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Mougel G, Mohamed A, Burnichon N, Giraud S, Pigny P, Bressac-de Paillerets B, Mirebeau-Prunier D, Buffet A, Savagner F, Romanet P, Arlot Y, Gardie B, Gimenez-Roqueplo AP, Beroud C, Richard S, Barlier A. Update of the UMD-VHL database: classification of 164 challenging variants based on genotype-phenotype correlation among 605 entries. J Med Genet 2024; 61:378-384. [PMID: 37979962 DOI: 10.1136/jmg-2023-109550] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/31/2023] [Accepted: 10/28/2023] [Indexed: 11/20/2023]
Abstract
BACKGROUND The von Hippel-Lindau (VHL) disease is a hereditary tumour syndrome caused by germline mutations in VHL tumour suppressor gene. The identification of VHL variants requires accurate classification which has an impact on patient management and genetic counselling. METHODS The TENGEN (French oncogenetics network of neuroendocrine tumors) and PREDIR (French National Cancer Institute network for Inherited predispositions to kidney cancer) networks have collected VHL genetic variants and clinical characteristics of all VHL-suspected patients analysed from 2003 to 2021 by one of the nine laboratories performing VHL genetic testing in France. Identified variants were registered in a locus-specific database, the Universal Mutation Database-VHL database (http://www.umd.be/VHL/). RESULTS Here we report the expert classification of 164 variants, including all missense variants (n=124), all difficult interpretation variants (n=40) and their associated phenotypes. After initial American College of Medical Genetics classification, first-round classification was performed by the VHL expert group followed by a second round for discordant and ambiguous cases. Overall, the VHL experts modified the classification of 87 variants including 30 variants of uncertain significance that were as (likely)pathogenic variants for 19, and as likely benign for 11. CONCLUSION Consequently, this work has allowed the diagnosis and influenced the genetic counselling of 45 VHL-suspected families and can benefit to the worldwide VHL community, through this review.
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- Gregory Mougel
- Aix Marseille Univ, APHM, INSERM, MMG, U1251, GEnOPé Departement, M2GM, Timone Hospital, Marseille, France
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- APHM, GEnOPé Department, M2GM, Timone Hospital, Marseille, France
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- Département de Médecine Génomique des Tumeurs et des Cancers, Hôpital européen Georges Pompidou, Assistance Publique Hôpitaux de Paris, Université Paris Cité, Inserm, PARCC, Paris, France
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- Genetics Department, Hospices Civils de Lyon (HCL), University Hospital, East Pathology Center, Lyon, France
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- Service de Biochimie et Biologie Moléculaire « Hormonologie, Métabolisme-Nutrition, Oncologie », Centre de Biologie Pathologie, CHU Lille, Bd du Pr J Leclercq, Lille, France
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- Service de Genetique, Département de Biologie et Pathologies Médicales, Gustave Roussy; INSERM U1279, Université Paris-Saclay, Villejuif Cedex, France
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- Département de Biochimie et Génétique, Service de Biochimie et Biologie Moléculaire, CHU d'Angers, University of Angers, INSERM, CNRS, MITOVASC, Equipe MitoLab, SFRICAT, Angers, France
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- Département de Médecine Génomique des Tumeurs et des Cancers, Hôpital européen Georges Pompidou, Assistance Publique Hôpitaux de Paris, Université Paris Cité, Inserm, PARCC, Paris, France
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- Laboratoire de Biochimie, Institut Fédératif de Biologie, CHU Toulouse; Inserm UMR1297, I2MC, Toulouse, France
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- Aix Marseille Univ, APHM, INSERM, MMG, U1251, GEnOPé Departement, M2GM, Timone Hospital, Marseille, France
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- CNRS UMR6290, Université Rennes 1, SFR-UMS CNRS 3480, INSERM 018, Rennes, France
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- Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes, EPHE, Université PSL; Université de Nantes, CNRS, INSERM, l'institut du thorax, Nantes, France
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- Département de Médecine Génomique des Tumeurs et des Cancers, Hôpital européen Georges Pompidou, Assistance Publique Hôpitaux de Paris, Université Paris Cité, Inserm, PARCC, Paris, France
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- Department of Genetics, M2GM, Timone Hospital, Aix Marseille Univ, APHM, INSERM, MMG, U1251 Bioinformatic Team, Marseille, France
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- Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes, EPHE, Université PSL, France, UMR 9019-CNRS, Gustave Roussy Cancer Campus, Villejuif, France et Service d'Urologie, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Hôpital Bicêtre, Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, Paris, France
- Réseau National pour Cancers rares de l'Adulte PREDIR labellisé par l'INCa, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Hôpital Bicêtre, Paris, France
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- Aix Marseille Univ, APHM, INSERM, MMG, U1251, GEnOPé Departement, M2GM, Timone Hospital, Marseille, France
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MIZUTANI KOSUKE, YOKOI SHIGEAKI, SAWADA SEIYA, SAKAMOTO IPPEI, KAMEYAMA KOJI, KAMEI SHINGO, HIRADE KOUSEKI, SUGIYAMA SEIJI, MATSUNAGA KENGO, YAMADA TETSUYA, KATO YASUTAKA, NISHIHARA HIROSHI, ISHIHARA SATOSHI, DEGUCHI TAKASHI. Derivative Chromosome 3 Loss from t(3;6)(q12;q14) Followed by Differential VHL Mutations Underlie Multifocal ccRCC. Cancer Genomics Proteomics 2022; 19:740-746. [PMID: 36316043 PMCID: PMC9620442 DOI: 10.21873/cgp.20356] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/18/2022] [Revised: 09/06/2022] [Accepted: 09/15/2022] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
Abstract
BACKGROUND/AIM The Von Hippel-Lindau (VHL) gene encodes a protein (pVHL) that plays an important role in proteasome degradation of hypoxia inducible factor α (HIFα) through E3 activation. Accumulation of HIFα by loss of functional pVHL promotes tumorigenesis, thus, VHL has tumor suppressor gene capability in clear cell renal cell carcinoma (ccRCC). VHL is the most frequently mutated gene in ccRCC. The complete loss of VHL is mainly achieved by loss of chromosome 3p, which has a VHL coding region in combination with mutation or hypermethylation of the remaining copy of VHL. Given the risk of constitutional chromosome 3 translocation for RCC, it is important to detect the translocation and understand the mechanism underlying the development of multifocal ccRCC. CASE REPORT A 67-year-old female patient diagnosed with multifocal RCC underwent robot-assisted partial nephrectomy (RAPN) for three kidney tumors. A cancer gene panel test using next generation sequencing (NGS) detected differential VHL mutations (c.533T>G; p.L178R, c.465_466insTA; p.T157Ifs*3, c.343C>A; p.H115N), while VHL mutation was not detected in peripheral blood DNA. A tendency toward copy number loss of genes on der(3) was also detected in all tumors, but not in the germline one. A karyotype analysis revealed a germline translocation between 3 and 6, t(3;6)(q12;q14). CONCLUSION Chromosome 3 translocation and loss of derivative chromosome containing 3p and subsequent somatic differential VHL mutations in this case strongly support the previously proposed three-step model to explain the development of familial conventional ccRCC.
