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ArticlePLoS genetics2010

Proteomic changes resulting from gene copy number variations in cancer cells.

Tamar Geiger, Juergen Cox, Matthias Mann

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Article in PLoS genetics, 2010. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 75 papers.

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75citing papers in PubMed
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75 citing papers in PubMed, 143 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Tamar GeigerDepartment for Proteomics and Signal Transduction, Max-Planck Institute for Biochemistry, Martinsried, Germany.
Juergen Cox
Matthias Mann
Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry · DEMax Planck Society · DE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Along the transformation process, cells accumulate DNA aberrations, including mutations, translocations, amplifications, and deletions. Despite numerous studies, the overall effects of amplifications and deletions on the end point of gene expression--the level of proteins--is generally unknown. Here we use large-scale and high-resolution proteomics combined with gene copy number analysis to investigate in a global manner to what extent these genomic changes have a proteomic output and therefore the ability to affect cellular transformation. We accurately measure expression levels of 6,735 proteins and directly compare them to the gene copy number. We find that the average effect of these alterations on the protein expression is only a few percent. Nevertheless, by using a novel algorithm, we find the combined impact that many of these regional chromosomal aberrations have at the protein level. We show that proteins encoded by amplified oncogenes are often overexpressed, while adjacent amplified genes, which presumably do not promote growth and survival, are attenuated. Furthermore, regulation of biological processes and molecular complexes is independent of general copy number changes. By connecting the primary genome alteration to their proteomic consequences, this approach helps to interpret the data from large-scale cancer genomics efforts.

Indexed as

ProteomicsBreast NeoplasmsCell LineChromosome AberrationsDatabases, GeneticDNA Copy Number VariationsFemaleGene AmplificationGene DosageGene Expression ProfilingGene Expression Regulation, NeoplasticGenes, NeoplasmHumansMultiprotein ComplexesNeoplasm ProteinsPolymorphism, Single NucleotideMultiprotein ComplexesNeoplasm ProteinsProteasome Endopeptidase ComplexProteomeRNA, Messenger

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PMID20824076
PMCPMC2932691
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