Discovery of CTCF-Sensitive Cis-Spliced Fusion RNAs between Adjacent Genes in Human Prostate Cells

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Genes are considered the units of hereditary information; thus, neither genes nor their encoded products are expected to mingle with each other unless in some disease situations. However, the genes are not alone in the genome. Genes have neighbors, some close, some far. With RNA-seq, many fusion RNAs involving neighboring genes are being identified. However, little is done to validate and characterize the fusion RNAs. Using one prostate cell line and a discovery pipeline for cis-splicing between adjacent genes (cis-SAGe), we found 16 new such events. We then developed a set of rules based on the characteristics of these fusion RNAs, and applied them to 20 random neighboring gene pairs. Four turned out to be true. The majority of the fusions are found in cancer cells, as well as in non-cancer cells. These results suggest that the genes are “leaky”, and the fusions are not limited to cancer cells.

Vyšlo v časopise: Discovery of CTCF-Sensitive Cis-Spliced Fusion RNAs between Adjacent Genes in Human Prostate Cells. PLoS Genet 11(2): e32767. doi:10.1371/journal.pgen.1005001
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