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- KOSUKE MIZUTANI
- Cancer Genomic Testing and Treatment Center, Central Japan International Medical Center, Minokamo, Japan,Department of Urology, Central Japan International Medical Center, Minokamo, Japan
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- Department of Urology, Central Japan International Medical Center, Minokamo, Japan
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- Cancer Genomic Testing and Treatment Center, Central Japan International Medical Center, Minokamo, Japan
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- Bioinformatics Department, Communication Engineering Center, Electronic Systems Business Group, Mitsubishi Electric Software Corporation, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Urology, Central Japan International Medical Center, Minokamo, Japan
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- Department of Urology, Central Japan International Medical Center, Minokamo, Japan
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- Cancer Genomic Testing and Treatment Center, Central Japan International Medical Center, Minokamo, Japan
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- Department of Pathology, Central Japan International Medical Center, Minokamo, Japan
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- Department of Pathology, Central Japan International Medical Center, Minokamo, Japan
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- Department of Pathology, Central Japan International Medical Center, Minokamo, Japan
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- Genomics Unit, Keio Cancer Center, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan,Department of Biology and Genetics, Laboratory of Cancer Medical Science, Hokuto Hospital, Obihiro, Japan
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- Genomics Unit, Keio Cancer Center, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan,Department of Biology and Genetics, Laboratory of Cancer Medical Science, Hokuto Hospital, Obihiro, Japan
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- Cancer Genomic Testing and Treatment Center, Central Japan International Medical Center, Minokamo, Japan,Department of Urology, Central Japan International Medical Center, Minokamo, Japan
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- Department of Urology, Central Japan International Medical Center, Minokamo, Japan
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Vocke CD, Ricketts CJ, Metwalli AR, Pinto PA, Gautam R, Raffeld M, Merino MJ, Ball MW, Linehan WM. Differential VHL mutation patterns in bilateral clear cell RCC distinguishes between independent primary tumors and contralateral metastatic disease. Urology 2022; 165:170-177. [PMID: 35469800 DOI: 10.1016/j.urology.2022.04.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/02/2022] [Revised: 03/24/2022] [Accepted: 04/03/2022] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To evaluate whether bilateral, multifocal clear cell renal cell carcinoma (ccRCC) patients can be differentiated by VHL mutation analysis into cases that represent either multiple independently arising primary tumors, or a single primary tumor which has spread ipsilaterally as well as to the contralateral kidney. The nature of kidney cancer multifocality outside of known hereditary syndromes is as yet poorly understood. MATERIALS AND METHODS DNA from multiple tumors per patient were evaluated for somatic VHL gene mutation and hypermethylation. A subset of tumors with shared VHL mutations were analyzed with targeted, next-generation sequencing assays. RESULTS This cohort contained 5 patients with multiple tumors that demonstrated a shared somatic VHL mutation consistent with metastatic spread including to the contralateral kidney. In several cases this was substantiated by additional shared somatic mutations in ccRCC-associated genes. In contrast, the remaining 14 patients with multiple tumors demonstrated unique, unshared VHL alterations in every analyzed tumor, consistent with independently arising kidney tumors. None of these latter patients showed any evidence of local spread or distant metastasis. CONCLUSION The spectrum of VHL alterations within evaluated bilateral, multifocal ccRCC tumors from a single patient can distinguish between multiple independent tumor growth and metastasis. This can be performed using currently available clinical genetic tests and will improve the accuracy of patient diagnosis and prognosis, as well as informing appropriate management.
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- Cathy D Vocke
- Urologic Oncology Branch, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, 20892
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- Urologic Oncology Branch, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, 20892
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- Urologic Oncology Branch, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, 20892
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- Urologic Oncology Branch, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, 20892
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- Urologic Oncology Branch, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, 20892
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- Laboratory of Pathology, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892
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- Laboratory of Pathology, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892
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- Urologic Oncology Branch, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, 20892
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- Urologic Oncology Branch, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, 20892.
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Al-Obaidy KI, Alruwaii ZI, Williamson SR, Cheng L. The Pathologic and Molecular Genetic Landscape of the Hereditary Renal Cancer Predisposition Syndromes. Histopathology 2022; 81:15-31. [PMID: 35315118 DOI: 10.1111/his.14641] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/27/2022] [Revised: 02/18/2022] [Accepted: 03/02/2022] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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It is estimated that 5-8% of renal tumors are hereditary in nature with many inherited as autosomal dominant. These tumors carry a unique spectrum of pathologic and molecular alterations, the knowledge of which is expanding in the recent years. Indebted to this knowledge, many advances in treatment of these tumors have been achieved. In this review, we summarize the current understanding of the genetic renal neoplasia syndromes, the clinical and pathologic presentations, their molecular pathogenesis, the advances in therapeutic implications and targeted therapy.
