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TFG, a target of chromosome translocations in lymphoma and soft tissue tumors, fuses to GPR128 in healthy individuals

TFG, a target of chromosome translocations in lymphoma and soft tissue tumors, fuses to GPR128 in healthy individuals
TFG, a target of chromosome translocations in lymphoma and soft tissue tumors, fuses to GPR128 in healthy individuals
Background: fusion gene formation plays roles in both oncogenesis and evolution by facilitating the acquisition of novel functions. Here we describe the first example of a human polymorphic in-frame fusion of two unrelated genes associated with a copy number variant (CNV).
Design and methods: genomic array comparative hybridization (CGH) was used to identify cryptic oncogenic fusion genes. Fusion gene structure and origin was examined using molecular biological and computational methods. Phenotype associations were examined using PopGen cohorts.
Results: targeted array CGH to identify cryptic oncogenic fusion genes in patients with atypical myeloproliferative neoplasms identified a 111 kb amplification with breakpoints within TRK-fused gene (TFG, a target of translocations in lymphoma and thyroid tumors) and G-protein-coupled receptor 128 (GPR128) resulting in an expressed in-frame TFG-GPR128 fusion transcript. The fusion gene was also identified in healthy individuals at a frequency of 0.02 (3/120). Normally both genes are in identical orientations with TFG immediately downstream of GPR128. In individuals with a CNV amplification, one or two copies of the TFG-GPR128 fusion are found between the two parental genes. The breakpoints share a region of microhomology, and haplotype and microsatellite analysis indicate a single ancestral origin. Analysis of PopGen cohorts showed no obvious phenotype association. An in silico search of EST databases found no other CNV amplification-associated fusion transcripts, suggesting this is an uncommon event.
Conclusions: the finding of a polymorphic gene fusion in healthy individuals adds another layer to the complexity of human genome variation and emphasizes the importance of careful discrimination of oncogenic changes found in tumor samples from non-pathogenic normal variation
fusion gene, oncogenesis, targeted array, genomic array comparative hybridization
0390-6078
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Chase, Andrew
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Ernst, Thomas
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Fiebig, Andreas
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Collins, Andrew
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Grand, Francis
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Erben, Phillip
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Reiter, Andreas
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Schreiber, Stefan
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Cross, Nicholas C.P.
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Chase, Andrew
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Fiebig, Andreas
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Collins, Andrew
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Grand, Francis
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Erben, Phillip
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Reiter, Andreas
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Schreiber, Stefan
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Cross, Nicholas C.P.
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Chase, Andrew, Ernst, Thomas, Fiebig, Andreas, Collins, Andrew, Grand, Francis, Erben, Phillip, Reiter, Andreas, Schreiber, Stefan and Cross, Nicholas C.P. (2010) TFG, a target of chromosome translocations in lymphoma and soft tissue tumors, fuses to GPR128 in healthy individuals. Haematologica, 95 (1), 20-26. (doi:10.3324/haematol.2009.011536).

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Abstract

Background: fusion gene formation plays roles in both oncogenesis and evolution by facilitating the acquisition of novel functions. Here we describe the first example of a human polymorphic in-frame fusion of two unrelated genes associated with a copy number variant (CNV).
Design and methods: genomic array comparative hybridization (CGH) was used to identify cryptic oncogenic fusion genes. Fusion gene structure and origin was examined using molecular biological and computational methods. Phenotype associations were examined using PopGen cohorts.
Results: targeted array CGH to identify cryptic oncogenic fusion genes in patients with atypical myeloproliferative neoplasms identified a 111 kb amplification with breakpoints within TRK-fused gene (TFG, a target of translocations in lymphoma and thyroid tumors) and G-protein-coupled receptor 128 (GPR128) resulting in an expressed in-frame TFG-GPR128 fusion transcript. The fusion gene was also identified in healthy individuals at a frequency of 0.02 (3/120). Normally both genes are in identical orientations with TFG immediately downstream of GPR128. In individuals with a CNV amplification, one or two copies of the TFG-GPR128 fusion are found between the two parental genes. The breakpoints share a region of microhomology, and haplotype and microsatellite analysis indicate a single ancestral origin. Analysis of PopGen cohorts showed no obvious phenotype association. An in silico search of EST databases found no other CNV amplification-associated fusion transcripts, suggesting this is an uncommon event.
Conclusions: the finding of a polymorphic gene fusion in healthy individuals adds another layer to the complexity of human genome variation and emphasizes the importance of careful discrimination of oncogenic changes found in tumor samples from non-pathogenic normal variation

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Published date: January 2010
Keywords: fusion gene, oncogenesis, targeted array, genomic array comparative hybridization

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Local EPrints ID: 69520
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/69520
ISSN: 0390-6078
PURE UUID: bae8816c-5815-4262-9671-f9945f901db2
ORCID for Andrew Chase: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0001-6617-9953
ORCID for Andrew Collins: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0001-7108-0771
ORCID for Nicholas C.P. Cross: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0001-5481-2555

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Author: Andrew Chase ORCID iD
Author: Thomas Ernst
Author: Andreas Fiebig
Author: Andrew Collins ORCID iD
Author: Francis Grand
Author: Phillip Erben
Author: Andreas Reiter
Author: Stefan Schreiber

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