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The architecture and evolution of cancer neochromosomes

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posted on 2023-05-18, 19:27 authored by Garsed, DW, Owen MarshallOwen Marshall, Corbin, VD, Hsu, A, Di Stefano, L, Schroder, J, Li, J, Feng, ZP, Kim, BW, Kowarsky, M, Lansdell, B, Brookwell, R, Myklebost, O, Meza-Zepeda, L, Holloway, AJ, Pedeutour, F, Choo, KH, Damore, MA, Deans, AJ, Papenfuss, AT, Thomas, DM
We isolated and analyzed, at single-nucleotide resolution, cancer-associated neochromosomes from well- and/or dedifferentiated liposarcomas. Neochromosomes, which can exceed 600 Mb in size, initially arise as circular structures following chromothripsis involving chromosome 12. The core of the neochromosome is amplified, rearranged, and corroded through hundreds of breakage-fusion-bridge cycles. Under selective pressure, amplified oncogenes are overexpressed, while coamplified passenger genes may be silenced epigenetically. New material may be captured during punctuated chromothriptic events. Centromeric corrosion leads to crisis, which is resolved through neocentromere formation or native centromere capture. Finally, amplification terminates, and the neochromosome core is stabilized in linear form by telomere capture. This study investigates the dynamic mutational processes underlying the life history of a special form of cancer mutation.

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Publication title

Cancer Cell

Volume

26

Issue

5

Pagination

653-667

ISSN

1535-6108

Department/School

Menzies Institute for Medical Research

Publisher

Cell Press

Place of publication

1100 Massachusetts Ave, Cambridge, USA, Ma, 02138

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Expanding knowledge in the health sciences

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