2021
Inhibition of histone acetyltransferase function radiosensitizes CREBBP/EP300 mutants via repression of homologous recombination, potentially targeting a gain of function
Kumar M, Molkentine D, Molkentine J, Bridges K, Xie T, Yang L, Hefner A, Gao M, Bahri R, Dhawan A, Frederick MJ, Seth S, Abdelhakiem M, Beadle BM, Johnson F, Wang J, Shen L, Heffernan T, Sheth A, Ferris RL, Myers JN, Pickering CR, Skinner HD. Inhibition of histone acetyltransferase function radiosensitizes CREBBP/EP300 mutants via repression of homologous recombination, potentially targeting a gain of function. Nature Communications 2021, 12: 6340. PMID: 34732714, PMCID: PMC8566594, DOI: 10.1038/s41467-021-26570-8.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAcetylationAnimalsApoptosisBiomarkers, TumorBRCA1 ProteinCell Line, TumorCREB-Binding ProteinE1A-Associated p300 ProteinGain of Function MutationHistone AcetyltransferasesHomologous RecombinationHumansMaleMice, NudeMutationNeoplasmsProtein DomainsSquamous Cell Carcinoma of Head and NeckXenograft Model Antitumor Assays
2018
The Integrated Genomic Landscape of Thymic Epithelial Tumors
Radovich M, Pickering CR, Felau I, Ha G, Zhang H, Jo H, Hoadley KA, Anur P, Zhang J, McLellan M, Bowlby R, Matthew T, Danilova L, Hegde AM, Kim J, Leiserson MDM, Sethi G, Lu C, Ryan M, Su X, Cherniack AD, Robertson G, Akbani R, Spellman P, Weinstein JN, Hayes DN, Raphael B, Lichtenberg T, Leraas K, Zenklusen JC, Network T, Ally A, Appelbaum E, Auman J, Balasundaram M, Balu S, Behera M, Beroukhim R, Berrios M, Blandino G, Bodenheimer T, Bootwalla M, Bowen J, Brooks D, Carcano F, Carlsen R, Carvalho A, Castro P, Chalabreysse L, Chin L, Cho J, Choe G, Chuah E, Chudamani S, Cibulskis C, Cope L, Cordes M, Crain D, Curley E, Defreitas T, Demchok J, Detterbeck F, Dhalla N, Dienemann H, Edenfield W, Facciolo F, Ferguson M, Frazer S, Fronick C, Fulton L, Fulton R, Gabriel S, Gardner J, Gastier-Foster J, Gehlenborg N, Gerken M, Getz G, Heiman D, Hobensack S, Holbrook A, Holt R, Hoyle A, Hutter C, Ittmann M, Jefferys S, Jones C, Jones S, Kasaian K, Kim J, Kimes P, Lai P, Laird P, Lawrence M, Lin P, Liu J, Lolla L, Lu Y, Ma Y, Maglinte D, Mallery D, Mardis E, Marra M, Martin J, Mayo M, Meier S, Meister M, Meng S, Meyerson M, Mieczkowski P, Miller C, Mills G, Moore R, Morris S, Mose L, Muley T, Mungall A, Mungall K, Naresh R, Newton Y, Noble M, Owonikoko T, Parker J, Paulaskis J, Penny R, Perou C, Perrin C, Pihl T, Radenbaugh A, Ramalingam S, Ramirez N, Rieker R, Roach J, Sadeghi S, Saksena G, Schein J, Schmidt H, Schumacher S, Shelton C, Shelton T, Shi Y, Shih J, Sica G, Silveira H, Simons J, Sipahimalani P, Skelly T, Sofia H, Soloway M, Stuart J, Sun Q, Tam A, Tan D, Tarnuzzer R, Thiessen N, Van Den Berg D, Vasef M, Veluvolu U, Voet D, Walter V, Wan Y, Wang Z, Warth A, Weis C, Weisenberger D, Wilkerson M, Wise L, Wong T, Wu H, Wu Y, Yang L, Zhang J, Zmuda E, Fujimoto J, Scapulatempo-Neto C, Moreira A, Hwang D, Huang J, Marino M, Korst R, Giaccone G, Gokmen-Polar Y, Badve S, Rajan A, Ströbel P, Girard N, Tsao M, Marx A, Tsao A, Loehrer P. The Integrated Genomic Landscape of Thymic Epithelial Tumors. Cancer Cell 2018, 33: 244-258.e10. PMID: 29438696, PMCID: PMC5994906, DOI: 10.1016/j.ccell.2018.01.003.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsThymic epithelial tumorsEpithelial tumorsWorld Health Organization (WHO) histological subtypeAutoimmune disease myasthenia gravisDisease myasthenia gravisMuscle autoantigensThymic carcinomaMyasthenia gravisAutoimmune diseasesHistological subtypesAdult malignanciesTumoral overexpressionMarked prevalenceTumorsThymomaSubtypesEnrichment of mutationsGenomic landscapeBiological effectsGenomic hallmarksMolecular linkUnique associationAssociationMulti-platform analysisGravis
