Mutation Analysis (MutSig 2CV v3.1)
Acute Myeloid Leukemia (Primary blood derived cancer - Peripheral blood)
28 January 2016  |  analyses__2016_01_28
Maintainer Information
Citation Information
Maintained by David Heiman (Broad Institute)
Cite as Broad Institute TCGA Genome Data Analysis Center (2016): Mutation Analysis (MutSig 2CV v3.1). Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard. doi:10.7908/C1D21X2X
Overview
Introduction

This report serves to describe the mutational landscape and properties of a given individual set, as well as rank genes and genesets according to mutational significance. MutSig 2CV v3.1 was used to generate the results found in this report.

  • Working with individual set: LAML-TB

  • Number of patients in set: 193

Input

The input for this pipeline is a set of individuals with the following files associated for each:

  1. An annotated .maf file describing the mutations called for the respective individual, and their properties.

  2. A .wig file that contains information about the coverage of the sample.

Summary
  • MAF used for this analysis:LAML-TB.final_analysis_set.maf

  • Blacklist used for this analysis: pancan_mutation_blacklist.v14.hg19.txt

  • Significantly mutated genes (q ≤ 0.1): 23

Results
Lego Plots

The mutation spectrum is depicted in the lego plots below in which the 96 possible mutation types are subdivided into six large blocks, color-coded to reflect the base substitution type. Each large block is further subdivided into the 16 possible pairs of 5' and 3' neighbors, as listed in the 4x4 trinucleotide context legend. The height of each block corresponds to the mutation frequency for that kind of mutation (counts of mutations normalized by the base coverage in a given bin). The shape of the spectrum is a signature for dominant mutational mechanisms in different tumor types.

Figure 1.  Get High-res Image SNV Mutation rate lego plot for entire set. Each bin is normalized by base coverage for that bin. Colors represent the six SNV types on the upper right. The three-base context for each mutation is labeled in the 4x4 legend on the lower right. The fractional breakdown of SNV counts is shown in the pie chart on the upper left. If this figure is blank, not enough information was provided in the MAF to generate it.

Figure 2.  Get High-res Image SNV Mutation rate lego plots for 4 slices of mutation allele fraction (0<=AF<0.1, 0.1<=AF<0.25, 0.25<=AF<0.5, & 0.5<=AF) . The color code and three-base context legends are the same as the previous figure. If this figure is blank, not enough information was provided in the MAF to generate it.

CoMut Plot

Figure 3.  Get High-res Image The matrix in the center of the figure represents individual mutations in patient samples, color-coded by type of mutation, for the significantly mutated genes. The rate of synonymous and non-synonymous mutations is displayed at the top of the matrix. The barplot on the left of the matrix shows the number of mutations in each gene. The percentages represent the fraction of tumors with at least one mutation in the specified gene. The barplot to the right of the matrix displays the q-values for the most significantly mutated genes. The purple boxplots below the matrix (only displayed if required columns are present in the provided MAF) represent the distributions of allelic fractions observed in each sample. The plot at the bottom represents the base substitution distribution of individual samples, using the same categories that were used to calculate significance.

Significantly Mutated Genes

Column Descriptions:

  • nnon = number of (nonsilent) mutations in this gene across the individual set

  • npat = number of patients (individuals) with at least one nonsilent mutation

  • nsite = number of unique sites having a non-silent mutation

  • nsil = number of silent mutations in this gene across the individual set

  • p = p-value (overall)

  • q = q-value, False Discovery Rate (Benjamini-Hochberg procedure)

Table 1.  Get Full Table A Ranked List of Significantly Mutated Genes. Number of significant genes found: 23. Number of genes displayed: 35. Click on a gene name to display its stick figure depicting the distribution of mutations and mutation types across the chosen gene (this feature may not be available for all significant genes).

