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Cyclin A2/E1 activation defines a hepatocellular carcinoma subclass with a rearrangement signature of replication stress.

ABSTRACT: Cyclins A2 and E1 regulate the cell cycle by promoting S phase entry and progression. Here, we identify a hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) subgroup exhibiting cyclin activation through various mechanisms including hepatitis B virus (HBV) and adeno-associated virus type 2 (AAV2) insertions, enhancer hijacking and recurrent CCNA2 fusions. Cyclin A2 or E1 alterations define a homogenous entity of aggressive HCC, mostly developed in non-cirrhotic patients, characterized by a transcriptional activation of E2F and ATR pathways and a high frequency of RB1 and PTEN inactivation. Cyclin-driven HCC display a unique signature of structural rearrangements with hundreds of tandem duplications and templated insertions frequently activating TERT promoter. These rearrangements, strongly enriched in early-replicated active chromatin regions, are consistent with a break-induced replication mechanism. Pan-cancer analysis reveals a similar signature in BRCA1-mutated breast and ovarian cancers. Together, this analysis reveals a new poor prognosis HCC entity and a rearrangement signature related to replication stress.

SUBMITTER: Bayard Q

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6286353 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Cyclin A2/E1 activation defines a hepatocellular carcinoma subclass with a rearrangement signature of replication stress.

Bayard Quentin Q Meunier Léa L Peneau Camille C Renault Victor V Shinde Jayendra J Nault Jean-Charles JC Mami Iadh I Couchy Gabrielle G Amaddeo Giuliana G Tubacher Emmanuel E Bacq Delphine D Meyer Vincent V La Bella Tiziana T Debaillon-Vesque Audrey A Bioulac-Sage Paulette P Seror Olivier O Blanc Jean-Frédéric JF Calderaro Julien J Deleuze Jean-François JF Imbeaud Sandrine S Zucman-Rossi Jessica J Letouzé Eric E

Nature communications 20181207 1

Cyclins A2 and E1 regulate the cell cycle by promoting S phase entry and progression. Here, we identify a hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) subgroup exhibiting cyclin activation through various mechanisms including hepatitis B virus (HBV) and adeno-associated virus type 2 (AAV2) insertions, enhancer hijacking and recurrent CCNA2 fusions. Cyclin A2 or E1 alterations define a homogenous entity of aggressive HCC, mostly developed in non-cirrhotic patients, characterized by a transcriptional activation ...[more]

PMID: 30531861

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Cyclin A2/E1 activation defines a hepatocellular carcinoma subclass with a rearrangement signature of replication stress.

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Cyclin A2/E1 activation defines a hepatocellular carcinoma subclass with a rearrangement signature of replication stress.

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