Correlation between gene mutation status and selected clinical features
Overview
Introduction

This pipeline computes the correlation between significantly recurrent gene mutations and selected clinical features.

Summary

Testing the association between mutation status of 42 genes and 5 clinical features across 248 patients, 10 significant findings detected with Q value < 0.25.

  • PTEN mutation correlated to 'HISTOLOGICAL.TYPE'.

  • CTNNB1 mutation correlated to 'HISTOLOGICAL.TYPE'.

  • KRAS mutation correlated to 'AGE' and 'HISTOLOGICAL.TYPE'.

  • PIK3R1 mutation correlated to 'HISTOLOGICAL.TYPE'.

  • PPP2R1A mutation correlated to 'HISTOLOGICAL.TYPE'.

  • TP53 mutation correlated to 'AGE' and 'HISTOLOGICAL.TYPE'.

  • CTCF mutation correlated to 'HISTOLOGICAL.TYPE'.

  • ARID1A mutation correlated to 'HISTOLOGICAL.TYPE'.

Results
Overview of the results

Table 1.  Get Full Table Overview of the association between mutation status of 42 genes and 5 clinical features. Shown in the table are P values (Q values). Thresholded by Q value < 0.25, 10 significant findings detected.

Clinical
Features
Time
to
Death
AGE HISTOLOGICAL
TYPE
RADIATIONS
RADIATION
REGIMENINDICATION
COMPLETENESS
OF
RESECTION
nMutated (%) nWild-Type logrank test t-test Fisher's exact test Fisher's exact test Fisher's exact test
KRAS 53 (21%) 195 0.072
(1.00)
0.000274
(0.0556)
0.000277
(0.0559)
0.253
(1.00)
0.388
(1.00)
TP53 69 (28%) 179 0.325
(1.00)
6.15e-06
(0.00127)
6.43e-23
(1.34e-20)
0.371
(1.00)
0.175
(1.00)
PTEN 161 (65%) 87 0.19
(1.00)
0.0276
(1.00)
5.51e-24
(1.16e-21)
0.0503
(1.00)
0.0491
(1.00)
CTNNB1 74 (30%) 174 0.878
(1.00)
0.0017
(0.34)
1.81e-08
(3.77e-06)
0.381
(1.00)
0.302
(1.00)
PIK3R1 83 (33%) 165 0.871
(1.00)
0.806
(1.00)
1.54e-06
(0.000319)
0.395
(1.00)
0.956
(1.00)
PPP2R1A 27 (11%) 221 0.121
(1.00)
0.0374
(1.00)
0.000478
(0.0961)
0.52
(1.00)
1
(1.00)
CTCF 45 (18%) 203 0.405
(1.00)
0.0198
(1.00)
0.00012
(0.0246)
0.863
(1.00)
0.869
(1.00)
ARID1A 83 (33%) 165 0.008
(1.00)
0.00721
(1.00)
9.52e-05
(0.0195)
0.673
(1.00)
0.253
(1.00)
FBXW7 39 (16%) 209 0.772
(1.00)
0.904
(1.00)
0.00354
(0.704)
0.855
(1.00)
0.592
(1.00)
PIK3CA 132 (53%) 116 0.055
(1.00)
0.195
(1.00)
0.252
(1.00)
0.593
(1.00)
0.184
(1.00)
PRKAR1B 4 (2%) 244 0.702
(1.00)
0.978
(1.00)
1
(1.00)
0.608
(1.00)
1
(1.00)
SPOP 21 (8%) 227 0.65
(1.00)
0.527
(1.00)
0.842
(1.00)
0.811
(1.00)
0.408
(1.00)
FGFR2 31 (12%) 217 0.9
(1.00)
0.998
(1.00)
0.776
(1.00)
1
(1.00)
0.337
(1.00)
P2RY11 7 (3%) 241 0.568
(1.00)
0.518
(1.00)
0.655
(1.00)
0.694
(1.00)
0.154
(1.00)
CCND1 15 (6%) 233 0.729
(1.00)
