Whole transcriptome sequencing in 274 glioma patients reveals gene fusion profiling and novel candidate fusion genes
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ABSTRACT: We detected fusion genes in 274 fresh surgical samples of gliomas using whole transcriptome sequencing. Using this approach we screened a panel of glioma samples and identified a number of activating novel fusion transcripts. Fusion detection in 274 glioma patients
Project description:We detected fusion genes in 274 fresh surgical samples of gliomas using whole transcriptome sequencing. Using this approach we screened a panel of glioma samples and identified a number of activating novel fusion transcripts.
Project description:Intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma (iCCA) is a fatal bile duct cancer with dismal prognosis and limited therapeutic options. By performing RNA- and exome sequencing analyses we have discovered a novel fusion event, FGFR2-PPHLN1 (16%), and damaging mutations in the ARAF oncogene (11%). Methods: mRNA and gDNA were exctracted from fresh frozen tumor tissues and corresponding normal tissue (n=8 pairs) from patients with iCCA who underwent surgical resection. RNA-seq was performed using Illumina HiSeq 2500 System with 100 nucleotide single-end reads. One sample and its paired non-tumoral tissue were eliminated from the subsequent analysis because of bad RNa quality. The same 8 paired tumors were also analyzed by whole-exome seq. Submitter confirms there are no patient privacy concerns with these data. This dataset is part of the TransQST collection.
Project description:We report the design and implementation of a "breakpoint analysis" pipeline to discover novel gene fusions by tell-tale transcript level or genomic DNA copy number transitions occurring within genes. We use this method to prioritize candidate rearrangements from high density array CGH datasets as well as exon-resolution expression microarrays. We mine both publicly available data as well as datasets generated in our laboratory. Several gene fusion candidates were chosen for further characterization, and corresponding samples were profiled using paired end RNA sequencing to discover the identity of the gene fusion. Using this approach, we report the discovery and characterization of novel gene fusions spanning multiple cancer subtypes including angiosarcoma, pancreatic cancer, anaplastic astrocytoma, melanoma, breast cancer, and T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia. Taken together, this study provides a robust approach for gene fusion discovery, and our results highlight a more widespread role of fusion genes in cancer pathogenesis. Breakpoint analysis for the discovery of novel gene fusions across human cancers
Project description:SnowShoes-FTD, a fusion transcript discovery tool, was used to identify fusions in breast cancer cell lines using the RNA-Seq data Total RNA extracted from cell lines. The total RNA was used for construction of RNA-Seq library for RNA-Sequencing.
Project description:Whole transcriptome RNA-seq of pediatric infant (<1year of aget at diagnosis) patients affected by B-cell precursor Acute Lymphoblastic leukemia (BCP-ALL). The aim of the study is to identify fusion gene rearrangements involved in childhood leukemia, using Next Generation Sequencing (NGS)
Project description:Discarded live tumor tissue from a metastatic focus in the patientM-bM-^@M-^Ys lung was collected under institutional review board approval through the NUT midline carcinoma registry (www.NMCRegistry.org). From this tissue the first known NUT-variant cell line, 1221, was established. To determine the putative partner gene to NUT, we performed comprehensive RNA-sequencing on RNA purified from 1221. We identified an in-frame transcript fusing the 5M-bM-^@M-^Y coding sequence of NSD3 (exons 1-7) to exons 2-7 of NUT. Expression of the NSD3-NUT fusion oncoprotein was verified by immunobloting with an antibody to NUT, revealing an approximately 200kDa band that is similar in size to BRD3-NUT, but smaller than BRD4-NUT Identification of a NUT fusion partner using RNA extracted from live cultured 1221 cell line derived from a lung metastasis from the index case of a 13 year old female with NUT-positive NMC.
Project description:Fibrolamellar carcinoma (FLC) is a liver tumor with a high mortality burden and few treatment options. A promising therapeutic vulnerability in this disease is its highly conserved driver mutation: a gene fusion between DNAJB1 and PRKACA, which is expressed in virtually all FLC tumors and could be an ideal neoantigen target for immunotherapy. In this study, we aimed to define endogenous CD8 T cell responses to this fusion in FLC patients and evaluate fusion-specific T cell receptors (TCRs) as candidates for novel cellular immunotherapies. Although fusion-specific T cells in FLC appear to be rare, we nevertheless defined an endogenous functional T cell response in an FLC patient.