TY - JOUR
T1 - The role of hPMS1 and hPMS2 in predisposing to colorectal cancer
AU - Liu, Tao
AU - Yan, Hai
AU - Kuismanen, Shannon
AU - Percesepe, Antonio
AU - Bisgaard, Marie Louise
AU - Pedroni, Monica
AU - Benatti, Piero
AU - Kinzler, Kenneth W.
AU - Vogelstein, Bert
AU - De Leon, Maurizio Ponz
AU - Peltomäki, Päivi
AU - Lindblom, Annika
PY - 2001/11/1
Y1 - 2001/11/1
N2 - Hereditary nonpolyposis colorectal cancer (HNPCC) is attributable to a deficiency of mismatch repair. Inactivation of DNA mismatch repair underlies the genesis of microsatellite instability in colorectal cancer. Germline mutations in three DNA mismatch repair genes, hMSH2, hMLH1, and hMSH6, have been found to segregate in HNPCC and HNPCC-like families. The two DNA mismatch repair genes hPMS1 and hPMS2 have also been suggested to predispose to HNPCC. In this study, 84 HNPCC and HNPCC-like kindreds without known mutations in the other three known DNA mismatch repair genes were screened for germ-line mutations in the hPMS1 or hPMS2 gene. No clear-cut pathogenic mutations were identified. Conversion technology was used to detect a large hMSH2 deletion in two affected members of the kindred in which the hPMS1 mutation was originally reported, whereas the hPMS1 mutation was only present in one of these two individuals. Since the hPMS1 and hPMS2 genes were first reported, germline mutations in hPMS2 have been demonstrated primarily in patients with Turcot's syndrome. However, no mutation in any of the two genes has been found to segregate in HNPCC families. Until there is better evidence for an increased colorectal cancer risk associated with germline mutations in these genes, a conservative interpretation of the role of mutations in these genes is advised.
AB - Hereditary nonpolyposis colorectal cancer (HNPCC) is attributable to a deficiency of mismatch repair. Inactivation of DNA mismatch repair underlies the genesis of microsatellite instability in colorectal cancer. Germline mutations in three DNA mismatch repair genes, hMSH2, hMLH1, and hMSH6, have been found to segregate in HNPCC and HNPCC-like families. The two DNA mismatch repair genes hPMS1 and hPMS2 have also been suggested to predispose to HNPCC. In this study, 84 HNPCC and HNPCC-like kindreds without known mutations in the other three known DNA mismatch repair genes were screened for germ-line mutations in the hPMS1 or hPMS2 gene. No clear-cut pathogenic mutations were identified. Conversion technology was used to detect a large hMSH2 deletion in two affected members of the kindred in which the hPMS1 mutation was originally reported, whereas the hPMS1 mutation was only present in one of these two individuals. Since the hPMS1 and hPMS2 genes were first reported, germline mutations in hPMS2 have been demonstrated primarily in patients with Turcot's syndrome. However, no mutation in any of the two genes has been found to segregate in HNPCC families. Until there is better evidence for an increased colorectal cancer risk associated with germline mutations in these genes, a conservative interpretation of the role of mutations in these genes is advised.
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M3 - Article
C2 - 11691795
AN - SCOPUS:0035503698
SN - 0008-5472
VL - 61
SP - 7798
EP - 7802
JO - Cancer Research
JF - Cancer Research
IS - 21
ER -