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Mutations in the BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes are known risk factors and drivers of breast and ovarian cancers. So far, few studies have been focused on understanding the differences in transcriptome and functional landscapes associated with the disease (breast vs. ovarian cancers), gene (BRCA1 vs. BRCA2), and mutation type (germline vs. somatic). In this study, we were aimed at systemic evaluation of the association of BRCA1 and BRCA2 germline and somatic mutations with gene expression, disease clinical features, outcome, and treatment. We performed BRCA1/2 mutation centered RNA-seq data analysis of breast and ovarian cancers from the TCGA repository using transcriptome and phenotype "portrayal" with multi-layer self-organizing maps and functional annotation. The results revealed considerable differences in BRCA1- and BRCA2-dependent transcriptome landscapes in the studied cancers. Furthermore, our data indicated that somatic and germline mutations for both genes are characterized by deregulation of different biological functions and differential associations with phenotype characteristics and poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase (PARP)-inhibitor gene signatures. Overall, this study demonstrates considerable variation in transcriptomic landscapes of breast and ovarian cancers associated with the affected gene (BRCA1 vs. BRCA2), as well as the mutation type (somatic vs. germline). These results warrant further investigations with larger groups of mutation carriers aimed at refining the understanding of molecular mechanisms of breast and ovarian cancers.
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Protocolos de Quimioterapia Combinada Antineoplásica/uso terapéutico , Proteína BRCA1/genética , Proteína BRCA2/genética , Neoplasias de la Mama/genética , Mutación , Neoplasias Ováricas/genética , Transcriptoma , Adulto , Proteína BRCA1/metabolismo , Proteína BRCA2/metabolismo , Neoplasias de la Mama/tratamiento farmacológico , Neoplasias de la Mama/mortalidad , Neoplasias de la Mama/patología , Biología Computacional/métodos , Femenino , Perfilación de la Expresión Génica , Regulación Neoplásica de la Expresión Génica , Humanos , Persona de Mediana Edad , Neoplasias Ováricas/tratamiento farmacológico , Neoplasias Ováricas/mortalidad , Neoplasias Ováricas/patología , Poli(ADP-Ribosa) Polimerasa-1/genética , Poli(ADP-Ribosa) Polimerasa-1/metabolismo , Poli(ADP-Ribosa) Polimerasas/genética , Poli(ADP-Ribosa) Polimerasas/metabolismo , Análisis de Supervivencia , Resultado del TratamientoRESUMEN
We investigated the role of single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in the folate-metabolizing genes MTHFR, MTR, MTRR, MTHFD, CBS and SHMT in regulating genetic susceptibility to Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (NHL). We determined the allele and genotype frequencies in the case group (146 patients with NHL) and the control group (540 blood donors). A significant association with NHL was observed only for MTHFD1 G1958A (allele G OR=1.382, P=0.05; genotype GA OR=2.316, P=0.01; genotype GG OR=2.153, P=0.03). After additional stratification of case and control groups according to sex and tumor type association of MTHFD1 G1958A with NHL was observed only in high-grade NHL subgroup (allele G OR=1.664, P=0.01) and in women subgroup (allele G OR=2.043, P=0.009). Meta-analysis for SNPs in the MTHFR, MTR, MTRR and SHMT revealed a reducing effect of the MTR 2756G allele on the risk of NHL (OR=0.902; 95% CI 0.821-0.991, P=0.03).