Detection of TMPRSS2-ERG translocations in human prostate cancer by expression profiling using GeneChip Human Exon 1.0 ST arrays

Jhavar, Sameer, Reid, Alison, Clark, Jeremy, Kote-Jarai, Zsofia, Christmas, Timothy, Thompson, Alan, Woodhouse, Christopher, Ogden, Christopher, Fisher, Cyril, Corbishley, Cathy, De-Bono, Johann, Eeles, Rosalind, Brewer, Daniel ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4753-9794 and Cooper, Colin ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2013-8042 (2008) Detection of TMPRSS2-ERG translocations in human prostate cancer by expression profiling using GeneChip Human Exon 1.0 ST arrays. Journal of Molecular Diagnostics, 10 (1). pp. 50-7. ISSN 1525-1578

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Abstract

Translocation of TMPRSS2 to the ERG gene, found in a high proportion of human prostate cancer, results in overexpression of the 3'-ERG sequences joined to the 5'-TMPRSS2 promoter. The studies presented here were designed to test the ability of expression analysis on GeneChip Human Exon 1.0 ST arrays to detect 5'-TMPRSS2-ERG-3' hybrid transcripts encoded by this translocation. Monitoring the relative expression of each ERG exon revealed altered transcription of the ERG gene in 15 of a series of 27 prostate cancer samples. In all cases, exons 4 to 11 exhibited enhanced expression compared with exons 2 and 3. This pattern of expression indicated that the most abundant hybrid transcripts involve fusions to ERG exon 4, and RT-PCR analyses confirmed the joining of TMPRSS2 exon 1 to ERG exon 4 in all 15 cases. The exon expression patterns also indicated that TMPRSS2-ERG fusion transcripts commonly contain deletion of ERG exon 8. Analysis of gene-level data from the arrays allowed the identification of genes whose expression levels significantly correlated with the presence of the translocation. These studies demonstrate that expression analyses using exon arrays represent a valuable approach for detecting ETS gene translocation in prostate cancer, in parallel with analyses of gene expression profiles.

Item Type: Article
Uncontrolled Keywords: dna-binding proteins,exons,gene expression profiling,gene expression regulation, neoplastic,genes, neoplasm,humans,male,oligonucleotide array sequence analysis,oncogene proteins, fusion,prostatic neoplasms,rna, messenger,reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction,trans-activators,translocation, genetic,sdg 3 - good health and well-being ,/dk/atira/pure/sustainabledevelopmentgoals/good_health_and_well_being
Faculty \ School: Faculty of Science > School of Biological Sciences
Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > Norwich Medical School
UEA Research Groups: Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > Research Groups > Cancer Studies
Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > Research Centres > Metabolic Health
Depositing User: Pure Connector
Date Deposited: 06 Jan 2014 14:12
Last Modified: 19 Oct 2023 01:13
URI: https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/46149
DOI: 10.2353/jmoldx.2008.070085

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