A DNA methylation microarray-based study identifies ERG as a gene commonly methylated in prostate cancer. Hypermethylation of these islands leads to transcriptional repression of ERG in T-lymphoblastic leukaemia.86, In mice, a region 85-kb downstream of ERGs promoter (termed the ERG +85 enhancer) is highly active in T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukaemia. Rahim S, Beauchamp EM, Kong Y, Brown ML, Toretsky JA, ren A . Pleiotropic biological activities of alternatively spliced TMPRSS2/ERG fusion gene transcripts. Transl Oncol 2010; 3: 195IN191. ERG has also been shown to have a major role in cell response to vascular inflammation where it works to maintain endothelial tube formation and EC barrier function.22, 23 Inhibition of ERG in human umbilical vein ECs leads to loss of cellcell contact and inhibits tube formation.15, 16 ERG mediates junction stability via transcriptional activation of the adherens glycoprotein VE-cadherin and the tight junction protein claudin protein 5 (CLDN5) genes. ERG is a critical regulator of Wnt/LEF1 signaling in prostate cancer. Precise developmental regulation of ETS family transcription factors during specification and commitment to the T cell lineage. [17] Morpholino splice-switching oligonucleotides have been used to induce exon 4 skipping in prostate cancer cell lines, mouse models and tissue explants, leading to anti-cancer effects, including reduction of proliferation and induction of apoptosis. J Exp Med 1992; 175: 13911399. In the USA, more than one-third of adults are affected by the MS [ 1 ], often defined as having at least Donaldson SH, Hirsh A, Li DC, Holloway G, Chao J, Boucher RC et al. Although the use of the T0 exon does not result in a different ERG protein, it appears that prostate cancers that express the T0 containing variant are of lower pathological stage and associated with more favourable prognosis. Black rectangles indicate early stop sites created by frameshifts. Detection of TMPRSS2 gene deletions and translocations in carcinoma, intraepithelial neoplasia, and normal epithelium of the prostate by direct fluorescence in situ hybridization. NM_001243433NM_001291391NM_004449NM_182918NM_001331025, NP_001278320NP_001317954NP_004440NP_891548. Amino-acid residues that contact DNA are starred *; the same residues are involved across all ETS classes but only labelled in class I (adapted from Ng et al.29). PubMed Central Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 1985; 82: 72947298. Please see the link below for details. Leinonen KA, Saramki OR, Furusato B, Kimura T, Takahashi H, Egawa S et al. Neoplasia 2006; 8: 826832. eCollection 2021 Jul. Promotion and maintenance of leukemia by ERG. PubMed 2012 Mar;25(3):471-9. doi: 10.1038/modpathol.2011.176. Neoplasia 2006; 8: 885888. The ERG gene: a human gene related to the ets oncogene. TMPRSS2ERG gene fusion is associated with low Gleason scores and not with high-grade morphological features. Bakker A, Slack JC, Palanisamy N, Carskadon S, Ghosh S, Khalifeh I, Bismar TA. It is reasonable to expect that ERG will turn out to be involved in several other types of cancer. Paoloni-Giacobino A, Chen H, Peitsch MC, Rossier C, Antonarakis SE . miR-30 as a tumor suppressor connects EGF/Src signal to ERG and EMT. miR141 modulates androgen receptor transcriptional activity in human prostate cancer cells through targeting the small heterodimer partner protein. Development 1999; 126: 31313148. Barbieri CE, Baca SC, Lawrence MS, Demichelis F, Blattner M, Theurillat J-P et al. Panagopoulos I, man P, Fioretos T, Hglund M, Johansson B, Mandahl N et al. TMPRSS2 and TMPRSS4 facilitate trypsin-independent spread of influenza virus in Caco-2 cells. AB - ERG and androgen receptor (AR) are known to function cooperatively in prostate cancer (PCa) progression. Blinded to gene fusion status, two reviewers assessed each tumour for presence or absence of eight morphological features. PLoS Genet. Soller W, Johansson Soller M, Isaksson M, Elfving P, Abrahamsson P, Lundgren R et al. Department of Cancer Studies and Molecular Medicine, Clinical Sciences Building, University of Leicester, Leicester Royal Infirmary, Leicester, UK, Department of Biological, Faculty of Health and Applied Sciences, Biomedical and Analytical Sciences, University of the West of England, Frenchay Campus, Bristol, UK, You can also search for this author in Prostate cancer is a clinically heterogeneous disease. CAS Cancer Res 2003; 63: 38773882. Cell Growth Differ 1992; 3: 327. Dev Biol 2012; 361: 439449. