title: Identical splicing of aberrant epidermal growth factor receptor transcripts from amplified rearranged genes in human glioblastomas.
abstract: The epidermal growth factor receptor gene has been found to be amplified and rearranged in human glioblastomas in vivo. Here we present the sequence across a splice junction of aberrant epidermal growth factor receptor transcripts derived from corresponding and uniquely rearranged genes that are coamplified and coexpressed with non-rearranged epidermal growth factor receptor genes in six primary human glioblastomas. Each of these six tumors contains aberrant transcripts derived from identical splicing of exon 1 to exon 8 as a consequence of a deletion-rearrangement of the amplified gene, the extent of which is variable among these tumors. In spite of this intertumoral variability, each intragenic rearrangement results in loss of the same 801 coding bases (exons 2-7) and creation of a new codon at the novel splice site in their corresponding transcripts. These rearrangements do not, however, affect the mRNA sequence for the signal peptide, the first five codons, or the reading frame downstream of the rearrangement.
authors.affiliation: Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, Clinical Group, Stockholm, Sweden.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Sugawa
authors.forename: A J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Ekstrand
authors.forename: C D
authors.initials: CD
authors.lastname: James
authors.forename: V P
authors.initials: VP
authors.lastname: Collins
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001483:Base Sequence; D015152:Blotting, Northern; D004273:DNA, Neoplasm / Q000235:genetics; D066246:ErbB Receptors / Q000235:genetics*; D005091:Exons; D015321:Gene Rearrangement; D005910:Glioma / Q000235:genetics*; D006801:Humans; D007438:Introns; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction / Q000379:methods; D012326:RNA Splicing; D014158:Transcription, Genetic
chemical_list: D004273:DNA, Neoplasm; D066246:ErbB Receptors