Comparative Somatic Variant Analysis of a Rare Case with Concurrent Oral Leukoplakia and Oral Submucosal Fibrosis
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Published:2022
Issue:4
Volume:162
Page:207-213
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ISSN:1424-8581
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Container-title:Cytogenetic and Genome Research
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language:en
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Short-container-title:Cytogenet Genome Res
Author:
Anne Anuhya,Bindra Sukhvinder,Reddy Kanapuram V.R.,Gummanur Madhusudhana R.,Mohan Kommu N.
Abstract
Oral leukoplakia (OL) and oral submucosal fibrosis (OSMF) are precancerous conditions with common etiologies but with different risks for oral cancer (OC) progression. In rare cases, both conditions occur in the same patient and provide an opportunity for understanding the common and distinctive variants upon exposure of genetically identical normal cells to the same carcinogen(s). We performed exome sequencing of a patient with OL (hyperplasia, but no dysplasia) and OSMF (grade II) in the opposite cheeks using blood DNA as the reference genome. The overall somatic variant burden was higher in OSMF than OL, but opposite in the case of copy number alterations. OL-specific variants were enriched in genes associated with DNA repair, cell division/cell cycle checkpoint pathways, whereas in OSMF, extracellular matrix-receptor interaction was mainly affected. The proportions of variants in cancer driver genes and cancer driver mutations were similar in both cases indicating no difference in the potential risk associated with the two conditions at the stages sampled. Future studies on rare cases similar to the one described in this report will help in understanding the molecular basis of differences associated with OL and OSMF and shared processes accompanying OC progression.
Subject
Genetics (clinical),Genetics,Molecular Biology
Cited by
2 articles.
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