title: Mutations in the Kinase Domain of the HER2/ERBB2 Gene Identified in a Wide Variety of Human Cancers.
abstract: The HER2 (official name ERBB2) gene encodes a membrane receptor in the epidermal growth factor receptor family amplified and overexpressed in adenocarcinoma. Activating mutations also occur in several cancers. We report mutation analyses of the HER2 kinase domain in 7497 histologically diverse cancers. Forty-five genes, including the kinase domain of HER2 with HER2 IHC and dual in situ hybridization, were analyzed in tumors from 7497 patients with cancer, including 850 breast, 770 colorectal, 910 non-small cell lung, 823 uterine or cervical, 1372 ovarian, and 297 pancreatic cancers, as well as 323 melanomas and 2152 other solid tumors. Sixty-nine HER2 kinase domain mutations were identified in tumors from 68 patients (approximately 1% of all cases, ranging from absent in sarcomas to 4% in urothelial cancers), which included previously published activating mutations and 13 novel mutations. Fourteen cases with coexisting HER2 mutation and amplification and/or overexpression were identified. Fifty-two of 68 patients had additional mutations in other analyzed genes, whereas 16 patients (23%) had HER2 mutations identified as the sole driver mutation. HER2 mutations coexisted with HER2 gene amplification and overexpression and with mutations in other functionally important genes. HER2 mutations were identified as the only driver mutation in a significant proportion of solid cancers. Evaluation of anti-HER2 therapies in nonamplified, HER2-mutated cancers is warranted.
authors: Department of Pathology, Caris Life Sciences, Phoenix, Arizona.
authors: Wenhsiang
authors: W
authors: Wen
authors: Division of Bioinformatics, Department of Clinical Programs, Caris Life Sciences, Phoenix, Arizona.
authors: Wangjuh Sting
authors: WS
authors: Chen
authors: Division of Bioinformatics, Department of Clinical Programs, Caris Life Sciences, Phoenix, Arizona.
authors: Nick
authors: N
authors: Xiao
authors: Department of Molecular Genetics, Caris Life Sciences, Phoenix, Arizona.
authors: Ryan
authors: R
authors: Bender
authors: Department of Molecular Genetics, Caris Life Sciences, Phoenix, Arizona.
authors: Anatole
authors: A
authors: Ghazalpour
authors: Department of Molecular Genetics, Caris Life Sciences, Phoenix, Arizona.
authors: Zheng
authors: Z
authors: Tan
authors: Department of Molecular Genetics, Caris Life Sciences, Phoenix, Arizona.
authors: Jeffrey
authors: J
authors: Swensen
authors: Division of Medical Affairs, Department of Clinical Programs, Caris Life Sciences, Phoenix, Arizona.
authors: Sherri Z
authors: SZ
authors: Millis
authors: Division of Medical Affairs, Department of Clinical Programs, Caris Life Sciences, Phoenix, Arizona.
authors: Gargi
authors: G
authors: Basu
authors: Department of Pathology, Caris Life Sciences, Phoenix, Arizona.
authors: Zoran
authors: Z
authors: Gatalica
authors: Department of Pathology, Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California. Electronic address: press@usc.edu.
authors: Michael F
authors: MF
authors: Press
mesh_terms: D019943:Amino Acid Substitution; D020134:Catalytic Domain / Q000235:genetics; D015331:Cohort Studies; D004252:DNA Mutational Analysis / Q000379:methods; D005260:Female; D059014:High-Throughput Nucleotide Sequencing; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009154:Mutation; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000235:genetics*; D010770:Phosphotransferases / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000235:genetics; D018719:Erb-b2 Receptor Tyrosine Kinases / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D010770:Phosphotransferases; D018719:Erb-b2 Receptor Tyrosine Kinases; C508053:ERBB2 protein, human