Table 1. Somatic mutation in WNT pathway genes in various cancers types*.
Gene | Type of mutation | Primary tissues | Number of mutated samples | % mutated | Total samples |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
APC | Primarily frameshift and deletion mutations leading to compromised ability to degrade ATNNB1 | Large intestine | 2,152 | 39% | 5,517 |
Stomach | 129 | 15% | 214 | ||
Soft tissue | 50 | 12% | 430 | ||
Small intestine | 34 | 16% | 214 | ||
Pancreas | 26 | 14% | 184 | ||
Liver | 11 | 12% | 94 | ||
CTNNB1 | Mutations in CTNNB1 cluster around the amino-terminus and prevent the phosphorylation amino acids, S33, S37, T41 and S45, resulting in impaired degradation of CTNNB1 | Liver | 907 | 23% | 3,933 |
Soft tissue | 673 | 42% | 1,601 | ||
Endometrium | 218 | 20% | 1,098 | ||
Kidney | 168 | 14% | 1,225 | ||
Pancreas | 125 | 26% | 476 | ||
Ovary | 104 | 11% | 913 | ||
Adrenal gland | 100 | 19% | 534 | ||
Pituitary | 86 | 24% | 360 | ||
Biliary tract | 43 | 10% | 433 | ||
AXIN1 | Many mutations prevent AXIN1 from acting as a scaffold to degrade CTNNB1 | Biliary tract | 10 | 38% | 26 |
Liver | 49 | 11% | 448 | ||
WTX (also known as FAM123B) | Predicted to be loss-of-function mutations | Kidney | 125 | 13% | 949 |
Large intestine | 19 | 13% | 151 | ||
TCF7L2 | Unknown | Large intestine | 13 | 28% | 47 |
*Cited from the Catalogue of Somatic Mutations in Cancer (COSMIC) database.