2017
APOBEC3A is an oral cancer prognostic biomarker in Taiwanese carriers of an APOBEC deletion polymorphism
Chen TW, Lee CC, Liu H, Wu CS, Pickering CR, Huang PJ, Wang J, Chang IY, Yeh YM, Chen CD, Li HP, Luo JD, Tan BC, Chan TEH, Hsueh C, Chu LJ, Chen YT, Zhang B, Yang CY, Wu CC, Hsu CW, See LC, Tang P, Yu JS, Liao WC, Chiang WF, Rodriguez H, Myers JN, Chang KP, Chang YS. APOBEC3A is an oral cancer prognostic biomarker in Taiwanese carriers of an APOBEC deletion polymorphism. Nature Communications 2017, 8: 465. PMID: 28878238, PMCID: PMC5587710, DOI: 10.1038/s41467-017-00493-9.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsOral squamous cell carcinomaSquamous cell carcinomaCell carcinomaTaiwanese oral squamous cell carcinomasClinical prognostic relevanceBetter overall survivalCancer prognostic biomarkersExpression of APOBEC3AOverall survivalPrognostic relevanceTaiwanese patientsPrognostic biomarkerSecond cohortGermline polymorphismsCancer typesProminent cancerMutational profileDeletion polymorphismPatientsCarcinomaMutation signaturesExpressionPolymorphismCohortTumors
2015
Evolutionary Action Score of TP53 Identifies High-Risk Mutations Associated with Decreased Survival and Increased Distant Metastases in Head and Neck Cancer
Neskey DM, Osman AA, Ow TJ, Katsonis P, McDonald T, Hicks SC, Hsu TK, Pickering CR, Ward A, Patel A, Yordy JS, Skinner HD, Giri U, Sano D, Story MD, Beadle BM, El-Naggar AK, Kies MS, William WN, Caulin C, Frederick M, Kimmel M, Myers JN, Lichtarge O. Evolutionary Action Score of TP53 Identifies High-Risk Mutations Associated with Decreased Survival and Increased Distant Metastases in Head and Neck Cancer. Cancer Research 2015, 75: 1527-1536. PMID: 25634208, PMCID: PMC4383697, DOI: 10.1158/0008-5472.can-14-2735.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTP53 mutationsDistant metastasisP53 mutationsNeck squamous cell carcinomaSquamous cell carcinomaPoor survival outcomesAggressive tumor behaviorEvolutionary action scoreHigh-risk mutationsLung metastasesPrognostic significanceSurvival outcomesCell carcinomaNeck cancerClinical prognosisHigh incidenceLower riskTumor behaviorDecreased survivalKey cellular pathwaysTumor cellsMetastasisRisk mutationsPatientsTumors
2014
Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Oral Tongue in Young Non-Smokers Is Genomically Similar to Tumors in Older Smokers
Pickering CR, Zhang J, Neskey DM, Zhao M, Jasser SA, Wang J, Ward A, Tsai CJ, Alves M, Zhou JH, Drummond J, El-Naggar AK, Gibbs R, Weinstein JN, Wheeler DA, Wang J, Frederick MJ, Myers JN. Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Oral Tongue in Young Non-Smokers Is Genomically Similar to Tumors in Older Smokers. Clinical Cancer Research 2014, 20: 3842-3848. PMID: 24874835, PMCID: PMC4102633, DOI: 10.1158/1078-0432.ccr-14-0565.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSquamous cell carcinomaOlder patientsOral tongueYounger patientsCell carcinomaWhole-exome sequencingOlder smokersSimilar patientsTongue tumorsNon smokersIncreasing incidenceEpidemiologic studiesIndependent cohortPatientsSCCOTSmokingTumorsCohortAlteration frequencyGenomic effectsTCGA dataCopy number analysisGene-specific mutationsOlder cohortTypes of mutations
2011
Exome Sequencing of Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma Reveals Inactivating Mutations in NOTCH1