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- Khaleel I Al-Obaidy
- Department of Pathology, Robert J. Tomsich Pathology and Laboratory Medicine Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, USA
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- Department of Pathology, Dammam Regional Laboratory and Blood Bank, Dammam, KSA
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- Department of Pathology, Robert J. Tomsich Pathology and Laboratory Medicine Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, USA
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- Department of Pathology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, 46202, USA.,Department of Urology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, 46202, USA
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Ricketts CJ, Vocke CD, Lang M, Chen X, Zhao Y, Tran B, Tandon M, Schmidt LS, Ball MW, Linehan WM. A germline 1;3 translocation disrupting the VHL gene: a novel genetic cause for von Hippel-Lindau. J Med Genet 2022; 59:18-22. [PMID: 33067352 PMCID: PMC8080673 DOI: 10.1136/jmedgenet-2020-107308] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/02/2020] [Revised: 09/16/2020] [Accepted: 09/19/2020] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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Von Hippel-Lindau (VHL) disease is an autosomal dominant hereditary tumour susceptibility disease caused by germline pathogenic variation of the VHL tumour suppressor gene. Affected individuals are at risk of developing multiple malignant and benign tumours in a number of organs.In this report, a male patient in his 20s who presented to the Urologic Oncology Branch at the National Cancer Institute with a clinical diagnosis of VHL was found to have multiple cerebellar haemangioblastomas, bilateral epididymal cysts, multiple pancreatic cysts, and multiple, bilateral renal tumours and cysts. The patient had no family history of VHL and was negative for germline VHL mutation by standard genetic testing. Further genetic analysis demonstrated a germline balanced translocation between chromosomes 1 and 3, t(1;3)(p36.3;p25) with a breakpoint on chromosome 3 within the second intron of the VHL gene. This created a pathogenic germline alteration in VHL by a novel mechanism that was not detectable by standard genetic testing.Karyotype analysis is not commonly performed in existing genetic screening protocols for patients with VHL. Based on this case, protocols should be updated to include karyotype analysis in patients who are clinically diagnosed with VHL but demonstrate no detectable mutation by existing genetic testing.
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- Christopher J Ricketts
- Urologic Oncology Branch, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, Maryland, USA
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- Urologic Oncology Branch, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, Maryland, USA
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- Urologic Oncology Branch, National Cancer Institue, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
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- CCR Sequencing Facility, Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research, Frederick, Maryland, USA
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- CCR Sequencing Facility, Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research, Frederick, Maryland, USA
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- CCR Sequencing Facility, Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research, Frederick, Maryland, USA
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- CCR Collaborative Bioinformatics Resource, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
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- Urologic Oncology Branch, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, Maryland, USA
- Basic Science Program, Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research, Frederick, Maryland, USA
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- Urologic Oncology Branch, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, Maryland, USA
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- Urologic Oncology Branch, National Cancer Institue, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
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Verkarre V, Morini A, Denize T, Ferlicot S, Richard S. [Hereditary kidney cancers: The pathologist's view in 2020]. Ann Pathol 2020; 40:148-167. [PMID: 32197858 DOI: 10.1016/j.annpat.2020.02.022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/05/2020] [Revised: 02/10/2020] [Accepted: 02/18/2020] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
Abstract
Hereditary predispositions to adult kidney tumors involve around 5% of tumors and include a dozen of autosomal dominant syndromes. The most frequent tumors encountered in these setting are clear cell renal cell carcinomas, papillary renal cell carcinomas, chromophobe renal cell carcinomas and angiomyolipomas. Their detection is essential in order to adapt individual care and perform genetic screening of at-risk relatives, especially in the national french network PREDIR, labeled by the National Cancer Institute and dedicated to hereditary predispositions to kidney tumors. Targeted genetic analysis, which was guided in particular by the renal tumor subtype, has recently evolved into genetic analysis using panels of genes. Pathologist contribution's remains however central in the diagnosis of hereditary forms since we currently have immunohistochemical biomarkers that allow us to diagnose two specifically hereditary entities: hereditary leiomyomatosis and renal cell carcinoma associated-renal cell carcinoma, associated with a loss of fumarate hydratase and succinate dehydrogenase-deficient renal cell carcinoma associated with a loss of succinate deshydrogenase B expression. These diagnoses must however be confirmed by the identification of pathogenic germline variation in the corresponding genes. Improvement of kidney tumors characterization has also lead to identify new subtypes, expanding the algorithm of renal tumors associated with hereditary setting. Here we aim to review all subtypes of adult renal tumors encountered in predisposition syndromes.
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- Virginie Verkarre
- Service d'anatomie pathologique, université de Paris, hôpital européen Georges-Pompidou, Assistance publique-Hôpitaux de Paris-Centre, 20, rue Leblanc, 75015 Paris, France; Inserm U970, équipe labellisée par la Ligue contre le cancer, PARCC, université de Paris, Paris, France; Réseau national de référence pour cancers rares de l'adulte PREDIR (« Maladie de von Hippel-Lindau et prédispositions héréditaires au cancer rénal ») labellisée par l'Institut national du cancer, université Paris Saclay, Assistance publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, France.
