Mutation Analysis (MutSig 2CV v3.1)
Esophageal Carcinoma (Primary solid tumor)
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/C1BV7FZC
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: ESCA-TP

  • Number of patients in set: 185

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:ESCA-TP.final_analysis_set.maf

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

  • Significantly mutated genes (q ≤ 0.1): 45

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: 45. 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 TP53 tumor protein p53 1889 23 1 1 108 28 16 25 177 153 107 3.8e-15 1e-05 1e-05 1e-16 1.8e-12
2 SMAD4 SMAD family member 4 1699 34 0 1 8 5 0 1 14 13 13 4.2e-12 0.6 0.48 1.1e-10 1e-06
3 CDKN2A cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitor 2A (melanoma, p16, inhibits CDK4) 1002 0 2 1 8 1 5 5 19 19 18 1.3e-07 0.085 1e-05 4.6e-10 2.8e-06
4 NFE2L2 nuclear factor (erythroid-derived 2)-like 2 1834 15 0 0 16 0 0 2 18 16 14 3.2e-06 9e-05 1e-05 7.9e-10 3.6e-06
5 MLL2 myeloid/lymphoid or mixed-lineage leukemia 2 16826 1 0 2 18 8 3 6 35 32 34 6.4e-10 0.29 0.31 2e-09 7.4e-06
6 ZNF750 zinc finger protein 750 2176 19 0 0 3 3 0 4 10 10 10 5.2e-09 1 0.015 4.1e-09 0.000013
7 TGFBR2 transforming growth factor, beta receptor II (70/80kDa) 1807 1 1 1 9 1 0 5 15 15 12 8.1e-06 0.0014 0.042 7.9e-08 0.00021
8 FBXW7 F-box and WD repeat domain containing 7 2580 2 0 0 8 2 0 4 14 13 12 2.3e-06 0.014 0.12 1.5e-07 0.00035
9 PKD2 polycystic kidney disease 2 (autosomal dominant) 2965 53 0 1 2 0 1 4 7 7 4 0.00036 0.00014 0.5 5.9e-07 0.0012
10 ARID1A AT rich interactive domain 1A (SWI-like) 6934 1 0 1 3 6 0 6 15 15 15 1.4e-07 1 0.61 2.4e-06 0.0042
11 ERBB2 v-erb-b2 erythroblastic leukemia viral oncogene homolog 2, neuro/glioblastoma derived oncogene homolog (avian) 3889 9 0 0 11 0 0 1 12 11 9 0.015 4e-05 0.014 2.5e-06 0.0042
12 PTCH1 patched homolog 1 (Drosophila) 4640 16 0 1 5 2 1 5 13 12 12 2.5e-06 0.076 0.97 3.8e-06 0.0054
13 KIAA2018 KIAA2018 6758 28 0 3 9 1 0 5 15 13 13 0.00011 0.0017 0.7 3.8e-06 0.0054
14 FAM108A1 family with sequence similarity 108, member A1 1102 2 1 0 1 0 0 6 7 4 3 0.033 1e-05 0.033 5.2e-06 0.0068
15 PAXIP1 PAX interacting (with transcription-activation domain) protein 1 3292 83 0 2 7 0 0 3 10 10 7 0.0027 0.00013 0.92 5.9e-06 0.0072
16 MGC29506 marginal zone B and B1 cell-specific protein 584 71 0 0 1 0 0 3 4 4 2 0.00011 0.0047 0.6 6.8e-06 0.0078
17 C10orf76 chromosome 10 open reading frame 76 2170 3 0 0 5 0 1 0 6 6 2 0.064 1e-05 0.015 9.8e-06 0.011
18 IPP intracisternal A particle-promoted polypeptide 1889 208 0 1 0 3 0 3 6 6 4 0.00062 0.0013 0.61 0.000014 0.014
19 DNAH10 dynein, axonemal, heavy chain 10 13726 27 0 8 17 2 1 0 20 19 18 0.0091 0.00024 0.047 0.000016 0.015
20 RIC3 resistance to inhibitors of cholinesterase 3 homolog (C. elegans) 1129 89 0 0 1 0 0 3 4 4 2 0.012 0.0001 0.14 0.000017 0.015
21 HMMR hyaluronan-mediated motility receptor (RHAMM) 2430 6 0 0 1 0 0 3 4 4 2 0.012 0.0001 0.88 0.000017 0.015
22 PIAS1 protein inhibitor of activated STAT, 1 2010 38 0 0 7 0 0 0 7 5 3 0.005 0.0015 0.058 2e-05 0.017
23 ITGA6 integrin, alpha 6 3486 0 0 0 4 0 0 3 7 7 6 0.0061 0.025 0.00025 0.000021 0.017
24 ASTE1 asteroid homolog 1 (Drosophila) 2150 86 0 1 2 0 0 3 5 5 3 0.01 6e-05 0.64 0.000025 0.019
25 KPNA1 karyopherin alpha 1 (importin alpha 5) 1669 125 0 1 6 0 0 0 6 6 4 0.0049 0.00085 0.013 0.000025 0.019
26 LIMA1 LIM domain and actin binding 1 2323 23 0 0 6 1 1 0 8 8 7 6.2e-06 0.27 0.85 0.000028 0.02
27 FAM65B family with sequence similarity 65, member B 3305 109 0 0 6 1 1 0 8 8 8 2.4e-06 1 0.94 0.000033 0.022
28 CORO7 coronin 7 3585 9 0 0 4 2 1 0 7 7 7 5.7e-06 1 0.36 0.000036 0.024
29 ANAPC1 anaphase promoting complex subunit 1 6023 1 0 0 1 2 0 3 6 5 5 0.021 0.00013 0.17 0.000038 0.024
30 IVL involucrin 1762 190 0 0 15 0 0 1 16 15 16 5.3e-06 0.55 0.88 5e-05 0.03
31 PIK3CA phosphoinositide-3-kinase, catalytic, alpha polypeptide 3287 0 0 0 20 0 1 0 21 19 13 0.48 1e-05 0.14 0.000063 0.037
32 RB1 retinoblastoma 1 (including osteosarcoma) 3711 6 0 1 1 2 1 4 8 7 8 5.6e-06 1 0.57 0.000073 0.042
33 EIF4EBP2 eukaryotic translation initiation factor 4E binding protein 2 371 21 0 0 3 0 0 0 3 3 1 0.0062 0.001 0.014 8e-05 0.044
34 SCD stearoyl-CoA desaturase (delta-9-desaturase) 1100 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 3 3 2 0.00058 0.011 0.91 0.000083 0.044
35 MKL2 MKL/myocardin-like 2 3210 15 0 0 2 0 1 3 6 6 5 0.0084 0.017 0.0068 0.000086 0.045
TP53

