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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Jul 1.
Published in final edited form as: Nat Rev Cancer. 2015 Jan;15(1):7–24. doi: 10.1038/nrc3860

Table 1. Class I PI3K isoform alterations in cancer.

Alteration Type Cancer Type Frequency of Alteration Sample Size Range
Class IA

PIK3CA (p110α)

Mutation Endometrial 10.3-53.0% 29-232
Breast 7.1-35.5% 65-507
Ovarian 33.0% 97
Colorectal 16.9-30.6% 72-195
Bladder 5.0-20.0% 20-130
Lung 0.6-20.0% 5-183
Cervical 13.6% 22
Glioblastoma 4.3-11.0% 91-291
Head and neck 8.1-9.4% 32-74
Esophageal 5.5% 145
Melanoma 5.0% 121
Prostate 1.3-3.6% 55-156
Sarcoma 2.9% 207
Renal 1.0-2.9% 98-417
Liver 1.6% 125
Megalencephaly 48.0% 50

Copy number gain/amplification Head and neck 9.1-100% 11-117
Cervical 9.1-76.4% 22-55
Lung 9.5-69.6% 3-92
Lymphoma 16.7-68.2% 22-60
Ovarian 13.3-39.8% 60-93
Gastric 36.4% 55
Thyroid 30.0% 110
Prostate 28.1% 32
Breast 8.7-13.4% 92-209
Glioblastoma 1.9-12.2% 139-206
Endometrial 10.3% 29
Thyroid 9.4% 128
Esophageal 5.7% 87
Leukemia 5.6% 161

Increased expression Prostate 40.0% 25

PIK3CB (p110β)

Mutation Breast 0.5% 183

Copy number gain/amplification Lung 56.5% 46
Thyroid 42.3% 97
Ovarian 5-26.9% NA-93
Lymphoma 20.0% 60
Glioblastoma 5.8% 103
Breast 4.9-5% NA-81

Increased expression Prostate 46.7% 30
Glioblastoma 3.9% 103

PIK3CD (p110δ)

Copy number gain Glioblastoma 40.0% 10

Increased expression Neuroblastoma 52.6% 19
Glioblastoma 5.8% 103

PIK3R1 (p85α, p55α, p50α)

Mutation Endometrial 19.8-32.8% 108-243
Pancreatic 16.7% 6
Glioblastoma 7.6-11.3% 91-291
Colorectal 4.6-8.3% 108-195
Melanoma 4.4% 68
Ovarian 3.8% 80
Esophageal 3.4% 145
Breast 1.1-2.8% 62-507
Colon 1.7% 60

Decreased expression Breast 61.8% 458
Prostate 17-75%* NA
Lung 19-46%* NA
Ovarian 22%* NA
Breast 18%* NA
Bladder 18%* NA

Copy number loss Ovarian 21.5% 93

PIK3R2 (p85β)

Mutation Endometrial 4.9% 243
Colorectal 0.9% 108
Megalencephaly 22.0% 50

Amplification Lymphoma 23.3% 60

Increased expression Colon 55.0% 20
Breast 45.7% 35

PIK3R3 (p55γ)

Copy number gain Ovarian 15.0% 93

Class IB

PIK3CG (p110γ)

Copy number gain Ovarian 19.3% 93

Increased expression Breast 77.5% 40
Prostate 72.4% 29
Medulloblastoma 52.9% 17

PIK3R5 (p101)

Mutation Melanoma 38.2% 68
Gastric 2.7% 37

For further detail and references, see the expanded version of this table online (Supplemental Table 1).

Megalencephaly syndromes are a collection of sporadic overgrowth disorders characterized by enlarged brain size and other distinct features.

Combined number of hypermutated and non-hypermutated colon and colorectal patient samples with mutations in the indicated gene.

*

Represents the percent reduction in gene expression.

NA Sample size not available for this study.