Austin J Parish1, Vi Nguyen1, Aaron M Goodman1,2,3, Karthikeyan Murugesan4, Garrett M Frampton4, Razelle Kurzrock1,3. 1. Center for Personalized Cancer Therapy, University of California San Diego Moores Cancer Center, Louisiana Jolla, California. 2. Division of Blood and Marrow Transplantation, Department of Medicine, University of California San Diego, Moores Cancer Center, Louisiana Jolla, California. 3. Division of Hematology/Oncology, Department of Medicine, University of California San Diego, Moores Cancer Center, Louisiana Jolla, California. 4. Foundation Medicine, Inc, Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Advances in deep sequencing technology have uncovered a widespread, protumorigenic role of guanine nucleotide-binding (G protein) α (GNA) subunits, particularly GNA subunits Gs (GNAS), Gq (GNAQ), and G11 (GNA11) (GNA*), in a diverse collection of malignancies. The objectives of the current study were: 1) to determine GNA* aberration status in a cohort of 1348 patients with cancer and 2) to examine tumor mutational burden, overall survival rates, and treatment outcomes in patients with GNA*-positive tumors versus those with tumors that had wild-type GNA*. METHODS: For each patient, clinical and genomic data were collected from medical records. Next-generation sequencing was performed for each patient (range, 182-236 genes). RESULTS: Aberrations of GNA* genes were identified in a subset of patients who had 8 of the 12 cancer types examined, and a significant association was observed for appendiceal cancer and ocular melanoma (P < .0001 for both; multivariate analysis). Overall, 4.1% of the cancer population was affected. GNA* abnormalities were associated with higher numbers of co-alterations in univariate (but not multivariate) analysis and were most commonly accompanied by Aurora kinase A (AURKA), Cbl proto-oncogene (CBL), and LYN proto-oncogene (LYN) co-alterations (all P < .0001; multivariate analysis). GNA* alterations were correlated with a trend toward lower median overall survival (P = .085). The median tumor mutational burden was 4 mutations per megabase in both GNA*-altered and GNA* wild-type tumors. For this limited sample of GNA*-positive patients, longer survival was not correlated with any specific treatment regimens. CONCLUSIONS: In the current sample, the genes GNAS, GNAQ, and GNA11 were widely altered across cancer types, and these alterations often were accompanied by specific genomic abnormalities in AURKA, CBL, and LYN. Therefore, targeting GNA* alterations may require drugs that address the GNA* signal and important co-alterations. Cancer 2018;00:000-000.
BACKGROUND: Advances in deep sequencing technology have uncovered a widespread, protumorigenic role of guanine nucleotide-binding (G protein) α (GNA) subunits, particularly GNA subunits Gs (GNAS), Gq (GNAQ), and G11 (GNA11) (GNA*), in a diverse collection of malignancies. The objectives of the current study were: 1) to determine GNA* aberration status in a cohort of 1348 patients with cancer and 2) to examine tumor mutational burden, overall survival rates, and treatment outcomes in patients with GNA*-positive tumors versus those with tumors that had wild-type GNA*. METHODS: For each patient, clinical and genomic data were collected from medical records. Next-generation sequencing was performed for each patient (range, 182-236 genes). RESULTS: Aberrations of GNA* genes were identified in a subset of patients who had 8 of the 12 cancer types examined, and a significant association was observed for appendiceal cancer and ocular melanoma (P < .0001 for both; multivariate analysis). Overall, 4.1% of the cancer population was affected. GNA* abnormalities were associated with higher numbers of co-alterations in univariate (but not multivariate) analysis and were most commonly accompanied by Aurora kinase A (AURKA), Cbl proto-oncogene (CBL), and LYN proto-oncogene (LYN) co-alterations (all P < .0001; multivariate analysis). GNA* alterations were correlated with a trend toward lower median overall survival (P = .085). The median tumor mutational burden was 4 mutations per megabase in both GNA*-altered and GNA* wild-type tumors. For this limited sample of GNA*-positive patients, longer survival was not correlated with any specific treatment regimens. CONCLUSIONS: In the current sample, the genes GNAS, GNAQ, and GNA11 were widely altered across cancer types, and these alterations often were accompanied by specific genomic abnormalities in AURKA, CBL, and LYN. Therefore, targeting GNA* alterations may require drugs that address the GNA* signal and important co-alterations. Cancer 2018;00:000-000.
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