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Frequent miRNA-convergent fusion gene events in breast cancer

Persson, Helena LU orcid ; Søkilde, Rolf LU orcid ; Häkkinen, Jari LU orcid ; Pirona, Anna Chiara ; Vallon-Christersson, Johan LU orcid ; Kvist, Anders LU orcid ; Mertens, Fredrik LU ; Borg, Åke LU ; Mitelman, Felix LU orcid and Höglund, Mattias LU , et al. (2017) In Nature Communications 8(1).
Abstract

Studies of fusion genes have mainly focused on the formation of fusions that result in the production of hybrid proteins or, alternatively, on promoter-switching events that put a gene under the control of aberrant signals. However, gene fusions may also disrupt the transcriptional control of genes that are encoded in introns downstream of the breakpoint. By ignoring structural constraints of the transcribed fusions, we highlight the importance of a largely unexplored function of fusion genes. Here, we show, using breast cancer as an example, that miRNA host genes are specifically enriched in fusion genes and that many different, low-frequency, 5 partners may deregulate the same miRNA irrespective of the coding potential of the fusion... (More)

Studies of fusion genes have mainly focused on the formation of fusions that result in the production of hybrid proteins or, alternatively, on promoter-switching events that put a gene under the control of aberrant signals. However, gene fusions may also disrupt the transcriptional control of genes that are encoded in introns downstream of the breakpoint. By ignoring structural constraints of the transcribed fusions, we highlight the importance of a largely unexplored function of fusion genes. Here, we show, using breast cancer as an example, that miRNA host genes are specifically enriched in fusion genes and that many different, low-frequency, 5 partners may deregulate the same miRNA irrespective of the coding potential of the fusion transcript. These results indicate that the concept of recurrence, defined by the rate of functionally important aberrations, needs to be revised to encompass convergent fusions that affect a miRNA independently of transcript structure and protein-coding potential.

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2041-1723
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10.1038/s41467-017-01176-1
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English
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  author       = {{Persson, Helena and Søkilde, Rolf and Häkkinen, Jari and Pirona, Anna Chiara and Vallon-Christersson, Johan and Kvist, Anders and Mertens, Fredrik and Borg, Åke and Mitelman, Felix and Höglund, Mattias and Rovira, Carlos}},
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  title        = {{Frequent miRNA-convergent fusion gene events in breast cancer}},
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  doi          = {{10.1038/s41467-017-01176-1}},
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