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 2008; 105: 21052110. Anticancer Res 2011; 31: 403410. To obtain -, J Clin Oncol. Trends Biochem Sci 2003; 28: 625628. We found that 47 of 262 (18%) prostate cancers were ERG-positive, and being negative for ERG staining was associated with higher Gleason score. Sementchenko VI, Watson DK . Furusato B, Gao C-L, Ravindranath L, Chen Y, Cullen J, McLeod DG et al. Oncogene 2000; 19: 64326442. The TMPRSS2:ERG fusion is a remarkably common event in prostate cancer (~50%).79, 160, 161, 162, 163 The occurrence of the fusion increases in frequency from high-grade PIN (1020%)162, 165, 166, 167 to carcinoma (3080%).146, 161, 163, 165, 168, 169, 170, 171, 172, 173, 174, 175, 176, 177 Normal prostate tissue does not normally present with TMPRSS2:ERG fusions;168 however, normal tissue adjacent to a site of prostate cancer occasionally contains the fusion (15.6%).178 Interestingly, sites of high-grade PIN containing the fusion are found adjacent to areas of aggressive fusion-positive cancer and both share the same fusion type.146 Fusions have also been detected at low frequency (68.3%) in benign prostatic hyperplasia.178, 179 This could indicate that fusion is an early-stage event and that their presence in benign prostatic hyperplasia could increase the risk of developing carcinoma. Gopalan A, Leversha MA, Satagopan JM, Zhou Q, Al-Ahmadie HA, Fine SW et al. Klezovitch O, Risk M, Coleman I, Lucas JM, Null M, True LD et al. The NID is found within the negative regulatory domain and the CID is situated on the boundary between the EBD and C-terminal activation domains. We have shown that TMPRSS2-ERG fusions regulate CXCR4 expression in prostate tumors; thus, androgen induced ERG expression transcriptionally regulates CXCR4 expression in prostate cancer (PC . Anton IA, Frampton J . It is also suggested that other proteins may interact with the NID to displace it and reinstate ERGs DNA-binding abilities.70 This type of regulatory mechanism can be found in other ETS proteins. These inhibitory domains form a hydrophobic cage that acts primarily to bury the first -helix (H1) of the EBD. Nikolova-Krstevski V, Yuan L, Le Bras A, Vijayaraj P, Kondo M, Gebauer I et al. Select your gene target of interest using an interactive pathway map, and select your plate. J Virol 2011; 85: 41224134. New human erg isoforms generated by alternative splicing are transcriptional activators. However, the relative lack of specificity of PSA has resulted in significant over-diagnosis and unnecessary treatment for indolent tumors. ERG maintains vascular stability by tight regulation of the WNT/-catenin signalling pathway and the transcriptional control of EC-specific genes (angiopoietin 2, endoglin, vWF, VEGF-A and VE-cadherin).26, 30 Consistent with these observations, ERG knockout in mice leads to embryonic lethality associated with vascular defects.30. Overexpression of C-MYC oncogene in prostate cancer predicts biochemical recurrence. Kao C, Martiniez A, Shi X, Yang J, Evans C, Dobi A et al. Heo SH, Choi YJ, Ryoo HM, Cho JY . ERG is a crucial regulator of endocardial-mesenchymal transformation during cardiac valve morphogenesis. Oncogene 2000; 19: 65336548. Cancer Genet Cytogenet 2008; 183: 2127. Biochem J 2005; 388: 967972. The open reading frame of the full-length ERG protein is 486 amino acids long. In this study, we identified differentially expressed genes (DEGs) according to ERG-status to explore their enriched pathways and implications in prognosis in Hispanic/Latino