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Endesfelder, D. ; Burrell, R.A.* ; Kanu, N.* ; McGranahan, N.* ; Howell, M.* ; Parker, P.J.* ; Downward, J.* ; Swanton, C.* ; Kschischo, M.*

Chromosomal instability selects gene copy number variants encoding core regulators of proliferation in ER+ breast cancer.

Cancer Res. 74, 4853-4863 (2014)
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Abstract Chromosomal instability (CIN) is associated with poor outcome in epithelial malignancies, including breast carcinomas. Evidence suggests that prognostic signatures in estrogen receptor-positive (ER(+)) breast cancer define tumors with CIN and high proliferative potential. Intriguingly, CIN induction in lower eukaryotic cells and human cells is context dependent, typically resulting in a proliferation disadvantage but conferring a fitness benefit under strong selection pressures. We hypothesized that CIN permits accelerated genomic evolution through the generation of diverse DNA copy-number events that may be selected during disease development. In support of this hypothesis, we found evidence for selection of gene amplification of core regulators of proliferation in CIN-associated cancer genomes. Stable DNA copy-number amplifications of the core regulators TPX2 and UBE2C were associated with expression of a gene module involved in proliferation. The module genes were enriched within prognostic signature gene sets for ER(+) breast cancer, providing a logical connection between CIN and prognostic signature expression. Our results provide a framework to decipher the impact of intratumor heterogeneity on key cancer phenotypes, and they suggest that CIN provides a permissive landscape for selection of copy-number alterations that drive cancer proliferation.
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Publication type Article: Journal article
Document type Scientific Article
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Keywords Expression Profiles; Colorectal-cancer; Aneuploidy; Prognosis; Survival; Cells; Metaanalysis; Subtypes; Biology; Genome
ISSN (print) / ISBN 0008-5472
e-ISSN 1538-7445
Journal Cancer Research
Quellenangaben Volume: 74, Issue: 17, Pages: 4853-4863 Article Number: , Supplement: ,
Publisher American Association for Cancer Research (AACR)
Publishing Place Philadelphia, Pa.
Non-patent literature Publications
Reviewing status Peer reviewed