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PubMed ID   26415501 Publish Date   2015 Sep
Journal   Molecular Systems Biology Species   Homo sapiens
Disease Type   hTERT RPE-1 cell line Technology   Next Generation Sequencing
Title   A cell-based model system links chromothripsis with hyperploidy
Authors   Mardin BR, Drainas AP, Waszak SM, Weischenfeldt J, Isokane M, Stutz AM, Raeder B, Efthymiopoulos T, Buccitelli C, Segura-Wang M, Northcott P, Pfister SM, Lichter P, Ellenberg J, Korbel JO
Affiliation   European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Genome Biology Unit, Heidelberg, Germany
Chromothripsis Definition   Close-by breakpoints: >=22
Copy number states: 2-5
Fragments random joining: Yes
Abstract   A remarkable observation emerging from recent cancer genome analyses is the identification of chromothripsis as a one-off genomic catastrophe, resulting in massive somatic DNA structural rearrangements (SRs). Largely due to lack of suitable model systems, the mechanistic basis of chromothripsis has remained elusive. We developed an integrative method termed complex alterations after selection and transformation (CAST), enabling efficient in vitro generation of complex DNA rearrangements including chromothripsis, using cell perturbations coupled with a strong selection barrier followed by massively parallel sequencing. We employed this methodology to characterize catastrophic SR formation processes, their temporal sequence, and their impact on gene expression and cell division. Our in vitro system uncovered a propensity of chromothripsis to occur in cells with damaged telomeres, and in particular in hyperploid cells. Analysis of primary medulloblastoma cancer genomes verified the link between hyperploidy and chromothripsis in vivo. CAST provides the foundation for mechanistic dissection of complex DNA rearrangement processes.
 
Chromothripsis Cases
  BM178
     
  Case ID: BM178
  Chromosome:12,22
  Disease type: hTERT RPE-1 cell line
  Technology: Next Generation Sequencing
  Platform: Illumina HiSeq 2000, MiSeq or NextSeq
  Affected Gene: Gene List
  BM175
     
  Case ID: BM175
  Chromosome:8,15
  Disease type: hTERT RPE-1 cell line
  Technology: Next Generation Sequencing
  Platform: Illumina HiSeq 2000, MiSeq or NextSeq
  Affected Gene: Gene List
  BM237
     
  Case ID: BM237
  Chromosome:12
  Disease type: hTERT RPE-1 cell line
  Technology: Next Generation Sequencing
  Platform: Illumina HiSeq 2000, MiSeq or NextSeq
  MB34
     
  Case ID: MB34
  Chromosome:14
  Disease type: Medulloblastoma
  Technology: Next Generation Sequencing
  Platform:
  MB243
     
  Case ID: MB243
  Chromosome:15
  Disease type: Medulloblastoma
  Technology: Next Generation Sequencing
  Platform:
  BM694
     
  Case ID: BM694
  Chromosome:14
  Disease type: hTERT RPE-1 cell line
  Technology: Next Generation Sequencing
  Platform: Illumina HiSeq 2000, MiSeq or NextSeq
  BM173
     
  Case ID: BM173
  Chromosome:17
  Disease type: hTERT RPE-1 cell line
  Technology: Next Generation Sequencing
  Platform: Illumina HiSeq 2000, MiSeq or NextSeq
  BM1142
     
  Case ID: BM1142
  Chromosome:10,X
  Disease type: hTERT RPE-1 cell line
  Technology: Next Generation Sequencing
  Platform: Illumina HiSeq 2000, MiSeq or NextSeq
  BM780
     
  Case ID: BM780
  Chromosome:6
  Disease type: hTERT RPE-1 cell line
  Technology: Next Generation Sequencing
  Platform: Illumina HiSeq 2000, MiSeq or NextSeq
  BM605
     
  Case ID: BM605
  Chromosome:6
  Disease type: hTERT RPE-1 cell line
  Technology: Next Generation Sequencing
  Platform: Illumina HiSeq 2000, MiSeq or NextSeq
 
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