Ege Ülgen1, Özge Can2, Kaya Bilguvar3, Yavuz Oktay4,5, Cemaliye B Akyerli6, Ayça Erşen Danyeli7, M Cengiz Yakıcıer8, O Uğur Sezerman1, M Necmettin Pamir9, Koray Özduman9. 1. Departments of1Biostatistics and Medical Informatics. 2. 2Department of Medical Engineering, Acibadem Mehmet Ali Aydınlar University, School of Engineering, Istanbul, Turkey. 3. 3Department of Genetics, Yale Center for Genome Analysis, Yale University, School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut. 4. 4Izmir International Biomedicine and Genome Institute (IBG), Dokuz Eylül University, Izmir. 5. 5Department of Medical Biology, Dokuz Eylül University, Izmir; and. 6. 6Medical Biology. 7. 7Pathology, and. 8. 8Department of Molecular Biology, Acibadem Mehmet Ali Aydınlar University, School of Arts and Sciences, Istanbul, Turkey. 9. 9Neurosurgery, Acibadem Mehmet Ali Aydınlar University, School of Medicine, Istanbul.
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: Processes that cause or contribute to cancer, such as aging, exposure to carcinogens, or DNA damage repair deficiency (DDRd), create predictable and traceable nucleotide alterations in one's genetic code (termed "mutational signatures"). Large studies have previously identified various such mutational signatures across cancers that can be attributed to the specific causative processes. To gain further insight into the processes in glioma development, the authors analyzed mutational signatures in adult diffuse gliomas (DGs). METHODS: Twenty-five DGs and paired blood samples were whole exome sequenced. Somatic mutational signatures were identified using 2 different methods. Associations of the signatures with age at diagnosis, molecular subset, and mutational load were investigated. As DDRd-related signatures were frequently observed, germline and somatic DDR gene mutations as well as microsatellite instability (MSI) status were determined for all samples. For validation of signature prevalence, publicly available data from The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) were used. RESULTS: Each tumor had a unique combination of signatures. The most common signatures were signature 1 (88%, aging related), signature 3 (52%, homologous recombination related), and signature 15 (56%, mismatch repair related). Eighty-four percent of the tumors contained at least 1 DDRd signature. The findings were validated using public TCGA data. The weight of signature 1 positively correlated with age (r = 0.43) while cumulative weight of DDRd signatures negatively correlated with age (r = -0.16). Each subject had at least 1 germline/somatic alteration in a DDR gene, the most common being the risk single nucleotide polymorphism rs1800734 in MLH1. The rs1800734-AA genotype had a higher cumulative DDRd weight as well as higher mutational load; TP53 was the most common somatically altered DDR gene. MSI was observed in 24% of the tumors. No significant associations of MSI status with mutational load, rs1800734, or the cumulative weight of DDRd signatures were identified. CONCLUSIONS: Current findings suggest that DDRd may act as a fundamental mechanism in gliomagenesis rather than being a random, secondary event.
OBJECTIVE: Processes that cause or contribute to cancer, such as aging, exposure to carcinogens, or DNA damage repair deficiency (DDRd), create predictable and traceable nucleotide alterations in one's genetic code (termed "mutational signatures"). Large studies have previously identified various such mutational signatures across cancers that can be attributed to the specific causative processes. To gain further insight into the processes in glioma development, the authors analyzed mutational signatures in adult diffuse gliomas (DGs). METHODS: Twenty-five DGs and paired blood samples were whole exome sequenced. Somatic mutational signatures were identified using 2 different methods. Associations of the signatures with age at diagnosis, molecular subset, and mutational load were investigated. As DDRd-related signatures were frequently observed, germline and somatic DDR gene mutations as well as microsatellite instability (MSI) status were determined for all samples. For validation of signature prevalence, publicly available data from The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) were used. RESULTS: Each tumor had a unique combination of signatures. The most common signatures were signature 1 (88%, aging related), signature 3 (52%, homologous recombination related), and signature 15 (56%, mismatch repair related). Eighty-four percent of the tumors contained at least 1 DDRd signature. The findings were validated using public TCGA data. The weight of signature 1 positively correlated with age (r = 0.43) while cumulative weight of DDRd signatures negatively correlated with age (r = -0.16). Each subject had at least 1 germline/somatic alteration in a DDR gene, the most common being the risk single nucleotide polymorphism rs1800734 in MLH1. The rs1800734-AA genotype had a higher cumulative DDRd weight as well as higher mutational load; TP53 was the most common somatically altered DDR gene. MSI was observed in 24% of the tumors. No significant associations of MSI status with mutational load, rs1800734, or the cumulative weight of DDRd signatures were identified. CONCLUSIONS: Current findings suggest that DDRd may act as a fundamental mechanism in gliomagenesis rather than being a random, secondary event.
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DNA repair; exome sequencing; glioma; mutational signatures; oncology
Authors: John P Lynes; Anthony K Nwankwo; Hannah P Sur; Victoria E Sanchez; Kwadwo A Sarpong; Oluwatobi I Ariyo; Gifty A Dominah; Edjah K Nduom Journal: J Immunother Cancer Date: 2020-05 Impact factor: 13.751
Authors: Ege Ülgen; Sıla Karacan; Umut Gerlevik; Özge Can; Kaya Bilguvar; Yavuz Oktay; Cemaliye B Akyerli; Şirin K Yüksel; Ayça E Danyeli; Tarık Tihan; O Uğur Sezerman; M Cengiz Yakıcıer; M Necmettin Pamir; Koray Özduman Journal: Biomedicines Date: 2020-12-07
Authors: Ege Ülgen; Özge Can; Kaya Bilguvar; Cemaliye Akyerli Boylu; Şirin Kılıçturgay Yüksel; Ayça Erşen Danyeli; O Uğur Sezerman; M Cengiz Yakıcıer; M Necmettin Pamir; Koray Özduman Journal: BMC Med Genomics Date: 2021-02-23 Impact factor: 3.063