Abstract 5226: Genomic analysis of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma in a patient with MUTYH-associated polyposis
Authors: Schrader Kasmintan A. , Chu’ng Carolyn , Zhao Eric , Wong Hui-li , Shen Yaoqing , Jones Martin , Thomson Tom , Lim Howard , Young Sean , Cremin Carol , Holt Robert , Eirew Peter , Karasinska Joanna , Schein Jacquie , Zhao Yongjun , Mungall Andy , Moore Richard , Ma Yussanne , Fok Alexandra , Roscoe Robyn , Yip Stephen , Mitchell Gillian , Karsan Aly , Jones Steven , Schaeffer David , Laskin Janessa , Marra Marco , Renouf Daniel 
Published: July 2016

Biallelic pathogenic germline variants in the DNA repair glycosylase, MUTYH, cause MUTYH-associated polyposis, characterised by an increased susceptibility to colorectal adenomas and carcinomas secondary to defective base excision repair. We report a patient diagnosed with Stage IIB distal pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) at the age of 45 years. Prior colonoscopy and gastroscopy noted three colonic tubular adenomas and a gastric fundic gland polyp. The patient was consented to whole genome and transcriptome sequencing of the PDAC and matched normal blood DNA through the British Columbia Personalized Onco-Genomics (POG) program. Analysis of germline and somatic variants including single nucleotide variants, copy number determination, loss of heterozygosity detection and mutational signatures was undertaken. Expression fold-changes were calculated against Illumina BodyMap pancreatic tissue averages and compared against The Cancer Genome Atlas PDAC cases. Germline analysis revealed biallelic mutations in the MUTYH gene. In light of this patient's personal and family history of adenomatous colon polyps, clinic-initiated panel testing of 14 cancer susceptibility genes, including MUTYH, via Illumina sequencing with reflex Sanger confirmation revealed the same biallelic MUTYH changes. Analysis of the patient's PDAC revealed a base excision repair pathway signature, demonstrated by an increased frequency of C:G&gt;A:T transversions, consistent with deficient MUTYH activity. This is the first association of germline MUTYH biallelic pathogenic variants with PDAC and provides evidence of the contribution of aberrant MUTYH function to the genomic landscape of a PDAC. Detection of the base excision repair mutational signature may be a sensitive way to screen tumors for aberrant MUTYH function that can reveal potential germline MUTYH-related cancer susceptibility, and allow inference of pathogenicity of detected MUTYH variants, which may have cancer prevention and therapeutic implications.

Citation Format: Kasmintan A. Schrader, Carolyn Chu’ng, Eric Zhao, Hui-li Wong, Yaoqing Shen, Martin Jones, Tom Thomson, Howard Lim, Sean Young, Carol Cremin, Robert Holt, Peter Eirew, Joanna Karasinska, Jacquie Schein, Yongjun Zhao, Andy Mungall, Richard Moore, Yussanne Ma, Alexandra Fok, Robyn Roscoe, Stephen Yip, Gillian Mitchell, Aly Karsan, Steven Jones, David Schaeffer, Janessa Laskin, Marco Marra, Daniel Renouf. Genomic analysis of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma in a patient with MUTYH-associated polyposis. [abstract]. In: Proceedings of the 107th Annual Meeting of the American Association for Cancer Research; 2016 Apr 16-20; New Orleans, LA. Philadelphia (PA): AACR; Cancer Res 2016;76(14 Suppl):Abstract nr 5226.