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Higher order genetic interactions switch cancer genes from two-hit to one-hit drivers

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  • Solip Park

    (Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Oncológicas (CNIO))

  • Fran Supek

    (The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology (BIST)
    Catalan Institution for Research and Advanced Studies (ICREA))

  • Ben Lehner

    (Catalan Institution for Research and Advanced Studies (ICREA)
    The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology (BIST)
    Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF))

Abstract

The classic two-hit model posits that both alleles of a tumor suppressor gene (TSG) must be inactivated to cause cancer. In contrast, for some oncogenes and haploinsufficient TSGs, a single genetic alteration can suffice to increase tumor fitness. Here, by quantifying the interactions between mutations and copy number alterations (CNAs) across 10,000 tumors, we show that many cancer genes actually switch between acting as one-hit or two-hit drivers. Third order genetic interactions identify the causes of some of these switches in dominance and dosage sensitivity as mutations in other genes in the same biological pathway. The correct genetic model for a gene thus depends on the other mutations in a genome, with a second hit in the same gene or an alteration in a different gene in the same pathway sometimes representing alternative evolutionary paths to cancer.

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  • Solip Park & Fran Supek & Ben Lehner, 2021. "Higher order genetic interactions switch cancer genes from two-hit to one-hit drivers," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 12(1), pages 1-10, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:natcom:v:12:y:2021:i:1:d:10.1038_s41467-021-27242-3
    DOI: 10.1038/s41467-021-27242-3
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