Mutated tumor alleles are expressed according to their DNA frequency.
Sci Rep
; 4: 4743, 2014 Apr 22.
Article
em En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-24752137
ABSTRACT
The transcription of tumor mutations from DNA into RNA has implications for biology, epigenetics and clinical practice. It is not clear if mutations are in general transcribed and, if so, at what proportion to the wild-type allele. Here, we examined the correlation between DNA mutation allele frequency and RNA mutation allele frequency. We sequenced the exome and transcriptome of tumor cell lines with large copy number variations, identified heterozygous single nucleotide mutations and absolute DNA copy number, and determined the corresponding DNA and RNA mutation allele fraction. We found that 99% of the DNA mutations in expressed genes are expressed as RNA. Moreover, we found a high correlation between the DNA and RNA mutation allele frequency. Exceptions are mutations that cause premature termination codons and therefore activate nonsense-mediated decay. Beyond this, we did not find evidence of any wide-scale mechanism, such as allele-specific epigenetic silencing, preferentially promoting mutated or wild-type alleles. In conclusion, our data strongly suggest that genes are equally transcribed from all alleles, mutated and wild-type, and thus transcribed in proportion to their DNA allele frequency.
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Assunto principal:
Alelos
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Frequência do Gene
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Mutação
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Neoplasias
Limite:
Animals
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Sci Rep
Ano de publicação:
2014
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Alemanha