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Novel mutations target distinct subgroups of medulloblastoma
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Medulloblastoma is a malignant childhood brain tumour comprising four discrete subgroups. Here, to identify mutations that drive medulloblastoma, we sequenced the entire genomes of 37 tumours and matched normal blood. One-hundred and thirty-six genes harbouring somatic mutations in this discovery set were sequenced in an additional 56 medulloblastomas. Recurrent mutations were detected in 41 genes not yet implicated in medulloblastoma; several target distinct components of the epigenetic machinery in different disease subgroups, such as regulators of H3K27 and H3K4 trimethylation in subgroups 3 and 4 (for example, KDM6A and ZMYM3), and CTNNB1-associated chromatin re-modellers in WNT-subgroup tumours (for example, SMARCA4 and CREBBP). Modelling of mutations in mouse lower rhombic lip progenitors that generate WNT-subgroup tumours identified genes that maintain this cell lineage (DDX3X), as well as mutated genes that initiate (CDH1) or cooperate (PIK3CA) in tumorigenesis. These data provide important new insights into the pathogenesis of medulloblastoma subgroups and highlight targets for therapeutic development. Whole-genome sequencing of medulloblastoma samples reveals several recurrent mutations in genes not previously implicated in the disease, many of which affect components of the epigenetic machinery in different disease subgroups. Medulloblastoma is the most common malignant brain tumour in children. Four papers published in the 2 August 2012 issue of Nature use whole-genome and other sequencing techniques to produce a detailed picture of the genetics and genomics of this condition. Notable findings include the identification of recurrent mutations in genes not previously implicated in medulloblastoma, with significant genetic differences associated with the four biologically distinct subgroups and clinical outcomes in each. Potential avenues for therapy are suggested by the identification of targetable somatic copy-number alterations, including recurrent events targeting TGFβ signalling in Group 3, and NF-κB signalling in Group 4 medulloblastomas.
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- Authors
- Robinson, G., Parker, M., Kranenburg, T. A., Lu, C., Chen, X., Ding, L., Phoenix, T. N., Hedlund, E., Wei, L., Zhu, X., Chalhoub, N., Baker, S. J., Huether, R., Kriwacki, R., Curley, N., Thiruvenkatam, R., Wang, J., Wu, G., Rusch, M., Hong, X., Becksfort, J., Gupta, P., Ma, J., Easton, J., Vadodaria, B., Onar-Thomas, A., Lin, T., Li, S., Pounds, S., Paugh, S., Zhao, D., Kawauchi, D., Roussel, M. F., Finkelstein, D., Ellison, D. W., Lau, C. C., Bouffet, E., Hassall, T., Gururangan, S., Cohn, R., Fulton, R. S., Fulton, L. L., Dooling, D. J., Ochoa, K., Gajjar, A., Mardis, E. R., Wilson, R. K., Downing, J. R., Zhang, J., & Gilbertson, R. J.
- Venue
- Nature
- Published
- 2012-06-20
- Volume
- 488
- Issue
- 7409
- Pages
- 43-48
- ISSN
- 0028-0836 (ISSN-L)
- 1476-4687
- OpenAlex
- W1974625077
- Cited by
- 846
- References
- 7
- FWCI
- 39.00
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- hybrid
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