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The mutational landscape of the adult healthy parous and nulliparous human breast

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  • Biancastella Cereser

    (Imperial College London)

  • Angela Yiu

    (Imperial College London)

  • Neha Tabassum

    (Imperial College London)

  • Lisa Del Bel Belluz

    (Imperial College London)

  • Sladjana Zagorac

    (Imperial College London
    Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Oncológicas)

  • Kenneth Russell Zapanta Ancheta

    (Imperial College London
    Royal Veterinary College)

  • Rongrong Zhong

    (Imperial College London)

  • Cristian Miere

    (Imperial College London)

  • Alicia Rose Jeffries-Jones

    (Imperial College London)

  • Nina Moderau

    (Imperial College London)

  • Benjamin Werner

    (Queen Mary University of London)

  • Justin Stebbing

    (Imperial College London
    Anglia Ruskin University (ARU))

Abstract

The accumulation of somatic mutations in healthy human tissues has been extensively characterized, but the mutational landscape of the healthy breast is still poorly understood. Our analysis of whole-genome sequencing shows that in line with other healthy organs, the healthy breast during the reproduction years accumulates mutations with age, with the rate of accumulation in the epithelium of 15.24 ± 5 mutations/year. Both epithelial and stromal compartments contain mutations in breast-specific driver genes, indicative of subsequent positive selection. Parity- and age-associated differences are evident in the mammary epithelium, partly explaining the observed difference in breast cancer risk amongst women of different childbearing age. Parity is associated with an age-dependent increase in the clone size of mutated epithelial cells, suggesting that older first-time mothers have a higher probability of accumulating oncogenic events in the epithelium compared to younger mothers or nulliparous women. In conclusion, we describe the reference genome of the healthy female human breast during reproductive years and provide evidence of how parity affects the genomic landscape of the mammary gland.

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  • Biancastella Cereser & Angela Yiu & Neha Tabassum & Lisa Del Bel Belluz & Sladjana Zagorac & Kenneth Russell Zapanta Ancheta & Rongrong Zhong & Cristian Miere & Alicia Rose Jeffries-Jones & Nina Moder, 2023. "The mutational landscape of the adult healthy parous and nulliparous human breast," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 14(1), pages 1-11, December.
  • Handle: RePEc:nat:natcom:v:14:y:2023:i:1:d:10.1038_s41467-023-40608-z
    DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-40608-z
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