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BMC MEDICAL GENOMICS
Volume 12, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
BMC
DOI: 10.1186/s12920-019-0483-x
Keywords
Carotid body tumor; Mutational load; Somatic variants; Germline variants; Exome; High-throughput sequencing
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- Russian Foundation for Basic Research [16-04-01521a]
- Russian Science Foundation [17-75-20105]
- ICGEB project [CRP/RUS15-01]
- Russian Science Foundation [17-75-20105] Funding Source: Russian Science Foundation
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BackgroundCarotid body tumor (CBT) is a rare neoplasm arising from paraganglion located near the bifurcation of the carotid artery. There is great intra-tumor heterogeneity, and CBT development could be associated with both germline and somatic allelic variants. Studies on the molecular genetics of CBT are limited, and the molecular mechanisms of its pathogenesis are not fully understood. This work is focused on the estimation of mutational load (ML) in CBT.MethodsUsing the NextSeq 500 platform,we performed exome sequencing of tumors with matched lymph node tissues and peripheral blood obtained from six patients with CBT. To obtain reliable results in tumors withlow ML, we developed and successfully applied a complex approach for the analysis of sequencing data. ML was evaluated as the number of somatic variants per megabase (Mb) of the target regions covered by the Illumina TruSeq Exome Library Prep Kit.ResultsThe ML in CBT varied in the range of 0.09-0.28/Mb. Additionally, we identified several pathogenic/likely pathogenic somatic and germline allelic variants across six patients studied (including TP53 variants).ConclusionsUsing the developed approach, we estimated the ML in CBT, which is much lower than in common malignant tumors. Identified variants in known paraganglioma/pheochromocytoma-causative genes and novel genescouldbe associated with thepathogenesis of CBT. The obtained results expand ourknowledgeof the mutationprocess in CBTas well as the biology of tumor development.
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