Purpose: Colorectal carcinomas (CRCs) with microsatellite-instability (MSI) are enriched for oncogenic kinase fusions (KFs), including , , and , but the mechanism underlying this finding is unclear.
Methods: The genomic profiles of 32,218 advanced CRC tumor specimens were analyzed to assess the fusion breakpoints of oncogenic alterations including KFs in microsatellite-stable and microsatellite-unstable CRC. Genomic contexts of such alterations were analyzed to obtain mechanistic insights.
Results: Genomic analysis demonstrated that oncogenic fusion breakpoints in MSI tumors do not preferentially involve repetitive or low-complexity sequences. Instead, their junction regions showed pronounced guanine and cytosine bias and elevated mutation frequency at G:C contexts. Elevated mutation frequency at G:C bases in relevant introns predicted prevalence of associated oncogenic fusions in MSI CRCs. CRCs harboring mismatch repair signatures had enrichment of butyrate-producing microbial species, reported to be associated with induction of 8-oxoguanine lesions in the intestine.
Conclusion: Detailed analysis of breakpoints in MSI-associated KFs support a model in which inefficient repair and/or processing of microbiome-induced clustered 8-oxoguanine damage in MSI CRC contributes to the increased incidence of specific oncogenic fusions.
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