Title | Intratumoral Heterogeneity and Clonal Evolution Induced by HPV Integration. |
Publication Type | Journal Article |
Year of Publication | 2023 |
Authors | Akagi, K, Symer, DE, Mahmoud, M, Jiang, B, Goodwin, S, Wangsa, D, Li, Z, Xiao, W, Dunn, JDan, Ried, T, Coombes, KR, Sedlazeck, FJ, Gillison, ML |
Journal | Cancer Discov |
Volume | 13 |
Issue | 4 |
Pagination | 910-927 |
Date Published | 2023 Apr 03 |
ISSN | 2159-8290 |
Keywords | Clonal Evolution, Gene Rearrangement, Human Papillomavirus Viruses, Humans, Oropharyngeal Neoplasms, Papillomaviridae, Papillomavirus Infections, Virus Integration |
Abstract | UNLABELLED: The human papillomavirus (HPV) genome is integrated into host DNA in most HPV-positive cancers, but the consequences for chromosomal integrity are unknown. Continuous long-read sequencing of oropharyngeal cancers and cancer cell lines identified a previously undescribed form of structural variation, "heterocateny," characterized by diverse, interrelated, and repetitive patterns of concatemerized virus and host DNA segments within a cancer. Unique breakpoints shared across structural variants facilitated stepwise reconstruction of their evolution from a common molecular ancestor. This analysis revealed that virus and virus-host concatemers are unstable and, upon insertion into and excision from chromosomes, facilitate capture, amplification, and recombination of host DNA and chromosomal rearrangements. Evidence of heterocateny was detected in extrachromosomal and intrachromosomal DNA. These findings indicate that heterocateny is driven by the dynamic, aberrant replication and recombination of an oncogenic DNA virus, thereby extending known consequences of HPV integration to include promotion of intratumoral heterogeneity and clonal evolution. SIGNIFICANCE: Long-read sequencing of HPV-positive cancers revealed "heterocateny," a previously unreported form of genomic structural variation characterized by heterogeneous, interrelated, and repetitive genomic rearrangements within a tumor. Heterocateny is driven by unstable concatemerized HPV genomes, which facilitate capture, rearrangement, and amplification of host DNA, and promotes intratumoral heterogeneity and clonal evolution. See related commentary by McBride and White, p. 814. This article is highlighted in the In This Issue feature, p. 799. |
DOI | 10.1158/2159-8290.CD-22-0900 |
Alternate Journal | Cancer Discov |
PubMed ID | 36715691 |
PubMed Central ID | PMC10070172 |
Grant List | P30 CA045508 / CA / NCI NIH HHS / United States R50 CA243890 / CA / NCI NIH HHS / United States |
Intratumoral Heterogeneity and Clonal Evolution Induced by HPV Integration.
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