Figure S1.  This figure depicts the distribution of mutations and mutation types across the TP53 significant gene.

SMAD4

Figure S2.  This figure depicts the distribution of mutations and mutation types across the SMAD4 significant gene.

CDKN2A

Figure S3.  This figure depicts the distribution of mutations and mutation types across the CDKN2A significant gene.

NFE2L2

Figure S4.  This figure depicts the distribution of mutations and mutation types across the NFE2L2 significant gene.

ZNF750

Figure S5.  This figure depicts the distribution of mutations and mutation types across the ZNF750 significant gene.

TGFBR2

Figure S6.  This figure depicts the distribution of mutations and mutation types across the TGFBR2 significant gene.

FBXW7

Figure S7.  This figure depicts the distribution of mutations and mutation types across the FBXW7 significant gene.

PKD2

Figure S8.  This figure depicts the distribution of mutations and mutation types across the PKD2 significant gene.

ARID1A

Figure S9.  This figure depicts the distribution of mutations and mutation types across the ARID1A significant gene.

ERBB2

Figure S10.  This figure depicts the distribution of mutations and mutation types across the ERBB2 significant gene.

PTCH1

Figure S11.  This figure depicts the distribution of mutations and mutation types across the PTCH1 significant gene.

KIAA2018

Figure S12.  This figure depicts the distribution of mutations and mutation types across the KIAA2018 significant gene.

PAXIP1

Figure S13.  This figure depicts the distribution of mutations and mutation types across the PAXIP1 significant gene.

C10orf76

Figure S14.  This figure depicts the distribution of mutations and mutation types across the C10orf76 significant gene.

IPP

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

DNAH10

Figure S16.  This figure depicts the distribution of mutations and mutation types across the DNAH10 significant gene.

RIC3

Figure S17.  This figure depicts the distribution of mutations and mutation types across the RIC3 significant gene.

HMMR

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

PIAS1

Figure S19.  This figure depicts the distribution of mutations and mutation types across the PIAS1 significant gene.

ITGA6

Figure S20.  This figure depicts the distribution of mutations and mutation types across the ITGA6 significant gene.

ASTE1

Figure S21.  This figure depicts the distribution of mutations and mutation types across the ASTE1 significant gene.

KPNA1

Figure S22.  This figure depicts the distribution of mutations and mutation types across the KPNA1 significant gene.

LIMA1

Figure S23.  This figure depicts the distribution of mutations and mutation types across the LIMA1 significant gene.

FAM65B

Figure S24.  This figure depicts the distribution of mutations and mutation types across the FAM65B significant gene.

CORO7

Figure S25.  This figure depicts the distribution of mutations and mutation types across the CORO7 significant gene.

ANAPC1

Figure S26.  This figure depicts the distribution of mutations and mutation types across the ANAPC1 significant gene.

IVL

Figure S27.  This figure depicts the distribution of mutations and mutation types across the IVL significant gene.

PIK3CA

Figure S28.  This figure depicts the distribution of mutations and mutation types across the PIK3CA significant gene.

RB1

Figure S29.  This figure depicts the distribution of mutations and mutation types across the RB1 significant gene.

EIF4EBP2

Figure S30.  This figure depicts the distribution of mutations and mutation types across the EIF4EBP2 significant gene.

SCD

Figure S31.  This figure depicts the distribution of mutations and mutation types across the SCD 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)