PCa patients. Unable to load your collection due to an error, Unable to load your delegates due to an error. J Biol Chem 2010; 285: 1849618504. J Cell Biol 2000; 150: 2740. FOIA Nam R, Sugar L, Yang W, Srivastava S, Klotz L, Yang L et al. TMPRSS2:ERG fusions are associated with a distinct genetic signature that is consistent with ER signalling. PARP inhibition sensitizes to low dose-rate radiation TMPRSS2-ERG fusion gene-expressing and PTEN-deficient prostate cancer cells. Clinical implication; Diagnosis; ERG; Gene signatures; Prognosis; Prostate cancer. Genome-wide analyses reveal properties of redundant and specific promoter occupancy within the ETS gene family. A random seven amino acid phage display library (1) was pre-adsorbed onto purified GUS control protein (2) to remove non-specific peptides, pre-cleared phage peptides were then enriched for ERG-binding peptides by employing purified recombinant ERG protein as bait (3), bound phage clones were then eluted (4) and propagated (5). Mech Dev 1995; 50: 1728. 2014 Jan 20;32(3):206-11 ETS proteins: new factors that regulate immunoglobulin heavy-chain gene expression. Official gene symbol, which is typically a short form of the gene name, according to HGNC. Delineation of TMPRSS2-ERG splice variants in prostate cancer. PTEN loss induces epithelialmesenchymal transition in human colon cancer cells. Integrative molecular concept modeling of prostate cancer progression. -, Trends Biochem Sci. Interaction of murine ETS-1 with GGA-binding sites establishes the ETS domain as a new DNA-binding motif. Cells that express the membrane-bound CXCR4 receptor metastasise to sites of stromal-derived factor-1 release.106 Furthermore, the ADAMTS1 gene (encoding a disintegrin and metalloproteinase with a thrombospondin motif) is upregulated by ERG in prostate cancer cells. Thus, it appears that one of ERGs roles is to attenuate androgen-regulated transcription. [5][6][7] ERG is a member of the ETS (erythroblast transformation-specific) family of transcription factors. Bode AM, Dong Z . The fusion frequency of TMPRSS2 - ERG was about 50% in Caucasian Americans (CA), 31% in African Americans (AA) [ 10 ], and 18.5% in Asians [ 11 ]. Clin Cancer Res 2008; 14: 33953400. Cancer Res 2005; 65: 75967602. Oncogene 1992; 7: 17131719. Prostate cancer is the most common non-skin cancer and the second leading cause of cancer death in men in the United States. Post-translational modification of p53 in tumorigenesis. Liu W, Ewing CM, Chang BL, Li T, Sun J, Turner AR et al. TMPRSS2-ERG gene fusion is not associated with outcome in patients treated by prostatectomy. The TMPRSS2: ERG rearrangement, ERG expression, and prostate cancer outcomes: a cohort study and meta-analysis. Expression of variant TMPRSS2/ERG fusion messenger RNAs is associated with aggressive prostate cancer. Structure of the ETS-1 pointed domain and mitogen-activated protein kinase phosphorylation site. Cerveira N, Ribeiro FR, Peixoto A, Costa V, Henrique R, Jernimo C et al. Int. 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Science 2010; 329: 568571. CXCR4 is a type 4 C-X-C chemokine receptor that is upregulated by ERG in ~80% of primary prostate cancers and promotes metastasis to bone tissue.20, 66, 104, 105 Its ligand, the chemokine stromal-derived factor-1 is produced by the bone marrow. Kim J, Wu L, Zhao J, Jin H, Yu J . Mani R-S, Iyer MK, Cao Q, Brenner JC, Wang L, Ghosh A et al. Blood 2001; 98: 33323339. This review has focused on prostate cancer; however, ERG is also implicated in Ewings sarcoma and acute myeloid leukaemia. Treatment with the PARP inhibitor olaparib significantly reduced the invasive abilities of ERG+ cells.156 Exposure of ERG+ /PTEN prostate cells to the PARP inhibitor rucaparib was shown to sensitise the cells to low-dose radiation. Frequency of the TMPRSS2: ERG gene fusion is increased in moderate to poorly differentiated prostate cancers. FEBS J 2013; 280: 21052116. In recent years advances in genetics and biotechnology have stimulated the development