Abstract
AbstractMouse tumour models are extensively used as a pre-clinical research tool in the field of oncology, playing an important role in anticancer drugs discovery. Accordingly, in cancer genomics research, the demand for next-generation sequencing (NGS) is increasing, and consequently, the need for data analysis pipelines is likewise growing. Most NGS data analysis solutions to date do not support mouse data or require highly specific configuration for their use. Here, we present a genome analysis pipeline for mouse tumour NGS data including the whole-genome sequence (WGS) data analysis flow for somatic variant discovery, and the RNA-seq data flow for differential expression, functional analysis and neoantigen prediction. The pipeline is based on standards and best practices and integrates mouse genome references and annotations. In a recent study, the pipeline was applied to demonstrate the efficacy of low dose 6-thioguanine (6TG) treatment on low-mutation melanoma in a pre-clinical mouse model. Here, we further this study and describe in detail the pipeline and the results obtained in terms of tumour mutational burden (TMB) and number of predicted neoantigens, and correlate these with 6TG effects on tumour volume. Our pipeline was expanded to include a neoantigen analysis, resulting in neopeptide prediction and MHC class I antigen presentation evaluation. We observed that the number of predicted neoepitopes were more accurate indicators of tumour immune control than TMB. In conclusion, this study demonstrates the usability of the proposed pipeline, and suggests it could be an essential robust genome analysis platform for future mouse genomic analysis.
Funder
Technical University of Denmark
Publisher
Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Subject
Cancer Research,Oncology,Immunology,Immunology and Allergy
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