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Affymetrix SNP 6.0 array data for Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Glioma


ABSTRACT: Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Glioma (DIPG) is a fatal brain cancer that arises in the brainstem of children with no effective treatment and near 100% fatality. The failure of most therapies can be attributed to the delicate location of these tumors and choosing therapies based on assumptions that DIPGs are molecularly similar to adult disease. Recent studies have unraveled the unique genetic make-up of this brain cancer with nearly 80% harboring a K27M-H3.3 or K27M-H3.1 mutation. However, DIPGs are still thought of as one disease with limited understanding of the genetic drivers of these tumors. To understand what drives DIPGs we integrated whole-genome-sequencing with methylation, expression and copy-number profiling, discovering that DIPGs are three molecularly distinct subgroups (H3-K27M, Silent, MYCN) and uncovering a novel recurrent activating mutation in the activin receptor ACVR1, in 20% of DIPGs. Mutations in ACVR1 were constitutively activating, leading to SMAD phosphorylation and increased expression of downstream activin signaling targets ID1 and ID2. Our results highlight distinct molecular subgroups and novel therapeutic targets for this incurable pediatric cancer. Affymetrix SNP arrays were performed according to the manufacturer's directions on DNA extracted from snap frozen biopsy and autopsy brain tissue from DIPG patients. Copy number analysis on Affymetrix 6.0 SNP arrays was performed for 45 paediatric DIPG samples, 27 matched normal brain samples, and HapMap samples.

ORGANISM(S): Homo sapiens

SUBMITTER: Pawel Buczkowicz 

PROVIDER: E-GEOD-50024 | biostudies-arrayexpress |

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress

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