An Unbalanced Chromosome Translocation Between 7p22 and 12q13 Leads to ACTB-GLI1 Fusion in Pericytoma

Anticancer Research
Ioannis PanagopoulosSverre Heim

Abstract

Since the first description of five pericytomas with the t(7;12)/ACTB-GLI1 fusion gene, only three new tumors were studied by both cytogenetics and molecular techniques. We report here genetic data on another case of this rare tumor. Cytogenetic, fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH), reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR), and Sanger sequencing analyses were performed. The pericytoma carried two structurally rearranged chromosomes: der(7)t(7;12)(p22;q13) and der(12)t(1;12)(q12;q13). In FISH experiments with a break-apart probe for GLI1, the distal part of the probe hybridized to der(7) whereas the proximal part to der(12). RT-PCR and Sanger sequencing detected an ACTB-GLI1 fragment in which exon 2 of ACTB was fused to exon 6 of GLI1. The ACTB-GLI1 fusion gene was mapped at der(7)t(7;12)(p22;q13) and coded for a putative ACTB-GLI1 protein in which the first 41 amino acid (aa) of ACTB replaced the first 177 aa of GLI1.

Citations

Oct 18, 2020·Histopathology·Yuji NittaChiho Ohbayashi
Nov 16, 2021·Virchows Archiv : an International Journal of Pathology·Jiahan LiuJian Wang

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