rank gene longname codelen nnei nncd nsil nmis nstp nspl nind nnon npat nsite pCV pCL pFN p q
1 FLT3 fms-related tyrosine kinase 3 3076 187 0 0 15 0 0 37 52 52 29 1e-16 1e-05 1e-05 1e-16 2.3e-13
2 DNMT3A DNA (cytosine-5-)-methyltransferase 3 alpha 2952 49 0 0 39 5 6 4 54 48 28 1e-16 1e-05 1e-05 1e-16 2.3e-13
3 NPM1 nucleophosmin (nucleolar phosphoprotein B23, numatrin) 936 266 0 0 1 0 0 33 34 33 8 1.1e-16 1e-05 1e-05 1e-16 2.3e-13
4 IDH2 isocitrate dehydrogenase 2 (NADP+), mitochondrial 1401 685 0 0 20 0 0 0 20 20 2 1.4e-15 1e-05 0.4 1e-16 2.3e-13
5 IDH1 isocitrate dehydrogenase 1 (NADP+), soluble 1277 561 0 0 18 0 0 0 18 18 2 1e-16 1e-05 1 1e-16 2.3e-13
6 TET2 tet oncogene family member 2 6134 70 0 0 4 8 0 15 27 17 26 1e-16 0.7 1e-05 1e-16 2.3e-13
7 NRAS neuroblastoma RAS viral (v-ras) oncogene homolog 590 34 0 0 15 0 0 0 15 15 6 1.3e-16 1e-05 0.1 1e-16 2.3e-13
8 WT1 Wilms tumor 1 1590 101 0 0 2 0 2 8 12 12 10 1e-16 0.0017 1 1e-16 2.3e-13
9 U2AF1 U2 small nuclear RNA auxiliary factor 1 824 130 0 0 8 0 0 0 8 8 2 5.3e-13 1e-05 2e-05 2.2e-16 4.5e-13
10 RUNX1 runt-related transcription factor 1 (acute myeloid leukemia 1; aml1 oncogene) 1520 1000 0 0 8 5 1 5 19 16 15 1.1e-15 0.09 0.0082 4.4e-16 8.1e-13
11 CEBPA CCAAT/enhancer binding protein (C/EBP), alpha 1077 7 0 0 2 1 0 16 19 13 16 1e-16 0.31 0.79 2.1e-15 3.5e-12
12 TP53 tumor protein p53 1314 498 0 0 11 1 3 4 19 15 19 4.4e-16 1 0.14 4.6e-15 6.9e-12
13 KRAS v-Ki-ras2 Kirsten rat sarcoma viral oncogene homolog 709 122 0 0 8 0 0 0 8 8 6 6.8e-12 0.012 0.66 2.6e-12 3.6e-09
14 PHF6 PHD finger protein 6 1241 143 0 0 2 1 1 2 6 6 6 6.1e-13 1 0.17 5e-12 6.5e-09
15 STAG2 stromal antigen 2 3939 74 0 0 0 3 3 0 6 6 6 6.6e-11 1 0.93 1.6e-09 2e-06
16 KIT v-kit Hardy-Zuckerman 4 feline sarcoma viral oncogene homolog 3013 32 0 0 7 0 0 3 10 8 6 0.000045 1e-05 0.23 1e-08 0.000011
17 RAD21 RAD21 homolog (S. pombe) 1948 58 0 0 0 2 0 3 5 5 5 4.7e-10 1 0.6 1.1e-08 0.000011
18 EZH2 enhancer of zeste homolog 2 (Drosophila) 2332 188 0 0 1 0 1 2 4 3 4 4.4e-07 0.0081 0.56 7.4e-08 0.000075
19 SMC3 structural maintenance of chromosomes 3 3766 54 0 0 5 1 1 0 7 7 7 2.1e-08 1 0.16 3.9e-07 0.00037
20 ASXL1 additional sex combs like 1 (Drosophila) 4678 29 0 0 0 2 1 2 5 5 5 1.4e-07 1 0.88 2.3e-06 0.0021
21 SMC1A structural maintenance of chromosomes 1A 3800 46 0 0 5 0 1 0 6 6 6 1.4e-06 1 0.1 3.4e-06 0.003
22 GIGYF2 GRB10 interacting GYF protein 2 4080 76 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 2 5e-05 0.01 0.92 7.7e-06 0.0064
23 PTPN11 protein tyrosine phosphatase, non-receptor type 11 (Noonan syndrome 1) 1842 24 0 0 9 0 0 0 9 9 9 1.3e-06 1 0.3 9.7e-06 0.0077
24 SUZ12 suppressor of zeste 12 homolog (Drosophila) 2280 34 0 0 2 0 0 1 3 3 3 0.000019 1 0.88 0.00023 0.17
25 THRAP3 thyroid hormone receptor associated protein 3 2908 104 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 2 2 0.00016 1 0.16 0.00044 0.32
26 COL12A1 collagen, type XII, alpha 1 9452 81 0 1 2 0 1 0 3 3 3 0.0015 1 0.016 0.00059 0.42
27 RBBP4 retinoblastoma binding protein 4 1324 133 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 2 1 0.0064 0.01 0.66 0.00068 0.46
28 HNRNPK heterogeneous nuclear ribonucleoprotein K 1488 1000 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 2 3 0.014 0.0067 0.48 0.00093 0.61
29 KDM6A lysine (K)-specific demethylase 6A 4318 36 0 0 2 0 1 0 3 3 3 0.0001 1 0.34 0.001 0.65
30 CACNA1B calcium channel, voltage-dependent, N type, alpha 1B subunit 7200 49 0 0 2 0 1 0 3 3 3 0.0012 1 0.092 0.0016 0.99
31 GPBP1 GC-rich promoter binding protein 1 1487 537 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 0.0018 NaN NaN 0.0018 1
32 C12orf11 chromosome 12 open reading frame 11 2185 218 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 0.002 NaN NaN 0.002 1
33 NAA15 N(alpha)-acetyltransferase 15, NatA auxiliary subunit 2677 227 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 0.002 NaN NaN 0.002 1
34 CTCF CCCTC-binding factor (zinc finger protein) 2224 126 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 0.002 NaN NaN 0.002 1
35 PARP2 poly (ADP-ribose) polymerase family, member 2 1814 342 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 0.0022 NaN NaN 0.0022 1
FLT3

Figure S1.  This figure depicts the distribution of mutations and mutation types across the FLT3 significant gene.

