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Characterisation of PALB2 tumours through whole-exome and whole-transcriptomic analyses.

cam.issuedOnline2021-04-23
dc.contributor.authorNg, Pei Sze
dc.contributor.authorPan, Jia Wern
dc.contributor.authorAhmad Zabidi, Muhammad Mamduh
dc.contributor.authorRajadurai, Pathmanathan
dc.contributor.authorYip, Cheng Har
dc.contributor.authorReuda, Oscar M
dc.contributor.authorDunning, Alison M
dc.contributor.authorAntoniou, Antonis C
dc.contributor.authorEaston, Douglas F
dc.contributor.authorCaldas, Carlos
dc.contributor.authorChin, Suet-Feung
dc.contributor.authorTeo, Soo Hwang
dc.contributor.orcidReuda, Oscar M [0000-0003-0008-4884]
dc.contributor.orcidEaston, Douglas F [0000-0003-2444-3247]
dc.contributor.orcidCaldas, Carlos [0000-0003-3547-1489]
dc.contributor.orcidChin, Suet-Feung [0000-0001-5697-1082]
dc.contributor.orcidTeo, Soo Hwang [0000-0002-0444-590X]
dc.date.accessioned2021-05-13T23:30:35Z
dc.date.available2021-05-13T23:30:35Z
dc.date.issued2021-04-23
dc.description.abstractRare protein-truncating variants (PTVs) in PALB2 confer increased risk to breast cancer, but relatively few studies have reported the characteristics of tumours with PALB2 PTVs. In this study, we describe molecular characteristics of tumours with either germline or somatic alterations in PALB2. DNA from fresh frozen tumour tissues and matched peripheral blood lymphocytes for 560 breast cancer patients was subjected for whole-exome sequencing (WES), and RNA from tumour tissues was subjected to RNA sequencing (RNA-seq). We found six cases with germline and three with somatic protein-truncating variants in PALB2. The characteristics of tumours in patients with PALB2 PTVs were similar to those with BRCA1 and BRCA2 PTVs, having significantly more somatic alterations, and a high proportion of the mutational signature and genomic scar scores characteristic of deficiencies in homologous recombination (HR), compared to tumours arising in non-carriers. Unlike tumours arising in patients with BRCA1 and BRCA2 PTVs, PALB2 tumours did not have high prevalence of TP53 somatic alterations or an enriched immune microenvironment. In summary, PALB2 tumours show the homologous recombination deficiencies characteristic of BRCA1 and BRCA2 tumours, and highlight the potential clinical relevance of PALB2 mutational status in guiding therapeutic choices.
dc.format.mediumElectronic
dc.identifier.doi10.17863/CAM.69820
dc.identifier.eissn2374-4677
dc.identifier.issn2374-4677
dc.identifier.urihttps://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/322361
dc.languageeng
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherSpringer Science and Business Media LLC
dc.publisher.urlhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41523-021-00254-4
dc.rightsAttribution 4.0 International
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.subject32 Biomedical and Clinical Sciences
dc.subject3211 Oncology and Carcinogenesis
dc.subjectGenetics
dc.subjectClinical Research
dc.subjectCancer
dc.subjectBreast Cancer
dc.subjectHuman Genome
dc.subject2.1 Biological and endogenous factors
dc.subject2 Aetiology
dc.subjectCancer
dc.titleCharacterisation of PALB2 tumours through whole-exome and whole-transcriptomic analyses.
dc.typeArticle
dcterms.dateAccepted2021-03-26
prism.issueIdentifier1
prism.publicationDate2021
prism.publicationNameNPJ Breast Cancer
prism.startingPage46
prism.volume7
pubs.funder-project-idEuropean Commission Horizon 2020 (H2020) Societal Challenges (634935)
pubs.funder-project-idMedical Research Council (MR/P012442/1)
pubs.funder-project-idCancer Research UK (A16942)
pubs.funder-project-idWellcome Trust (203477/Z/16/Z)
pubs.funder-project-idMedical Research Council (MR/P012930/1)
rioxxterms.licenseref.startdate2021-04-23
rioxxterms.licenseref.urihttp://www.rioxx.net/licenses/all-rights-reserved
rioxxterms.typeJournal Article/Review
rioxxterms.versionVoR
rioxxterms.versionofrecord10.1038/s41523-021-00254-4

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