PIGA Mutations and Glycosylphosphatidylinositol Anchor Dysregulation in Polyposis-Associated Duodenal Tumorigenesis

Elena Meuser, Kyle Chang, Angharad Walters, Joanna J. Hurley, Hannah D. West, Iain Perry, Matthew Mort, Laura Reyes-Uribe, Rebekah Truscott, Nicholas Jones, Rachel Lawrence, Gareth Jenkins, Peter Giles, Sunil Dolwani, Bilal Al-Sarireh, Neil Hawkes, Emma Short, Geraint T. Williams, Melissa W. Taggart, Kim LuetchfordPatrick M. Lynch, Diantha Terlouw, Maartje Nielsen, Sarah Jane Walton, Andrew Latchford, Susan K. Clark, Julian R. Sampson, Eduardo Vilar, Laura E. Thomas

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Abstract

The pathogenesis of duodenal tumors in the inherited tumor syndromes familial adenomatous polyposis (FAP) and MUTYHassociated polyposis (MAP) is poorly understood. This study aimed to identify genes that are significantly mutated in these tumors and to explore the effects of these mutations. Whole exome and whole transcriptome sequencing identified recurrent somatic coding variants of phosphatidylinositol N-acetylglucosaminyltransferase subunit A (PIGA) in 19/70 (27%) FAP and MAP duodenal adenomas, and further confirmed the established driver roles for APC and KRAS. PIGA catalyzes the first step in glycosylphosphatidylinositol (GPI) anchor biosynthesis. Flow cytometry of PIGA-mutant adenoma- derived and CRISPR-edited duodenal organoids confirmed loss of GPI anchors in duodenal epithelial cells and transcriptional profiling of duodenal adenomas revealed transcriptional signatures associated with loss of PIGA.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)515-523
Number of pages9
JournalMolecular Cancer Research
Volume22
Issue number6
DOIs
StatePublished - Jun 1 2024

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • General Medicine

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