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- Service d'anatomie pathologique, université de Paris, hôpital européen Georges-Pompidou, Assistance publique-Hôpitaux de Paris-Centre, 20, rue Leblanc, 75015 Paris, France
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- Service d'anatomie pathologique, université de Paris, hôpital européen Georges-Pompidou, Assistance publique-Hôpitaux de Paris-Centre, 20, rue Leblanc, 75015 Paris, France
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- Réseau national de référence pour cancers rares de l'adulte PREDIR (« Maladie de von Hippel-Lindau et prédispositions héréditaires au cancer rénal ») labellisée par l'Institut national du cancer, université Paris Saclay, Assistance publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, France; Service d'anatomie pathologique des hôpitaux universitaires Paris Sud, université Paris Saclay, hôpital de Bicêtre, Assistance publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, France; Génétique oncologique EPHE, PSL Université, UMR 9019 CNRS, université Paris-Saclay, institut Gustave-Roussy, Villejuif, France
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- Réseau national de référence pour cancers rares de l'adulte PREDIR (« Maladie de von Hippel-Lindau et prédispositions héréditaires au cancer rénal ») labellisée par l'Institut national du cancer, université Paris Saclay, Assistance publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, France; Génétique oncologique EPHE, PSL Université, UMR 9019 CNRS, université Paris-Saclay, institut Gustave-Roussy, Villejuif, France
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Smith PS, Whitworth J, West H, Cook J, Gardiner C, Lim DHK, Morrison PJ, Hislop RG, Murray E, Tischkowitz M, Warren AY, Woodward ER, Maher ER. Characterization of renal cell carcinoma-associated constitutional chromosome abnormalities by genome sequencing. Genes Chromosomes Cancer 2020; 59:333-347. [PMID: 31943436 PMCID: PMC7187337 DOI: 10.1002/gcc.22833] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/11/2019] [Revised: 01/09/2020] [Accepted: 01/09/2020] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
Abstract
Constitutional translocations, typically involving chromosome 3, have been recognized as a rare cause of inherited predisposition to renal cell carcinoma (RCC) for four decades. However, knowledge of the molecular basis of this association is limited. We have characterized the breakpoints by genome sequencing (GS) of constitutional chromosome abnormalities in five individuals who presented with RCC. In one individual with constitutional t(10;17)(q11.21;p11.2), the translocation breakpoint disrupted two genes: the known renal tumor suppressor gene (TSG) FLCN (and clinical features of Birt‐Hogg‐Dubé syndrome were detected) and RASGEF1A. In four cases, the rearrangement breakpoints did not disrupt known inherited RCC genes. In the second case without chromosome 3 involvement, the translocation breakpoint in an individual with a constitutional t(2;17)(q21.1;q11.2) mapped 12 Kb upstream of NLK. Interestingly, NLK has been reported to interact indirectly with FBXW7 and a previously reported RCC‐associated translocation breakpoint disrupted FBXW7. In two cases of constitutional chromosome 3 translocations, no candidate TSGs were identified in the vicinity of the breakpoints. However, in an individual with a constitutional chromosome 3 inversion, the 3p breakpoint disrupted the FHIT TSG (which has been reported previously to be disrupted in two apparently unrelated families with an RCC‐associated t(3;8)(p14.2;q24.1). These findings (a) expand the range of constitutional chromosome rearrangements that may be associated with predisposition to RCC, (b) confirm that chromosome rearrangements not involving chromosome 3 can predispose to RCC, (c) suggest that a variety of molecular mechanisms are involved the pathogenesis of translocation‐associated RCC, and (d) demonstrate the utility of GS for investigating such cases.
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- Philip S Smith
- Department of Medical Genetics, University of Cambridge and NIHR Cambridge Biomedical Research Centre, Cancer Research UK Cambridge Centre, Cambridge Biomedical Campus, Cambridge, UK
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- Department of Medical Genetics, University of Cambridge and NIHR Cambridge Biomedical Research Centre, Cancer Research UK Cambridge Centre, Cambridge Biomedical Campus, Cambridge, UK
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- Department of Medical Genetics, University of Cambridge and NIHR Cambridge Biomedical Research Centre, Cancer Research UK Cambridge Centre, Cambridge Biomedical Campus, Cambridge, UK
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- Department of Clinical Genetics, Sheffield Children's Hospital, Sheffield, UK
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- West of Scotland Genetics Services, Queen Elizabeth University Hospital, Glasgow, UK
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- West Midlands Regional Genetics Service, Birmingham Women's and Children's National Health Service (NHS) Foundation Trust, Birmingham, UK
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- Northern Ireland Regional Genetics Service, Belfast City Hospital, Belfast Health & Social Care Trust, Belfast, UK
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- East of Scotland Regional Genetics Service, Ninewells Hospital, Dundee, UK
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- East of Scotland Regional Genetics Service, Ninewells Hospital, Dundee, UK
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- NIHR BioResource, Cambridge University Hospitals, Cambridge Biomedical Campus, Cambridge, UK
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- Department of Medical Genetics, University of Cambridge and NIHR Cambridge Biomedical Research Centre, Cancer Research UK Cambridge Centre, Cambridge Biomedical Campus, Cambridge, UK
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- Department of Histopathology, Cambridge University NHS Foundation Trust and Cancer Research UK Cambridge Centre, Cambridge, UK
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- Manchester Centre for Genomic Medicine and NW Laboratory Genetics Hub, Manchester University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Division of Evolution and Genomic Sciences, School of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, University of Manchester, Health Innovation Manchester, Manchester, UK
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- Department of Medical Genetics, University of Cambridge and NIHR Cambridge Biomedical Research Centre, Cancer Research UK Cambridge Centre, Cambridge Biomedical Campus, Cambridge, UK
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Chen L, Zhang YH, Zhang Z, Huang T, Cai YD. Inferring Novel Tumor Suppressor Genes with a Protein-Protein Interaction Network and Network Diffusion Algorithms. MOLECULAR THERAPY-METHODS & CLINICAL DEVELOPMENT 2018; 10:57-67. [PMID: 30069494 PMCID: PMC6068090 DOI: 10.1016/j.omtm.2018.06.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/04/2018] [Accepted: 06/19/2018] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
Abstract
Extensive studies on tumor suppressor genes (TSGs) are helpful to understand the pathogenesis of cancer and design effective treatments. However, identifying TSGs using traditional experiments is quite difficult and time consuming. Developing computational methods to identify possible TSGs is an alternative way. In this study, we proposed two computational methods that integrated two network diffusion algorithms, including Laplacian heat diffusion (LHD) and random walk with restart (RWR), to search possible genes in the whole network. These two computational methods were LHD-based and RWR-based methods. To increase the reliability of the putative genes, three strict screening tests followed to filter genes obtained by these two algorithms. After comparing the putative genes obtained by the two methods, we designated twelve genes (e.g., MAP3K10, RND1, and OTX2) as common genes, 29 genes (e.g., RFC2 and GUCY2F) as genes that were identified only by the LHD-based method, and 128 genes (e.g., SNAI2 and FGF4) as genes that were inferred only by the RWR-based method. Some obtained genes can be confirmed as novel TSGs according to recent publications, suggesting the utility of our two proposed methods. In addition, the reported genes in this study were quite different from those reported in a previous one.
