Driver Fusions and Their Implications in the Development and Treatment of Human Cancers.

Gao, Qingsong; Liang, Wen-Wei; Foltz, Steven M; Mutharasu, Gnanavel; Jayasinghe, Reyka G; Cao, Song; Liao, Wen-Wei; Reynolds, Sheila M; Wyczalkowski, Matthew A; Yao, Lijun; Yu, Lihua; Sun, Sam Q; Chen, Ken; Lazar, Alexander J; Fields, Ryan C; Wendl, Michael C; Van Tine, Brian A; Vij, Ravi; Chen, Feng; Nykter, Matti; ... (2018). Driver Fusions and Their Implications in the Development and Treatment of Human Cancers. Cell reports, 23(1), 227-238.e3. Cell Press 10.1016/j.celrep.2018.03.050

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Gene fusions represent an important class of somatic alterations in cancer. We systematically investigated fusions in 9,624 tumors across 33 cancer types using multiple fusion calling tools. We identified a total of 25,664 fusions, with a 63% validation rate. Integration of gene expression, copy number, and fusion annotation data revealed that fusions involving oncogenes tend to exhibit increased expression, whereas fusions involving tumor suppressors have the opposite effect. For fusions involving kinases, we found 1,275 with an intact kinase domain, the proportion of which varied significantly across cancer types. Our study suggests that fusions drive the development of 16.5% of cancer cases and function as the sole driver in more than 1% of them. Finally, we identified druggable fusions involving genes such as TMPRSS2, RET, FGFR3, ALK, and ESR1 in 6.0% of cases, and we predicted immunogenic peptides, suggesting that fusions may provide leads for targeted drug and immune therapy.

Item Type:

Journal Article (Original Article)

Division/Institute:

04 Faculty of Medicine > Pre-clinic Human Medicine > BioMedical Research (DBMR) > DBMR Forschung Mu35 > Forschungsgruppe Präzisionsonkologie
04 Faculty of Medicine > Pre-clinic Human Medicine > BioMedical Research (DBMR) > DBMR Forschung Mu35 > Forschungsgruppe Präzisionsonkologie

Subjects:

600 Technology > 610 Medicine & health

ISSN:

2211-1247

Publisher:

Cell Press

Language:

English

Submitter:

Marla Rittiner

Date Deposited:

09 Oct 2019 08:38

Last Modified:

23 Oct 2019 03:51

Publisher DOI:

10.1016/j.celrep.2018.03.050

PubMed ID:

29617662

Additional Information:

Mark Rubin (Direktor DBMR) ist Collaborator in dieser Publikation.

Uncontrolled Keywords:

RNA cancer fusion gene fusions translocation

BORIS DOI:

10.7892/boris.126385

URI:

https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/126385

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