H2AFY is a novel fusion partner of MECOM in acute myeloid leukemia.
Cancer Genet
; 222-223: 9-12, 2018 04.
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ABSTRACT
The MECOM gene encoding a zinc finger protein that functions as a transcription factor, was located on chromosome 3q26, and rearrangements of MECOM often cause its overexpression in acute myeloid leukemia (AML). We identified H2AFY as a novel fusion gene partner of MECOM in an elderly male AML patient with cryptic 3q26 rearrangement using the whole transcriptome sequencing, who carried out abnormal karyotype of 46,XY,t(3;5)(q27;q31),add(14)(p11). We validated the existence of the unreported H2AFY-MECOM fusion gene by RT-PCR and Sanger DNA sequencing, and detected mutations of NRAS and BCOR in this patient. In addition, we found abnormally elevated expression of MECOM in this patient by quantitative-polymerase chain reaction (RQ-PCR). Further research is needed to investigate functional characterizations of this novel fusion in the development of AML.
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Histonas
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Leucemia Mieloide Aguda
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Proteínas de Fusão Oncogênica
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Proteína do Locus do Complexo MDS1 e EVI1
Tipo de estudo:
Prognostic_studies
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Aged
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Humans
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Male
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En
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2018
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