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Frequent overexpression of ETS-related gene-1 (ERG1) in prostate cancer transcriptome

Oncogene volume 24, pages 3847–3852 (2005)Cite this article

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Transcription factors encoded by the ETS family of genes are central in integrating signals that regulate cell growth and differentiation, stress responses and tumorigenesis. This study, analysing laser microdissected paired benign and malignant prostate epithelial cells from prostate cancer (CaP) patients (n=114; 228 specimen) by GeneChip and quantitative real-time RT–PCR, identifies ETS-related gene (ERG), a member of the ETS transcription factor family, as the most frequently overexpressed proto-oncogene in the transcriptome of malignant prostate epithelial cells. Combined quantitative expression analysis of ERG with two other genes commonly overexpressed in CaP, AMACR and DD3, revealed overexpression of at least one of these three genes in virtually all CaP specimen (54 of 55). Comprehensive evaluation of quantitative ERG1 expression with clinicopathological features also suggested that ERG1 expression level in prostate tumor cells relative to benign epithelial cells is indicator of disease-free survival after radical prostatectomy.

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The prostate tissue specimens used in this study were obtained under an IRB-approved protocol at Walter Reed Army Medical Center. Informed consent was obtained from each subject. We thank DK Watson for providing ERG1 and ERG2 cDNA clones and for critically reading the manuscript. This work was funded by the CPDR through an ongoing grant from the US Army Medical Research and Materiel Command and by NIH Grant RO1 DK065977 to SS. None of the authors have competing financial interests. The opinions and assertions contained herein are the private views of the authors and are not to be construed as reflecting the official views of the US Army or the Department of Defense.

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  2. Supplementary Information accompanies the paper on Oncogene website (http://www.nature.com/onc)

  3. 7 Petrovics Gyorgy, Liu Aijun and Shaheduzzaman Syed contributed equally to this work.

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  1. Center for Prostate Disease Research (CPDR), Department of Surgery and US Military Cancer Institute, Uniformed Services University, Rockville, MD, 20852, USA

    Gyorgy Petrovics, Aijun Liu, Syed Shaheduzzaman, Chen Sun, Yongmei Chen, Lakshmi Ravindranath, Albert Dobi, Vasantha Srikantan, David G McLeod, Judd W Moul & Shiv Srivastava

  2. Department of Genitourinary Pathology, Armed Forces Institute of Pathology, Washington, DC, 20306, USA

    Bungo Furasato & Isabell A Sesterhenn

  3. Laboratory of Functional Genomics, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Rockville, MD, 20850, USA

    Martin Nau & Maryanne Vahey

  4. Cancer Genetics Branch, National Human Genome Research Institute, NIH, Bethesda, MD, 20892, USA

    Yidong Chen

  5. Urology Service, Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington, DC, 20307, USA

    David G McLeod & Judd W Moul

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Petrovics, G., Liu, A., Shaheduzzaman, S. et al. Frequent overexpression of ETS-related gene-1 (ERG1) in prostate cancer transcriptome. Oncogene 24, 3847–3852 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1038/sj.onc.1208518

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