Integrated genomics point to immune vulnerabilities in pleural mesothelioma.
Authors
Nastase, Anca
Mandal, Amit
Lu, Shir Kiong
Anbunathan, Hima
Morris-Rosendahl, Deborah
Zhang, Yu Zhi
Sun, Xiao-Ming
Gennatas, Spyridon
Rintoul, Robert C
Edwards, Matthew
Bowman, Alex
Chernova, Tatyana
Benepal, Tim
Lim, Eric
Taylor, Anthony Newman
Nicholson, Andrew G
Popat, Sanjay
Willis, Anne E
MacFarlane, Marion
Lathrop, Mark
Bowcock, Anne M
Moffatt, Miriam F
Cookson, William OCM
Publication Date
2021-09-27Journal Title
Sci Rep
ISSN
2045-2322
Publisher
Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Volume
11
Issue
1
Language
en
Type
Article
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Nastase, A., Mandal, A., Lu, S. K., Anbunathan, H., Morris-Rosendahl, D., Zhang, Y. Z., Sun, X., et al. (2021). Integrated genomics point to immune vulnerabilities in pleural mesothelioma.. Sci Rep, 11 (1) https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-98414-w
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Funder: Libor Fund grant from the UK Department of Health, by the British Lung Foundation and by the Asmarley Foundation
Funder: UK Medical Research Council
Abstract
Pleural mesothelioma is an aggressive malignancy with limited effective therapies. In order to identify therapeutic targets, we integrated SNP genotyping, sequencing and transcriptomics from tumours and low-passage patient-derived cells. Previously unrecognised deletions of SUFU locus (10q24.32), observed in 21% of 118 tumours, resulted in disordered expression of transcripts from Hedgehog pathways and the T-cell synapse including VISTA. Co-deletion of Interferon Type I genes and CDKN2A was present in half of tumours and was a predictor of poor survival. We also found previously unrecognised deletions in RB1 in 26% of cases and show sub-micromolar responses to downstream PLK1, CHEK1 and Aurora Kinase inhibitors in primary mesothelioma cells. Defects in Hippo pathways that included RASSF7 amplification and NF2 or LATS1/2 mutations were present in 50% of tumours and were accompanied by micromolar responses to the YAP1 inhibitor Verteporfin. Our results suggest new therapeutic avenues in mesothelioma and indicate targets and biomarkers for immunotherapy.
Keywords
Article, /631/67, /631/114, /631/250, /631/337, /692/53, /692/308, /692/4028, article
Identifiers
s41598-021-98414-w, 98414
External DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-98414-w
This record's URL: https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/335255
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