Project description:We performed RNA-seq to examine the differences in GC B cells that were either infected with MHV68 or uninfected and between B cells that expressed IgL or IgK B cell receptor light chains.
Project description:DNA was isolated from aberrant plasma cells (aPCs) and peripheral blood of 12 ALA, 10 ALA+MM and 29 MM individuals. DNA from aPCs was amplified using REPLI-g Mini Kit (Qiagen). Totally, we analyzed 51 patients, 102 samples. One batch of exome libraries (paired tumor-normal samples from 12 ALA, 10 ALA+MM and 6 MM) was prepared using SureSelect Human All Exon V5 Kit (Agilent Technologies) and sequenced on Illumina HiSeq 4000 platform, 100 cycles. Second batch (23 MM samples; IDs ARK01-ARK26) was prepared using SureSelect Human All Exon V5 + IGH, IGK, IGL, MYC (Agilent Technologies) library preparation kit and sequenced on Illumina HiSeq 2000 platform in paired-end settings, 75 cycles. The reads were mapped using BWA-MEM on human genome GRCh38 without alternate loci.
Project description:Multiple myeloma is a malignancy of antibody-secreting plasma cells. Most patients benefit from current therapies, however, 20% of patients relapse or die within two years. To better understand and identify these ‘high-risk’ cases, we analyzed the translocation landscape of myeloma from 795 newly-diagnosed patients by whole genome sequencing from the CoMMpass study. Translocations involving the immunoglobulin lambda (IgL) locus were identified in 10% of patients, and were indicative of poor prognosis. Importantly, 70% of IgL translocations co-occurred with hyperdiploid disease, a marker of standard risk, potentially resulting in the misclassification of IgL-translocated myeloma. Most IgL-translocations coincided with focal amplifications that were centered on the 3’ enhancer. Patients with IgL-translocations failed to benefit from immunomodulatory imide drugs (IMiDs), which target the lymphocyte-specific transcription factor IKZF1 that is bound to the IgL 3’ enhancer at some of the highest levels in the myeloma epigenome. These data implicate IgL-translocation as a driver of poor prognosis which may be due in part to IMID resistance.