CTC CTC > 400 registered > 400 registered clinical clinical trials trials with with CTC CTC as as biomarkers biomarkers biomarkers biomarkers
CTC Enrichment Methods CTC Enrichment Methods Enr chm nt M tho s Enr chm nt M tho s
2013: > 50 different CTC ! assays ! The The technical technical challenge challenge: : Finding Finding one
- ne
tumor tumor cell cell in in 10 106 – 10 108 normal normal blood blood
Alix Alix-
- Panabières & Pantel,
Panabières & Pantel, Annu Rev Med Annu Rev Med, 2012 , 2012 Pantel & Alix Pantel & Alix-
- Panabières,
Panabières, Trends Mol Med Trends Mol Med, 2010 , 2010 Alix Alix-
- Panabières & Pantel,
Panabières & Pantel, Clin Chem Clin Chem, , 2012 2012
cells cells
New approach: In vivo capture of CTC (1.5 L blood)
Proof-of-principle data in breast, lung and prostate cancer
CTC Identification Methods CTC Identification Methods
Real Real‐time RT time RT‐PCR PCR
Cytokeratins as standard CTC markers
nucleic acids nucleic acids
Cytokeratins as standard CTC markers BUT differential expression of individual CKs
(Joosse/Pantel et al., Clin Cancer Res 2012)
DNA
nucleic acids nucleic acids
mRNA DNA
intra intra-
- cytoplasmic proteins
cytoplasmic proteins membrane proteins membrane proteins
> 13,000 publications on CTC in PubMed 2013
mRNA
Immunocytochemistry Immunocytochemistry
PubMed 2013
secreted secreted
Tumor cell Tumor cell
EPISPOT assay EPISPOT assay
proteins by proteins by VIABLE cells VIABLE cells
Alix Alix-
- Panabières
Panabières et al., et al., Clin Cancer Res, 2008 Clin Cancer Res, 2008
Design Design of
- f robust
robust automated automated systems systems for for reproducible reproducible CTC CTC detection detection
CellSearch™ System CellSearch™ System (FDA
(FDA-
- cleared)
cleared)
MagNest MagNestTM
TM
Epithelial Cell Kit
Enrichment of CTC with Enrichment of CTC with anti anti-
- EpCAM ferro fluids
EpCAM ferro fluids
Cristofanilli et al., NEJM, 2004 Cristofanilli et al., NEJM, 2004 Riethdorf et al., CCR, 2007 & 2010 Riethdorf et al., CCR, 2007 & 2010
p
DeBono et al, CCR, 2008 DeBono et al, CCR, 2008 Cohen et al, JCO, 2008 Cohen et al, JCO, 2008 Krebs et al, JCO, 2012 Krebs et al, JCO, 2012
CellSearch CellSearch™ System ™ System: Images of Tumor Cells : Images of Tumor Cells
Cytoplasm Nucleus Cell Membrane Composite Cytoplasm Nucleus Cell Membrane Composite
CK CK-
- PE
PE pos pos DAPI DAPI pos pos CD45 CD45-
- APC
APC neg neg Tumor Cell Tumor Cell p g
= +
- Leukocyte
Leukocyte nucleus nucleus CD45 CD45+
+
Membrane Membrane Leukocyte Leukocyte Tumor Cell Tumor Cell
Prognostic value of CTC counts for survival Prognostic value of CTC counts for survival i ti t ith d d di i ti t ith d d di in cancer patients with advanced disease in cancer patients with advanced disease
Breast Cancer Breast Cancer
Christofanilli NEJM 2004 Christofanilli NEJM 2004
Prostate Cancer Prostate Cancer
De Bono, Clin Can Res, 2008 De Bono, Clin Can Res, 2008
Colorectal Cancer Colorectal Cancer
Cohen, JCO, 2008 Cohen, JCO, 2008 Christofanilli, NEJM, 2004 Christofanilli, NEJM, 2004 De Bono, Clin Can Res, 2008 De Bono, Clin Can Res, 2008 Cohen, JCO, 2008 Cohen, JCO, 2008
FDA FDA clearance clearance FDA FDA clearance clearance
Detection Detection of
- f CTC in
CTC in early early stage stage cancer cancer patients patients ( (low low CTC CTC counts counts): ):
Is the ability to release cancer cells into the circulation relevant for the d l t f di t t t t ? development of distant metastases?
