| Entity | Mucoepidermoid carcinoma (most common type of malignant salivary gland tumor; second most frequent lung tumor of bronchial gland origin); benign Warthin¹s tumor; clear cell hidradenoma of the skin (CCH; a.k.a. nodular hidradenomas or eccrine acrospiromas). all sharing a t(11; 19) (q21; p13) |
| Cytogenetics | t(11;19)(q21;p13). |
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| Fig1a (a) Partial G-banded and SKY karyotypes showing the t(11;19) in a mucoepidermoid carcinoma (MEC) case. (b) Dual-color FISH experiment of the MEC using BAC 697H10 (MAML2, red signal) and cosmid LLNLR 255A4 (CRTC1, green signal) as probes. Note the presence of the CRTC1-MAML2 fusion gene on the der(11) (fused redgreen signals marked by an arrowhead). Reprinted partially from Publication ³Exp Cell Res 292, Enlund F., Behboudi A., Andren Y., Oberg C., Lendahl U., Mark J., Stenman G., Altered Notch signaling resulting from expression of a WAMTP1-MAML2 gene fusion in mucoepidermoid carcinomas and benign Warthin's tumors, 21-28, Copyright (2004), with permission from Elsevier.² |
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| Hybrid/Mutated Gene | CRTC1-MAML2. Exon 1 of MECT1 fused to exons 2-5 of MAML2. |
| Abnormal Protein | MECT1-MAML2; in the fusion protein the first 171 aa including the basic domain of MAML2 are replaced by 42 aa of MECT1; there are no sequence similarities in the N-terminal domains of MAML2 and MECT1; the fusion protein activates transcription of the Notch target gene HES1 independently of both Notch ligand and CSL. |
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| Top: Nucleotide and deduced amino acid sequences of the CRTC1-MAML2 breakpoint junction. Bottom: Schematic representation of the MAML2 protein and the CRTC1-MAML2 fusion protein. In the fusion protein the N-terminal Notch-binding domain of MAML2 is replaced by the CREB-binding domain of CRTC1. Reprinted partially from publication above mentioned |
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| TORCs: transducers of regulated CREB activity. |
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| PMID 14536081 |
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| PMID 14506290 |
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| t(11;19)(q21;p13) translocation in mucoepidermoid carcinoma creates a novel fusion product that disrupts a Notch signaling pathway. |
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| Enlund F, Behboudi A, Andrˆ©n Y, Oberg C, Lendahl U, Mark J, Stenman G |
| Experimental cell research. 2004 ; 292 (1) : 21-28. |
| PMID 14720503 |
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| Clear cell hidradenoma of the skin-a third tumor type with a t(11;19)--associated TORC1-MAML2 gene fusion. |
| Behboudi A, Winnes M, Gorunova L, van den Oord JJ, Mertens F, Enlund F, Stenman G |
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| Transforming activity of MECT1-MAML2 fusion oncoprotein is mediated by constitutive CREB activation. |
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