Volume 51, Issue 5 pp. 452-461
Research Article

Identification of TFG (TRK-fused gene) as a putative metastatic melanoma tumor suppressor gene

Ken Dutton-Regester

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Ken Dutton-Regester

Queensland Institute of Medical Research, Oncogenomics Laboratory, Brisbane QLD 4006, Australia

Faculty of Science and Technology, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane QLD 4000, Australia

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Lauren G. Aoude

Lauren G. Aoude

Queensland Institute of Medical Research, Oncogenomics Laboratory, Brisbane QLD 4006, Australia

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Derek J. Nancarrow

Derek J. Nancarrow

Queensland Institute of Medical Research, Oncogenomics Laboratory, Brisbane QLD 4006, Australia

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Mitchell S. Stark

Mitchell S. Stark

Queensland Institute of Medical Research, Oncogenomics Laboratory, Brisbane QLD 4006, Australia

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Linda O'Connor

Linda O'Connor

Queensland Institute of Medical Research, Cancer Immunotherapy Laboratory, Brisbane QLD, 4006 Australia

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Cathy Lanagan

Cathy Lanagan

Queensland Institute of Medical Research, Cancer Immunotherapy Laboratory, Brisbane QLD, 4006 Australia

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Gulietta M. Pupo

Gulietta M. Pupo

University of Sydney at Westmead Millennium Institute, Westmead NSW 2145, Australia

Melanoma Institute of Australia (Formerly the Sydney Melanoma Unit), North Sydney, NSW 2060, Australia

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Varsha Tembe

Varsha Tembe

University of Sydney at Westmead Millennium Institute, Westmead NSW 2145, Australia

Melanoma Institute of Australia (Formerly the Sydney Melanoma Unit), North Sydney, NSW 2060, Australia

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Candace D. Carter

Candace D. Carter

Melanoma Institute of Australia (Formerly the Sydney Melanoma Unit), North Sydney, NSW 2060, Australia

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Michael O'Rourke

Michael O'Rourke

Morris Tower, 149 Wickham Tce Brisbane 4000 QLD, Australia

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Richard A. Scolyer

Richard A. Scolyer

Melanoma Institute of Australia (Formerly the Sydney Melanoma Unit), North Sydney, NSW 2060, Australia

Department Tissue Pathology and Diagnostic Oncology, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Camperdown, NSW 2050 Australia

Discipline of Pathology, Sydney Medical School, the University of Sydney, NSW, 2006 Australia

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Graham J. Mann

Graham J. Mann

University of Sydney at Westmead Millennium Institute, Westmead NSW 2145, Australia

Melanoma Institute of Australia (Formerly the Sydney Melanoma Unit), North Sydney, NSW 2060, Australia

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Christopher W. Schmidt

Christopher W. Schmidt

Queensland Institute of Medical Research, Cancer Immunotherapy Laboratory, Brisbane QLD, 4006 Australia

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Adrian Herington

Adrian Herington

Faculty of Science and Technology, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane QLD 4000, Australia

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Nicholas K. Hayward

Nicholas K. Hayward

Queensland Institute of Medical Research, Oncogenomics Laboratory, Brisbane QLD 4006, Australia

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First published: 17 January 2012
Citations: 26

Abstract

High density SNP arrays can be used to identify DNA copy number changes in tumors such as homozygous deletions of tumor suppressor genes and focal amplifications of oncogenes. Illumina Human CNV370 Bead chip arrays were used to assess the genome for unbalanced chromosomal events occurring in 39 cell lines derived from stage III metastatic melanomas. A number of genes previously recognized to have an important role in the development and progression of melanoma were identified including homozygous deletions of CDKN2A (13 of 39 samples), CDKN2B (10 of 39), PTEN (3 of 39), PTPRD (3 of 39), TP53 (1 of 39), and amplifications of CCND1 (2 of 39), MITF (2 of 39), MDM2 (1 of 39), and NRAS (1 of 39). In addition, a number of focal homozygous deletions potentially targeting novel melanoma tumor suppressor genes were identified. Because of their likely functional significance for melanoma progression, FAS, CH25H, BMPR1A, ACTA2, and TFG were investigated in a larger cohort of melanomas through sequencing. Nonsynonymous mutations were identified in BMPR1A (1 of 43), ACTA2 (3 of 43), and TFG (5 of 103). A number of potentially important mutation events occurred in TFG including the identification of a mini mutation “hotspot” at amino acid residue 380 (P380S and P380L) and the presence of multiple mutations in two melanomas. Mutations in TFG may have important clinical relevance for current therapeutic strategies to treat metastatic melanoma. © 2012 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.

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