Table 1

Somatic mtDNA mutations in patients with liver cancer

CaseGeneDifference between DNA in tumours and in normal tissueCambridge sequencePatternFunction locationReported in Mitomap and other tumours
Ht, heteroplasmy
Hm, homoplasmy.
Twenty-four mutations in total, four homoplasmy to heteroplasmy, three heteroplasmy to homoplasmy, 16 homoplasmy to homoplasmy, and one heteroplasmy to heteroplasmy.
Back changes are in bold.
HE01COIT6293C (CCT>CCC, P130P)THm to HtCOINovel
HE02DloopA16180GAHm to Hm7S
HE03Dloop433>438 ins C (C6>C6/7)C6Hm to HtmtTF1 binding siteNovel
HE09Dloop303>309 ins C (C7>C7/8)C7Hm to HtmtTF1 binding siteBreast, head and neck, colon, ovarian cancer, lung, gastric, and thyroid cancers
HE11Dloop303>315 del C (C13>C12)C7TC5Hm to HmmtTF1 binding siteBreast, head and neck, colon, ovarian cancer, lung, gastric, and thyroid cancers
HE12DloopC194TCHm to HmH to strand origin
HE12DloopT195CTHm to HmH to strand originBreast cancer and glioblastomas
HE12DloopC199TTHt to HmH to strand originOvarian cancer
HE12DloopG263A A Hm to HmH to strand origin
HE12Dloop303>309 del C (C8/7>C7)C7Ht to HmmtTF1 binding siteBreast, head and neck, colon, ovarian cancer, lung, gastric, and thyroid cancers
HE16Dloop303>309 del C (C8/9>C8)C7Ht to HtmtTF1 binding siteBreast, head and neck, colon, ovarian cancer, lung, gastric, and thyroid cancers
HE18Dloop433>438 ins C (C6>C7)C6Hm to HmmtTF1 binding siteNovel
HE18DloopA556GAHm to HmMajor H to strand promoterNovel
HE19DloopA189GAHm to HmH to strand originBreast cancer
HE19DloopC194TCHm to HmH to strand origin
HE19DloopT195CTHm to HmH to strand originBreast cancer and glioblastomas
HE19DloopT199CTHm to HmH to strand originOvarian cancer
HE19DloopT204CTHt to HmH to strand originBreast cancer and glioblastomas
HE19DloopG207AGHm to HmH to strand originBreast and thyroid cancers
HE19Dloop433>438 del C (C7>C6)C6Hm to HmmtTF1 binding siteNovel
HE19DloopT456C C Hm to HmThyroid cancer
HE19DloopC489T T Hm to HmOvarian cancer
HE19Dloop514>523 ins (CA)3 ((CA)4>(CA)7)(CA)5Hm to HmOvarian cancer, thyroid, head and neck, and gastric cancers
HE20Dloop303->309 ins C (C8−>C8/9)C7Hm to HtmtTF1 binding siteBreast, head and neck, colon, ovarian cancer, lung, gastric, and thyroid cancers