1. AmpliconReconstructor integrates NGS and optical mapping to resolve the complex structures of focal amplifications.
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Luebeck J, Coruh C, Dehkordi SR, Lange JT, Turner KM, Deshpande V, Pai DA, Zhang C, Rajkumar U, Law JA, Mischel PS, and Bafna V
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- Cell Line, Tumor, Chromosome Mapping methods, Cytogenetic Analysis, Genome, Human genetics, High-Throughput Nucleotide Sequencing methods, Humans, Gene Amplification, Genomics methods, Neoplasms genetics, Oncogenes genetics
- Abstract
Oncogene amplification, a major driver of cancer pathogenicity, is often mediated through focal amplification of genomic segments. Recent results implicate extrachromosomal DNA (ecDNA) as the primary driver of focal copy number amplification (fCNA) - enabling gene amplification, rapid tumor evolution, and the rewiring of regulatory circuitry. Resolving an fCNA's structure is a first step in deciphering the mechanisms of its genesis and the fCNA's subsequent biological consequences. We introduce a computational method, AmpliconReconstructor (AR), for integrating optical mapping (OM) of long DNA fragments (>150 kb) with next-generation sequencing (NGS) to resolve fCNAs at single-nucleotide resolution. AR uses an NGS-derived breakpoint graph alongside OM scaffolds to produce high-fidelity reconstructions. After validating its performance through multiple simulation strategies, AR reconstructed fCNAs in seven cancer cell lines to reveal the complex architecture of ecDNA, a breakage-fusion-bridge and other complex rearrangements. By reconstructing the rearrangement signatures associated with an fCNA's generative mechanism, AR enables a more thorough understanding of the origins of fCNAs.
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- 2020
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