Prognostic impact of CTC in breast cancer patients without overt metastases
Rack, Janni et al, unpublished
Meta-Analysis of 49 studies comprising 6815 breast cancer patients p
1
Progression-free survival CTC detection: ICC & RT-
0.86 0.78 0.62 0.58
0.78
0.6 0.8 1 ess Free CTC neg CTC pos
CTC detection: ICC & RT PCR
0.34
0.51 0.29 0.15
0.2 0.4 0.6 Proportion Progre
p<0.001
Overall survival
0.89 0.69 0.64 0.79 0.8 1 . CTC neg CTC pos
0.15 0.06
1 2 3 4 5 Time (years) 0.51 0.47 0.56 0.40 0.29 0.4 0.6
- rtion Surviving
0.19 0.2 1 2 3 4 5
Ti ( )
Propo
p<0.001
Zhang L, Riethdorf S…Pantel K, Clin Cancer Res, 2012.
Time (years)
TNM 2010: CTC in new cM0(i+) Classification
Challenge Challenge of
- f CTC
CTC detection detection: Challenge Challenge of
- f CTC
CTC detection detection: Epithelial Epithelial-Mesenchymal Mesenchymal Transition (EMT) Transition (EMT) Epithelial Epithelial-Mesenchymal Mesenchymal Transition (EMT) Transition (EMT)
- f
- f carcinoma
carcinoma cells cells
(Bednarz-Knoll et al CMR 2012; Kang &
Tumor cell dissemination, plasticity and EMT
Pantel, Cancer Cell 2013)
Dormancy 10 > 10 years
Epithelial-Mesenchymal Plasticity of CTC EpCAM CK Vimentin EpCAM, CK Vimentin
Bednarz-Knoll, Alix-Panabières & Pantel Cancer & Met Rev 2012
Expression profile of CTCs in breast cancer EMT EMT
(Mani/Weinberg, (Mani/Weinberg, et al et al., ., Cell Cell, 2008;) , 2008;) Yu et al, Circulating breast tumor cells exhibit dynamic changes in epithelial and mesenchymal composition. Science, Febr. 2013 Yokobori Mimori Pantel Mori et al Plastin 3 as new CTC marker Yokobori, Mimori, Pantel, Mori et al. Plastin-3 as new CTC marker not downregulated during EMT, Cancer Res. Febr. 2013
Bednarz-Knoll, Alix-Panabieres & Pantel, 2011, Breast Cancer Res, 13: 282-293
M l l M l l Ch t i ti Ch t i ti f CTC CTC Molecular Molecular Characterization Characterization of
- f CTC
CTC f th ti th ti t t t t for for therapeutic therapeutic targets targets
( l ( l ti li id ti li id bi bi “) („real („real-time liquid time liquid biopsy biopsy“)
Detection of therapeutic targets on CTC: HER2 oncogene in breast cancer HER2 oncogene in breast cancer
CTC without HER2 gene amplification
Red: CK Red: Cen17
CTC without HER2 gene amplification CTC without HER2 gene amplification
Red: CK Red: Cen17
A
Composite CK DAPI CD45 HER2
A
Composite CK DAPI CD45 HER2
DETECT DETECT III study: Anti III study: Anti HER2 therapy (lapatinib) in metastatic breast cancer HER2 therapy (lapatinib) in metastatic breast cancer
CTC with HER2 gene amplification
Red: CK ICC Green: HER2 FISH Red: Cen17 FISH
CTC with HER2 gene amplification CTC with HER2 gene amplification
Red: CK ICC Green: HER2 FISH Red: Cen17 FISH
A
1+ 2+ CTC
A
1+ 2+ CTC
DETECT DETECT-III study: Anti III study: Anti-HER2 therapy (lapatinib) in metastatic breast cancer HER2 therapy (lapatinib) in metastatic breast cancer patients with HER2 patients with HER2-
- negative primary tumors and HER2
negative primary tumors and HER2-
- positive CTC
positive CTC
CTC with HER2 gene amplification CTC with HER2 gene amplification CTC with HER2 gene amplification
CB11 A0485 FISH Composite CK DAPI CD45 HER2
B
2+ 3+
C
CB11 A0485 FISH Composite CK DAPI CD45 HER2
B
2+ 3+
C
SK-BR-3 SK-BR-3 SK-BR-3
MCF-7 BT20 1+ MCF-7 BT20 1+ T47D MDA- MB-453 1+ 2+ T47D MDA- MB-453 1+ 2+
Discordance between HER2 Discordance between HER2 status of primary tumor and status of primary tumor and CTC CTC
SK-BR-3 BT474 3+ 3+ SK-BR-3 BT474 3+ 3+
CTC CTC
Riethdorf/Pantel et al., Clinical Cancer Res 2010 - Fehm/Pantel et al., Breast Cancer Res Treat 2010 Ignatiadis/Sotiriou et al, PlosONE, 2011 - Ignatiadis/Pantel et al, SABCS, 2011
