Expression and alternative splicing of c-ret RNA in papillary thyroid carcinomas

Oncogene
O FlugeJohan R Lillehaug

Abstract

Somatic rearrangements of the ret receptor tyrosine kinase have been consistently reported in papillary thyroid carcinomas (PTC). It is unclear whether the expression of wild-type c-ret may also be implicated in thyroid tumorigenesis. We studied ret mRNA expression in PTC from Norwegian patients. Using RT-PCR, wild-type ret mRNA was detected in all of 22 PTC and in a PTC cell line. c-ret mRNA was clearly overexpressed in PTC as compared to non-neoplastic thyroid tissue. Hybridization using ret exon DNA dot blot arrays and complex cDNA probes confirmed expression of ret RNA in thyroid biopsies. In accordance with the RNA data, Western immunoblotting showed evidence of wild-type Ret protein in PTC. Rearrangements generating the ret/PTC oncogenes co-existed with c-ret mRNA in PTC. Multiple alternative ret splicing variants were detected in PTC. Four novel ret splicing events were found in the region encoding the extracellular domain. The open reading frames of these transcripts were all in-frame with the Ret tyrosine kinase domain. In the central ret mRNA region encoding the cysteine-rich, transmembrane, and main tyrosine kinase domains, no evidence of alternative splicing was detected. Two alternative splice events were detected ...Continue Reading

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