| Content Provider |
World Health Organization (WHO)-Global Index Medicus |
| Author |
Merino, Maria J. Nawaf, Cayce B. Shuch, Brian Pantuck, Allan J. Zhao, Siming Lifton, Richard P. Bi, Mark Kluger, Harriet M. Xie, Zuoquan Bilgüvar, Kaya Said, Jonathan W. Choi, Jaehyuk Belldegrun, Arie S. Adeniran, Adebowale J. |
| Description |
Author Affiliation: Bi M ( Department of Genetics, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06511); Zhao S ( Department of Genetics, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06511); Said JW ( Department of Pathology, University of California, Los Angeles School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA 90095); Merino MJ ( Translational Surgical Pathology Division, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD 20850); Adeniran AJ ( Department of Pathology, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06511); Xie Z ( Department of Urology, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06511); Nawaf CB ( Department of Urology, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06511); Choi J ( Department of Dermatology, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06511); Belldegrun AS ( Department of Urology, University of California, Los Angeles School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA 90095); Pantuck AJ ( Department of Urology, University of California, Los Angeles School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA 90095); Kluger HM ( Department of Medicine, Division of Oncology, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06511.); Bilgüvar K ( Department of Genetics, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06511); Lifton RP ( Department of Genetics, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06511); Shuch B ( Department of Pathology, University of California, Los Angeles School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA 90095); |
| Abstract |
The presence of sarcomatoid features in clear cell renal cell carcinoma (ccRCC) confers a poor prognosis and is of unknown pathogenesis. We performed exome sequencing of matched normal-carcinomatous-sarcomatoid specimens from 21 subjects. Two tumors had hypermutation consistent with mismatch repair deficiency. In the remainder, sarcomatoid and carcinomatous elements shared 42% of somatic single-nucleotide variants (SSNVs). Sarcomatoid elements had a higher overall SSNV burden (mean 90 vs. 63 SSNVs, P = 4.0 × 10(-4)), increased frequency of nonsynonymous SSNVs in Pan-Cancer genes (mean 1.4 vs. 0.26, P = 0.002), and increased frequency of loss of heterozygosity (LOH) across the genome (median 913 vs. 460 Mb in LOH, P < 0.05), with significant recurrent LOH on chromosomes 1p, 9, 10, 14, 17p, 18, and 22. The most frequent SSNVs shared by carcinomatous and sarcomatoid elements were in known ccRCC genes including von Hippel-Lindau tumor suppressor (VHL), polybromo 1 (PBRM1), SET domain containing 2 (SETD2), phosphatase and tensin homolog (PTEN). Most interestingly, sarcomatoid elements acquired biallelic tumor protein p53 (TP53) mutations in 32% of tumors (P = 5.47 × 10(-17)); TP53 mutations were absent in carcinomatous elements in nonhypermutated tumors and rare in previously studied ccRCCs. Mutations in known cancer drivers AT-rich interaction domain 1A (ARID1A) and BRCA1 associated protein 1 (BAP1) were significantly mutated in sarcomatoid elements and were mutually exclusive with TP53 and each other. These findings provide evidence that sarcomatoid elements arise from dedifferentiation of carcinomatous ccRCCs and implicate specific genes in this process. These findings have implications for the treatment of patients with these poor-prognosis cancers. |
| ISSN |
00278424 |
| e-ISSN |
10916490 |
| Journal |
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America |
| Issue Number |
8 |
| Volume Number |
113 |
| Language |
English |
| Publisher |
National Academy of Sciences |
| Publisher Date |
2016-02-01 |
| Publisher Place |
United States |
| Access Restriction |
Open |
| Subject Keyword |
Carcinoma, Renal Cell Genetics Pathology Kidney Neoplasms Mutation Classification Cell Dedifferentiation DNA Mismatch Repair Exome Genes, P53 Loss Of Heterozygosity Nuclear Proteins Oncogenes Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide Prognosis Transcription Factors Tumor Suppressor Proteins Ubiquitin Thiolesterase Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't Multidisciplinary |
| Content Type |
Text |
| Resource Type |
Article |
| Subject |
Multidisciplinary |
