Abstract

Deregulation of the phosphoinositide 3-kinase (PI3K) pathway contributes to the development and progression of tumors. Here, we determine that somatic mutations in PIK3CA (44%), PIK3R1 (17%), AKT3 (15%), and PTEN (12%) are prevalent and diverse in Chinese breast cancer patients, with 60 novel mutations identified. A high proportion of tumors harbors multiple mutations, especially PIK3CA plus PIK3R1 mutations (9.0%). Next, we develop a recombination-based mutation barcoding (ReMB) library for impactful mutations conferring clonal advantage in proliferation and drug responses. The highest-ranking PIK3CA and PIK3R1 mutations include previously reported deleterious mutations, as well as mutations with unknown significance. These PIK3CA and PIK3R1 impactful mutations exhibit a mutually exclusive pattern, leading to oncogenesis and hyperactivity of PI3K pathway. The PIK3CA impactful mutations are tightly associated with hormone receptor positivity. Collectively, these findings advance our understanding of PI3K impactful mutations in breast cancer and have important implications for PI3K-targeted therapy in precision oncology.

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Title
Characterization of PIK3CA and PIK3R1 somatic mutations in Chinese breast cancer patients
Author
Chen, Li 1 ; Liu, Yang 1 ; Yao, Ling 2 ; Xia-Ying, Kuang 3 ; Wen-Jia Zuo 1 ; Li, Shan 2 ; Qiao, Feng 2 ; Yi-Rong, Liu 1 ; Cao, Zhi-Gang 2 ; Shu-Ling, Zhou 4 ; Xiao-Yan, Zhou 4 ; Wen-Tao, Yang 4 ; Jin-Xiu Shi 5 ; Huang, Wei 5 ; Hu, Xin 1 ; Zhi-Ming Shao 1 

 Key Laboratory of Breast Cancer in Shanghai, Department of Breast Surgery, Fudan University Shanghai Cancer Center, Shanghai, China; Department of Oncology, Shanghai Medical College, Fudan University, Shanghai, China 
 Key Laboratory of Breast Cancer in Shanghai, Department of Breast Surgery, Fudan University Shanghai Cancer Center, Shanghai, China 
 Department of Breast Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China 
 Department of Oncology, Shanghai Medical College, Fudan University, Shanghai, China; Department of Pathology, Fudan University Shanghai Cancer Center, Shanghai, China 
 Department of Genetics, Shanghai-MOST Key Laboratory of Health and Disease Genomics, Chinese National Human Genome Center and Shanghai Industrial Technology Institute (SITI), Shanghai, China 
Pages
1-17
Publication year
2018
Publication date
Apr 2018
Publisher
Nature Publishing Group
e-ISSN
20411723
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English
ProQuest document ID
2023717833
Copyright
© 2018. This work is published under http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (the “License”). Notwithstanding the ProQuest Terms and Conditions, you may use this content in accordance with the terms of the License.