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BMC CANCER
Volume 21, Issue 1, Pages -Publisher
BMC
DOI: 10.1186/s12885-021-08131-w
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Liver cancer; Synonymous mutations; Codon usage; Gene expression; Translation
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Synonymous mutations, which do not change protein sequences, can alter codon optimality and translational velocity, playing a significant role in liver cancer development. These mutations should no longer be ignored in genome-wide studies.
Background Synonymous mutations do not change the protein sequences. Automatically, they have been regarded as neutral events and are ignored in the mutation-based cancer studies. However, synonymous mutations will change the codon optimality, resulting in altered translational velocity. Methods We fully utilized the transcriptome and translatome of liver cancer and normal tissue from ten patients. We profiled the mutation spectrum and examined the effect of synonymous mutations on translational velocity. Results Synonymous mutations that increase the codon optimality significantly enhanced the translational velocity, and were enriched in oncogenes. Meanwhile, synonymous mutations decreasing codon optimality slowed down translation, and were enriched in tumor suppressor genes. These synonymous mutations significantly contributed to the translational changes in tumor samples compared to normal samples. Conclusions Synonymous mutations might play a role in liver cancer development by altering codon optimality and translational velocity. Synonymous mutations should no longer be ignored in the genome-wide studies.
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