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ArticleOncogene2020

Integrative analysis of genomic amplification-dependent expression and loss-of-function screen identifies ASAP1 as a driver gene in triple-negative breast cancer progression.

Jichao He, Ronan P McLaughlin, Lambert van der Beek, Sander Canisius, Lodewyk Wessels, Marcel Smid, John W M Martens, John A Foekens, Yinghui Zhang, Bob van de Water

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Article in Oncogene, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 23 papers.

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23citing papers in PubMed
1.6field-weighted citation impact, top 17% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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23 citing papers in PubMed, 43 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Jichao HeDivision of Drug Discovery and Safety, Leiden Academic Centre for Drug Research, Leiden University, 2300 RA, Leiden, The Netherlands.
Ronan P McLaughlinDivision of Drug Discovery and Safety, Leiden Academic Centre for Drug Research, Leiden University, 2300 RA, Leiden, The Netherlands.
Lambert van der BeekDivision of Drug Discovery and Safety, Leiden Academic Centre for Drug Research, Leiden University, 2300 RA, Leiden, The Netherlands.
Sander CanisiusDivision of Molecular Carcinogenesis, Netherlands Cancer Institute, 1066 CX, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3888-8829
Lodewyk WesselsDivision of Molecular Carcinogenesis, Netherlands Cancer Institute, 1066 CX, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Marcel SmidDepartment of Medical Oncology and Cancer Genomic Netherlands, Erasmus MC Cancer Institute, Erasmus Medical Centre, 3000 CA, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
John W M MartensDepartment of Medical Oncology and Cancer Genomic Netherlands, Erasmus MC Cancer Institute, Erasmus Medical Centre, 3000 CA, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3428-3366
John A FoekensDepartment of Medical Oncology and Cancer Genomic Netherlands, Erasmus MC Cancer Institute, Erasmus Medical Centre, 3000 CA, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
Yinghui ZhangDivision of Drug Discovery and Safety, Leiden Academic Centre for Drug Research, Leiden University, 2300 RA, Leiden, The Netherlands.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1635-0278
Bob van de WaterDivision of Drug Discovery and Safety, Leiden Academic Centre for Drug Research, Leiden University, 2300 RA, Leiden, The Netherlands. b.water@lacdr.leidenuniv.nl.
Leiden University · NLErasmus MC Cancer Institute · NLThe Netherlands Cancer Institute · NL

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The genetically heterogeneous triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) continues to be an intractable disease, due to lack of effective targeted therapies. Gene amplification is a major event in tumorigenesis. Genes with amplification-dependent expression are being explored as therapeutic targets for cancer treatment. In this study, we have applied Analytical Multi-scale Identification of Recurring Events analysis and transcript quantification in the TNBC genome across 222 TNBC tumors and identified 138 candidate genes with positive correlation in copy number gain (CNG) and gene expression. siRNA-based loss-of-function screen of the candidate genes has validated EGFR, MYC, ASAP1, IRF2BP2, and CCT5 genes as drivers promoting proliferation in different TNBC cells. MYC, ASAP1, IRF2BP2, and CCT5 display frequent CNG and concurrent expression over 2173 breast cancer tumors (cBioPortal dataset). More frequently are MYC and ASAP1 amplified in TNBC tumors (>30%, n = 320). In particular, high expression of ASAP1, the ADP-ribosylation factor GTPase-activating protein, is significantly related to poor metastatic relapse-free survival of TNBC patients (n = 257, bc-GenExMiner). Furthermore, we have revealed that silencing of ASAP1 modulates numerous cytokine and apoptosis signaling components, such as IL1B, TRAF1, AIFM2, and MAP3K11 that are clinically relevant to survival outcomes of TNBC patients. ASAP1 has been reported to promote invasion and metastasis in various cancer cells. Our findings that ASAP1 is an amplification-dependent TNBC driver gene promoting TNBC cell proliferation, functioning upstream apoptosis components, and correlating to clinical outcomes of TNBC patients, support ASAP1 as a potential actionable target for TNBC treatment.

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Adaptor Proteins, Signal TransducingGene AmplificationNeoplasm ProteinsTriple Negative Breast NeoplasmsCell Line, TumorDisease-Free SurvivalFemaleHumansSurvival RateAdaptor Proteins, Signal TransducingASAP1 protein, humanNeoplasm Proteins

Identifiers

PMID32235890
PMCPMC7220851
OpenAlexW3015020376

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