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Genome-wide quantification of rare somatic mutations in normal human tissues using massively parallel sequencing

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Hoang, Margaret L., Kinde, Isaac, Tomasetti, Cristian, McMahon, K. Wyatt, Rosenquist, Thomas A., Grollman, Arthur P., Kinzler, Kenneth W., Vogelstein, Bert +1 more·2016·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Abstract

We present the bottleneck sequencing system (BotSeqS), a next-generation sequencing method that simultaneously quantifies rare somatic point mutations across the mitochondrial and nuclear genomes. BotSeqS combines molecular barcoding with a simple dilution step immediately before library amplification. We use BotSeqS to show age- and tissue-dependent accumulations of rare mutations and demonstrate that somatic mutational burden in normal human tissues can vary by several orders of magnitude, depending on biologic and environmental factors. We further show major differences between the mutational patterns of the mitochondrial and nuclear genomes in normal tissues. Lastly, the mutation spectra of normal tissues were different from each other, but similar to those of the cancers that arose in them. This technology can provide insights into the number and nature of genetic alterations in normal tissues and can be used to address a variety of fundamental questions about the genomes of diseased tissues.

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  • Aging is associated with a steady increase in the number of somatic mutations in virtually all tissues.

    “Aging is associated with a steady increase in the number of somatic mutations in virtually all tissues 1–5.”

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Hoang, M. L., Kinde, I., Tomasetti, C., McMahon, K. W., Rosenquist, T. A., Grollman, A. P., Kinzler, K. W., Vogelstein, B., & Papadopoulos, N.
Affiliations
  • Howard Hughes Medical Institute (US)
  • Johns Hopkins University (US)
  • Stony Brook University (US)
Venue
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Published
2016-08-15
Volume
113
Issue
35
Pages
9846-9851
ISSN
  • 0027-8424 (ISSN-L)
  • 1091-6490
OpenAlex
W2510475044
Cited by
224
References
38
Citations by year
2026: 19 · 2025: 18 · 2024: 22 · 2023: 17 · 2022: 30 · 2021: 25 · 2020: 23 · 2019: 27 · 2018: 23 · 2017: 19 · 2015: 1
FWCI
9.57
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
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  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Funders
Office of Extramural Research, National Institutes of Health (CA43460, CA57345, CA62924)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Cancer Research › Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Genetics › Genomics and Rare Diseases
Keywords
normal human tissues, DNA barcoding, mitochondrial genome, nuclear genome, mutation spectrum
MeSH terms
Adolescent, Adult, Aged, Aged, 80 and over, Cell Nucleus, Child, Child, Preschool, DNA, Mitochondrial, Female, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Mutation, Genome, Human, Genomics, Young Adult, High-Throughput Nucleotide Sequencing

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