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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
1997-8-18
pubmed:abstractText
The t(11;22)(q24;q12) translocation is found in about 85% of Ewing tumors and leads in all cases to an EWS/FLI1 fusion gene. In a few instances, complex translocations, involving chromosomes 11, 22 and a third chromosome or other variant translocations not involving chromosome 11 also have been reported. These rearrangements generate an active fusion gene between the EWS gene and either the human FLI1 gene or other members of the ETS gene family: the ERG gene localized in band 21q22.2, the ETV1 gene localized in band 7p22, or the E1AF gene localized in band 17q12. Using fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) on interphase nuclei or metaphases, we report here the characterization of particular karyotypes in Ewing tumors, namely a complex t(2;11;22) translocation, a variant t(12;22) translocation, and one Ewing tumor without specific rearrangements but with an EWS/ERG fusion gene demonstrated by molecular analysis. These molecular cytogenetic methods allowed us (1) to precisely localize the genomic breakpoints within-EWSR1 and EWSR2 and to identify the chromosome carrying the fusion gene; (2) to determine the nature of events generating the fusion genes; (3) to demonstrate that some variant translocations represent masked complex translocations; and (4) to show that the generation of an EWS/ERG fusion gene cannot be obtained through a simple balanced translocation.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Aug
pubmed:issn
0165-4608
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
97
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
12-9
pubmed:dateRevised
2011-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:9242212-Chromosome Aberrations, pubmed-meshheading:9242212-Chromosomes, Human, Pair 11, pubmed-meshheading:9242212-Chromosomes, Human, Pair 12, pubmed-meshheading:9242212-Chromosomes, Human, Pair 2, pubmed-meshheading:9242212-Chromosomes, Human, Pair 21, pubmed-meshheading:9242212-Chromosomes, Human, Pair 22, pubmed-meshheading:9242212-Cosmids, pubmed-meshheading:9242212-DNA-Binding Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:9242212-Heterogeneous-Nuclear Ribonucleoproteins, pubmed-meshheading:9242212-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:9242212-In Situ Hybridization, Fluorescence, pubmed-meshheading:9242212-Karyotyping, pubmed-meshheading:9242212-Oncogene Proteins, Fusion, pubmed-meshheading:9242212-Proto-Oncogene Protein c-fli-1, pubmed-meshheading:9242212-Proto-Oncogene Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:9242212-RNA-Binding Protein EWS, pubmed-meshheading:9242212-Ribonucleoproteins, pubmed-meshheading:9242212-Sarcoma, Ewing, pubmed-meshheading:9242212-Trans-Activators, pubmed-meshheading:9242212-Translocation, Genetic, pubmed-meshheading:9242212-Tumor Cells, Cultured
pubmed:year
1997
pubmed:articleTitle
Multiple chromosomal mechanisms generate an EWS/FLI1 or an EWS/ERG fusion gene in Ewing tumors.
pubmed:affiliation
Laboratory of Tumor Genetics, Curie Institute, Paris, France.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't