title: Fusion of the dominant negative transcription regulator CHOP with a novel gene FUS by translocation t(12;16) in malignant liposarcoma.
abstract: The search for tumour-specific markers is one of the chief goals in cancer biology. We show that the translocation t(12;16)(q13:p11) in malignant myxoid liposarcoma can be a fusion of the CHOP dominant negative transcription factor gene with a novel gene, FUS, which can result in fusion of the FUS glycine-rich protein with the whole CHOP coding region. The data support the concept that protein fusion may commonly occur in solid tumours resulting in tumour-specific markers of potential clinical importance. The data also indicate the importance of transcription disruption in the pathogenesis of solid tumours.
authors.affiliation: MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge, UK.
authors.forename: T H
authors.initials: TH
authors.lastname: Rabbitts
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Forster
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Larson
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Nathan
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001483:Base Sequence; D022762:CCAAT-Enhancer-Binding Proteins; D002881:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 12 / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D002885:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 16 / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D004247:DNA / Q000235:genetics; D004273:DNA, Neoplasm / Q000235:genetics; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D015972:Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic; D005799:Genes, Dominant; D034441:Heterogeneous-Nuclear Ribonucleoproteins; D006801:Humans; D008080:Liposarcoma / Q000235:genetics*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009363:Neoplasm Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D009687:Nuclear Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D034702:RNA-Binding Protein FUS; D012261:Ribonucleoproteins / Q000235:genetics*; D051742:Transcription Factor CHOP; D014157:Transcription Factors / Q000235:genetics*; D014158:Transcription, Genetic; D014178:Translocation, Genetic
chemical_list: D022762:CCAAT-Enhancer-Binding Proteins; C497249:DDIT3 protein, human; D004273:DNA, Neoplasm; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D034441:Heterogeneous-Nuclear Ribonucleoproteins; D009363:Neoplasm Proteins; D009687:Nuclear Proteins; D034702:RNA-Binding Protein FUS; D012261:Ribonucleoproteins; D014157:Transcription Factors; D051742:Transcription Factor CHOP; D004247:DNA