Widespread selection for oncogenic mutant allele imbalance in cancer Journal Article


Authors: Bielski, C. M.; Donoghue, M. T. A.; Gadiya, M.; Hanrahan, A. J.; Won, H. H.; Chang, M. T.; Jonsson, P.; Penson, A. V.; Gorelick, A.; Harris, C.; Schram, A. M.; Syed, A.; Zehir, A.; Chapman, P. B.; Hyman, D. M.; Solit, D. B.; Shannon, K.; Chandarlapaty, S.; Berger, M. F.; Taylor, B. S.
Article Title: Widespread selection for oncogenic mutant allele imbalance in cancer
Abstract: Driver mutations in oncogenes encode proteins with gain-of-function properties that enhance fitness. Heterozygous mutations are thus viewed as sufficient for tumorigenesis. We describe widespread oncogenic mutant allele imbalance in 13,448 prospectively characterized cancers. Imbalance was selected for through modest dosage increases of gain-of-fitness mutations. Negative selection targeted haplo-essential effectors of the spliceosome. Loss of the normal allele comprised a distinct class of imbalance driven by competitive fitness, which correlated with enhanced response to targeted therapies. In many cancers, an antecedent oncogenic mutation drove evolutionarily dependent allele-specific imbalance. In other instances, oncogenic mutations co-opted independent copy-number changes via the evolutionary process of exaptation. Oncogenic allele imbalance is a pervasive evolutionary innovation that enhances fitness and modulates sensitivity to targeted therapy. Copyright © 2018 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
Keywords: oncogenes; targeted therapy; selection; cancer; competitive fitness; exaptation
Journal Title: Cancer Cell
Volume: 34
Issue: 5
ISSN: 1535-6108
Publisher: Cell Press  
Date Published: 2018-11-12
Start Page: 852
End Page: 862.e4
Language: English
DOI: 10.1016/j.ccell.2018.10.003
PUBMED: 30393068
PROVIDER: scopus
PMCID: PMC6234065
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Notes: Article -- Export Date: 3 December 2018 -- Source: Scopus
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  1. David Solit
    782 Solit
  2. Paul Chapman
    327 Chapman
  3. David Hyman
    354 Hyman
  4. Ahmet Zehir
    345 Zehir
  5. Michael Forman Berger
    771 Berger
  6. Barry Stephen Taylor
    238 Taylor
  7. Alison Michele Schram
    125 Schram
  8. Helen Hyeong-Eun Won
    109 Won
  9. Aijazuddin Syed
    53 Syed
  10. Matthew   Chang
    29 Chang
  11. Karl Philip Jonsson
    50 Jonsson
  12. Alexander Vincent Penson
    54 Penson
  13. Mayur M Gadiya
    5 Gadiya
  14. Craig Bielski
    23 Bielski
  15. Christopher Harris
    5 Harris