APOBEC3A drives deaminase domain-independent chromosomal instability to promote pancreatic cancer metastasis

Sonja M. Wörmann; Amy Zhang; Fredrik I. Thege; Robert W. Cowan; Dhwani N. Rupani; Runsheng Wang; Sara L. Manning; Chris Gates; Weisheng Wu; Rena Levin-Klein; Kimal I. Rajapakshe; Meifang Yu; Asha S. Multani; Ya’an Kang; Cullen M. Taniguchi; Katharina Schlacher; Melena D. Bellin; Matthew H.G. Katz; Michael P. Kim; Jason B. Fleming; Steven Gallinger; Ravikanth Maddipati; Reuben S. Harris; Faiyaz Notta; Susan R. Ross; Anirban Maitra; Andrew D. Rhim

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APOBEC3A drives deaminase domain-independent chromosomal instability to promote pancreatic cancer metastasis

Sonja M. Wörmann, Amy Zhang, Fredrik I. Thege, Robert W. Cowan, Dhwani N. Rupani, Runsheng Wang, Sara L. Manning, Chris Gates, Weisheng Wu, Rena Levin-Klein, Kimal I. Rajapakshe, Meifang Yu, Asha S. Multani, Ya’an Kang, Cullen M. Taniguchi, Katharina Schlacher, Melena D. Bellin, Matthew H.G. Katz, Michael P. Kim, Jason B. FlemingSteven Gallinger, Ravikanth Maddipati, Reuben S. Harris, Faiyaz Notta, Susan R. Ross, Anirban Maitra, Andrew D. Rhim

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Abstract

Despite efforts in understanding its underlying mechanisms, the etiology of chromosomal instability (CIN) remains unclear for many tumor types. Here, we identify CIN initiation as a previously undescribed function for APOBEC3A (A3A), a cytidine deaminase upregulated across cancer types. Using genetic mouse models of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDA) and genomics analyses in human tumor cells we show that A3A-induced CIN leads to aggressive tumors characterized by enhanced early dissemination and metastasis in a STING-dependent manner and independently of the canonical deaminase functions of A3A. We show that A3A upregulation recapitulates numerous copy number alterations commonly observed in patients with PDA, including co-deletions in DNA repair pathway genes, which in turn render these tumors susceptible to poly (ADP-ribose) polymerase inhibition. Overall, our results demonstrate that A3A plays an unexpected role in PDA as a specific driver of CIN, with significant effects on disease progression and treatment.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	1338-1356
Number of pages	19
Journal	Nature Cancer
Volume	2
Issue number	12
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1038/s43018-021-00268-8
State	Published - Dec 2021

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Wörmann, S. M., Zhang, A., Thege, F. I., Cowan, R. W., Rupani, D. N., Wang, R., Manning, S. L., Gates, C., Wu, W., Levin-Klein, R., Rajapakshe, K. I., Yu, M., Multani, A. S., Kang, Y., Taniguchi, C. M., Schlacher, K., Bellin, M. D., Katz, M. H. G., Kim, M. P., ... Rhim, A. D. (2021). APOBEC3A drives deaminase domain-independent chromosomal instability to promote pancreatic cancer metastasis. Nature Cancer, 2(12), 1338-1356. https://doi.org/10.1038/s43018-021-00268-8

Wörmann, SM, Zhang, A, Thege, FI, Cowan, RW, Rupani, DN, Wang, R, Manning, SL, Gates, C, Wu, W, Levin-Klein, R, Rajapakshe, KI, Yu, M, Multani, AS , Kang, Y, Taniguchi, CM, Schlacher, K, Bellin, MD, Katz, MHG , Kim, MP, Fleming, JB, Gallinger, S, Maddipati, R, Harris, RS, Notta, F, Ross, SR, Maitra, A & Rhim, AD 2021, 'APOBEC3A drives deaminase domain-independent chromosomal instability to promote pancreatic cancer metastasis', Nature Cancer, vol. 2, no. 12, pp. 1338-1356. https://doi.org/10.1038/s43018-021-00268-8

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