0.0556
(1.00)
0.14
(1.00)
0.4
(1.00)
0.0735
(1.00)
CHD4 35 (14%) 213 0.361
(1.00)
0.418
(1.00)
0.454
(1.00)
0.565
(1.00)
0.967
(1.00)
NFE2L2 15 (6%) 233 0.903
(1.00)
0.191
(1.00)
0.14
(1.00)
0.589
(1.00)
0.789
(1.00)
SOX17 7 (3%) 241 0.669
(1.00)
0.848
(1.00)
0.427
(1.00)
0.428
(1.00)
0.709
(1.00)
FOXA2 12 (5%) 236 0.799
(1.00)
0.531
(1.00)
1
(1.00)
0.229
(1.00)
0.58
(1.00)
FAM9A 14 (6%) 234 0.378
(1.00)
0.913
(1.00)
0.437
(1.00)
1
(1.00)
0.859
(1.00)
SMTNL2 9 (4%) 239 0.472
(1.00)
0.53
(1.00)
1
(1.00)
1
(1.00)
0.351
(1.00)
RBMX 13 (5%) 235 0.336
(1.00)
0.161
(1.00)
0.302
(1.00)
0.142
(1.00)
0.138
(1.00)
MAX 11 (4%) 237 0.889
(1.00)
0.336
(1.00)
0.352
(1.00)
0.753
(1.00)
0.421
(1.00)
ING1 13 (5%) 235 0.37
(1.00)
0.694
(1.00)
0.302
(1.00)
0.142
(1.00)
0.859
(1.00)
ABI1 4 (2%) 244 0.663
(1.00)
0.0342
(1.00)
1
(1.00)
0.302
(1.00)
0.282
(1.00)
RPL14 7 (3%) 241 0.532
(1.00)
0.677
(1.00)
1
(1.00)
0.428
(1.00)
0.378
(1.00)
DNER 18 (7%) 230 0.746
(1.00)
0.0414
(1.00)
0.417
(1.00)
0.44
(1.00)
0.806
(1.00)
NRAS 9 (4%) 239 0.354
(1.00)
0.616
(1.00)
1
(1.00)
0.722
(1.00)
1
(1.00)
HPD 7 (3%) 241 0.43
(1.00)
0.0538
(1.00)
0.427
(1.00)
1
(1.00)
0.517
(1.00)
RASA1 22 (9%) 226 0.127
(1.00)
0.466
(1.00)
0.576
(1.00)
0.639
(1.00)
1
(1.00)
ZNF267 16 (6%) 232 0.565
(1.00)
0.207
(1.00)
0.804
(1.00)
0.79
(1.00)
0.62
(1.00)
SGK1 15 (6%) 233 0.925
(1.00)
0.427
(1.00)
0.47
(1.00)
0.158
(1.00)
0.122
(1.00)
ARID5B 29 (12%) 219 0.642
(1.00)
0.649
(1.00)
0.0105
(1.00)
1
(1.00)
0.161
(1.00)
CYLC1 18 (7%) 230 0.198
(1.00)
0.765
(1.00)
0.417
(1.00)
0.313
(1.00)
0.27
(1.00)
DYRK1A 12 (5%) 236 0.939
(1.00)
0.386
(1.00)
0.754
(1.00)
0.552
(1.00)
0.408
(1.00)
METTL14 10 (4%) 238 0.358
(1.00)
0.833
(1.00)
0.336
(1.00)
1
(1.00)
0.844
(1.00)
TPTE 15 (6%) 233 0.273
(1.00)
0.167
(1.00)
0.14
(1.00)
1
(1.00)
1
(1.00)
UPF3B 16 (6%) 232 0.735
(1.00)
0.81
(1.00)
0.478
(1.00)
0.588
(1.00)
1
(1.00)
UBE2QL1 5 (2%) 243 0.753
(1.00)
0.163
(1.00)
0.621
(1.00)
0.342
(1.00)
1
(1.00)
ZNF286A 12 (5%) 236 0.308
(1.00)
0.518
(1.00)
0.754
(1.00)
0.229
(1.00)
0.689
(1.00)
ZNF263 8 (3%) 240 0.452
(1.00)
0.219
(1.00)
0.436
(1.00)
1
(1.00)
0.0554
(1.00)
TAB3 18 (7%) 230 0.22
(1.00)
0.107
(1.00)
0.0859
(1.00)
0.616
(1.00)
0.353
(1.00)
'PTEN MUTATION STATUS' versus 'HISTOLOGICAL.TYPE'

P value = 5.51e-24 (Fisher's exact test), Q value = 1.2e-21

Table S1.  Gene #1: 'PTEN MUTATION STATUS' versus Clinical Feature #3: 'HISTOLOGICAL.TYPE'

nPatients ENDOMETRIOID ENDOMETRIAL ADENOCARCINOMA MIXED SEROUS AND ENDOMETRIOID SEROUS ENDOMETRIAL ADENOCARCINOMA
ALL 200 4 44
PTEN MUTATED 159 1 1
PTEN WILD-TYPE 41 3 43