Heterogeneity of ER status in CTCs of breast cancer patients with ER-positive primary tumors
Babayan, Joosse, Pantel et al., PLOS ONE 2013
ER CK DAPI CD45 Merge
Babayan, Joosse, Pantel et al., PLOS ONE 2013
E R
ER CK DAPI CD45 Merge
R + E R R
- ER-negative CTCs may survive endocrine therapy
Genomic Characterization of single CTC Genomic Characterization of single CTC
CTC detection CTC isolation WGA +
- Mutation analysis
- Mutation analysis
- CGH (conv./array)
NextGen Sequencing CTC
Capillary
CTC
- NextGen Sequencing
Detection of mutations in genes relevant for resistance of targeted therapies (eg EGFR inhibition) targeted therapies (eg, EGFR inhibition)
Gasch, Pantel, Riethdorf et al., Clin. Chem. 2012
Distribution of mutations in primary tumor, metastases and CTC
CRC patient #6 CRC patient #26
Deep targeted sequencing revealed that 17 of 20 „private CTC mutations“ were also present in „private CTC mutations were also present in subclones of the primary tumor and metastases
Heitzer, Riethdorf, Pantel, Speicher et al, Cancer Res. 2013
Tumor Tumor-
- associated
associated circulating cell circulating cell-
- free nucleic
free nucleic
CTC
g acids in blood acids in blood
Micrometastasis
KRAS Mutations: KRAS Mutations:
C l ti CTC & Ci l ti T DNA
Diaz et al, Nature 2012 Heitzer et al, IJC 2013
microRNAs: microRNAs:
Correlation CTC & Circulating Tumor DNA:
Prostate Cancer: Schwarzenbach, Alix-Panabieres, Pantel et al., Clin Cancer Res 2009; Breast cancer: Dawson et al, NEJM, 2013; Colon Cancer: Heitzer, Pantel et al, Int J Cancer 2013
Roth et al, BCR 2010 & PLosONE 2012
Int J Cancer, 2013
Correlation CTC & Circulating microRNA:
Breast Cancer: Madhavan, Pantel et al Clin Cancer Res 2012
BUT: ctDNA is released from apoptotic/necrotic cells
Isolation of CTC allows in-depth molecular & functional characterization of viable cells including xenotransplantion into immunodeficient mice (Baccelli,
Pantel et al, Nat. Biotech., 2013; Pantel et al., Nature Med., 2013 )
Schwarzenbach/ Schwarzenbach/Hoon Hoon/Pantel, /Pantel, Nat Nat Rev Rev Cancer, Cancer, 2011, Alix 2011, Alix-
- Panabières
Panabières/Schwarzenbach/Pantel, /Schwarzenbach/Pantel, Annu Annu Rev Rev Med Med, 2012; Pantel & Alix , 2012; Pantel & Alix-
- Panabieres, Cancer
Panabieres, Cancer Res Res., 2013 ., 2013
Aims Aims of
- f Research on
Research on Circulating Circulating Tumor Cells Tumor Cells g
- Estimation
Estimation of
- f the
the risk risk for for metastatic metastatic relapse relapse or
- r
metastatic metastatic progression progression (prognostic prognostic information information)
- Stratification
Stratification & & real real-
- time
time monitoring monitoring of
- f therapies
therapies
- Identification
Identification of
- f therapeutic
therapeutic targets targets and and resistance resistance p g mechanisms mechanisms (biological biological therapies therapies)
- Understanding
Understanding the the biology biology of
- f metastatic
metastatic development development
early dissemination early dissemination
Metastasis Models
early stage cancer early stage cancer DTCs DTCs early stage cancer early stage cancer genetic genetic progression progression Dormancy advanced stage cancer advanced stage cancer
- vert metastasis
- vert metastasis
DTCs DTCs
- vert metastasis
- vert metastasis
no metastasis no metastasis
Pantel Pantel et al., et al., Nature Nature Rev Rev Cancer Cancer 2008 2008
Cancer Cancer Dormancy Dormancy: : Research Research questions questions
D ll ll ti t ti t h d t d t t ll ll ?
