The overall hypothesis is that genomes record ancestry because genomes are almost perfect copies of copies. The greater the numbers of divisions since a """"""""start"""""""" or common ancestor, on average the greater the number of differences between genomes (a molecular clock hypothesis). Although molecular phylogeny is commonly used to reconstruct the past of species and populations, this approach has not been translated to normal or neoplastic somatic human cells. Molecular phylogeny is uniquely suited to reconstruct human somatic cell ancestry because it requires no prior experimental intervention?genomes surreptitiously record ancestry through replication errors. More conventional cell fate markers used in experimental systems such as mice require the prior introduction of genetic markers, which is impractical for humans. Therefore, molecular phylogeny, which does not require prior experimental manipulations, is one of the few practical approaches to reconstruct the histories of human somatic cells. This Project hypothesizes that tumor genomes become polymorphic after transformation, and these variations record ancestry, or how and how fast it took for a single transformed cell to become the present day tumor population. We will apply this hypothesis to analyze human acute myelogenous leukemia specimens. The research will further develop epigenetic somatic cell molecular clocks based on DNA methylation patterns, which appear to drift fast enough to record somatic cell ancestries. These studies will complement the mouse studies of the other Projects, and will help translate the mouse studies to human diseases. Success of this Project will provide a systematic method to take any human tumor and look back in time to reconstruct its ancestry from variations in its cancer genomes.

Public Health Relevance

The project will translate modern molecular phylogeny approaches to human somatic cells. In this way, using both quantitative and evolutionary principles, it should be possible to read the past of any human cell by measuring somatic variations in its genome. Reading the past of a cancer should improve our understanding of how cancers develop and help predict how a cancer may respond to different therapies.

Agency
National Institute of Health (NIH)
Institute
National Cancer Institute (NCI)
Type
Specialized Center--Cooperative Agreements (U54)
Project #
5U54CA143907-03
Application #
8328155
Study Section
Special Emphasis Panel (ZCA1)
Project Start
Project End
Budget Start
2011-08-01
Budget End
2012-07-31
Support Year
3
Fiscal Year
2011
Total Cost
$262,866
Indirect Cost
Name
University of Southern California
Department
Type
DUNS #
072933393
City
Los Angeles
State
CA
Country
United States
Zip Code
90089
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