Validation of high-throughput sequencing-based test system for detection of microsatellite instability in colorectal cancer samples
- Authors: Lebedeva A.A.1,2, Taraskina A.N.1, Kavun A.I.1, Belova E.V.1,2, Grigor'eva T.V.1,2, Kuznetsova O.A.1,3, Kravchuk D.A.4, Belyaeva L.D.2, Nikulin V.E.3, Khomenko E.D.1, Mileyko V.A.1,2, Tryakin A.A.3, Fedyanin M.Y.3,4,5, Ivanov M.V.1,2
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Affiliations:
- LLC OncoAtlas
- Sechenov University, Ministry of Health of Russia
- N.N. Blokhin National Medical Research Center of Oncology, Ministry of Health of Russia
- Moscow Multidisciplinary Clinical Center “Kommunarka”, Moscow Healthcare Department
- N.I. Pirogov National Medical and Surgical Center, Ministry of Health of Russia
- Issue: Vol 12, No 1 (2025)
- Pages: 41-52
- Section: RESEARCH ARTICLES
- Published: 14.04.2025
- URL: https://umo.abvpress.ru/jour/article/view/756
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.17650/2313-805X-2025-12-1-41-52
- ID: 756
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Abstract
Introduction. Currently in routine clinical practice, standard methods based on polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and immunohistochemical examination are used to determine microsatellite instability (MSI) and deficient mismatch repair system (dMMR). MSI identification using high-throughput sequencing (next generation sequencing, NGS) is of special interest because it allows to analyze a large number of microsatellites and simultaneously study alterations in therapeutically significant genes.
Aim. To validate of amplicon-based NGS panel for analysis of MSI and alterations in clinically significant genes in colorectal cancer.
Materials and methods. High-throughput sequencing for MSI analysis was performed on formalin-fixed paraffinembedded (FFPE) samples from patients with colorectal cancer of any stage using amplicon-based panel “Solo-test Driver” (Russia) which covers 38 genes and 39 short tandem repeats (mononucleotides). As a reference method, 5-loci (BAT25, BAT26, NR21, NR24 and NR27) PCR was used. In NGS, MSI was evaluated based on κmer distribution. Statistical analysis was performed using Cohen’s kappa (κ), Mann-Whitney u test, and Fisher’s exact test.
Results. An amplicon-based NGS panel for analysis of MSI in 39 loci and alterations in 39 genes was developed and validated on 160 archival FFPE samples of colorectal cancer. Per PCR, 42 (26.25 %) samples were MSI-positive, 118 (73.75 %) were MSI-negative. The results of PCR and NGS were concordant in 98.75 % (158/160) cases.
Conclusion. The κ coefficient was 0.97 which demonstrates high concordance of MSI analyses using PCR and the developed NGS-based assay system.
About the authors
A. A. Lebedeva
LLC OncoAtlas;Sechenov University, Ministry of Health of Russia
Author for correspondence.
Email: lebedeva_a_a_1@staff.sechenov.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0003-1920-5076
Alexandra Artemovna Lebedeva
Bld. 4, 1A Leninsky Prospekt, Moscow 119049, Russia;
Bld. 2, 8 Trubetskaya St., Moscow 119991, Russia
Russian FederationA. N. Taraskina
LLC OncoAtlas
Email: fake@neicon.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0003-1952-9783
Bld. 4, 1A Leninsky Prospekt, Moscow 119049, Russia
Russian FederationA. I. Kavun
LLC OncoAtlas
Email: fake@neicon.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0003-3861-5281
Bld. 4, 1A Leninsky Prospekt, Moscow 119049, Russia
Russian FederationE. V. Belova
LLC OncoAtlas;Sechenov University, Ministry of Health of Russia
Email: fake@neicon.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-7701-8765
Bld. 4, 1A Leninsky Prospekt, Moscow 119049, Russia;
Bld. 2, 8 Trubetskaya St., Moscow 119991, Russia
Russian FederationT. V. Grigor'eva
LLC OncoAtlas;Sechenov University, Ministry of Health of Russia
Email: fake@neicon.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0001-9054-1481
Bld. 4, 1A Leninsky Prospekt, Moscow 119049, Russia;
Bld. 2, 8 Trubetskaya St., Moscow 119991, Russia
Russian FederationO. A. Kuznetsova
LLC OncoAtlas;N.N. Blokhin National Medical Research Center of Oncology, Ministry of Health of Russia
Email: fake@neicon.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0001-7753-3081
Bld. 4, 1A Leninsky Prospekt, Moscow 119049, Russia;
24 Kashirskoe Shosse, Moscow 115522, Russia
Russian FederationD. A. Kravchuk
Moscow Multidisciplinary Clinical Center “Kommunarka”, Moscow Healthcare Department
Email: fake@neicon.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-8780-6159
Bld. 3, 8 Sosenskiy Stan, Kommunarka Sosenskoye, Moscow 108814, Russia
Russian FederationL. D. Belyaeva
Sechenov University, Ministry of Health of Russia
Email: fake@neicon.ru
ORCID iD: 0009-0007-7177-2875
Bld. 2, 8 Trubetskaya St., Moscow 119991, Russia
Russian FederationV. E. Nikulin
N.N. Blokhin National Medical Research Center of Oncology, Ministry of Health of Russia
Email: fake@neicon.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-8958-9805
24 Kashirskoe Shosse, Moscow 115522, Russia
Russian FederationE. D. Khomenko
LLC OncoAtlas
Email: fake@neicon.ru
ORCID iD: 0009-0008-7852-7466
Bld. 4, 1A Leninsky Prospekt, Moscow 119049, Russia
Russian FederationV. A. Mileyko
LLC OncoAtlas;Sechenov University, Ministry of Health of Russia
Email: fake@neicon.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-0272-1747
Bld. 4, 1A Leninsky Prospekt, Moscow 119049, Russia
Bld. 2, 8 Trubetskaya St., Moscow 119991, Russia
Russian FederationA. A. Tryakin
N.N. Blokhin National Medical Research Center of Oncology, Ministry of Health of Russia
Email: fake@neicon.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0003-2245-214X
24 Kashirskoe Shosse, Moscow 115522, Russia
Russian FederationM. Yu. Fedyanin
N.N. Blokhin National Medical Research Center of Oncology, Ministry of Health of Russia;Moscow Multidisciplinary Clinical Center “Kommunarka”, Moscow Healthcare Department;
N.I. Pirogov National Medical and Surgical Center, Ministry of Health of Russia
Email: fake@neicon.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0001-5615-7806
24 Kashirskoe Shosse, Moscow 115522, Russia;
Bld. 3, 8 Sosenskiy Stan, Kommunarka Sosenskoye, Moscow 108814, Russia;
70 Nizhnyaya Pervomayskaya St., Moscow 105203, Russia
Russian FederationM. V. Ivanov
LLC OncoAtlas;Sechenov University, Ministry of Health of Russia
Email: fake@neicon.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-9961-0129
Bld. 4, 1A Leninsky Prospekt, Moscow 119049, Russia
Bld. 2, 8 Trubetskaya St., Moscow 119991, Russia
Russian FederationReferences
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