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ArticleJournal of translational medicine2023

The enrichment of Fanconi anemia/homologous recombination pathway aberrations in ATM/ATR-mutated NSCLC was accompanied by unique molecular features and poor prognosis.

Wei Wei, Fangfang Shi, Yang Xu, Yang Jiao, Ying Zhang, Qiuxiang Ou, Xue Wu, Lingyi Yang, Jinhuo Lai

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Article in Journal of translational medicine, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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9 authors at 6 institutions in 2 countries.

Wei Wei *Department of Oncology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hefei, 230022, Anhui, China.
Fangfang Shi *Department of Oncology, Zhongda Hospital Southeast University, Nanjing, 210009, Jiangsu, China.
Yang XuGeneseeq Research Institute, Nanjing Geneseeq Technology Inc., Nanjing, 210032, Jiangsu, China.
Yang JiaoDepartment of Oncology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hefei, 230022, Anhui, China.
Ying ZhangDepartment of Pathology, Jinling Hospital, Nanjing University School of Medicine, Nanjing, 210002, Jiangsu, China.
Qiuxiang OuGeneseeq Research Institute, Nanjing Geneseeq Technology Inc., Nanjing, 210032, Jiangsu, China.
Xue WuGeneseeq Research Institute, Nanjing Geneseeq Technology Inc., Nanjing, 210032, Jiangsu, China.
Lingyi YangDepartment of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, 188 Shizi Street, Suzhou, 215006, Jiangsu, China. yanglingyiruby@163.com.
Jinhuo LaiDepartment of Medical Oncology, Fujian Medical University Union Hospital, 29 Xinquan Road, Fuzhou, 350025, Fujian, China. ljh571747377@163.com.
Genesee Community College · USAnhui Medical University · CNFujian Medical University · CNNanjing University · CNSoochow University · CNZhongda Hospital Southeast University · CN

Funding

Fujian Science and Technology Innovation Joint Fund Project 2018Y9063Jiangsu Planned Projects for Postdoctoral Research Funds 2021K518CNational Natural Science Foundation of China 81800208Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province BK20211169Scientific research foundation of Nanjing Health Commission YYKK20232
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundATM and ATR are two critical factors to regulate DNA damage response (DDR), and their mutations were frequently observed in different types of cancer, including non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). Given that the majority of identified ATM/ATR mutations were variants of uncertain significance, the clinical/molecular features of pathogenic ATM/ATR aberrations have not been comprehensively investigated in NSCLC.

methodsNext-generation sequencing (NGS) analyses were conducted to investigate the molecular features in 191 NSCLC patients who harbored pathogenic/likely pathogenic ATM/ATR mutations and 308 NSCLC patients who did not have any types of ATM/ATR variants. The results were validated using an external cohort of 2727 NSCLC patients (including 48 with ATM/ATR pathogenic mutations).

resultsMost pathogenic ATM/ATR genetic alterations were frameshift and nonsense mutations that disrupt critical domains of the two proteins. ATM/ATR-mutated patients had significantly higher tumor mutational burdens (TMB; P < 0.001) and microsatellite instabilities (MSI; P = 0.023), but not chromosomal instabilities, than those without any ATM/ATR variations. In particular, KRAS mutations were significantly enriched in ATM-mutated patients (P = 0.014), whereas BRCA2 mutations (P = 0.014), TP53 mutations (P = 0.014), and ZNF703 amplification (P = 0.008) were enriched in ATR-mutated patients. Notably, patients with ATM/ATR pathogenic genetic alterations were likely to be accompanied by mutations in Fanconi anemia (FA) and homologous recombination (HR) pathways, which were confirmed using both the study (P < 0.001) and validation (P < 0.001) cohorts. Furthermore, the co-occurrence of FA/HR aberrations could contribute to increased TMB and MSI, and patients with both ATM/ATR and FA/HR mutations tended to have worse overall survival.

conclusionsOur results demonstrated the unique clinical and molecular features of pathogenic ATM/ATR mutations in NSCLC, which helps better understand the cancerous involvement of these DDR regulators, as well as directing targeted therapies and/or immunotherapies to treat ATM/ATR-mutated NSCLC, especially those with co-existing FA/HR aberrations.

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Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell LungFanconi AnemiaLung NeoplasmsAtaxia Telangiectasia Mutated ProteinsCarrier ProteinsHomologous RecombinationHumansMutationPrognosisAtaxia Telangiectasia Mutated ProteinsATM protein, humanATR protein, humanCarrier ProteinsZNF703 protein, humanATMATRFanconi anemiaHomologous recombinationMicrosatellite instabilityNSCLCTumor mutational burden

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PMID38041093
PMCPMC10690992
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