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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
49
pubmed:dateCreated
2005-11-10
pubmed:abstractText
Rearrangements of the neuregulin (NRG1) gene have been implicated in breast carcinoma oncogenesis. To determine the frequency and clinical significance of NRG1 aberrations in clinical breast tumors, a breast cancer tissue microarray was screened for NRG1 aberrations by fluorescent in situ hybridization (FISH) using a two-color split-apart probe combination flanking the NRG1 gene. Rearrangements of NRG1 were identified in 17/382 cases by FISH, and bacterial artificial chromosome array comparative genomic hybridization was applied to five of these cases to further map the chromosome 8p abnormalities. In all five cases, there was a novel amplicon centromeric to NRG1 with a minimum common region of amplification encompassing two genes, SPFH2 and FLJ14299. Subsequent FISH analysis for the novel amplicon revealed that it was present in 63/262 cases. Abnormalities of NRG1 did not correlate with patient outcome, but the novel amplicon was associated with poor prognosis in univariate analysis, and in multivariate analysis was of prognostic significance independent of nodal status, tumor grade, estrogen receptor status, and human epidermal growth factor receptor (HER)2 overexpression. Of the two genes in the novel amplicon, expression of SPFH2 correlated most significantly with amplification. This amplicon may emerge as a result of breakpoints and chromosomal rearrangements within the NRG1 locus.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Nov
pubmed:issn
0950-9232
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
10
pubmed:volume
24
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
7281-9
pubmed:dateRevised
2011-11-2
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:16027731-Breast Neoplasms, pubmed-meshheading:16027731-Chromosomes, Artificial, Bacterial, pubmed-meshheading:16027731-Chromosomes, Human, Pair 8, pubmed-meshheading:16027731-DNA, Neoplasm, pubmed-meshheading:16027731-Female, pubmed-meshheading:16027731-Gene Amplification, pubmed-meshheading:16027731-Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic, pubmed-meshheading:16027731-Gene Rearrangement, pubmed-meshheading:16027731-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:16027731-In Situ Hybridization, Fluorescence, pubmed-meshheading:16027731-Microarray Analysis, pubmed-meshheading:16027731-Neuregulin-1, pubmed-meshheading:16027731-Nuclear Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:16027731-Nucleic Acid Hybridization, pubmed-meshheading:16027731-Prognosis, pubmed-meshheading:16027731-Receptor, Epidermal Growth Factor, pubmed-meshheading:16027731-Receptor, erbB-2, pubmed-meshheading:16027731-Receptor, erbB-3, pubmed-meshheading:16027731-Survival Rate, pubmed-meshheading:16027731-Zinc Fingers
pubmed:year
2005
pubmed:articleTitle
NRG1 gene rearrangements in clinical breast cancer: identification of an adjacent novel amplicon associated with poor prognosis.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Pathology and Prostate Centre, Genetic Pathology Evaluation Centre, Vancouver General Hospital, Vancouver, BC, Canada V6H 3Z6.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't