of noninvasive tests to detect prostate cancer. Multiple genomic alterations on 21q22 predict various TMPRSS2/ERG fusion transcripts in human prostate cancers. Nat Genet 1994; 6: 146151. Mod Pathol 2007; 20: 467473. ERG, a human ets-related gene on chromosome 21: alternative splicing, polyadenylation, and translation. Thoms JA, Birger Y, Foster S, Knezevic K, Kirschenbaum Y, Chandrakanthan V et al. Proc Natl Acad Sci 1994; 91: 1173311737. The protein variants can include three different N-termini, two alternative transactivation domains (generated by the skipping or retention of exon 7 and exon 7b) and three different C-termini (Figure 2). It is an 85-amino-acid domain that consists of three -helices supported by a four-strand anti-parallel -sheet (Figure 1). Jan 2007 - Dec 201610 years. Owczarek C, Portbury K, Hardy M, O'Leary D, Kudoh J, Shibuya K et al. Abou-Ouf H, Ghosh S, Box A, Palanisamy N, Bismar TA. Influenza and SARS-coronavirus activating proteases TMPRSS2 and HAT are expressed at multiple sites in human respiratory and gastrointestinal tracts. ERG is strongly implicated in several processes that are relevant to prostate cancer including invasion and metastasis, EMT, epigenetic reprogramming, differentiation and inflammation. ERG belongs to class I, containing the largest number of ETS factors (ERG, ETS1 and 2, ETV15, ELK1, ELK3, ELK4, ERF, FEV, FLI1 and GABP). Google Scholar. Similarly, it has been demonstrated that ERG and the AP-1 complex (Fos+Jun) together form a pincer-like structure around the major groove of a DNA double helix. Conclusion: The effect of miR-30 on ERG expression is even considered a possible mechanism in the progression to androgen-independent prostate cancer.127, 128, ERG is involved in gene translocations in Ewings sarcoma and acute myeloid leukaemia (specifically EWS-ERG and TLS/FUS-ERG).96, 129, 130, 131, 132, 133, 134 Chromosomal re-arrangements that produce fusion genes were generally thought to be uncommon in epithelial cancers such as prostate cancer but a break-through study by Tomlins et al.79 showed a recurring fusion between the promoter of the transmembrane protease serine 2 (TMPRSS2) gene and ERG. The fusion of the transmembrane protease serine 2 with E26 transformation-specific family genes, particularly ERG, is the most widespread genetic alteration in prostate cancer, and data suggest that it is more specific for neoplastic prostate disease and may be of added prognostic value and point toward molecular subtype of PCa. ERG1 protein schematic. ERG-TMPRSS2 Fusion in Prostate Cancer The fusion of ERG and TMPRSS2 (21q22.3) is common in prostate cancer. Oncogene 2002; 21: 148152. Transcription factor ERG variants and functional diversification of chondrocytes during limb long bone development. ERG-associated protein with SET domain (ESET)-Oct4 interaction regulates pluripotency and represses the trophectoderm lineage. Importantly, androgen-sensitive prostate cancer cells in which ERG is overexpressed are able to proliferate and . The tryptophan cluster: a hypothetical structure of the DNA-binding domain of the myb protooncogene product. You are using a browser version with limited support for CSS. Cytidine methylation of regulatory sequences near the pi-class glutathione S-transferase gene accompanies human prostatic carcinogenesis. A positive ERG test represents a "fusion" on the ERG gene with another gene on that same chromosome. TMPRSS2ERG gene fusions induce prostate tumorigenesis by modulating microRNA miR-200c. Shao L, Tekedereli I, Wang J, Yuca E, Tsang S, Sood A et al. Nat Rev Cancer 2004; 4: 793805. ERG oncoprotein expression in prostate cancer: clonal progression of ERG-positive tumor cells and potential for ERG-based stratification. Garrett-Sinha LA . Prognostically, there is evidence to suggest that the TMPRSS2:ERG gene fusion event is linked to early relapse and biochemical recurrence. Half of all prostate cancers are caused by the TMPRSS2-ERG gene-fusion, which enables androgens to drive expression of the normally