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Genomic catastrophes frequently arise in esophageal adenocarcinoma and drive tumorigenesis.

ABSTRACT: Oesophageal adenocarcinoma (EAC) incidence is rapidly increasing in Western countries. A better understanding of EAC underpins efforts to improve early detection and treatment outcomes. While large EAC exome sequencing efforts to date have found recurrent loss-of-function mutations, oncogenic driving events have been underrepresented. Here we use a combination of whole-genome sequencing (WGS) and single-nucleotide polymorphism-array profiling to show that genomic catastrophes are frequent in EAC, with almost a third (32%, n=40/123) undergoing chromothriptic events. WGS of 22 EAC cases show that catastrophes may lead to oncogene amplification through chromothripsis-derived double-minute chromosome formation (MYC and MDM2) or breakage-fusion-bridge (KRAS, MDM2 and RFC3). Telomere shortening is more prominent in EACs bearing localized complex rearrangements. Mutational signature analysis also confirms that extreme genomic instability in EAC can be driven by somatic BRCA2 mutations. These findings suggest that genomic catastrophes have a significant role in the malignant transformation of EAC.

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Genomic catastrophes frequently arise in esophageal adenocarcinoma and drive tumorigenesis.

Nones Katia K Waddell Nicola N Wayte Nicci N Patch Ann-Marie AM Bailey Peter P Newell Felicity F Holmes Oliver O Fink J Lynn JL Quinn Michael C J MCJ Tang Yue Hang YH Lampe Guy G Quek Kelly K Loffler Kelly A KA Manning Suzanne S Idrisoglu Senel S Miller David D Xu Qinying Q Waddell Nick N Wilson Peter J PJ Bruxner Timothy J C TJC Christ Angelika N AN Harliwong Ivon I Nourse Craig C Nourbakhsh Ehsan E Anderson Matthew M Kazakoff Stephen S Leonard Conrad C Wood Scott S Simpson Peter T PT Reid Lynne E LE Krause Lutz L Hussey Damian J DJ Watson David I DI Lord Reginald V RV Nancarrow Derek D Phillips Wayne A WA Gotley David D Smithers B Mark BM Whiteman David C DC Hayward Nicholas K NK Campbell Peter J PJ Pearson John V JV Grimmond Sean M SM Barbour Andrew P AP

Nature communications 20141029

Oesophageal adenocarcinoma (EAC) incidence is rapidly increasing in Western countries. A better understanding of EAC underpins efforts to improve early detection and treatment outcomes. While large EAC exome sequencing efforts to date have found recurrent loss-of-function mutations, oncogenic driving events have been underrepresented. Here we use a combination of whole-genome sequencing (WGS) and single-nucleotide polymorphism-array profiling to show that genomic catastrophes are frequent in EAC ...[more]

PMID: 25351503

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Project description:We applied whole-genome single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) arrays to define a comprehensive genetic profile of 23 esophageal adenocarcinoma (EAC) primary tumor biopsies based on loss of heterozygosity (LOH) and DNA copy number changes. Alterations were common, averaging 97 (range 23-208) per tumor. LOH and gains averaged 33 (range 3-83) and 31 (range 11-73) per tumor, respectively. Copy neutral LOH events averaged 27 (range 7-57) per EAC. We noted 126 homozygous deletions (HDs) across the EAC panel (range 0-11 in individual tumors). Frequent HDs within FHIT (17/23), WWOX (8/23) and DMD (6/23) suggest a role for common fragile sites or genomic instability in EAC etiology. HDs were also noted for known tumor suppressor genes (TSGs) including: CDKN2A, CDKN2B, SMAD4 and GALR1, and identified PDE4D and MGC48628 as potentially novel TSGs. All tumors showed LOH for most of chromosome 17p, suggesting that TSGs other than TP53 maybe targeted. Frequent gains were noted around MYC (13/23), BCL9 (12/23), CTAGE1 (14/23) and ZNF217 (12/23). Thus, we have confirmed previous reports indicating frequent changes to FHIT, CDKN2A, TP53 and MYC in EAC and identified additional genes of interest. Meta analysis of previous genome-wide EAC studies together with the data presented here, highlighted consistent regions of gain on 8q, 18q and 20q, and multiple LOH regions on 4q, 5q, 17p and 18q, suggesting that more than one gene may be targeted on each of these chromosome arms. The focal gains and deletions documented here are a step towards identifying the key genes involved in EAC development. Keywords: High Density SNP array Here we use Illumina 317K whole-genome single-nucleotide polymorphism arrays to define a comprehensive allelotype of melanoma based on loss of heterozygosity (LOH) and copy number changes in a panel of 23 esophageal adenocarcinoma (EAC) primary tumor biopsies. Each EAC was paired to normal squamous biopsy from 40328 (GSM266078) to generate the log_R_ratio.

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Genomic catastrophes frequently arise in esophageal adenocarcinoma and drive tumorigenesis.

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Genomic catastrophes frequently arise in esophageal adenocarcinoma and drive tumorigenesis.

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