CRTC1/MAML2 fusion transcript in Warthin's tumor and mucoepidermoid carcinoma: Evidence for a common genetic association
- 7 January 2008
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Genes, Chromosomes and Cancer
- Vol. 47 (4), 309-314
- https://doi.org/10.1002/gcc.20534
Abstract
Translocations and gene fusions have an important early role in tumorigenesis. The t(11;19) translocation and its CRTC1/MAML2 fusion transcript have been identified in several examples of both Warthin's tumor and mucoepidermoid carcinoma and are believed to be associated with the development of a subset of these tumors. To determine whether Warthin's tumor and mucoepidermoid carcinoma are genetically related, we used reverse transcriptase‐polymerase chain reaction and DNA sequencing to analyze microdissected components of three tumors consisting of Warthin's tumor and mucoepidermoid carcinoma. We also investigated a metastatic melanoma to Warthin's tumor and a Warthin's carcinoma of the parotid gland for comparison. The fusion transcript was identified in both Warthin's tumor and matching mucoepidermoid carcinoma components of all three tumors, in the Warthin's carcinoma, and in the Warthin's tumor component but not in the metastatic melanoma. The results provide evidence for a link between the t(11;19) fusion gene and the development of a subset of Warthin's tumors with concurrent mucoepidermoid carcinoma and possible malignant transformation to Warthin's carcinoma. This article contains Supplementary Material available at http://www.interscience.wiley.com/jpages/1045‐2257/suppmat.Keywords
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