silent E26 transformation-specific (ETS) transcription factor . ERG gene is translocated in an Ewing's sarcoma cell line. Yu J, Yu J, Mani R-S, Cao Q, Brenner CJ, Cao X et al. It may be caused by intronic deletion or translocation. ERG splice variants are shown below; start codons are indicated by an arrow and stop codons by an asterisk (*). Androgen-induced TOP2B-mediated double-strand breaks and prostate cancer gene rearrangements. Dunn T, Praissman L, Hagag N, Viola MV . Liang H, Mao X, Olejniczak ET, Nettesheim DG, Yu L, Meadows RP et al. Once recruited to these sites, they can act as co-repressors aiding ERG-mediated transcriptional repression.113 This is well illustrated by ERGs upregulation of EMT, orchestrated by ERG through the epigenetic silencing of WNT-signalling pathway repressors in collaboration with HDAC1.35, 36 HDAC1 is highly expressed in ERG-positive prostate cancers69 and its upregulation is mediated by ERGs repression of the CREB-binding (CBP/p300) histone acetyltransferase. Extensive Germline-Somatic Interplay Contributes to Prostate Cancer Progression through HNF1B Co-Option of TMPRSS2-ERG [Nature Communications] Scientists observed an enrichment of transcription factor genes including HNF1B within prostate caner (PCa) risk-associated regions. PloS One 2012; 7: e41668. Further research is required before the full story of ERGs role in prostate cancer can be understood. Solution structure of the ETS domain from murine ETS-1: a winged helix-turn-helix DNA binding motif. Frequent overexpression of ETS-related gene-1 (ERG1) in prostate cancer transcriptome. In general, ETS transcription factor-binding targets encompass sequences of approximately ~1520bp in length.42, 46, 73, 74 In order to determine binding preferences, several groups have tried to categorise the ETS family members through the similarity of the ETS binding domain.47, 75, 76 A classification system designed by Wei et al.47 defined five classes (I, IIa, IIb, III and IV) that are derived from binding site preference. TMPRSS2-driven ERG expression in vivo increases self-renewal and maintains expression in a castration resistant subpopulation. Yuan L, Sacharidou A, Stratman AN, Le Bras A, Zwiers PJ, Spokes K et al. Dr Reddy reported novel targeted therapeutic agents against ERG-PositiveProstate Cancersat DOD conference IMPACT 2011 (March 2011). The present study aimed to investigate the significance of the TMPRSS2:ERG gene fusion in human prostate cancers using bioinformatics tools. In the meantime, to ensure continued support, we are displaying the site without styles Donaldson LW, Petersen JM, Graves BJ, McIntosh LP . Huang K-C, Dolph M, Donnelly B, Bismar T . Loss of KLK4::KLKP1 pseudogene expression by RNA chromogenic in-situ hybridization is associated with PTEN loss and increased risk of biochemical recurrence in a cohort of middle eastern men with prostate cancer. the best experience, we recommend you use a more up to date browser (or turn off compatibility mode in Nature 2009; 457: E1E1. J Biol Chem 1997; 272: 2618826195. It has a DNA binding domain and a PNT (pointed) domain. The fusion of the transmembrane protease serine 2 with E26 transformation-specific family genes, particularly ERG, is the most widespread genetic alteration in prostate cancer, and data suggest that it is more specific for neoplastic prostate disease and may be of added prognostic value and point toward molecular subtype of PCa. To study the role of USP9X for EWS-ERG protein stability, we first studied if USP9X and EWS-ERG physically interact. Determinants of DNA-binding specificity of ETS-domain transcription factors. Multiplexed massively parallel SELEX for characterization of human transcription factor binding specificities. 