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Title: Mutational signatures associated with tobacco smoking in human cancer

Journal Article · · Science

Tobacco smoking increases the risk of at least 17 classes of cancer. Here, we analyzed somatic mutations and DNA methylation in 5,243 cancers of types for which tobacco smoking confers an elevated risk. Smoking is associated with increased mutation burdens of multiple distinct mutational signatures, which contribute to different extents in different cancers. One of these signatures, mainly found in cancers derived from tissues directly exposed to tobacco smoke, is attributable to misreplication of DNA damage caused by tobacco carcinogens. Others likely reflect indirect activation of DNA edi ting by APOBEC cytidine deaminases and of an endogenous clock-like mutational process. Smoking is associated with limited differences in methylation. The results are consistent with the proposition that smoking increases cancer risk by increasing the somatic mutation load, although direct evidence for this mechanism is lacking in some smoking-related cancer types.

Research Organization:
Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Laboratory Directed Research and Development (LDRD) Program; USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA); Wellcome Trust; European Commission (EC)
Grant/Contract Number:
AC52-06NA25396; 098051; WT100183MA; 15ck0106094h0002; 308610-FP7; 101126/Z/13/Z; 101126/B/13/Z; WT088340MA; FC001202; C313/A14329; 02
OSTI ID:
1347826
Alternate ID(s):
OSTI ID: 1340930
Report Number(s):
LA-UR-16-23165; 354/6312/618
Journal Information:
Science, Journal Name: Science Vol. 354 Journal Issue: 6312; ISSN 0036-8075
Publisher:
American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)Copyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Citation Metrics:
Cited by: 614 works
Citation information provided by
Web of Science

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