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Linder A, Westbom-Fremer S, Mateoiu C, Olsson Widjaja A, Österlund T, Veerla S, Ståhlberg A, Ulfenborg B, Hedenfalk I, Sundfeldt K. Genomic alterations in ovarian endometriosis and subsequently diagnosed ovarian carcinoma. Hum Reprod 2024; 39:1141-1154. [PMID: 38459814 PMCID: PMC11063555 DOI: 10.1093/humrep/deae043] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/18/2023] [Revised: 01/25/2024] [Indexed: 03/10/2024] Open
Abstract
STUDY QUESTION Can the alleged association between ovarian endometriosis and ovarian carcinoma be substantiated by genetic analysis of endometriosis diagnosed prior to the onset of the carcinoma? SUMMARY ANSWER The data suggest that ovarian carcinoma does not originate from ovarian endometriosis with a cancer-like genetic profile; however, a common precursor is probable. WHAT IS KNOWN ALREADY Endometriosis has been implicated as a precursor of ovarian carcinoma based on epidemiologic studies and the discovery of common driver mutations in synchronous disease at the time of surgery. Endometrioid ovarian carcinoma and clear cell ovarian carcinoma are the most common endometriosis-associated ovarian carcinomas (EAOCs). STUDY DESIGN, SIZE, DURATION The pathology biobanks of two university hospitals in Sweden were scrutinized to identify women with surgically removed endometrioma who subsequently developed ovarian carcinoma (1998-2016). Only 45 archival cases with EAOC and previous endometriosis were identified and after a careful pathology review, 25 cases were excluded due to reclassification into non-EAOC (n = 9) or because ovarian endometriosis could not be confirmed (n = 16). Further cases were excluded due to insufficient endometriosis tissue or poor DNA quality in either the endometriosis, carcinoma, or normal tissue (n = 9). Finally 11 cases had satisfactory DNA from all three locations and were eligible for further analysis. PARTICIPANTS/MATERIALS, SETTING, METHODS Epithelial cells were collected from formalin-fixed and paraffin-embedded (FFPE) sections by laser capture microdissection (endometrioma n = 11) or macrodissection (carcinoma n = 11) and DNA was extracted. Normal tissue from FFPE sections (n = 5) or blood samples collected at cancer diagnosis (n = 6) were used as the germline controls for each included patient. Whole-exome sequencing was performed (n = 33 samples). Somatic variants (single-nucleotide variants, indels, and copy number alterations) were characterized, and mutational signatures and kataegis were assessed. Microsatellite instability and mismatch repair status were confirmed with PCR and immunohistochemistry, respectively. MAIN RESULTS AND THE ROLE OF CHANCE The median age for endometriosis surgery was 42 years, and 54 years for the subsequent ovarian carcinoma diagnosis. The median time between the endometriosis and ovarian carcinoma was 10 (7-30) years. The data showed that all paired samples harbored one or more shared somatic mutations. Non-silent mutations in cancer-associated genes were frequent in endometriosis; however, the same mutations were never observed in subsequent carcinomas. The degree of clonal dominance, demonstrated by variant allele frequency, showed a positive correlation with the time to cancer diagnosis (Spearman's rho 0.853, P < 0.001). Mutations in genes associated with immune escape were the most conserved between paired samples, and regions harboring these genes were frequently affected by copy number alterations in both sample types. Mutational burdens and mutation signatures suggested faulty DNA repair mechanisms in all cases. LARGE SCALE DATA Datasets are available in the supplementary tables. LIMITATIONS, REASONS FOR CAUTION Even though we located several thousands of surgically removed endometriomas between 1998 and 2016, only 45 paired samples were identified and even fewer, 11 cases, were eligible for sequencing. The observed high level of intra- and inter-heterogeneity in both groups (endometrioma and carcinoma) argues for further studies of the alleged genetic association. WIDER IMPLICATIONS OF THE FINDINGS The observation of shared somatic mutations in all paired samples supports a common cellular origin for ovarian endometriosis and ovarian carcinoma. However, contradicting previous conclusions, our data suggest that cancer-associated mutations in endometriosis years prior to the carcinoma were not directly associated with the malignant transformation. Rather, a resilient ovarian endometriosis may delay tumorigenesis. Furthermore, the data indicate that genetic alterations affecting the immune response are early and significant events. STUDY FUNDING/COMPETING INTEREST(S) The present work has been funded by the Sjöberg Foundation (2021-01145 to K.S.; 2022-01-11:4 to A.S.), Swedish state under the agreement between the Swedish government and the county councils, the ALF-agreement (965552 to K.S.; 40615 to I.H.; 965065 to A.S.), Swedish Cancer Society (21-1848 to K.S.; 21-1684 to I.H.; 22-2080 to A.S.), BioCARE-A Strategic Research Area at Lund University (I.H. and S.W.-F.), Mrs Berta Kamprad's Cancer Foundation (FBKS-2019-28, I.H.), Cancer and Allergy Foundation (10381, I.H.), Region Västra Götaland (A.S.), Sweden's Innovation Agency (2020-04141, A.S.), Swedish Research Council (2021-01008, A.S.), Roche in collaboration with the Swedish Society of Gynecological Oncology (S.W.-F.), Assar Gabrielsson Foundation (FB19-86, C.M.), and the Lena Wäpplings Foundation (C.M.). A.S. declares stock ownership and is also a board member in Tulebovaasta, SiMSen Diagnostics, and Iscaff Pharma. A.S. has also received travel support from EMBL, Precision Medicine Forum, SLAS, and bioMCC. The remaining authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest.