3a, b and Supplementary Fig. Keywords: During chromosomal translocations that occur in cell division, ERG can accidentally get stuck onto a different chromosome than where it belongs. Blood 2008; 111: 34983506. Other notableETS genes discoveredand studiedby Dr Reddyinclude human Fli-1 (involved in Leukemias), EWS-Fli-1 (involved in Ewing Sarcoma, Pediatric cancer), EWS-erg (involved in Ewing Sarcoma), TLS-erg (involved in Acute Myeloid Leukemia), EWS (involved in multiple cancers), TLS/FUS (involved in multiple cancers), ELK-1 (Drs Reddy and Rao named this geneas ETS Like Gene), BRCA1a, BRCA1b, BRCA2a (involved inbreast, ovarian and prostate cancers) and EWS-ATF-1 (malignant Melanoma of Soft Parts/Clear cell sarcoma). Vimentin is highly expressed in actively migrating cells but not stationary in cells. Genomic dispersal of the ETS gene family during metazoan evolution. Peptides due to their small size and easy production compared to proteins are highly regarded in designing cancer vaccines and oncogenic pathway inhibitors. In 2005, a paper published by Tomlins et al.79 showed that ERG is overexpressed in a high proportion of prostate carcinomas as a result of a gene fusion with the androgen-driven promoter of the TMPRSS2 gene. Genes Chromosomes Cancer 2007; 46: 972980. Goldstein AS, Huang J, Guo C, Garraway IP, Witte ON . PloS One 2013; 8: e49721. 2014 Mar 07;7:21 Abstact. This forms a winged helix-turn-helix motif where the third -helix (H3) contacts the major groove of DNA and confers the principal DNA-binding activity. [18], ERG can fuse with TMPRSS2 protein to form an oncogenic fusion gene that is commonly found in human prostate cancer, especially in hormone-refractory prostate cancer. The ETS family member ERG gene is expressed in mesodermal tissues and neural crests at fundamental steps during mouse embryogenesis. Prostate-localized and androgen-regulated expression of the membrane-bound serine protease TMPRSS2. Google Scholar. This gene and other HOXB genes form a gene cluster on chromosome 17 in the 17q21-22 region. The researchers examined the DNA of 743 Black men diagnosed with prostate cancer at or before 62. Combined genomic and antisense analysis reveals that the transcription factor ERG is implicated in endothelial cell differentiation. Sequential activation of ETS proteins provides a sustained transcriptional response to EGFR signaling. Carousel with three slides shown at a time. 174 Background: Exosomes are novel lipid bilayer vesicles that are released into biofluids such as urine and carry high integrity RNA from the parent cell which they were derived. Both genes are located on chromosome 21, approximately 3Mb apart.146, 147, 148, 149 Deletions may occur because of fragile sites and breakpoints found in intron 2 of ERG and in introns 1 and 2 of TMPRSS2.149 An alignment of these breakpoint regions shows them to be very similar to Alu repeat elements (80% homology).150 Androgen may drive the fusion by initiating chromatin looping via the AR transcription complex, bringing the ERG and TMPRSS2 loci together. Oncogene 2014; 33: 24952503. Expression and function of ETS transcription factors in mammalian development: a regulatory network. Cleavage of influenza virus hemagglutinin by airway proteases TMPRSS2 and HAT differs in subcellular localization and susceptibility to protease inhibitors. [14] DNA binding protein ERG fuses with RNA binding proteins EWS and TLS/FUS in Ewing's sarcoma and acute myeloid leukemias respectively and function as transcriptional activators. Autoinhibition of ETV6 (TEL) DNA binding: appended helices sterically block the ETS domain. Verger A, Buisine E, Carrre S, Wintjens R, Flourens A, Coll J et al. Nunn MF, Seeburg PH, Moscovici C, Duesberg PH . Bertram S, Glowacka I, Blazejewska P, Soilleux E, Allen P, Danisch S et al. ERG is a gene located on one chromosome (chromosome 21). Cancer Genome Atlas Research Network, The Molecular Taxonomy of Primary Prostate Cancer. Iwamoto M, Ohta Y, Larmour C, EnomotoIwamoto M . Erg proteins, transcription factors of the ETS family, form homo, heterodimers and ternary complexes via two distinct domains. ERG cooperates with TGF- to control mesenchymal differentiation. Keywords: replication selective, virotherapy, combination therapy, clinical trials, gene dele-tion, transgene Introduction