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Interpretation of cancer mutations using a multiscale map of protein systems

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Zheng, Fan, Kelly, Marcus R., Ramms, Dana J., Heintschel, Marissa L., Tao, Kai, Tutuncuoglu, Beril, Lee, John J., Ono, Keiichiro +24 more·2021·Science

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A major goal of cancer research is to understand how mutations distributed across diverse genes affect common cellular systems, including multiprotein complexes and assemblies. Two challenges—how to comprehensively map such systems and how to identify which are under mutational selection—have hindered this understanding. Accordingly, we created a comprehensive map of cancer protein systems integrating both new and published multi-omic interaction data at multiple scales of analysis. We then developed a unified statistical model that pinpoints 395 specific systems under mutational selection across 13 cancer types. This map, called NeST (Nested Systems in Tumors), incorporates canonical processes and notable discoveries, including a PIK3CA-actomyosin complex that inhibits phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase signaling and recurrent mutations in collagen complexes that promote tumor proliferation. These systems can be used as clinical biomarkers and implicate a total of 548 genes in cancer evolution and progression. This work shows how disparate tumor mutations converge on protein assemblies at different scales.

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  • Understanding how a cellular subsystem or protein complex is disrupted in a diseased tissue can aid development of therapeutic interventions.

    “Every AIVC prediction could be substantiated with the corresponding multi-scale interactions that determine resulting states, e.g., understanding how a cellular subsystem or protein complex is disrupted in a diseased tissue can aid development of therapeutic interventions.118,119”

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Zheng, F., Kelly, M. R., Ramms, D. J., Heintschel, M. L., Tao, K., Tutuncuoglu, B., Lee, J. J., Ono, K., Foussard, H., Chen, M., Herrington, K. A., Silva, E., Liu, S. N., Chen, J., Churas, C., Wilson, N., Kratz, A., Pillich, R. T., Patel, D. N., Park, J., Kuenzi, B., Yu, M. K., Licon, K., Pratt, D., Kreisberg, J. F., Kim, M., Swaney, D. L., Nan, X., Fraley, S. I., Gutkind, J. S., Krogan, N. J., & Ideker, T.
Affiliations
  • University of California San Diego (US)
  • Oregon Health & Science University (US)
  • Gladstone Institutes (US)
  • University of California, San Francisco (US)
Corresponding author
  • Zheng, Fan
  • Kelly, Marcus R.
  • Krogan, Nevan J.
  • Ideker, Trey
Venue
Science
Published
2021-10
Volume
374
Issue
6563
Pages
eabf3067-eabf3067
ISSN
  • 0036-8075 (ISSN-L)
  • 1095-9203
OpenAlex
W3204152948
Cited by
81
References
144
Citations by year
2026: 8 · 2025: 25 · 2024: 27 · 2023: 8 · 2022: 10 · 2021: 3
FWCI
3.77
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Science (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
  • eScholarship (California Digital Library) (submittedVersion)
Funders
  • National Institutes of Health (1s10od026929-01)
  • National Human Genome Research Institute (R01HG009979)
  • National Cancer Institute (F99CA212456, U54CA209891, U54CA209988, K00CA212456, F30CA236404, F32CA239336, R50CA243885, T32CA067754)
  • National Institute of General Medical Sciences (R01GM132322, P41GM103504)
  • National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (R01DE026870, U01DE028227)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Bioinformatics and Genomic Networks
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Cancer Research › Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Chromatin Remodeling and Cancer
Keywords
cancer mutations, protein complexes, phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase signaling, collagen mutations, tumor cell proliferation, tumor evolution, tumor progression, clinical biomarkers, nests
MeSH terms
Humans, Mutation, Neoplasm Proteins, Neoplasms, Protein Interaction Mapping, Genes, Neoplasm, Protein Interaction Maps

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