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- Lei Chen
- Institute of Health Sciences, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200031, People’s Republic of China
- College of Information Engineering, Shanghai Maritime University, Shanghai 201306, People’s Republic of China
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- Institute of Health Sciences, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200031, People’s Republic of China
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- Department of Clinical Oncology, Jing’an District Centre Hospital of Shanghai (Huashan Hospital Fudan University Jing’An Branch), Shanghai 200040, People’s Republic of China
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- Institute of Health Sciences, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200031, People’s Republic of China
- Corresponding author: Tao Huang, Institute of Health Sciences, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200031, People’s Republic of China.
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- School of Life Sciences, Shanghai University, Shanghai 200444, People’s Republic of China
- Corresponding author: Yu-Dong Cai, School of Life Sciences, Shanghai University, Shanghai 200444, People’s Republic of China.
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Hasumi H, Yao M. Hereditary kidney cancer syndromes: Genetic disorders driven by alterations in metabolism and epigenome regulation. Cancer Sci 2018; 109:581-586. [PMID: 29325224 PMCID: PMC5834811 DOI: 10.1111/cas.13503] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/19/2017] [Revised: 01/03/2018] [Accepted: 01/05/2018] [Indexed: 01/21/2023] Open
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Although hereditary kidney cancer syndrome accounts for approximately five percent of all kidney cancers, the mechanistic insight into tumor development in these rare conditions has provided the foundation for the development of molecular targeting agents currently used for sporadic kidney cancer. In the late 1980s, the comprehensive study for hereditary kidney cancer syndrome was launched in the National Cancer Institute, USA and the first kidney cancer‐associated gene, VHL, was identified through kindred analysis of von Hippel‐Lindau (VHL) syndrome in 1993. Subsequent molecular studies on VHL function have elucidated that the VHL protein is a component of E3 ubiquitin ligase complex for hypoxia‐inducible factor (HIF), which provided the basis for the development of tyrosine kinase inhibitors targeting the HIF‐VEGF/PDGF pathway. Recent whole‐exome sequencing analysis of sporadic kidney cancer exhibited the recurrent mutations in chromatin remodeling genes and the later study has revealed that several chromatin remodeling genes are altered in kidney cancer kindred at the germline level. To date, more than 10 hereditary kidney cancer syndromes together with each responsible gene have been characterized and most of the causative genes for these genetic disorders are associated with either metabolism or epigenome regulation. In this review article, we describe the molecular mechanisms of how an alteration of each kidney cancer‐associated gene leads to renal tumorigenesis as well as denote therapeutic targets elicited by studies on hereditary kidney cancer.
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- Hisashi Hasumi
- Department of Urology, Yokohama City University, Yokohama, Japan
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- Department of Urology, Yokohama City University, Yokohama, Japan
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Repo H, Löyttyniemi E, Nykänen M, Lintunen M, Karra H, Pitkänen R, Söderström M, Kuopio T, Kronqvist P. The Expression of Cohesin Subunit SA2 Predicts Breast Cancer Survival. Appl Immunohistochem Mol Morphol 2016; 24:615-621. [PMID: 26447899 DOI: 10.1097/pai.0000000000000240] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Cohesin is one of the main regulators of sister chromatid separation during the metaphase/anaphase transition. It is a multiprotein complex consisting of 4 core subunits, one of those being the SA2 subunit. SA2 plays the final role in dismantling the cohesion complex from the sister chromatids and also functions in DNA double-strand break repair and gene regulation. There is increasing evidence regarding the involvement of both overexpression and underexpression of cohesin in cancer. Here, we present expression patterns of SA2 in different types of human breast tissue, and the prognostic analysis in the material from breast cancer patients with long-term follow-up. SA2 immunoexpression was evaluated in benign, precancerous, and malignant breast tissue, and was classified into low-intensity or high-intensity groups. The DNA content was determined by image cytometry on breast cancer cell imprints. Prognostic analyses were based on 445 breast cancer patients with upto 20 years' follow-up. SA2 immunoexpression was equally high in both benign and precancerous breast tissue. Instead, 72% of the invasive breast cancers showed deficient SA2 expression. These patients were also associated with an unfavorable outcome as indicated by a 1.6-fold risk of breast cancer death (P=0.0208). The majority (75%) of the patients with low SA2 expression were alive 6.0 years after the diagnosis, whereas the majority of the patients with high SA2 expression survived 17.6 years after the diagnosis. No statistically significant association could be detected between SA2 immunoexpression and DNA aneuploidy. Our results and previous literature indicate that decreased SA2 immunoexpression is associated with malignant breast disease and a particularly unfavorable course of disease.