Prostate cancer is the second most frequently diagnosed cancer in men in the Western world, accounting for 13% of all new cancer cases, and is the second cause of male > There is no doubt that diagnostic tests and therapies that are based on ERG will provide new opportunities in the treatment of prostate cancer. Transcriptional regulation of CXCR4 in prostate cancer: significance of TMPRSS2-ERG fusions. Mol Cell Biol 2006; 26: 24672478. J Virol 2010; 84: 1001610025. Dev Biol 2007; 305: 4051. > PrimePCR PCR Primers, Assays, and Arrays > PrimePCR Pathways > SAB target list panels > Prostate cancer (SAB target list) Prostate cancer (SAB target list) print Email. Detailed mapping of the ERG ETS2 interval of human chromosome 21 and comparison with the region of conserved synteny on mouse chromosome 16. The middle part of ERG contains a transcriptional activation domain (TAD). Am J Pathol 2010; 176: 29862996. However, it is clear that the ERG promoters are epigenetically regulated and susceptible to hypermethylation in cancer.85 The ERG promoters contain two CpG islands (located +571 and +1415 upstream of the transcriptional start site). Genomics 1997; 44: 309320. To develop a novel assay that uses branched DNA technology to measure TMPRSS2-ERG fusion, as genetic rearrangement of TMPRSS2 regulatory sequences and coding sequences of the ERG gene has been detected in nearly half of prostate cancers, but quantitative assays to detect such TMPRSS2-ERG gene fusion have been limited to real-time polymerase chain reaction (PCR) techniques that rely on . Batchelor AH, Piper DE, de la Brousse FC, McKnight SL, Wolberger C . 2022 Aug 18. doi: 10.1007/s00432-022-04279-5. [20], Ewing's sarcoma is associated with chromosomal translocations, which typically results in fusion genes with transcriptional regulators. Gene descriptioni. This binding preference is facilitated by the substitution of a leucine residue in the fourth -strand with a tyrosine or phenylalanine (Figure 1). Although several recently developed markers are promising, often showing increased specificity for prostate cancer detection compared to that of prostate specific antigen, their clinical . In normal development, ERG is initially highly expressed in the embryonic mesoderm and endothelium where it has a critical role in the formation of the vascular system, the urogenital tract and in bone development.15, 26 ERG is also expressed at high levels in embryonic neural crest cells during their migratory phase.27 ERG expression decreases during vascular development28 but continues to regulate the pluripotency of haematopoietic stem cells,29 endothelial cell (EC) homeostasis30, 31 and angiogenesis.15, 16 ERG expression is not restricted to development: in the adult mouse it is expressed in endothelial tissue including adrenal, cartilage, heart, spleen, lymphatic endothelial and eosinophil cells.28, During mouse embryonic development, ERG is initially expressed in ECs,13 particularly the amniotic membrane, in the blood vessels surrounding the neural tube,32 the vasculature of the heart and in precartilage.28, 33 ERG is essential for maintaining vascular integrity and the viability of the embryo. Bookshelf The enzyme PARP1 has been shown to be a required co-factor for ERG proteins in prostate cancer cells. Detection of TMPRSS2-ERG fusion gene in benign prostatic hyperplasia. The only 2 true prostate cancer specific biomarkers identified to date remain PCA3 and TMPRSS2:ERG gene fusion. Development 2013; 140: 27462754. [8] The ERG gene encodes for a protein, also called ERG, that functions as a transcriptional regulator. Wang S, Kollipara RK, Srivastava N, Li R, Ravindranathan P, Hernandez E et al. Rajput AB, Miller MA, De Luca A, Boyd N, Leung S, Hurtado-Coll A et al. Synonyms. Choudhury AD, Eeles R, Freedland SJ, Isaacs WB, Pomerantz MM, Schalken JA, Tammela TL, Visakorpi T. Eur Urol. The EBD is essential for DNA recognition and is also involved in the recruitment of AP-168 and co-activators including histone acetyltransferases.69 The C-terminal transactivation domain has some involvement in heterodimerisation, but it is not involved in homodimerisation. The mutational landscape of lethal castration-resistant prostate cancer. Cancer Res 2006; 66: 1065810663. The transcription factor ERG is essential for definitive hematopoiesis and the function of adult hematopoietic stem cells. Article An ERG (ETS-related gene)-associated histone methyltransferase interacts with histone deacetylases 1/2 and transcription co-repressors mSin3A/B. Nat Genet 2006; 39: 4151. