Fang , H , Barbour , J A , Poulos , R C , Katainen , R , Aaltonen , L A & Wong , J W H 2020 , ' Mutational processes of distinct POLE exonuclease domain mutants drive an enrichment of a specific TP53 mutation in colorectal cancer ' , PLoS Genetics , vol. 16 , no. 2 , 1008572 . https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1008572
Title: | Mutational processes of distinct POLE exonuclease domain mutants drive an enrichment of a specific TP53 mutation in colorectal cancer |
Author: | Fang, Hu; Barbour, Jayne A.; Poulos, Rebecca C.; Katainen, Riku; Aaltonen, Lauri A.; Wong, Jason W. H. |
Contributor organization: | ATG - Applied Tumor Genomics Research Programs Unit Faculty of Medicine University of Helsinki Department of Medical and Clinical Genetics Medicum |
Date: | 2020-02-03 |
Language: | eng |
Number of pages: | 20 |
Belongs to series: | PLoS Genetics |
ISSN: | 1553-7390 |
DOI: | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1008572 |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/10138/313635 |
Abstract: | Author summary Cancer arises through the accumulation of somatic mutations. The way that these somatic mutations form can vary greatly in different cancers. One of the most mutagenic processes that have been identified is caused by mutations within a replicative DNA polymerase known as Polymerase Epsilon (POLE). Cancers with such mutations present with hundreds of thousands of somatic mutations in their genome. Previous cancer genomics studies have identified a number of mutation hotspots in POLE, however how these different POLE mutants behave in affecting mutation distribution has not been studied. Here, we describe the genome-wide mutation profiles of distinct POLE mutant cancers. We find that different mutants indeed result in different mutation profiles and that this can be explained by the different fidelities of these mutants in replicating specific DNA sequences. Significantly, these differences have important implications in cancer formation as we found that a POLE mutation is strongly associated with a specific truncation of the TP53 cancer driver gene. This study furthers our understanding of the POLE mutagenic process in cancer and provide important insights into carcinogenesis in cancers with such mutations. |
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DNA-POLYMERASE GERMLINE LANDSCAPE MISMATCH REPAIR NUCLEOTIDE EXCISION-REPAIR PATTERNS POLYMERASE-EPSILON REPLICATION SIGNATURES 3111 Biomedicine 1184 Genetics, developmental biology, physiology |
Peer reviewed: | Yes |
Rights: | cc_by |
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