title: Frequent Somatic Mutation in Adult Intestinal Stem Cells Drives Neoplasia and Genetic Mosaicism during Aging.
abstract: Adult stem cells may acquire mutations that modify cellular behavior, leading to functional declines in homeostasis or providing a competitive advantage resulting in premalignancy. However, the frequency, phenotypic impact, and mechanisms underlying spontaneous mutagenesis during aging are unclear. Here, we report two mechanisms of genome instability in adult Drosophila intestinal stem cells (ISCs) that cause phenotypic alterations in the aging intestine. First, we found frequent loss of heterozygosity arising from mitotic homologous recombination in ISCs that results in genetic mosaicism. Second, somatic deletion of DNA sequences and large structural rearrangements, resembling those described in cancers and congenital diseases, frequently result in gene inactivation. Such modifications induced somatic inactivation of the X-linked tumor suppressor Notch in ISCs, leading to spontaneous neoplasias in wild-type males. Together, our findings reveal frequent genomic modification in adult stem cells and show that somatic genetic mosaicism has important functional consequences on aging tissues.
authors.affiliation: Institut Curie, 26 rue d'Ulm, F-75248 Paris, France; CNRS UMR3215, F-75248 Paris, France; INSERM U934, F-75248 Paris, France.
authors.forename: Katarzyna
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Siudeja
authors.affiliation: Institut Curie, 26 rue d'Ulm, F-75248 Paris, France; CNRS UMR3215, F-75248 Paris, France; INSERM U934, F-75248 Paris, France.
authors.forename: Sonya
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Nassari
authors.affiliation: Institut Curie, 26 rue d'Ulm, F-75248 Paris, France; CNRS UMR3215, F-75248 Paris, France; INSERM U934, F-75248 Paris, France.
authors.forename: Louis
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Gervais
authors.affiliation: Institut Curie, 26 rue d'Ulm, F-75248 Paris, France; CNRS UMR3215, F-75248 Paris, France; INSERM U934, F-75248 Paris, France.
authors.forename: Patricia
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Skorski
authors.affiliation: Next-Generation Sequencing Platform, Institut Curie, Hôpital Curie, 8 rue Louis-Thuillier, 75248 Paris Cedex 05, France.
authors.forename: Sonia
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Lameiras
authors.affiliation: Institut Curie, 26 rue d'Ulm, F-75248 Paris, France; CNRS UMR3215, F-75248 Paris, France; INSERM U934, F-75248 Paris, France.
authors.forename: Donato
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Stolfa
authors.affiliation: Institut Curie, 26 rue d'Ulm, F-75248 Paris, France; CNRS UMR3215, F-75248 Paris, France; INSERM U934, F-75248 Paris, France.
authors.forename: Maria
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Zande
authors.affiliation: Next-Generation Sequencing Platform, Institut Curie, Hôpital Curie, 8 rue Louis-Thuillier, 75248 Paris Cedex 05, France.
authors.forename: Virginie
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Bernard
authors.affiliation: Next-Generation Sequencing Platform, Institut Curie, Hôpital Curie, 8 rue Louis-Thuillier, 75248 Paris Cedex 05, France.
authors.forename: Thomas Rio
authors.initials: TR
authors.lastname: Frio
authors.affiliation: Institut Curie, 26 rue d'Ulm, F-75248 Paris, France; CNRS UMR3215, F-75248 Paris, France; INSERM U934, F-75248 Paris, France. Electronic address: allison.bardin@curie.fr.
authors.forename: Allison J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Bardin
mesh_terms: D053687:Adult Stem Cells / Q000166:cytology*; D000375:Aging; D000818:Animals; D004331:Drosophila melanogaster; D005260:Female; D017353:Gene Deletion; D042822:Genomic Instability; D007422:Intestines / Q000166:cytology*; D008297:Male; D008938:Mitosis; D009030:Mosaicism; D009154:Mutation; D051880:Receptors, Notch / Q000378:metabolism; D011995:Recombination, Genetic; D019076:Transgenes
chemical_list: D051880:Receptors, Notch