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Chromosomal rearrangements leading to abnormal splicing within intron 4 of HMGIC ?
Author(s) -
Hauke Sven,
Rippe Volkhard,
Bullerdiek Jörn
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
genes, chromosomes and cancer
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.754
H-Index - 119
eISSN - 1098-2264
pISSN - 1045-2257
DOI - 10.1002/1098-2264(2000)9999:9999<::aid-gcc1092>3.0.co;2-o
Subject(s) - intron , biology , exon , genetics , rna splicing , gene , chromosome , breakpoint , chromosomal translocation , somatic cell , ectopic expression , rna
Fusion of the high‐mobility group protein gene HMGIC to other genes due to chromosomal rearrangements occurs in a variety of human benign tumors. In contrast to genes clearly derived from other chromosomes, some of the ectopic sequences fused to HMGIC have been assigned to chromosome 12 by CASH (chromosome assignment using somatic cell hybrids) analyses and thus can be assumed either to result from alternative splicing or to represent true ectopic sequences derived from other genes on chromosome 12. In an attempt to identify the ectopic sequences fused to this exon, we have sequenced the entire intron 4. Four of seven ectopic sequences previously described to be fused to exon 4 of HMGIC in different tumors were found to be located within intron 4 of the gene and thus are due to abnormal splicing. As for a mechanism explaining this observation, it can be suggested that breakpoints of chromosomal aberrations not directly disrupting HMGIC may induce small genomic alterations in their vicinity and thus facilitate abnormal splicing. The latter mechanism may underlie the development of part of the neoplasms characterized by 12q14–15 rearrangements. © 2001 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.

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