The Mutational Landscape of Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma

Nicolas Stransky; Ann Marie Egloff; Aaron D. Tward; Aleksandar D. Kostic; Kristian Cibulskis; Andrey Sivachenko; Gregory V. Kryukov; Michael S. Lawrence; Carrie Sougnez; Aaron McKenna; Erica Shefler; Alex H. Ramos; Petar Stojanov; Scott L. Carter; Douglas Voet; Maria L. Cortés; Daniel Auclair; Michael F. Berger; Gordon Saksena; Candace Guiducci; Robert C. Onofrio; Melissa Parkin; Marjorie Romkes; Joel L. Weissfeld; Raja R. Seethala; Lin Wang; Claudia Rangel-Escareño; Juan Carlos Fernandez-Lopez; Alfredo Hidalgo-Miranda; Jorge Melendez-Zajgla; Wendy Winckler; Kristin Ardlie; Stacey B. Gabriel; Matthew Meyerson; Eric S. Lander; Gad Getz; Todd R. Golub; Levi A. Garraway; Jennifer R. Grandis

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The Mutational Landscape of Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma

Nicolas Stransky¹,*,
Ann Marie Egloff²,*,
Aaron D. Tward¹,³,⁴,*,
Aleksandar D. Kostic¹,⁵,
Kristian Cibulskis¹,
Andrey Sivachenko¹,
Gregory V. Kryukov¹,⁵,
Michael S. Lawrence¹,
Carrie Sougnez¹,
Aaron McKenna¹,
Erica Shefler¹,
Alex H. Ramos¹,
Petar Stojanov¹,
Scott L. Carter¹,
Douglas Voet¹,
Maria L. Cortés¹,
Daniel Auclair¹,
Michael F. Berger¹,
Gordon Saksena¹,
Candace Guiducci¹,
Robert C. Onofrio¹,
Melissa Parkin¹,
Marjorie Romkes⁶,
Joel L. Weissfeld⁷,
Raja R. Seethala⁸,
Lin Wang⁸,
Claudia Rangel-Escareño⁹,
Juan Carlos Fernandez-Lopez⁹,
Alfredo Hidalgo-Miranda⁹,
Jorge Melendez-Zajgla⁹,
Wendy Winckler¹,
Kristin Ardlie¹,
Stacey B. Gabriel¹,
Matthew Meyerson¹,⁵,¹⁰,¹¹,
Eric S. Lander¹,⁵,¹²,
Gad Getz¹,
Todd R. Golub¹,⁵,¹¹,¹³,¹⁴,†,
Levi A. Garraway¹,⁵,¹⁰,¹¹,†‡,
Jennifer R. Grandis²,¹⁵,†‡

¹The Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA 02142, USA.
²Department of Otolaryngology, University of Pittsburgh and University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA.
³Department of Otology and Laryngology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02114, USA.
⁴Department of Otolaryngology, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Boston, MA 02114, USA.
⁵Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
⁶Department of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh and University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute, Pittsburgh, PA 15261, USA.
⁷Department of Epidemiology, University of Pittsburgh and University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute, Pittsburgh, PA 15232, USA.
⁸Department of Pathology, University of Pittsburgh and University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA.
⁹Instituto Nacional de Medicina Genómica, Mexico City, 01900, Mexico.
¹⁰Department of Medical Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
¹¹Center for Cancer Genome Discovery, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
¹²Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02142, USA.
¹³Department of Pediatric Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
¹⁴Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Chevy Chase, MD 20815, USA.
¹⁵Department of Pharmacology and Chemical Biology, University of Pittsburgh and University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA.

↵‡To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: levi_garraway{at}dfci.harvard.edu (L.A.G.); grandisjr{at}upmc.edu (J.R.G.)

↵* These authors contributed equally to this work.
↵† These authors contributed equally to this work.

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Science 26 Aug 2011:
Vol. 333, Issue 6046, pp. 1157-1160
DOI: 10.1126/science.1208130

Nicolas Stransky

The Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA 02142, USA.

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Ann Marie Egloff

Department of Otolaryngology, University of Pittsburgh and University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA.

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Aaron D. Tward

The Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA 02142, USA.Department of Otology and Laryngology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02114, USA.Department of Otolaryngology, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Boston, MA 02114, USA.

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Aleksandar D. Kostic

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Kristian Cibulskis

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Andrey Sivachenko

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Gregory V. Kryukov

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Michael S. Lawrence

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Carrie Sougnez

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Aaron McKenna

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Erica Shefler

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Alex H. Ramos

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Petar Stojanov

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Scott L. Carter

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Douglas Voet

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Maria L. Cortés

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Daniel Auclair

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Michael F. Berger

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Gordon Saksena

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Candace Guiducci

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Robert C. Onofrio

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Melissa Parkin

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Marjorie Romkes

Department of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh and University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute, Pittsburgh, PA 15261, USA.

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Joel L. Weissfeld

Department of Epidemiology, University of Pittsburgh and University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute, Pittsburgh, PA 15232, USA.

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Raja R. Seethala

Department of Pathology, University of Pittsburgh and University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA.

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Lin Wang

Department of Pathology, University of Pittsburgh and University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA.

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Claudia Rangel-Escareño

Instituto Nacional de Medicina Genómica, Mexico City, 01900, Mexico.

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Juan Carlos Fernandez-Lopez

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Alfredo Hidalgo-Miranda

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Jorge Melendez-Zajgla

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Wendy Winckler

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Kristin Ardlie

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Stacey B. Gabriel

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Matthew Meyerson

The Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA 02142, USA.Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA.Department of Medical Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA 02115, USA.Center for Cancer Genome Discovery, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA 02115, USA.

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Eric S. Lander

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Gad Getz

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Todd R. Golub

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Levi A. Garraway

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For correspondence: levi_garraway@dfci.harvard.edu grandisjr@upmc.edu

Jennifer R. Grandis

Department of Otolaryngology, University of Pittsburgh and University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA.Department of Pharmacology and Chemical Biology, University of Pittsburgh and University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA.

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For correspondence: levi_garraway@dfci.harvard.edu grandisjr@upmc.edu

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Head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC) is a common, morbid, and frequently lethal malignancy. To uncover its mutational spectrum, we analyzed whole-exome sequencing data from 74 tumor-normal pairs. The majority exhibited a mutational profile consistent with tobacco exposure; human papillomavirus was detectable by sequencing DNA from infected tumors. In addition to identifying previously known HNSCC genes (TP53, CDKN2A, PTEN, PIK3CA, and HRAS), our analysis revealed many genes not previously implicated in this malignancy. At least 30% of cases harbored mutations in genes that regulate squamous differentiation (for example, NOTCH1, IRF6, and TP63), implicating its dysregulation as a major driver of HNSCC carcinogenesis. More generally, the results indicate the ability of large-scale sequencing to reveal fundamental tumorigenic mechanisms.

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