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Comprehensive genomic profiling of pancreatic acinar cell carcinomas identifies recurrent RAF fusions and frequent inactivation of DNA repair genes.

Authors: Chmielecki, Juliann  Hutchinson, Katherine E  Frampton, Garrett M  Chalmers, Zachary R  Johnson, Adrienne  Shi, Chanjuan  Elvin, Julia  Ali, Siraj M  Ross, Jeffrey S  Basturk, Olca  Balasubramanian, Sohail  Lipson, Doron  Yelensky, Roman  Pao, William  Miller, Vincent A  Klimstra, David S  Stephens, Philip J 
Citation: Chmielecki J, etal., Cancer Discov. 2014 Dec;4(12):1398-405. doi: 10.1158/2159-8290.CD-14-0617. Epub 2014 Sep 29.
RGD ID: 13462041
Pubmed: PMID:25266736   (View Abstract at PubMed)
DOI: DOI:10.1158/2159-8290.CD-14-0617   (Journal Full-text)


UNLABELLED: Pancreatic acinar cell carcinomas (PACC) account for approximately 1% (~500 cases) of pancreatic cancer diagnoses annually in the United States. Oncogenic therapuetic targets have proven elusive in this disease, and chemotherapy and radiotherapy have demonstrated limited efficacy against these tumors. Comprehensive genomic profiling of a large series of PACCs (n=44) identified recurrent rearrangements involving BRAF and RAF1 (CRAF) in approximately 23% of tumors. The most prevalent fusion, SND1-BRAF, resulted in activation of the MAPK pathway, which was abrogated with MEK inhibition. SND1-BRAF-transformed cells were sensitive to treatment with the MEK inhibitor trametinib. PACCs lacking RAF rearrangements were significantly enriched for genomic alterations, causing inactivation of DNA repair genes (45%); these genomic alterations have been associated with sensitivity to platinum-based therapies and PARP inhibitors. Collectively, these results identify potentially actionable genomic alterations in the majority of PACCs and provide a rationale for using personalized therapies in this disease.
SIGNIFICANCE: PACC is genomically distinct from other pancreatic cancers. Fusions in RAF genes and mutually exclusive inactivation of DNA repair genes represent novel potential therapeutic targets that are altered in over two thirds of these tumors.



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Object SymbolSpeciesTermQualifierEvidenceWithNotesSourceOriginal Reference(s)
BRAFHumanpancreatic acinar cell adenocarcinoma  IAGP DNA:missense mutation and gene fusions:multiple (human)RGD 
BrafRatpancreatic acinar cell adenocarcinoma  ISOBRAF (Homo sapiens)DNA:missense mutation and gene fusions:multiple (human)RGD 
BrafMousepancreatic acinar cell adenocarcinoma  ISOBRAF (Homo sapiens)DNA:missense mutation and gene fusions:multiple (human)RGD 

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Manual Human Phenotype Annotations - RGD

Object SymbolSpeciesTermQualifierEvidenceWithNotesSourceOriginal Reference(s)
BRAFHumanAbnormal pancreas morphology  IAGP DNA:missense mutation and gene fusions:multipleRGD 
Objects Annotated

Genes (Rattus norvegicus)
Braf  (B-Raf proto-oncogene, serine/threonine kinase)

Genes (Mus musculus)
Braf  (Braf transforming gene)

Genes (Homo sapiens)
BRAF  (B-Raf proto-oncogene, serine/threonine kinase)


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