Savva Avdonin

Savva Avdonin


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Academic Career Length

4Years (2023-Present)

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8 February 2023 in Biomedicines
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Mark JainMark Jain
Mark Jain
ATAlexander Tivtikyan
Alexander Tivtikyan
DKDavid Kamalov
David Kamalov
SASavva Avdonin
Savva Avdonin
TRTagir Rakhmatullin
Tagir Rakhmatullin
AKArmais Kamalov
Armais Kamalov
Recent whole-genome sequencing studies identified two novel recurrent mutations in the enhancer region of GPR126 in urothelial bladder cancer (UBC) tumor samples. This mutational hotspot is the second most common after the TERT promoter in UBC. The aim of the study was to develop a digital droplet PCR screening assay for the simultaneous detection of GPR126 mutations in a single tube. Its performance combined with TERT promoter mutation analysis was evaluated in urine of healthy volunteers (n = 50) and patients with cystitis (n = 22) and UBC (n = 70). The developed assay was validated using DNA constructs carrying the studied variants. None of the mutations were detected in control and cystitis group samples. GPR126 mutations were observed in the urine of 25/70 UBC patients (area under the ROC curve (AUC) of 0.679; mutant allele fraction (MAF) of 21.61 [8.30–44.52] %); TERT mutations–in 40/70 (AUC of 0.786; MAF = 28.29 [19.03–38.08] %); ≥1 mutation–in 47/70 (AUC of 0.836)). The simultaneous presence of GPR126 and TERT mutations was observed in 18/70 cases, with no difference in MAFs for the paired samples (31.96 [14.78–47.49] % vs. 27.13 [17.00–37.62] %, p = 0.349, respectively). The combined analysis of these common non-coding mutations in urine allows the sensitive and non-invasive detection of UBC.