DNMT3A

Figure S2.  This figure depicts the distribution of mutations and mutation types across the DNMT3A significant gene.

NPM1

Figure S3.  This figure depicts the distribution of mutations and mutation types across the NPM1 significant gene.

IDH2

Figure S4.  This figure depicts the distribution of mutations and mutation types across the IDH2 significant gene.

IDH1

Figure S5.  This figure depicts the distribution of mutations and mutation types across the IDH1 significant gene.

TET2

Figure S6.  This figure depicts the distribution of mutations and mutation types across the TET2 significant gene.

NRAS

Figure S7.  This figure depicts the distribution of mutations and mutation types across the NRAS significant gene.

WT1

Figure S8.  This figure depicts the distribution of mutations and mutation types across the WT1 significant gene.

U2AF1

Figure S9.  This figure depicts the distribution of mutations and mutation types across the U2AF1 significant gene.

RUNX1

Figure S10.  This figure depicts the distribution of mutations and mutation types across the RUNX1 significant gene.

CEBPA

Figure S11.  This figure depicts the distribution of mutations and mutation types across the CEBPA significant gene.

TP53

Figure S12.  This figure depicts the distribution of mutations and mutation types across the TP53 significant gene.

KRAS

Figure S13.  This figure depicts the distribution of mutations and mutation types across the KRAS significant gene.

PHF6

Figure S14.  This figure depicts the distribution of mutations and mutation types across the PHF6 significant gene.

STAG2

Figure S15.  This figure depicts the distribution of mutations and mutation types across the STAG2 significant gene.

KIT

Figure S16.  This figure depicts the distribution of mutations and mutation types across the KIT significant gene.

RAD21

Figure S17.  This figure depicts the distribution of mutations and mutation types across the RAD21 significant gene.

EZH2

Figure S18.  This figure depicts the distribution of mutations and mutation types across the EZH2 significant gene.

SMC3

Figure S19.  This figure depicts the distribution of mutations and mutation types across the SMC3 significant gene.

ASXL1

Figure S20.  This figure depicts the distribution of mutations and mutation types across the ASXL1 significant gene.

SMC1A

Figure S21.  This figure depicts the distribution of mutations and mutation types across the SMC1A significant gene.

GIGYF2

Figure S22.  This figure depicts the distribution of mutations and mutation types across the GIGYF2 significant gene.

PTPN11

Figure S23.  This figure depicts the distribution of mutations and mutation types across the PTPN11 significant gene.

Methods & Data
Methods

MutSig and its evolving algorithms have existed since the youth of clinical sequencing, with early versions used in multiple publications. [1][2][3]

"Three significance metrics [are] calculated for each gene, using the […] methods MutSigCV [4], MutSigCL, and MutSigFN [5]. These measure the significance of mutation burden, clustering, and functional impact, respectively […]. MutSigCV determines the P value for observing the given quantity of non-silent mutations in the gene, given the background model determined by silent (and noncoding) mutations in the same gene and the neighbouring genes of covariate space that form its 'bagel'. […] MutSigCL and MutSigFN measure the significance of the positional clustering of the mutations observed, as well as the significance of the tendency for mutations to occur at positions that are highly evolutionarily conserved (using conservation as a proxy for probably functional impact). MutSigCL and MutSigFN are permutation-based methods and their P values are calculated as follows: The observed nonsilent coding mutations in the gene are permuted T times (to simulate the null hypothesis, T = 108 for the most significant genes), randomly reassigning their positions, but preserving their mutational 'category', as determined by local sequence context. We [use] the following context categories: transitions at CpG dinucleotides, transitions at other C-G base pairs, transversions at C-G base pairs, mutations at A-T base pairs, and indels. Indels are unconstrained in terms of where they can move to in the permutations. For each of the random permutations, two scores are calculated: SCL and SFN, measuring the amount of clustering and function impact (measured by conservation) respectively. SCL is defined to be the fraction of mutations occurring in hotspots. A hotspot is defined as a 3-base-pair region of the gene containing many mutations: at least 2, and at least 2% of the total mutations. SFN is defined to be the mean of the base-pair-level conservation values for the position of each non-silent mutation […]. To determine a PCL, the P value for the observed degree of positional clustering, the observed value of SCL (computed for the mutations actually observed), [is] compared to the distribution of SCL obtained from the random permutations, and the P value [is] defined to be the fraction of random permutations in which SCL [is] at least as large as the observed SCL. The P value for the conservation of the mutated positions, PFN, [is] computed analogously." [6]

Download Results

In addition to the links below, the full results of the analysis summarized in this report can also be downloaded programmatically using firehose_get, or interactively from either the Broad GDAC website or TCGA Data Coordination Center Portal.

References
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[3] TCGA, Integrated genomic analyses of ovarian carcinoma, Nature 474(7353):609-615 (2011)
[4] Lawrence MS, et al., Mutational heterogeneity in cancer and the search for new cancer-associated genes, Nature 499(7457):214-218 (2013)
[6] Lawrence MS, et al., Discovery and saturation analysis of cancer genes across 21 tumour types, Nature 505(7484):495-501 (2014)