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PR/SET Domain Family and Cancer: Novel Insights from The Cancer Genome Atlas
The PR/SET domain gene family (PRDM) encodes 19 different transcription factors that share a subtype of the SET domain [Su(var)3-9, enhancer-of-zeste and trithorax] known as the PRDF1-RIZ (PR) homology domain. This domain, with its potential methyltransferase activity, is followed by a variable numb...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6214140/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30347759 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijms19103250 |
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author | Sorrentino, Anna Federico, Antonio Rienzo, Monica Gazzerro, Patrizia Bifulco, Maurizio Ciccodicola, Alfredo Casamassimi, Amelia Abbondanza, Ciro |
author_facet | Sorrentino, Anna Federico, Antonio Rienzo, Monica Gazzerro, Patrizia Bifulco, Maurizio Ciccodicola, Alfredo Casamassimi, Amelia Abbondanza, Ciro |
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description | The PR/SET domain gene family (PRDM) encodes 19 different transcription factors that share a subtype of the SET domain [Su(var)3-9, enhancer-of-zeste and trithorax] known as the PRDF1-RIZ (PR) homology domain. This domain, with its potential methyltransferase activity, is followed by a variable number of zinc-finger motifs, which likely mediate protein–protein, protein–RNA, or protein–DNA interactions. Intriguingly, almost all PRDM family members express different isoforms, which likely play opposite roles in oncogenesis. Remarkably, several studies have described alterations in most of the family members in malignancies. Here, to obtain a pan-cancer overview of the genomic and transcriptomic alterations of PRDM genes, we reanalyzed the Exome- and RNA-Seq public datasets available at The Cancer Genome Atlas portal. Overall, PRDM2, PRDM3/MECOM, PRDM9, PRDM16 and ZFPM2/FOG2 were the most mutated genes with pan-cancer frequencies of protein-affecting mutations higher than 1%. Moreover, we observed heterogeneity in the mutation frequencies of these genes across tumors, with cancer types also reaching a value of about 20% of mutated samples for a specific PRDM gene. Of note, ZFPM1/FOG1 mutations occurred in 50% of adrenocortical carcinoma patients and were localized in a hotspot region. These findings, together with OncodriveCLUST results, suggest it could be putatively considered a cancer driver gene in this malignancy. Finally, transcriptome analysis from RNA-Seq data of paired samples revealed that transcription of PRDMs was significantly altered in several tumors. Specifically, PRDM12 and PRDM13 were largely overexpressed in many cancers whereas PRDM16 and ZFPM2/FOG2 were often downregulated. Some of these findings were also confirmed by real-time-PCR on primary tumors. |
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spelling | pubmed-62141402018-11-14 PR/SET Domain Family and Cancer: Novel Insights from The Cancer Genome Atlas Sorrentino, Anna Federico, Antonio Rienzo, Monica Gazzerro, Patrizia Bifulco, Maurizio Ciccodicola, Alfredo Casamassimi, Amelia Abbondanza, Ciro Int J Mol Sci Article The PR/SET domain gene family (PRDM) encodes 19 different transcription factors that share a subtype of the SET domain [Su(var)3-9, enhancer-of-zeste and trithorax] known as the PRDF1-RIZ (PR) homology domain. This domain, with its potential methyltransferase activity, is followed by a variable number of zinc-finger motifs, which likely mediate protein–protein, protein–RNA, or protein–DNA interactions. Intriguingly, almost all PRDM family members express different isoforms, which likely play opposite roles in oncogenesis. Remarkably, several studies have described alterations in most of the family members in malignancies. Here, to obtain a pan-cancer overview of the genomic and transcriptomic alterations of PRDM genes, we reanalyzed the Exome- and RNA-Seq public datasets available at The Cancer Genome Atlas portal. Overall, PRDM2, PRDM3/MECOM, PRDM9, PRDM16 and ZFPM2/FOG2 were the most mutated genes with pan-cancer frequencies of protein-affecting mutations higher than 1%. Moreover, we observed heterogeneity in the mutation frequencies of these genes across tumors, with cancer types also reaching a value of about 20% of mutated samples for a specific PRDM gene. Of note, ZFPM1/FOG1 mutations occurred in 50% of adrenocortical carcinoma patients and were localized in a hotspot region. These findings, together with OncodriveCLUST results, suggest it could be putatively considered a cancer driver gene in this malignancy. Finally, transcriptome analysis from RNA-Seq data of paired samples revealed that transcription of PRDMs was significantly altered in several tumors. Specifically, PRDM12 and PRDM13 were largely overexpressed in many cancers whereas PRDM16 and ZFPM2/FOG2 were often downregulated. Some of these findings were also confirmed by real-time-PCR on primary tumors. MDPI 2018-10-19 /pmc/articles/PMC6214140/ /pubmed/30347759 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijms19103250 Text en © 2018 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Sorrentino, Anna Federico, Antonio Rienzo, Monica Gazzerro, Patrizia Bifulco, Maurizio Ciccodicola, Alfredo Casamassimi, Amelia Abbondanza, Ciro PR/SET Domain Family and Cancer: Novel Insights from The Cancer Genome Atlas |
title | PR/SET Domain Family and Cancer: Novel Insights from The Cancer Genome Atlas |
title_full | PR/SET Domain Family and Cancer: Novel Insights from The Cancer Genome Atlas |
title_fullStr | PR/SET Domain Family and Cancer: Novel Insights from The Cancer Genome Atlas |
title_full_unstemmed | PR/SET Domain Family and Cancer: Novel Insights from The Cancer Genome Atlas |
title_short | PR/SET Domain Family and Cancer: Novel Insights from The Cancer Genome Atlas |
title_sort | pr/set domain family and cancer: novel insights from the cancer genome atlas |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6214140/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30347759 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijms19103250 |
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