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- Heli Repo
- *Department of Pathology, University of Turku and Turku University Hospital †Department of Medical Statistics, Medical Faculty, University of Turku, Turku ‡Department of Pathology, Jyväskylä Central Hospital, Jyväskylä §Department of Pathology, Pori Central Hospital, Pori, Finland
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Genetic and Chromosomal Aberrations and Their Clinical Significance in Renal Neoplasms. BIOMED RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2015; 2015:476508. [PMID: 26448938 PMCID: PMC4584050 DOI: 10.1155/2015/476508] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/23/2015] [Revised: 05/23/2015] [Accepted: 05/25/2015] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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The most common form of malignant renal neoplasms is renal cell carcinoma (RCC), which is classified into several different subtypes based on the histomorphological features. However, overlaps in these characteristics may present difficulties in the accurate diagnosis of these subtypes, which have different clinical outcomes. Genomic and molecular studies have revealed unique genetic aberrations in each subtype. Knowledge of these genetic changes in hereditary and sporadic renal neoplasms has given an insight into the various proteins and signalling pathways involved in tumour formation and progression. In this review, the genetic aberrations characteristic to each renal neoplasm subtype are evaluated along with the associated protein products and affected pathways. The potential applications of these genetic aberrations and proteins as diagnostic tools, prognostic markers, or therapeutic targets are also assessed.
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Haas NB, Nathanson KL. Hereditary kidney cancer syndromes. Adv Chronic Kidney Dis 2014; 21:81-90. [PMID: 24359990 DOI: 10.1053/j.ackd.2013.10.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 106] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/16/2013] [Revised: 10/17/2013] [Accepted: 10/17/2013] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Inherited susceptibility to kidney cancer is a fascinating and complex topic. Our knowledge about types of genetic syndromes associated with an increased risk of disease is continually expanding. Currently, there are 10 syndromes associated with an increased risk of all types of kidney cancer, which are reviewed herein. Clear cell kidney cancer is associated with von Hippel Lindau disease, chromosome 3 translocations, PTEN hamartomatous syndrome, and mutations in the BAP1 gene as well as several of the genes encoding the proteins comprising the succinate dehydrogenase complex (SDHB/C/D). Type 1 papillary kidney cancers arise in conjunction with germline mutations in MET and type 2 as part of hereditary leiomyomatosis and kidney cell cancer (fumarate hydratase [FH] mutations). Chromophone and oncocytic kidney cancers are predominantly associated with Birt-Hogg-Dubé syndrome. Patients with Tuberous Sclerosis Complex (TSC) commonly have angiomyolipomas and rarely their malignant counterpart epithelioid angiomyolipomas. The targeted therapeutic options for the kidney cancer associated with these diseases are just starting to expand and are an area of active clinical research.
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Broom RJ, Caldwell I, Hanning F, Fong P, Deva S, Oei P. Enduring response to everolimus as third-line therapy in a patient with advanced renal cell carcinoma, including small-bowel metastases: loss of FHIT but normal VHL gene status. Clin Genitourin Cancer 2012; 10:202-6. [PMID: 22440786 DOI: 10.1016/j.clgc.2012.01.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/11/2011] [Revised: 12/15/2011] [Accepted: 01/19/2012] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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- Reuben J Broom
- Department of Medical Oncology, Regional Cancer and Blood Service, Auckland City Hospital, Auckland, New Zealand.
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Yusenko MV, Nagy A, Kovacs G. Molecular analysis of germline t(3;6) and t(3;12) associated with conventional renal cell carcinomas indicates their rate-limiting role and supports the three-hit model of carcinogenesis. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2010; 201:15-23. [PMID: 20633763 DOI: 10.1016/j.cancergencyto.2010.04.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/02/2010] [Revised: 04/19/2010] [Accepted: 04/21/2010] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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We describe the molecular analysis of chromosomal rearrangements in familial t(3;6)(p12.3;q24.3) and t(3;12)(q13.13;q24.23) associated with the development of conventional renal cell carcinomas (RCC). We mapped the breakpoints by high-density oligo array comparative genomic hybridization of tumor cells in t(3;6) at chromosome 3p12.3 between PDZRN3 and CNTN3; the chromosomal rearrangement at 6q24.3 was mapped within the seventh intron of the STXBP5 gene. In the second case, the break at 3q13.13 was mapped downstream of PVRL3 and the breakpoint at 12q24.23 between HSPB8 and CCDC60, one allele of the latter being deleted. Reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction analysis of the PDZRN3, CNTN3, STXBP5, PVRL3, HSPB8, and CCDC60 genes revealed slight variation in the copy number of transcripts, but without correlation to the chromosomal rearrangements in translocation-associated and sporadic conventional RCCs. Loss of heterozygosity at chromosome 3p and mutation of VHL occurred at the same frequency in both familial and sporadic cases. Based on our model of nonhomologous chromatid exchange and the data on molecular studies, we suggest that the germline translocation serves as a rate-limiting step toward tumor development by generating a high number of cells with loss of the derivative chromosome carrying the 3p segment.
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- Maria V Yusenko
- Laboratory of Molecular Oncology, Medical Faculty, Ruprecht-Karls-University, Im Neuenheimer Feld 325, Heidelberg, Germany
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Woodward ER, Skytte AB, Cruger DG, Maher ER. Population-based survey of cancer risks in chromosome 3 translocation carriers. Genes Chromosomes Cancer 2010; 49:52-8. [PMID: 19827124 DOI: 10.1002/gcc.20718] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/15/2023] Open
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Familial renal cell carcinoma (RCC) is genetically heterogeneous and may be associated with germline mutations in a number of genes. Twelve different constitutional translocations involving chromosome 3 have also been described in association with inherited RCC. In some families the lifetime risk of RCC in chromosome 3 translocation carriers has been estimated to be more than 80%; however the cancer risks in patients with chromosome 3 translocations not ascertained because of a family history of RCC are not well defined. We report a retrospective population-based study using Danish national cytogenetic and cancer registries to clarify tumor risks associated with constitutional translocations involving chromosome 3. We identified 222 (105 females, 117 males) individuals with a constitutional chromosome 3 translocation and compared their cancer risks to those of the Danish population. None of the chromosome 3 translocation carriers had developed RCC at the time of study (female 95% CIs 0.000-0.042, male 95% CIs 0.000-0.038) (P = 1.0 and P = 0.498 for females and males compared to Danish population). Fourteen translocation carriers had developed cancer but there was no evidence of an excess of early onset disease and lifetime cancer risks in chromosome 3 translocation carriers were similar that in the Danish population. There was no association between cancer risk and location of the chromosome 3 breakpoint (HR = 1.322, P = 0.673). These findings suggest that, in the absence of a family history of RCC or evidence of disruption of a specific tumor suppressor gene, chromosome 3 translocations carriers are not at high risk of developing RCC.
