Heterogeneity and clinical significance of ETV1 translocations in human prostate cancer

G Attard, J Clark, L Ambroisine, I G Mills, G Fisher, P Flohr, A Reid, S Edwards, G Kovacs, D Berney, C Foster, C E Massie, A Fletcher, J S De Bono, P Scardino, J Cuzick, C S Cooper, Transatlantic Prostate Group

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Abstract

A fluorescence in situ hybridisation (FISH) assay has been used to screen for ETV1 gene rearrangements in a cohort of 429 prostate cancers from patients who had been diagnosed by trans-urethral resection of the prostate. The presence of ETV1 gene alterations (found in 23 cases, 5.4%) was correlated with higher Gleason Score (P=0.001), PSA level at diagnosis (P=<0.0001) and clinical stage (P=0.017) but was not linked to poorer survival. We found that the six previously characterised translocation partners of ETV1 only accounted for 34% of ETV1 re-arrangements (eight out of 23) in this series, with fusion to the androgen-repressed gene C15orf21 representing the commonest event (four out of 23). In 5'-RACE experiments on RNA extracted from formalin-fixed tissue we identified the androgen-upregulated gene ACSL3 as a new 5'-translocation partner of ETV1. These studies report a novel fusion partner for ETV1 and highlight the considerable heterogeneity of ETV1 gene rearrangements in human prostate cancer.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)314-20
Number of pages7
JournalBritish Journal of Cancer
Volume99
Issue number2
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 22 Jul 2008

Keywords

  • Coenzyme A Ligases
  • Cohort Studies
  • DNA-Binding Proteins
  • Gene Fusion
  • Gene Rearrangement
  • Genetic Heterogeneity
  • Humans
  • In Situ Hybridization, Fluorescence
  • Male
  • Paraffin Embedding
  • Prostatic Neoplasms
  • Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction
  • Transcription Factors
  • Translocation, Genetic

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