Project description:<p>Transcriptome sequencing of solitary fibrous tumors / hemangiopericytomas from a variety of anatomic sites revealed recurrent gene fusions between two genes, NAB2 and STAT6. All SFTs examined exhibited an in-frame fusion transcript encoding a fusion protein containing the EGR1 interaction domain of NAB2 with the transcriptional activation domain of STAT6. Functional testing of the fusion alleles confirmed the conversion of the wt NAB2 repressor into a transcriptional activator. A range of individual fusion junctions can be detected by next-generation sequencing acro the sample set, highlighting the suitability of this method in the diagnostic characterization of SFTs. This study indentified the pathognomonic alteration in solitary fibrous tumors and illuminates a pathway towards targeted therapeutics for this cancer.</p>
Project description:Gene expression microarrays are the most widely used technique for genome-wide expression profiling. However, microarrays do not perform well on formalin fixed paraffin embedded tissue (FFPET). Consequently, microarrays cannot be effectively utilized to perform gene expression profiling on the vast majority of archival tumor samples. To address this limitation of gene expression microarrays, we designed a novel procedure (3'-end sequencing for expression quantification (3SEQ)) for gene expression profiling from FFPET using next-generation sequencing. We performed gene expression profiling by 3SEQ and microarray on both frozen tissue and FFPET from two soft tissue tumors (desmoid type fibromatosis (DTF) and solitary fibrous tumor (SFT)) (total n = 23). Analysis of 3SEQ data revealed many genes differentially expressed between the tumor types (FDR < 0.01) on both the frozen tissue (~9.6K genes) and FFPET (~8.1K genes). Analysis of microarray data from frozen tissue revealed fewer differentially expressed genes (~4.64K), and analysis of microarray data on FFPET revealed very few (69) differentially expressed genes. Functional gene set analysis of 3SEQ data from both frozen tissue and FFPET identified biological pathways known to be important in DTF and SFT pathogenesis and suggested several additional candidate oncogenic pathways in these tumors. These findings demonstrate that 3SEQ is an effective technique for gene expression profiling from archival tumor samples and may facilitate significant advances in translational cancer research. Set of arrays organized by shared biological context, such as organism, tumors types, processes, etc. Preservation: either frozen (FROZEN) or formalin fixed paraffin embedded tissue (FFPET) Disease State: Tumor type: desmoid type fibromatosis (DTF) or solitary fibrous tumor (SFT) Keywords: Logical Set Computed
Project description:Genome and transcriptome sequence data from a solitary fibrous tumors (sarcoma) patient, generated as part of the BC Cancer Agency's Personalized OncoGenomics (POG) study
Project description:Genome and transcriptome sequence data from a solitary fibrous tumors (sarcoma) patient, generated as part of the BC Cancer Agency's Personalized OncoGenomics (POG) study