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Widespread perturbation of ETS factor binding sites in cancer

ABSTRACT: Although >90% of somatic mutations reside in non-coding regions, few have been reported as cancer drivers. To predict driver non-coding variants (NCVs), we present a novel transcription factor (TF)-aware burden test (TFA-BT) based on a model of coherent TF function in promoters. We applied our TFA-BT to NCVs from the Pan-Cancer Analysis of Whole Genomes cohort and predicted 2,555 driver NCVs in the promoters of 813 genes across 20 cancer-types. These genes are enriched in cancer-related gene ontologies, essential genes, and genes associated with cancer prognosis. We found that 765 candidate driver NCVs alter transcriptional activity, 510 lead to differential binding of TF-cofactor regulatory complexes, and that they primarily impact the binding of ETS factors. Finally, we show that different NCVs within a promoter often affect transcriptional activity through shared mechanisms. Our integrated computational and experimental approach shows that cancer NCVs are widespread and that ETS factors are commonly disrupted.

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PROVIDER: GSE218478 | GEO | 2023/01/10

REPOSITORIES: GEO

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