Interplay between DNA damage repair and apoptosis shapes cancer evolution through aneuploidy and microsatellite instability

Noam Auslander (), Yuri I. Wolf and Eugene V. Koonin ()
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Noam Auslander: National Institutes of Health
Yuri I. Wolf: National Institutes of Health
Eugene V. Koonin: National Institutes of Health

Nature Communications, 2020, vol. 11, issue 1, 1-11

Abstract: Abstract Driver mutations and chromosomal aneuploidy are major determinants of tumorigenesis that exhibit complex relationships. Here, we identify associations between driver mutations and chromosomal aberrations that define two tumor clusters, with distinct regimes of tumor evolution underpinned by unique sets of mutations in different components of DNA damage response. Gastrointestinal and endometrial tumors comprise a separate cluster for which chromosomal-arm aneuploidy and driver mutations are mutually exclusive. The landscape of driver mutations in these tumors is dominated by mutations in DNA repair genes that are further linked to microsatellite instability. The rest of the cancer types show a positive association between driver mutations and aneuploidy, and a characteristic set of mutations that involves primarily genes for components of the apoptotic machinery. The distinct sets of mutated genes derived here show substantial prognostic power and suggest specific vulnerabilities of different cancers that might have therapeutic potential.

Date: 2020
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DOI: 10.1038/s41467-020-15094-2

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