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- A Linder
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Sahlgrenska Center for Cancer Research, Institute of Clinical Sciences, Sahlgrenska Academy at University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Division of Oncology, Department of Clinical Sciences Lund, Lund University, Lund, Sweden
- Lund University Cancer Centre (LUCC), Lund University, Lund, Sweden
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- Department of Pathology, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Sahlgrenska Center for Cancer Research, Institute of Clinical Sciences, Sahlgrenska Academy at University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Wallenberg Centre for Molecular and Translational Medicine, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
- Department of Clinical Genetics and Genomics, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Division of Oncology, Department of Clinical Sciences Lund, Lund University, Lund, Sweden
- Lund University Cancer Centre (LUCC), Lund University, Lund, Sweden
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- Wallenberg Centre for Molecular and Translational Medicine, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
- Department of Clinical Genetics and Genomics, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Gothenburg, Sweden
- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Sahlgrenska Center for Cancer Research, Institute of Biomedicine, Sahlgrenska Academy at University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Department of Biology and Bioinformatics, Systems Biology Research Center, School of Bioscience, University of Skövde, Skövde, Sweden
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- Division of Oncology, Department of Clinical Sciences Lund, Lund University, Lund, Sweden
- Lund University Cancer Centre (LUCC), Lund University, Lund, Sweden
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Sahlgrenska Center for Cancer Research, Institute of Clinical Sciences, Sahlgrenska Academy at University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
- Region Västra Götaland, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Gothenburg, Sweden
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Chen CL, Lee NC, Chien YH, Hwu WL, Hung MZ, Lin YL, Lin SY, Lee CN. Ethnically unique disease burden and limitations of current expanded carrier screening panels. Int J Gynaecol Obstet 2024; 164:918-924. [PMID: 37681470 DOI: 10.1002/ijgo.15072] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/23/2023] [Revised: 07/28/2023] [Accepted: 08/17/2023] [Indexed: 09/09/2023]
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OBJECTIVES The purpose of the study is to identify the recessive diseases currently affecting real-world pediatric patients in Taiwan, and whether current extended carrier screening panels have the coverage and detective power to identify the pathogenic variants in the carrier parents. METHODS A total of 132 trio-samples were collected from May 2017 to March 2022. The participants were parents of pediatric intensive care unit patients who were critically ill or infants with abnormal newborn screening results. A retrospective carrier screening scheme was applied to analyze only the carrier status of pathogenic or likely pathogenic recessive variants resulting in diseases in their children. The recessive disorders diagnosed in our cohort were compared with the gene content in commercial panels. RESULTS Mutations in COQ4, PEX1, OTC, and IKBKG were the most frequently identified. In the parents of 44 children with confirmed diagnoses of recessive diseases, 47 (53.40%) screened positive for being the carriers of the same recessive disorders diagnosed in their children. The commercial panels covered 35.13% to 54.05% of the disorders diagnosed in this cohort. CONCLUSION Clinicians and genetic counselors should be aware of the limitations of current extended carrier screening and interpret negative screening results with caution. Future panels should also consider genes with ethnically unique mutations such as pathogenic variants of the COQ4 gene in the East Asian population.