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 1998; 95: 1212912134. Lapointe J, Kim YH, Miller MA, Li C, Kaygusuz G, van de Rijn M et al. These genes act to breakdown the extracellular matrix and as a signal for axonal growth cone guidance molecules, respectively.185 Upregulation of the microtubule-forming protein -III tubulin has also been tightly associated with the TMPRSS2:ERG fusion and phosphatase and tensin homologue deleted on chromosome 10 (PTEN) deletion, particularly in tumours with a high Gleason score.186 TMPRSS2:ERG has been shown to physically interact with poly (ADP-ribose) polymerase 1 (PARP1) and the catalytic subunit of DNA-dependent protein kinases. Five-Phase Approach and Prospective specimen collection, Retrospective Blinded Evaluation Study Design, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Examples of these fusion gene products would be TMPRSS2-ERG and NDRG1-ERG in prostate cancer, EWS-ERG in Ewings sarcoma, and FUS-ERG in acute myeloid leukemia. [6] Men who inherit a rare (<0.1% in a selected group of patients without clinical signs of prostate cancer) genetic variant in HOXB13 (G84E or rs138213197) have a 10-20-fold increased risk of prostate cancer. Cell 1995; 83: 761771. Fusions in which TMPRSS2 provides a translation start site in frame with the ERG open reading frame are associated with more aggressive cancer characterised by seminal vesicle invasion.159, 160, 161, 162, 163, 164. Berezovska OP, Glinskii AB, Yang Z, Li X-M, Hoffman RM, Glinsky GV . Bethesda, MD 20894, Web Policies Rodriguez C, Jacobs EJ, Deka A, et al. Cell Mol Life Sci 2013; 70: 33753390. Mol Endocrinol 2003; 17: 17261737. Ichikawa H, Shimizu K, Hayashi Y, Ohki M . TMPRSS2 is a transmembrane protease135 expressed in the epithelium of normal prostate glands and found in semen. The C-terminal H3 of ERGs EBD faces the N-terminus of Jun in an anti-parallel manner. The fusion of the transmembrane protease serine 2 with E26 transformation-specific family genes . Genomewide analysis of ETSfamily DNAbinding in vitro and in vivo. J Cancer Res Clin Oncol. The book contains more than 80 entries on oncogenes including JUN, MYC , and RAS , as well as DNA tumour viruses, tumour suppressor genes, including p53, retinoblastoma, BRCA1, BRCA2, VHL, F2FL, and essential material on angiogenesis and metastasis, apoptosis, cell . ERG overexpression also leads to the loss of E-cadherin expression (a marker of EMT), as well as increased cell mobility and invasion.69, 98, 99 Enhanced cell mobility and migration also results from ERGs transactivation of the EMT-related gene vimentin. The role of ERG-status molecular subtyping in prognosis of prostate cancer (PCa) is still under debate. Please see the link below for details on the novel targeted therapeutic agents against ERG-PositiveProstate Cancers. For the first time, cancer rates and cancer deaths both dropped in the U.S., according to the American Cancer Society's 2008 Annual Report. ETS family protein, ERG expression in developing and adult mouse tissues by a highly specific monoclonal antibody. In CRPC, ERG was expressed in 29% of cases, and was associated with a longer overall survival.CONCLUSIONS Our results confirm that ERG expression is less frequent in PCa from patients of. Ras/ERK and PI3K/AKT signaling differentially regulate oncogenic ERG mediated transcription in prostate cells. Iwamoto M, Higuchi Y, Koyama E, Enomoto-Iwamoto M, Kurisu K, Yeh H et al. 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