Figure S1.  Get High-res Image Gene #1: 'PTEN MUTATION STATUS' versus Clinical Feature #3: 'HISTOLOGICAL.TYPE'

'CTNNB1 MUTATION STATUS' versus 'HISTOLOGICAL.TYPE'

P value = 1.81e-08 (Fisher's exact test), Q value = 3.8e-06

Table S2.  Gene #2: 'CTNNB1 MUTATION STATUS' versus Clinical Feature #3: 'HISTOLOGICAL.TYPE'

nPatients ENDOMETRIOID ENDOMETRIAL ADENOCARCINOMA MIXED SEROUS AND ENDOMETRIOID SEROUS ENDOMETRIAL ADENOCARCINOMA
ALL 200 4 44
CTNNB1 MUTATED 74 0 0
CTNNB1 WILD-TYPE 126 4 44

Figure S2.  Get High-res Image Gene #2: 'CTNNB1 MUTATION STATUS' versus Clinical Feature #3: 'HISTOLOGICAL.TYPE'

'KRAS MUTATION STATUS' versus 'AGE'

P value = 0.000274 (t-test), Q value = 0.056

Table S3.  Gene #4: 'KRAS MUTATION STATUS' versus Clinical Feature #2: 'AGE'

nPatients Mean (Std.Dev)
ALL 248 63.1 (11.1)
KRAS MUTATED 53 58.8 (8.7)
KRAS WILD-TYPE 195 64.3 (11.4)

Figure S3.  Get High-res Image Gene #4: 'KRAS MUTATION STATUS' versus Clinical Feature #2: 'AGE'

'KRAS MUTATION STATUS' versus 'HISTOLOGICAL.TYPE'

P value = 0.000277 (Fisher's exact test), Q value = 0.056

Table S4.  Gene #4: 'KRAS MUTATION STATUS' versus Clinical Feature #3: 'HISTOLOGICAL.TYPE'

nPatients ENDOMETRIOID ENDOMETRIAL ADENOCARCINOMA MIXED SEROUS AND ENDOMETRIOID SEROUS ENDOMETRIAL ADENOCARCINOMA
ALL 200 4 44
KRAS MUTATED 52 0 1
KRAS WILD-TYPE 148 4 43

Figure S4.  Get High-res Image Gene #4: 'KRAS MUTATION STATUS' versus Clinical Feature #3: 'HISTOLOGICAL.TYPE'

'PIK3R1 MUTATION STATUS' versus 'HISTOLOGICAL.TYPE'

P value = 1.54e-06 (Fisher's exact test), Q value = 0.00032

Table S5.  Gene #6: 'PIK3R1 MUTATION STATUS' versus Clinical Feature #3: 'HISTOLOGICAL.TYPE'

nPatients ENDOMETRIOID ENDOMETRIAL ADENOCARCINOMA MIXED SEROUS AND ENDOMETRIOID SEROUS ENDOMETRIAL ADENOCARCINOMA
ALL 200 4 44
PIK3R1 MUTATED 80 1 2
PIK3R1 WILD-TYPE 120 3 42

Figure S5.  Get High-res Image Gene #6: 'PIK3R1 MUTATION STATUS' versus Clinical Feature #3: 'HISTOLOGICAL.TYPE'

'PPP2R1A MUTATION STATUS' versus 'HISTOLOGICAL.TYPE'

P value = 0.000478 (Fisher's exact test), Q value = 0.096

Table S6.  Gene #7: 'PPP2R1A MUTATION STATUS' versus Clinical Feature #3: 'HISTOLOGICAL.TYPE'

nPatients ENDOMETRIOID ENDOMETRIAL ADENOCARCINOMA MIXED SEROUS AND ENDOMETRIOID SEROUS ENDOMETRIAL ADENOCARCINOMA
ALL 200 4 44
PPP2R1A MUTATED 14 1 12
PPP2R1A WILD-TYPE 186 3 32

Figure S6.  Get High-res Image Gene #7: 'PPP2R1A MUTATION STATUS' versus Clinical Feature #3: 'HISTOLOGICAL.TYPE'

'TP53 MUTATION STATUS' versus 'AGE'

P value = 6.15e-06 (t-test), Q value = 0.0013

Table S7.  Gene #10: 'TP53 MUTATION STATUS' versus Clinical Feature #2: 'AGE'

nPatients Mean (Std.Dev)
ALL 248 63.1 (11.1)
TP53 MUTATED 69 67.9 (9.4)
TP53 WILD-TYPE 179 61.3 (11.2)

