TY - JOUR
T1 - Genomic and functional overlap between somatic and germline chromosomal rearrangements
AU - van Heesch, Sebastiaan
AU - Simonis, Marieke
AU - van Roosmalen, Markus J
AU - Pillalamarri, Vamsee
AU - Brand, Harrison
AU - Kuijk, Ewart W
AU - de Luca, Kim L
AU - Lansu, Nico
AU - Braat, A Koen
AU - Menelaou, Androniki
AU - Hao, Wensi
AU - Korving, Jeroen
AU - Snijder, Simone
AU - van der Veken, Lars T
AU - Hochstenbach, Ron
AU - Knegt, Alida C
AU - Duran, Karen
AU - Renkens, Ivo
AU - Alekozai, Najla
AU - Jager, Myrthe
AU - Vergult, Sarah
AU - Menten, Björn
AU - de Bruijn, Ewart
AU - Boymans, Sander
AU - Ippel, Elly
AU - van Binsbergen, Ellen
AU - Talkowski, Michael E
AU - Lichtenbelt, Klaske
AU - Cuppen, Edwin
AU - Kloosterman, Wigard P
N1 - Copyright © 2014 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
PY - 2014/12/24
Y1 - 2014/12/24
N2 - Genomic rearrangements are a common cause of human congenital abnormalities. However, their origin and consequences are poorly understood. We performed molecular analysis of two patients with congenital disease who carried de novo genomic rearrangements. We found that the rearrangements in both patients hit genes that are recurrently rearranged in cancer (ETV1, FOXP1, and microRNA cluster C19MC) and drive formation of fusion genes similar to those described in cancer. Subsequent analysis of a large set of 552 de novo germline genomic rearrangements underlying congenital disorders revealed enrichment for genes rearranged in cancer and overlap with somatic cancer breakpoints. Breakpoints of common (inherited) germline structural variations also overlap with cancer breakpoints but are depleted for cancer genes. We propose that the same genomic positions are prone to genomic rearrangements in germline and soma but that timing and context of breakage determines whether developmental defects or cancer are promoted.
AB - Genomic rearrangements are a common cause of human congenital abnormalities. However, their origin and consequences are poorly understood. We performed molecular analysis of two patients with congenital disease who carried de novo genomic rearrangements. We found that the rearrangements in both patients hit genes that are recurrently rearranged in cancer (ETV1, FOXP1, and microRNA cluster C19MC) and drive formation of fusion genes similar to those described in cancer. Subsequent analysis of a large set of 552 de novo germline genomic rearrangements underlying congenital disorders revealed enrichment for genes rearranged in cancer and overlap with somatic cancer breakpoints. Breakpoints of common (inherited) germline structural variations also overlap with cancer breakpoints but are depleted for cancer genes. We propose that the same genomic positions are prone to genomic rearrangements in germline and soma but that timing and context of breakage determines whether developmental defects or cancer are promoted.
KW - Animals
KW - Chromosome Aberrations
KW - Chromosome Breakpoints
KW - Chromosomes, Human/genetics
KW - Congenital Abnormalities/genetics
KW - DNA-Binding Proteins/genetics
KW - Forkhead Transcription Factors/genetics
KW - Gene Rearrangement
KW - Genome, Human
KW - Germ-Line Mutation
KW - HEK293 Cells
KW - Humans
KW - MicroRNAs/genetics
KW - Repressor Proteins/genetics
KW - Transcription Factors/genetics
KW - Zebrafish
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U2 - 10.1016/j.celrep.2014.11.022
DO - 10.1016/j.celrep.2014.11.022
M3 - Article
C2 - 25497101
SN - 2211-1247
VL - 9
SP - 2001
EP - 2010
JO - Cell reports
JF - Cell reports
IS - 6
ER -