- Do
Do all all cancer cancer patients patients have have dormant dormant tumor tumor cells cells?
- Can
Can host host factors factors induce induce or
- r break
break dormancy dormancy? ? Stress? Stress? Inflammation Inflammation? ?
- Are
Are there there preferred preferred reservoirs reservoirs of
- f dormant
dormant cells cells (e
(e. .g g. ., , bone bone marrow marrow) ) ?
- Does
Does the the immune immune system system play play a role role in in dormancy dormancy?
- Does
Does the the immune immune system system play play a role role in in dormancy dormancy?
- What
What is is the the effect effect
- f
- f
current current therapies therapies
- n
- n
dormant dormant cells cells or
- r
dormancy dormancy? ?
- What
What signaling signaling pathways pathways or
- r events
events reactivate reactivate dormant dormant cells cells? ? g g g g p y p y
- Do
Do dormant dormant cells cells have have properties properties of
- f cancer
cancer stem stem cells cells? ?
- How
How does does genetic genetic background background affect affect dormancy dormancy? ?
Uhr & Pantel PNAS 2011; Kang & Pantel, Cancer Uhr & Pantel PNAS 2011; Kang & Pantel, Cancer Cell Cell 2013 2013
Metastasis Metastasis Biology Biology gy gy
Center of Experimental Medicine Center of Experimental Medicine Institute of Tumor Biology Institute of Tumor Biology -
- Klaus Pantel
Klaus Pantel gy gy
- Sabine Riethdorf/Christin Gasch
Sabine Riethdorf/Christin Gasch
Grant Support: Grant Support:
- Heidi Schwarzenbach
Heidi Schwarzenbach
- Harriet Wikman/Michaela
Harriet Wikman/Michaela Wrage Wrage
- Katharina Effenberger
Katharina Effenberger
DFG DFG BMBF BMBF EU / ERC EU / ERC
- Katharina Effenberger
Katharina Effenberger
- Simon Joosse, Anna
Simon Joosse, Anna Babayan
- Kai Bartkowiak, Natalia Bednarz
Kai Bartkowiak, Natalia Bednarz-
- Koll
Koll
- Dt. Krebshilfe
- Dt. Krebshilfe
Sander Sander-
- Stiftung
Stiftung Roggenbuck Roggenbuck-Stiftung Stiftung Roggenbuck Roggenbuck Stiftung Stiftung
Micrometastasis Research Network at UCCH/UKE Micrometastasis Research Network at UCCH/UKE
Institut für Anatomie II Viszeralchirurgie Klinik und Poliklinik für Viszeralchirurgie Klinik und Poliklinik für Gynäkologie Institut für Klinische Chemie
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Klinik und Poliklinik Institut für Rechtsmedizin Klinik und Poliklinik für Neurochirurgie Institut für Tumorbiologie Institut für Tumorbiologie Labor für Strahlenbiologie und -onkologie
Klinik und Poli- Klinik und Poli- klinik für Mund-, Kiefer- und Gesichts- chirurgie
g Molekularbiologie Institut für Biochemie und Molekularbiologie
- II. Medizinische
Klinik und Poliklinik Klinik und Poliklinik für Urologie
chirurgie
Poliklinik
EU EU-
- Consortium
Consortium-
- DISMAL
DISMAL
University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf (Germany) Free University of Amsterdam Medical Center (The Netherlands)
Start: November 2005 Coordinator: Klaus Pantel
Imperial College London (United Kingdom), Radium Hospital Oslo, (Norway) German Cancer Research Center, (Germany) SME 1 Applied Imaging, (United Kingdom) ERC Advanced Investigator Grant
DISSECT“ (2011-2016)
University
- f Graz (Austria)
University of Utrecht (The Netherlands)
„DISSECT (2011-2016) ERA NET TRANSCAN CTC SCAN
Heinrich-Pette- Institut (Germany) Netherlands Cancer Institute (The Netherlands)
ERA-NET TRANSCAN: CTC-SCAN Project (2013 – 2016)
Lapeyronie Hospital, Montpellier, (France) SME 2 TILL Photonics (Germany) ( ) SME 3 Agendia, (The Netherlands) Leiden University Medical Center (The Netherlands),
24-27, 2013