Context-dependent effects of CDKN2A and other 9p21 gene losses during the evolution of esophageal cancer

Piyali Ganguli; Celia C. Basanta; Amelia Acha-Sagredo; Hrvoje Misetic; Maria Armero; Akram Mendez; Aeman Zahra; Ginny Devonshire; Gavin Kelly; Adam Freeman; Mary Green; Emma Nye; Anita Bichisecchi; Paola Bonfanti; OCCAMS Consortium; Manuel Rodriguez-Justo; Jo  Spencer; Rebecca C. Fitzgerald; Francesca D. Ciccarelli

doi:10.1038/s43018-024-00876-0

Context-dependent effects of CDKN2A and other 9p21 gene losses during the evolution of esophageal cancer

Piyali Ganguli
, Celia C. Basanta
, Amelia Acha-Sagredo
, Hrvoje Misetic
, Maria Armero
, Akram Mendez
, Aeman Zahra
, Ginny Devonshire
, Gavin Kelly
, Adam Freeman
, Mary Green
, Emma Nye
, Anita Bichisecchi
, Paola Bonfanti
, OCCAMS Consortium
, Manuel Rodriguez-Justo
, Jo Spencer
, Rebecca C. Fitzgerald
, Francesca D. Ciccarelli (Lead / Corresponding author)

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Abstract

CDKN2A is a tumor suppressor located in chromosome 9p21 and frequently lost in Barrett’s esophagus (BE) and esophageal adenocarcinoma (EAC). How CDKN2A and other 9p21 gene co-deletions affect EAC evolution remains understudied. We explored the effects of 9p21 loss in EACs and cancer progressor and non-progressor BEs with matched genomic, transcriptomic and clinical data. Despite its cancer driver role, CDKN2A loss in BE prevents EAC initiation by counterselecting subsequent TP53 alterations. 9p21 gene co-deletions predict poor patient survival in EAC but not BE through context-dependent effects on cell cycle, oxidative phosphorylation and interferon response. Immune quantifications using bulk transcriptome, RNAscope and high-dimensional tissue imaging showed that IFNE loss reduces immune infiltration in BE, but not EAC. Mechanistically, CDKN2A loss suppresses the maintenance of squamous epithelium, contributing to a more aggressive phenotype. Our study demonstrates context-dependent roles of cancer genes during disease evolution, with consequences for cancer detection and patient management.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	158-174
Number of pages	17
Journal	Nature Cancer
Volume	6
Issue number	1
Early online date	3 Jan 2025
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1038/s43018-024-00876-0
Publication status	Published - Jan 2025

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Ganguli, P., Basanta, C. C., Acha-Sagredo, A., Misetic, H., Armero, M., Mendez, A., Zahra, A., Devonshire, G., Kelly, G., Freeman, A., Green, M., Nye, E., Bichisecchi, A., Bonfanti, P., OCCAMS Consortium, Rodriguez-Justo, M., Spencer, J., Fitzgerald, R. C., & Ciccarelli, F. D. (2025). Context-dependent effects of CDKN2A and other 9p21 gene losses during the evolution of esophageal cancer. Nature Cancer, 6(1), 158-174. https://doi.org/10.1038/s43018-024-00876-0

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Context-dependent effects of CDKN2A and other 9p21 gene losses during the evolution of esophageal cancer

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