Agrawal N, Frederick MJ, Pickering CR, Bettegowda C, Chang K, Li RJ, Fakhry C, Xie TX, Zhang J, Wang J, Zhang N, El-Naggar AK, Jasser SA, Weinstein JN, Treviño L, Drummond JA, Muzny DM, Wu Y, Wood LD, Hruban RH, Westra WH, Koch WM, Califano JA, Gibbs RA, Sidransky D, Vogelstein B, Velculescu VE, Papadopoulos N, Wheeler DA, Kinzler KW, Myers JN. Exome Sequencing of Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma Reveals Inactivating Mutations in NOTCH1. Science 2011, 333: 1154-1157. PMID: 21798897, PMCID: PMC3162986, DOI: 10.1126/science.1206923.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsCarcinomaCarcinoma, Squamous CellCell Cycle ProteinsCodon, NonsenseExonsF-Box ProteinsF-Box-WD Repeat-Containing Protein 7Gene DosageGenes, p53Genes, Tumor SuppressorHead and Neck NeoplasmsHumansINDEL MutationMutationMutation, MissenseNeoplasms, Squamous CellOligonucleotide Array Sequence AnalysisOncogenesPapillomaviridaePapillomavirus InfectionsReceptor, Notch1Sequence Analysis, DNASmokingSquamous Cell Carcinoma of Head and NeckUbiquitin-Protein LigasesConceptsNeck squamous cell carcinomaSquamous cell carcinomaCell carcinomaHuman papillomavirusHPV-positive tumorsWhole-exome sequencingMore mutationsPrimary tumorCommon cancerMultiple tumorsTobacco useTumor typesTumorsTumor suppressor geneExome sequencingGene copy number analysisNotch1Copy number analysisPatientsCarcinomaInactivating mutationCancerSuppressor geneMutationsGenetic originPhosphoproteomic Analysis of Signaling Pathways in Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma Patient Samples
Frederick MJ, VanMeter AJ, Gadhikar MA, Henderson YC, Yao H, Pickering CC, Williams MD, El-Naggar AK, Sandulache V, Tarco E, Myers JN, Clayman GL, Liotta LA, Petricoin EF, Calvert VS, Fodale V, Wang J, Weber RS. Phosphoproteomic Analysis of Signaling Pathways in Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma Patient Samples. American Journal Of Pathology 2011, 178: 548-571. PMID: 21281788, PMCID: PMC3070553, DOI: 10.1016/j.ajpath.2010.10.044.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsBiomarkers, TumorBlotting, WesternCarcinoma, Squamous CellCell Line, TumorCluster AnalysisFemaleHead and Neck NeoplasmsHumansImmunohistochemistryMaleMucous MembraneNeoplasm ProteinsPhosphoproteinsPhosphorylationProtein Array AnalysisProtein Kinase CProteomicsReproducibility of ResultsSignal TransductionConceptsReverse-phase protein microarrayNeck squamous cell carcinomaSquamous cell carcinomaEukaryotic translation initiation factor 4ETranslation initiation factor 4ECell carcinomaInitiation factor 4ESmall molecule inhibitorsSerine 345Phosphoproteomic analysisChk-2Protein kinaseSignaling pathwaysElevated analytesPatient-specific differencesLung cancerBiopsy specimensPromising new strategyProtein microarraysTumor typesTheranostic testsEnd pointPatient samplesTumorsPersonalized therapy
2001
Is p53 Haploinsufficient for Tumor Suppression? Implications for the p53+/- Mouse Model in Carcinogenicity Testing
Venkatachalam S, Tyner S, Pickering C, Boley S, Recio L, French J, Donehower L. Is p53 Haploinsufficient for Tumor Suppression? Implications for the p53+/- Mouse Model in Carcinogenicity Testing. Toxicologic Pathology 2001, 29: 147-154. PMID: 11695551, DOI: 10.1080/019262301753178555.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEnhanced tumor susceptibilityWild-type p53 alleleP53-deficient miceMouse modelP53 alleleP53 dosageTumor susceptibilityTransgenic mouse modelWild-type littermatesDifferent tumor typesP53 tumor suppressor geneTumor suppressionP53 LOHTumor typesTumorsTumor suppressor geneMiceP53 lossHaploinsufficient tumor suppressorCarcinogenicity testingPreliminary dataOncogenic lesionsCancer formationMechanisms of genotoxicityTumor suppressor