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DOI 10.1016/j.cell.2013.09.042
Title (Primary) Hypermutation of the inactive X chromosome is a frequent event in cancer
Author Jäger, N.; Schlesner, M.; Jones, D.T.W.; Raffel, S.; Mallm, J.-P.; Junge, K.M.; Weichenhan, D.; Bauer, T.; Ishaque, N.; Kool, M.; Northcott, P.A.; Korshunov, A.; Drews, R.M.; Koster, J.; Versteeg, R.; Richter, J.; Hummel, M.; Mack, S.C.; Taylor, M.D.; Witt, H.; Swartman, B.; Schulte-Bockholt, D.; Sultan, M.; Yaspo, M.-L.; Lehrach, H.; Hutter, B.; Brors, B.; Wolf, S.; Plass, C.; Siebert, R.; Trumpp, A.; Rippe, K.; Lehmann, I.; Lichter, P.; Pfister, S.M.; Eils, R.
Source Titel Cell
Year 2013
Department IMMU
Volume 155
Issue 3
Page From 567
Page To 581
Language englisch
UFZ wide themes RU3;
Abstract Mutation is a fundamental process in tumorigenesis. However, the degree to which the rate of somatic mutation varies across the human genome and the mechanistic basis underlying this variation remain to be fully elucidated. Here, we performed a cross-cancer comparison of 402 whole genomes comprising a diverse set of childhood and adult tumors, including both solid and hematopoietic malignancies. Surprisingly, we found that the inactive X chromosome of many female cancer genomes accumulates on average twice and up to four times as many somatic mutations per megabase, as compared to the individual autosomes. Whole-genome sequencing of clonally expanded hematopoietic stem/progenitor cells (HSPCs) from healthy individuals and a premalignant myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS) sample revealed no X chromosome hypermutation. Our data suggest that hypermutation of the inactive X chromosome is an early and frequent feature of tumorigenesis resulting from DNA replication stress in aberrantly proliferating cells.
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Jäger, N., Schlesner, M., Jones, D.T.W., Raffel, S., Mallm, J.-P., Junge, K.M., Weichenhan, D., Bauer, T., Ishaque, N., Kool, M., Northcott, P.A., Korshunov, A., Drews, R.M., Koster, J., Versteeg, R., Richter, J., Hummel, M., Mack, S.C., Taylor, M.D., Witt, H., Swartman, B., Schulte-Bockholt, D., Sultan, M., Yaspo, M.-L., Lehrach, H., Hutter, B., Brors, B., Wolf, S., Plass, C., Siebert, R., Trumpp, A., Rippe, K., Lehmann, I., Lichter, P., Pfister, S.M., Eils, R. (2013):
Hypermutation of the inactive X chromosome is a frequent event in cancer
Cell 155 (3), 567 - 581 10.1016/j.cell.2013.09.042