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ArticleNature communications2025

Divergent trajectories to structural diversity impact patient survival in high grade serous ovarian cancer.

Ailith Ewing, Alison Meynert, Ryan Silk, Stuart Aitken, Devin P Bendixsen, Michael Churchman, Stuart L Brown, Alhafidz Hamdan, Joanne Mattocks, Graeme R Grimes and 30 more

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Article in Nature communications, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

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9 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

40 authors.

Ailith EwingMRC Human Genetics Unit, Institute of Genetics and Cancer, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK. ailith.ewing@ed.ac.uk.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2272-1277
Alison MeynertMRC Human Genetics Unit, Institute of Genetics and Cancer, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK.
Ryan SilkMRC Human Genetics Unit, Institute of Genetics and Cancer, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6421-1294
Stuart AitkenMRC Human Genetics Unit, Institute of Genetics and Cancer, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4867-4568
Devin P BendixsenMRC Human Genetics Unit, Institute of Genetics and Cancer, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0831-7646
Michael ChurchmanNicola Murray Centre for Ovarian Cancer Research, Cancer Research UK Scotland Centre, Institute of Genetics and Cancer, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK.
Stuart L BrownMRC Human Genetics Unit, Institute of Genetics and Cancer, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK.
Alhafidz HamdanMRC Human Genetics Unit, Institute of Genetics and Cancer, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0794-5504
Joanne MattocksMRC Human Genetics Unit, Institute of Genetics and Cancer, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK.
Graeme R GrimesMRC Human Genetics Unit, Institute of Genetics and Cancer, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK.
Tracy BallingerMRC Human Genetics Unit, Institute of Genetics and Cancer, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK.
Robert L HollisNicola Murray Centre for Ovarian Cancer Research, Cancer Research UK Scotland Centre, Institute of Genetics and Cancer, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1390-3298
C Simon HerringtonNicola Murray Centre for Ovarian Cancer Research, Cancer Research UK Scotland Centre, Institute of Genetics and Cancer, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9177-8165
John P ThomsonCancer Research UK Scotland Centre, Institute of Genetics and Cancer, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK.
Kitty SherwoodMRC Human Genetics Unit, Institute of Genetics and Cancer, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0007-4055-607X
Thomas ParryMRC Human Genetics Unit, Institute of Genetics and Cancer, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK.
Edward Esiri-BloomMRC Human Genetics Unit, Institute of Genetics and Cancer, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0685-2629
Clare BartosNicola Murray Centre for Ovarian Cancer Research, Cancer Research UK Scotland Centre, Institute of Genetics and Cancer, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK.
Ian CroyNicola Murray Centre for Ovarian Cancer Research, Cancer Research UK Scotland Centre, Institute of Genetics and Cancer, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK.
Michelle FergusonDepartment of Oncology, Ninewells Hospital, NHS Tayside, Dundee, UK.
Mairi LennieTayside Biorepository, School of Medicine, University of Dundee, Dundee, UK.
Trevor McGoldrickDepartment of Oncology, Aberdeen Royal Infirmary, Aberdeen, UK.
Neil McPhailDepartment of Oncology, Raigmore Hospital, NHS Highland, Inverness, UK.
Nadeem SiddiquiDepartment of Gynaecological Oncology, Glasgow Royal Infirmary, Glasgow, UK.
Rosalind GlasspoolBeatson West of Scotland Cancer Centre, Glasgow, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5000-1680
Melanie MackeanEdinburgh Cancer Centre, Western General Hospital, NHS Lothian, Edinburgh, UK.
Fiona NusseyEdinburgh Cancer Centre, Western General Hospital, NHS Lothian, Edinburgh, UK.
Brian McDadeSchool of Cancer Sciences, Wolfson Wohl Cancer Research Centre, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK.
Darren EnnisSchool of Cancer Sciences, Wolfson Wohl Cancer Research Centre, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5260-3506
Scottish Genomes Partnership
Lynn McMahonPrecision Medicine Scotland (PMS-IC), Queen Elizabeth University Hospital, Glasgow, UK.
Athena MatakidouOncology Translation and Big Data Mining, GSK, Bishop's Stortford, UK.
Brian DoughertyTranslational Medicine, Oncology R&D, AstraZeneca, Waltham, MA, USA.
Ruth MarchPrecision Medicine, Oncology R&D, AstraZeneca, Cambridge, UK.
J Carl BarrettTranslational Medicine, Oncology R&D, AstraZeneca, Waltham, MA, USA.
Iain A McNeishBeatson West of Scotland Cancer Centre, Glasgow, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9387-7586
Andrew V BiankinSchool of Cancer Sciences, Wolfson Wohl Cancer Research Centre, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0362-5597
Patricia Roxburgh *Beatson West of Scotland Cancer Centre, Glasgow, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9869-591X
Charlie Gourley *Nicola Murray Centre for Ovarian Cancer Research, Cancer Research UK Scotland Centre, Institute of Genetics and Cancer, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2377-7221
Colin A Semple *MRC Human Genetics Unit, Institute of Genetics and Cancer, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1765-4118

Funding

RCUK | Medical Research Council (MRC) MC_UU_00035/1
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Deciphering the structural variation across tumour genomes is crucial to determine the events driving tumour progression and better understand tumour adaptation and evolution. High grade serous ovarian cancer (HGSOC) is an exemplar tumour type showing extreme, but poorly characterised structural diversity. Here, we comprehensively describe the mutational landscape driving HGSOC, exploiting a large (N = 324), deeply whole genome sequenced dataset. We reveal two divergent evolutionary trajectories, affecting patient survival and involving differing genomic environments. One involves homologous recombination repair deficiency (HRD) while the other is dominated by whole genome duplication (WGD) with frequent chromothripsis, breakage-fusion-bridges and extra-chromosomal DNA. These trajectories contribute to structural variation hotspots, containing candidate driver genes with significantly altered expression. While structural variation predominantly drives tumorigenesis, we find high mtDNA mutation loads associated with shorter patient survival. We show that a combination of mutations in the mitochondrial and nuclear genomes impact prognosis, suggesting strategies for patient stratification.

Indexed as

Cystadenocarcinoma, SerousOvarian NeoplasmsChromothripsisDNA, MitochondrialFemaleHumansMutationNeoplasm GradingPrognosisWhole Genome SequencingDNA, Mitochondrial

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PMID40593568
PMCPMC12215056

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