The Journal of Pathology
The Journal of Pathology
4 years ago

Genomic Profiles of Lung Cancer Associated with Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis

Ji An Hwang, Hyeong Ryul Kim, SooHyun Bae, Chang-Min Choi, Mi Young Kim, Sung-Min Chun, Jin Woo Song, Joon Seon Song, Deokhoon Kim, Hyun Jung Koo, Se Jin Jang, Jae Cheol Lee, Woo Sung Kim
Little is known on the pathogenesis or molecular profiles of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis-associated lung cancer (IPF-LC). This study was performed to investigate the genomic profiles of IPF-LC and to explore the possibility of defining potential therapeutic targets in IPF-LC. We assessed genomic profiles of IPF-LC using targeted exome sequencing (OncoPanel version 2) in 35 matched tumor/normal pairs surgically resected between 2004 and 2014. Germline and somatic variant calling was performed using GATK HaplotypeCaller and MuTect with GATK SomaticIndelocator, respectively. Copy number analysis was conducted using CNVkit with focal events determined by GISTIC 2.0, and pathway analysis (KEGG) using DAVID. Germline mutations in TERT (rs2736100, n=33) and CDKN1A (rs2395655, n=27) associated with IPF risk were detected in most samples. A total of 410 somatic mutations were identified with an average of 11.7 per tumor including 69 synonymous, 177 missense, 17 nonsense, 1 nonstop, 11 splice-site mutations, and 135 small coding indels. Spectra of the somatic mutations revealed predominant C>T transitions despite extensive smoking history in most patients, suggesting the potential association between APOBEC-related mutagenesis and the development of IPF-LC. TP53 (22/35, 62.9%) and BRAF (6/35, 17.1%) genes were found significantly mutated in IPF-LC. Recurrent focal amplifications in 3 chromosomal loci (3q26.33, 7q31.2, and 12q14.3) and 9p21.3 deletion were identified, and genes associated with the JAK-STAT signaling pathway were significantly amplified in IPF-LC (P=0.012). This study demonstrates that IPF-LC is genetically characterized by the presence of somatic mutations reflecting a variety of environmental exposures on the background of specific germline mutations, and is associated with potentially targetable alterations such as BRAF mutations.

Publisher URL: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/resolve/doi

DOI: 10.1002/path.4978

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