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Abstract
Identifying driver mutation is important in understanding disease mechanism and future application of custom tailored therapeutic decision. Functional analysis of mutational impact usually focuses on the gene expression level of the mutated gene itself. However, complex regulatory network may cause differential gene expression among functional neighbors of the mutated gene. We suggest a new approach for discovering rare mutations that have real impact in the context of pathway; the philosophy of our method is iteratively combining rare mutations until no more mutations can be added under the condition that the combined mutational event can statistically discriminate pathway level mRNA expression between groups with and without mutational events. Breast cancer patients with somatic mutation and mRNA expression were analyzed by our approach. Our approach is shown to sensitively capture mutations that change pathway level mRNA expression, concurrently discovering important mutations previously reported in breast cancer such as TP53, PIK3CA, and RB1. In addition, out of 15,819 genes considered in breast cancer, our approach identified mutational events of 32 genes showing pathway level mRNA expression differences.Entities:
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Year: 2014 PMID: 24883302 PMCID: PMC4026869 DOI: 10.1155/2014/171892
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Biomed Res Int Impact factor: 3.411
Algorithm 1Curated drug target centric pathways.
| Target | Drugs | First neighbors |
|---|---|---|
| EGFR | cetuximab, AEE 788, panitumumab, BMS-599626, ARRY-334543, XL647, canertinib, gefitinib, HKI-272, PD 153035, lapatinib, vandetanib, erlotinib | 125 |
| PDGRFB | dasatinib, sunitinib, pazopanib, axitinib, KRN-951, tandutinib, imatinib, sorafenib, becaplermin | 61 |
| ERBB2 | trastuzumab, BMS-599626, ARRY-334543, XL647, CP-724,714, HKI-272, lapatinib, erlotinib | 59 |
| MET | crizotinib | 55 |
| ERBB4 | BMS-599626 | 44 |
| KIT | dasatinib, sunitinib, pazopanib, KRN-951, OSI-930, telatinib, tandutinib, imatinib, sorafenib | 38 |
| FLT4 | sunitinib, pazopanib, CEP 7055, KRN-951, telatinib, sorafenib, vandetanib | 36 |
| PDGFRA | sunitinib, pazopanib, axitinib, telatinib, imatinib, becaplermin | 35 |
| TEK | Vandetanib | 35 |
| RET | sunitinib, vandetanib | 30 |
| FGFR1 | Pazopanib | 29 |
| EPHA2 | Dasatinib | 22 |
| FGFR3 | Pazopanib | 18 |
| FLT3 | CHIR-258, tandutinib, sorafenib, lestaurtinib, CGP 41251 | 14 |
| FGFR2 | Palifermin | 13 |
Figure 1Clustering 513 TCGA breast cancer cases by individualized pathway score. Each row represents a pathway, each column represents a sample.
Figure 2Survival difference by sample cluster subtype of pathway score based clustering.
Figure 3Single gene's mutational influence on mRNA expression at gene level (X axis) and pathway level (Y axis). X: averaged gene expression difference of mutation having group minus nonhaving group). Y: averaged pathway level difference of mutation having group minus nonhaving group). Z: −log10p score, where p is from t-test of pathway statistics between mutated group versus nonmutated group. Red: mutation event where its influence on pathway level is significant (FDR q value < 0.1). Blue dots: mutation event where its influence on gene level is significant (FDR q value < 0.1) but not significant at pathway level.
Figure 4Normalized heatmap illustrating top pathway-influencing mutations (PIK3CA, TP53, and RB1, q value < 0.1).
Figure 5Multiple genes' mutational influence on mRNA expression at pathway level (X-axis). X: averaged pathway level difference of mutation having group minus nonhaving group. Y: number of samples having summarized multigene mutational event. Z: −log10p score, where p is from t-test of pathway statistics between mutational event having group versus nonhaving group. Red: mutation event where its influence on pathway level is significant (FDR q value < 0.25).
Figure 6Gene network of 32 genes with pathway level expression change and mutation via GeneMANIA. Two approved drugs (sorafenib and arsenic trioxide) are associated with functional network of 32 genes. Pink edges indicate physical interaction of genes, and grey edges indicate genes that drugs are affecting.
List of multi-gene mutational events with pathway level expression change.
| Pathway | Mutational event | # event sample |
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| KEGG_GLIOMA | PIK3CB, HRAS | 5 | 12.587 | 0.000 |
| KEGG_MELANOMA | PIK3CB, BRAF | 7 | 10.302 | 0.000 |
| PID_CDC42 | CDH1, MAP3K1 | 70 | −5.244 | 0.000 |
| PID_TRAIL | RIPK1, MAPK3 | 6 | 9.624 | 0.000 |
| BIOCARTA_PPARA | NCOR1, EHHADH | 21 | −4.562 | 0.007 |
| PID_A6B1_A6B4_INTEGRIN | COL17A1, GRB2 | 6 | −6.239 | 0.009 |
| BIOCARTA_MTOR | TSC1, TSC2 | 7 | −5.081 | 0.010 |
| SIG_PIP3_SIGNALLING_IN_B_LYMPHOCYTES | ITPR3, RPS6KA3 | 7 | 6.174 | 0.014 |
| PID_CERAMIDE | MAP2K4, AKT1, RIPK1 | 35 | 4.803 | 0.017 |
| SA_PTEN | AKT3, BPNT1 | 5 | −6.573 | 0.018 |
| ST_FAS_SIGNALLING | MAP3K1, EZR | 42 | −3.727 | 0.029 |
| PID_EPHBFWDPATHWAY | EPHB1, EFNB1 | 9 | −4.848 | 0.032 |
| KEGG_RENAL_CELL_CARCINOMA | EPAS1, GRB2, PDGFB | 7 | 7.628 | 0.057 |
| PID_ECADHERIN_KERATINOCYTE | CDH1, FMN1, PIP5K1A, EGFR, AKT2, CDH1, RAC1, CDH1, RAC1 | 49 | −5.564 | 0.074 |
| KEGG_BLADDER_CANCER | CDH1, THBS1, MDM2, RAF1 | 41 | −4.966 | 0.083 |
List of multi-gene mutational events with pathway level expression change on drug target centric pathways.
| Pathway | Mutational event | # event samples |
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| PDGFRB_neighbors | LYN, NCK1 | 5 | −8.3139 | 0.005 |
| FGFR2_neighbors | PIK3R1, PIK3CD, GRB2 | 18 | 3.506 | 0.141 |