Mapping extrachromosomal DNA amplifications during cancer progression

Hoon Kim*, Soyeon Kim, Taylor Wade, Eunchae Yeo, Anuja Lipsa, Anna Golebiewska, Kevin C. Johnson, Sepil An, Junyong Ko, Yoonjoo Nam, Hwa Yeon Lee, Seunghyun Kang, Heesuk Chung, Simone P. Niclou, Hyo Eun Moon, Sun Ha Paek, Vineet Bafna, Jens Luebeck, Roel G.W. Verhaak*

*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

To understand the role of extrachromosomal DNA (ecDNA) amplifications in cancer progression, we detected and classified focal amplifications in 8,060 newly diagnosed primary cancers, untreated metastases and heavily pretreated tumors. The ecDNAs were detected at significantly higher frequency in untreated metastatic and pretreated tumors compared to newly diagnosed cancers. Tumors from chemotherapy-pretreated patients showed significantly higher ecDNA frequency compared to untreated cancers. In particular, tubulin inhibition associated with ecDNA increases, suggesting a role for ecDNA in treatment response. In longitudinally matched tumor samples, ecDNAs were more likely to be retained compared to chromosomal amplifications. EcDNAs shared between time points, and ecDNAs in advanced cancers were more likely to harbor localized hypermutation events compared to private ecDNAs and ecDNAs in newly diagnosed tumors. Relatively high variant allele fractions of ecDNA localized hypermutations implicated early ecDNA mutagenesis. Our findings nominate ecDNAs to provide tumors with competitive advantages during cancer progression and metastasis.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)2447-2454
Number of pages8
JournalNature Genetics
Volume56
Issue number11
Early online date14 Oct 2024
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Nov 2024

Keywords

  • Humans
  • Disease Progression
  • Neoplasms/genetics
  • Gene Amplification

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