Figure S7.  Get High-res Image Gene #10: 'TP53 MUTATION STATUS' versus Clinical Feature #2: 'AGE'

'TP53 MUTATION STATUS' versus 'HISTOLOGICAL.TYPE'

P value = 6.43e-23 (Fisher's exact test), Q value = 1.3e-20

Table S8.  Gene #10: 'TP53 MUTATION STATUS' versus Clinical Feature #3: 'HISTOLOGICAL.TYPE'

nPatients ENDOMETRIOID ENDOMETRIAL ADENOCARCINOMA MIXED SEROUS AND ENDOMETRIOID SEROUS ENDOMETRIAL ADENOCARCINOMA
ALL 200 4 44
TP53 MUTATED 27 3 39
TP53 WILD-TYPE 173 1 5

Figure S8.  Get High-res Image Gene #10: 'TP53 MUTATION STATUS' versus Clinical Feature #3: 'HISTOLOGICAL.TYPE'

'CTCF MUTATION STATUS' versus 'HISTOLOGICAL.TYPE'

P value = 0.00012 (Fisher's exact test), Q value = 0.025

Table S9.  Gene #11: 'CTCF MUTATION STATUS' versus Clinical Feature #3: 'HISTOLOGICAL.TYPE'

nPatients ENDOMETRIOID ENDOMETRIAL ADENOCARCINOMA MIXED SEROUS AND ENDOMETRIOID SEROUS ENDOMETRIAL ADENOCARCINOMA
ALL 200 4 44
CTCF MUTATED 45 0 0
CTCF WILD-TYPE 155 4 44

Figure S9.  Get High-res Image Gene #11: 'CTCF MUTATION STATUS' versus Clinical Feature #3: 'HISTOLOGICAL.TYPE'

'ARID1A MUTATION STATUS' versus 'HISTOLOGICAL.TYPE'

P value = 9.52e-05 (Fisher's exact test), Q value = 0.02

Table S10.  Gene #14: 'ARID1A MUTATION STATUS' versus Clinical Feature #3: 'HISTOLOGICAL.TYPE'

nPatients ENDOMETRIOID ENDOMETRIAL ADENOCARCINOMA MIXED SEROUS AND ENDOMETRIOID SEROUS ENDOMETRIAL ADENOCARCINOMA
ALL 200 4 44
ARID1A MUTATED 78 1 4
ARID1A WILD-TYPE 122 3 40

Figure S10.  Get High-res Image Gene #14: 'ARID1A MUTATION STATUS' versus Clinical Feature #3: 'HISTOLOGICAL.TYPE'

Methods & Data
Input
  • Mutation data file = UCEC-TP.mutsig.cluster.txt

  • Clinical data file = UCEC-TP.clin.merged.picked.txt

  • Number of patients = 248

  • Number of significantly mutated genes = 42

  • Number of selected clinical features = 5

  • Exclude genes that fewer than K tumors have mutations, K = 3

Survival analysis

For survival clinical features, the Kaplan-Meier survival curves of tumors with and without gene mutations were plotted and the statistical significance P values were estimated by logrank test (Bland and Altman 2004) using the 'survdiff' function in R

Student's t-test analysis

For continuous numerical clinical features, two-tailed Student's t test with unequal variance (Lehmann and Romano 2005) was applied to compare the clinical values between tumors with and without gene mutations using 't.test' function in R

Fisher's exact test

For binary or multi-class clinical features (nominal or ordinal), two-tailed Fisher's exact tests (Fisher 1922) were used to estimate the P values using the 'fisher.test' function in R

Q value calculation

For multiple hypothesis correction, Q value is the False Discovery Rate (FDR) analogue of the P value (Benjamini and Hochberg 1995), defined as the minimum FDR at which the test may be called significant. We used the 'Benjamini and Hochberg' method of 'p.adjust' function in R to convert P values into Q values.

References
[1] Bland and Altman, Statistics notes: The logrank test, BMJ 328(7447):1073 (2004)
[2] Lehmann and Romano, Testing Statistical Hypotheses (3E ed.), New York: Springer. ISBN 0387988645 (2005)
[3] Fisher, R.A., On the interpretation of chi-square from contingency tables, and the calculation of P, Journal of the Royal Statistical Society 85(1):87-94 (1922)
[4] Benjamini and Hochberg, Controlling the false discovery rate: a practical and powerful approach to multiple testing, Journal of the Royal Statistical Society Series B 59:289-300 (1995)