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- Emma R Woodward
- CRUK Renal Molecular Oncology Group and Department of Medical and Molecular Genetics, University of Birmingham, B15 2TT, UK.
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Kuiper RP, Vreede L, Venkatachalam R, Ricketts C, Kamping E, Verwiel E, Govaerts L, Debiec-Rychter M, Lerut E, van Erp F, Hoogerbrugge N, van Kempen L, Schoenmakers EFPM, Bonne A, Maher ER, Geurts van Kessel A. The tumor suppressor gene FBXW7 is disrupted by a constitutional t(3;4)(q21;q31) in a patient with renal cell cancer. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2009; 195:105-11. [PMID: 19963109 DOI: 10.1016/j.cancergencyto.2009.07.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/26/2009] [Revised: 07/02/2009] [Accepted: 07/05/2009] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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FBXW7 (alias CDC4) is a p53-dependent tumor suppressor gene that exhibits mutations or deletions in a variety of human tumors. Mutation or deletion of the FBXW7 gene has been associated with an increase in chromosomal instability and cell cycle progression. In addition, the FBXW7 protein has been found to act as a component of the ubiquitin proteasome system and to degrade several oncogenic proteins that function in cellular growth regulatory pathways. By using a rapid breakpoint cloning procedure in a case of renal cell cancer (RCC), we found that the FBXW7 gene was disrupted by a constitutional t(3;4)(q21;q31). Subsequent analysis of the tumor tissue revealed the presence of several anomalies, including loss of the derivative chromosome 3. Upon screening of a cohort of 29 independent primary RCCs, we identified one novel pathogenic mutation, suggesting that the FBXW7 gene may also play a role in the development of sporadic RCCs. In addition, we screened a cohort of 48 unrelated familial RCC cases with unknown etiology. Except for several known or benign sequence variants such as single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs), no additional pathogenic variants were found. Previous mouse models have suggested that the FBXW7 gene may play a role in the predisposition to tumor development. Here we report that disruption of this gene may predispose to the development of human RCC.
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- Roland P Kuiper
- Department of Human Genetics, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Center, and Nijmegen Center for Molecular Life Sciences, PO Box 9101, 6500 HB Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
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Gribble SM, Ng BL, Prigmore E, Fitzgerald T, Carter NP. Array painting: a protocol for the rapid analysis of aberrant chromosomes using DNA microarrays. Nat Protoc 2009; 4:1722-36. [PMID: 19893508 PMCID: PMC3330750 DOI: 10.1038/nprot.2009.183] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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Array painting is a technique that uses microarray technology to rapidly map chromosome translocation breakpoints. Previous methods to map translocation breakpoints have used fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) and have consequently been labor-intensive, time-consuming and restricted to the low breakpoint resolution imposed by the use of metaphase chromosomes. Array painting combines the isolation of derivative chromosomes (chromosomes with translocations) and high-resolution microarray analysis to refine the genomic location of translocation breakpoints in a single experiment. In this protocol, we describe array painting by isolation of derivative chromosomes using a MoFlo flow sorter, amplification of these derivatives using whole-genome amplification and hybridization onto commercially available oligonucleotide microarrays. Although the sorting of derivative chromosomes is a specialized procedure requiring sophisticated equipment, the amplification, labeling and hybridization of DNA is straightforward, robust and can be completed within 1 week. The protocol described produces good quality data; however, array painting is equally achievable using any combination of the available alternative methodologies for chromosome isolation, amplification and hybridization.
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- Susan M Gribble
- Human Genetics, Sulston Laboratories, The Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Wellcome Trust Genome Campus, Cambridge, UK.
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Ricketts C, Zeegers MP, Lubinski J, Maher ER. Analysis of germline variants in CDH1, IGFBP3, MMP1, MMP3, STK15 and VEGF in familial and sporadic renal cell carcinoma. PLoS One 2009; 4:e6037. [PMID: 19551141 PMCID: PMC2696041 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0006037] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/13/2009] [Accepted: 04/15/2009] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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Background The investigation of rare familial forms of kidney cancer has provided important insights into the biology of sporadic renal cell carcinoma (RCC). In particular, the identification of the von Hippel Lindau (VHL) familial cancer syndrome gene (VHL) provided the basis for the discovery that VHL is somatically inactivated in most sporadic clear cell RCC. Many cases of familial RCC do not have mutations in known RCC susceptibility genes and there is evidence that genetic modifiers may influence the risk of RCC in VHL disease patients. Hence we hypothesised that low-penetrance functional genetic variants in pathways related to the VHL protein (pVHL) function might (a) modify the phenotypic expression of VHL disease and/or (b) predispose to sporadic RCC. Methodology/Principal Findings We tested this hypothesis for functional polymorphisms in CDH1 (rs16260), IGFBP3 (rs2854744), MMP1 (rs1799750), MMP3 (rs679620), STK15 (rs2273535) and VEGF (rs1570360). We observed that variants of MMP1 and MMP3 were significant modifiers of RCC risk (and risks of retinal angioma and cerebellar haemangioblastoma) in VHL disease patients. In addition, higher frequencies of the MMP1 rs1799750 2G allele (p = 0.017, OR 1.49, 95%CI 1.06–2.08) and the MMP1/MMP3 rs1799750/rs679620 2G/G haplotype (OR 1.45, 95%CI 1.01–2.10) were detected in sporadic RCC patients than in controls (n = 295). Conclusions/Significance These findings (a) represent the first example of genetic modifiers of RCC risk in VHL disease, (b) replicate a previous report of an association between MMP1/MMP3 variants and sporadic RCC and (c) further implicate MMP1/MMP3-related pathways in the pathogenesis of familial and sporadic RCC.
