Genomic sequencing of colorectal adenocarcinomas identifies a recurrent VTI1A-TCF7L2 fusion
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Bass, Adam J.
Lawrence, Michael S.
Brace, Lear E.
Ramos, Alex H.
Drier, Yotam
Cibulskis, Kristian
Sougnez, Carrie
Voet, Douglas
Saksena, Gordon
Sivachenko, Andrey
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September 2011
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Nature Genetics
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Nature Publishing Group
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Bass, Adam J, Michael S Lawrence, Lear E Brace, Alex H Ramos, Yotam Drier, Kristian Cibulskis, Carrie Sougnez, et al. “Genomic sequencing of colorectal adenocarcinomas identifies a recurrent VTI1A-TCF7L2 fusion.” Nature Genetics 43, no. 10 (September 4, 2011): 964-968.
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Prior studies have identified recurrent oncogenic mutations in colorectal adenocarcinoma and have surveyed exons of protein-coding genes for mutations in 11 affected individuals. Here we report whole-genome sequencing from nine individuals with colorectal cancer, including primary colorectal tumors and matched adjacent non-tumor tissues, at an average of 30.7× and 31.9× coverage, respectively. We identify an average of 75 somatic rearrangements per tumor, including complex networks of translocations between pairs of chromosomes. Eleven rearrangements encode predicted in-frame fusion proteins, including a fusion of VTI1A and TCF7L2 found in 3 out of 97 colorectal cancers. Although TCF7L2 encodes TCF4, which cooperates with β-catenin in colorectal carcinogenesis, the fusion lacks the TCF4 β-catenin–binding domain. We found a colorectal carcinoma cell line harboring the fusion gene to be dependent on VTI1A-TCF7L2 for anchorage-independent growth using RNA interference-mediated knockdown. This study shows previously unidentified levels of genomic rearrangements in colorectal carcinoma that can lead to essential gene fusions and other oncogenic events.
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Biology
Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research
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