Patterns of somatic structural variation in human cancer genomes
Authors: Li Yilong , Roberts Nicola D. , Wala Jeremiah A. , Shapira Ofer , Schumacher Steven E. , Kumar Kiran , Khurana Ekta , Waszak Sebastian , Korbel Jan O. , Haber James E. , Imielinski Marcin ,   PCAWG Structural Variation Working Group, Akdemir Kadir C. , Alvarez Eva G. , Baez-Ortega Adrian , Beroukhim Rameen , Boutros Paul C. , Bowtell David D. L. , Brors Benedikt , Burns Kathleen H. , Campbell Peter J. , Chan Kin , Chen Ken , Cortés-Ciriano Isidro , Dueso-Barroso Ana , Dunford Andrew J. , Edwards Paul A. , Estivill Xavier , Etemadmoghadam Dariush , Feuerbach Lars , Fink J. Lynn , Frenkel-Morgenstern Milana , Garsed Dale W. , Gerstein Mark , Gordenin Dmitry A. , Haan David , Haber James E. , Hess Julian M. , Hutter Barbara , Imielinski Marcin , Jones David T. W. , Ju Young Seok , Kazanov Marat D. , Klimczak Leszek J. , Koh Youngil , Korbel Jan O. , Kumar Kiran , Lee Eunjung Alice , Lee Jake June-Koo , Li Yilong , Lynch Andy G. , Macintyre Geoff , Markowetz Florian , Martincorena Iñigo , Martinez-Fundichely Alexander , Meyerson Matthew , Miyano Satoru , Nakagawa Hidewaki , Navarro Fabio C. P. , Ossowski Stephan , Park Peter J. , Pearson John V. , Puiggròs Montserrat , Rippe Karsten , Roberts Nicola D. , Roberts Steven A. , Rodriguez-Martin Bernardo , Schumacher Steven E. , Scully Ralph , Shackleton Mark , Sidiropoulos Nikos , Sieverling Lina , Stewart Chip , Torrents David , Tubio Jose M. C. , Villasante Izar , Waddell Nicola , Wala Jeremiah A. , Weischenfeldt Joachim , Yang Lixing , Yao Xiaotong , Yoon Sung-Soo , Zamora Jorge , Zhang Cheng-Zhong , Weischenfeldt Joachim , Beroukhim Rameen , Campbell Peter J. ,   PCAWG Consortium, Aaltonen Lauri A. , Abascal Federico , Abeshouse Adam , Aburatani Hiroyuki , Adams David J. , Agrawal Nishant , Ahn Keun Soo , Ahn Sung-Min , Aikata Hiroshi , Akbani Rehan , Akdemir Kadir C. , Al-Ahmadie Hikmat , Al-Sedairy Sultan T. , Al-Shahrour Fatima , Alawi Malik , Albert Monique , Aldape Kenneth , Alexandrov Ludmil B. , Ally Adrian , Alsop Kathryn , Alvarez Eva G. , Amary Fernanda , Amin Samirkumar B. , Aminou Brice , Ammerpohl Ole , Anderson Matthew J. , Ang Yeng , Antonello Davide , Anur Pavana , Aparicio Samuel , Appelbaum Elizabeth L. , Arai Yasuhito , Aretz Axel , Arihiro Koji , Ariizumi Shun-ichi , Armenia Joshua , Arnould Laurent , Asa Sylvia , Assenov Yassen , Atwal Gurnit , Aukema Sietse , Auman J. Todd , Aure Miriam R. 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Published: February 2020

A key mutational process in cancer is structural variation, in which rearrangements delete, amplify or reorder genomic segments that range in size from kilobases to whole chromosomes1–7. Here we develop methods to group, classify and describe somatic structural variants, using data from the Pan-Cancer Analysis of Whole Genomes (PCAWG) Consortium of the International Cancer Genome Consortium (ICGC) and The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA), which aggregated whole-genome sequencing data from 2,658 cancers across 38 tumour types8. Sixteen signatures of structural variation emerged. Deletions have a multimodal size distribution, assort unevenly across tumour types and patients, are enriched in late-replicating regions and correlate with inversions. Tandem duplications also have a multimodal size distribution, but are enriched in early-replicating regions—as are unbalanced translocations. Replication-based mechanisms of rearrangement generate varied chromosomal structures with low-level copy-number gains and frequent inverted rearrangements. One prominent structure consists of 2–7 templates copied from distinct regions of the genome strung together within one locus. Such cycles of templated insertions correlate with tandem duplications, and—in liver cancer—frequently activate the telomerase gene TERT. A wide variety of rearrangement processes are active in cancer, which generate complex configurations of the genome upon which selection can act.