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- Christopher Ricketts
- Cancer Research UK Renal Molecular Oncology Group, Department of Medical and Molecular Genetics, University of Birmingham School of Medicine, Edgbaston, Birmingham, United Kingdom
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- Unit of Genetic Epidemiology, Department of Public Health and Epidemiology, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom
- Department of Complex Genetics, Cluster of Genetics and Cell Biology and Nutrition and Toxicology Research Institute Maastricht (NUTRIM), Maastricht University, Maastricht, the Netherlands
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- Department of Genetics and Pathology, International Hereditary Cancer Center, Pomeranian Medical University, Szczecin, Poland
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- Cancer Research UK Renal Molecular Oncology Group, Department of Medical and Molecular Genetics, University of Birmingham School of Medicine, Edgbaston, Birmingham, United Kingdom
- West Midlands Regional Genetics Service, Birmingham Women's Hospital, Edgbaston, Birmingham, United Kingdom
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Panani AD. Is there an association with constitutional structural chromosomal abnormalities and hematologic neoplastic process? A short review. Ann Hematol 2009; 88:293-9. [PMID: 19129995 DOI: 10.1007/s00277-008-0672-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/12/2008] [Accepted: 12/12/2008] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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The occasional observation of constitutional chromosomal abnormalities in patients with a malignant disease has led to a number of studies on their potential role in cancer development. Investigations of families with hereditary cancers and constitutional chromosomal abnormalities have been key observations leading to the molecular identification of specific genes implicated in tumorigenesis. Large studies have been reported on the incidence of constitutional chromosomal aberrations in patients with hematologic malignancies, but they could not confirm an increased risk for hematologic malignancy among carriers of structural chromosomal changes. However, it is of particular interest that constitutional structural aberrations with breakpoints similar to leukemia-associated specific breakpoints have been reported in patients with hematologic malignancies. Because of insufficient data, it remains still unclear if these aberrations represent random events or are associated with malignancy. There has been a substantial discussion about mechanisms involved in constitutional structural chromosomal changes in the literature. The documentation of more patients with constitutional structural chromosomal changes could be of major importance. Most importantly, the molecular investigation of chromosomal regions involved in rearrangements could give useful information on the genetic events underlying constitutional anomalies, contributing to isolation of genes important in the development of the neoplastic process. Regarding constitutional anomalies in patients with hematologic disorders, a survey of the cytogenetic data of our cytogenetics unit is herein also presented.
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- Anna D Panani
- Critical Care Department, Medical School of Athens University, Epsilonvangelismos Hospital, Ipsilandou 45-47, Athens 106 76, Greece.
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Woodward ER, Ricketts C, Killick P, Gad S, Morris M, Kavalier F, Hodgson SV, Giraud S, Bressac-de Paillerets B, Chapman C, Escudier B, Latif F, Richard S, Maher ER. Familial Non-VHL Clear Cell (Conventional) Renal Cell Carcinoma: Clinical Features, Segregation Analysis, and Mutation Analysis of FLCN. Clin Cancer Res 2008; 14:5925-30. [DOI: 10.1158/1078-0432.ccr-08-0608] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Sugimura H. Detection of chromosome changes in pathology archives: an application of microwave-assisted fluorescence in situ hybridization to human carcinogenesis studies. Carcinogenesis 2008; 29:681-687. [PMID: 18283042 DOI: 10.1093/carcin/bgn046] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/11/2025] Open
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Pathology archives provide unique and abundant opportunities to investigate human carcinogenesis and identify potential targets for cancer therapy. Microwaving was introduced into various procedures used in histopathology two decades ago, although the precise mechanisms underlying its effectiveness in any of the procedures, including antigen retrieval, acceleration of fixation and nucleic acid hybridization, are not known. Since microwaving was first applied to fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH), many pathologists and researchers have enjoyed the benefits of excellent preservation of histological structures as well as good retrieval of FISH signals by this method. Microwave-assisted fluorescence in situ hybridization (MW-FISH) has proved to be especially useful in retrospective investigations of tissues fixed and preserved for long periods of time, and the success rates in the randomly selected pathology archives have been greater (70-95%) than by the conventional protocol (=40%) The MW-FISH protocol and current availability of human genome information together with information on a variety of other histopathological attributes have paved the way to exploration of specific, large-scale genomic changes in human tumor tissue, even in the incipient stage. In practice, this protocol is very useful for retrospective surveillance of amplicons in tumor tissue by using hundreds of bacterial artificial chromosome clones and many specimens in the form of a tissue microarray. Effective retrieval of specific genome-wide amplicon profiles from human tumors stored unaware in ordinary pathology laboratories would help to further stratify tumors so that individually tailored treatment strategies would become feasible in clinical settings.
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- Haruhiko Sugimura
- Department of Pathology, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, 1-20-1 Handayama, Hamamatsu, Shizuoka 431-3192, Japan.
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Bonne A, Vreede L, Kuiper RP, Bodmer D, Jansen C, Eleveld M, van Erp F, Arkesteijn G, Hoogerbrugge N, van Ravenswaaij C, Schoenmakers EF, Geurts van Kessel A. Mapping of constitutional translocation breakpoints in renal cell cancer patients: identification of KCNIP4 as a candidate gene. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2007; 179:11-8. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cancergencyto.2007.07.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/18/2007] [Accepted: 07/09/2007] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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