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- Chih-Ling Chen
- Department of Medical Genetics, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, National Taiwan University Hospital and National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Medical Genetics, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
- Department of Pediatrics, National Taiwan University Hospital and National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Medical Genetics, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
- Department of Pediatrics, National Taiwan University Hospital and National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Medical Genetics, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
- Department of Pediatrics, National Taiwan University Hospital and National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Medical Genetics, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Medical Genetics, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Medical Genetics, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, National Taiwan University Hospital and National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, National Taiwan University Hospital and National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan
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Helgadottir HT, Thutkawkorapin J, Rohlin A, Nordling M, Lagerstedt-Robinson K, Lindblom A. Identification of known and novel familial cancer genes in Swedish colorectal cancer families. Int J Cancer 2021; 149:627-634. [PMID: 33729574 DOI: 10.1002/ijc.33567] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/22/2020] [Revised: 02/17/2021] [Accepted: 02/26/2021] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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Identifying new candidate colorectal cancer (CRC) genes and mutations are important for clinical cancer prevention as well as in cancer care. Genetic counseling is already implemented for known high-risk variants; however, the majority of CRC are of unknown causes. In our study, 110 CRC patients in 55 Swedish families with a strong history of CRC but unknown genetic causes were analyzed with the aim of identifying novel candidate CRC predisposing genes. Exome sequencing was used to identify rare and high-impact variants enriched in the families. No clear pathogenic variants were found in known CRC predisposing genes; however, potential pathogenic variants in novel CRC predisposing genes were identified. Over 3000 variants with minor allele frequency (MAF) <0.01 and Combined Annotation Dependent Depletion (CADD) > 20 were seen aggregating in the CRC families. Of those, 27 variants with MAF < 0.001 and CADD>25 were considered high-risk mutations. Interestingly, more than half of the high-risk variants were detected in three families, suggesting cumulating contribution of several variants to CRC. In summary, our study shows that despite a strong history of CRC within families, identifying pathogenic variants is challenging. In a small number of families, few rare mutations were shared by affected family members. This could indicate that in the absence of known CRC predisposing genes, a cumulating contribution of mutations leads to CRC observed in these families.
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- Hafdis T Helgadottir
- Department of Molecular Medicine and Surgery, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden.,Department of Clinical Genetics, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Institute of Biomedicine, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden.,Department of Clinical Genetics and Genomics, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Institute of Biomedicine, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden.,Department of Clinical Genetics and Genomics, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Department of Molecular Medicine and Surgery, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden.,Department of Clinical Genetics, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Molecular Medicine and Surgery, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden.,Department of Clinical Genetics, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden
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Dong W, Baldwin C, Choi J, Milunsky JM, Zhang J, Bilguvar K, Lifton RP, Milunsky A. Identification of a dominant MYH11 causal variant in chronic intestinal pseudo-obstruction: Results of whole-exome sequencing. Clin Genet 2019; 96:473-477. [PMID: 31389005 DOI: 10.1111/cge.13617] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/08/2019] [Revised: 07/26/2019] [Accepted: 07/30/2019] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Chronic Intestinal Pseudo-Obstruction (CIPO) is a rare gastrointestinal disorder, which affects the smooth muscle contractions of the gastrointestinal tract. Dominant mutations in the smooth muscle actin gene, ACTG2, accounts for 44%-50% of CIPO patients. Other recessive or X-linked genes, including MYLK, LMOD1, RAD21, MYH11, MYL9, and FLNA were reported in single cases. In this study, we used Whole-Exome Sequencing (WES) to study 23 independent CIPO families including one extended family with 13 affected members. A dominantly inherited rare mutation, c.5819delC (p.Pro1940HisfsTer91), in the smooth muscle myosin gene, MYH11, was found in the extended family, shared by 7 affected family members but not by 3 unaffected family members with available DNA, suggesting a high probability of genetic linkage. Gene burden analysis indicates that additional genes, COL4A1, FBLN1 and HK2, may be associated with the disease. This study expanded our understanding of CIPO etiology and provided additional genetic evidence to physicians and genetic counselors for CIPO diagnosis.
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- Weilai Dong
- Department of Genetics, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut
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- Center for Human Genetics and Dept. Ob/Gyn, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Department of Genetics, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut.,Laboratory of Human Genetics and Genomics, Rockefeller University, New York, New York
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- Center for Human Genetics and Dept. Ob/Gyn, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Department of Genetics, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut
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- Department of Genetics, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut
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- Laboratory of Human Genetics and Genomics, Rockefeller University, New York, New York
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- Center for Human Genetics and Dept. Ob/Gyn, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts
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Heidenreich B, Denisova E, Rachakonda S, Sanmartin O, Dereani T, Hosen I, Nagore E, Kumar R. Genetic alterations in seborrheic keratoses. Oncotarget 2018; 8:36639-36649. [PMID: 28410231 PMCID: PMC5482683 DOI: 10.18632/oncotarget.16698] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/21/2017] [Accepted: 03/19/2017] [Indexed: 01/06/2023] Open
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Seborrheic keratoses are common benign epidermal lesions that are associated with increased age and sun-exposure. Those lesions despite harboring multiple somatic alterations in contrast to malignant tumors appear to be genetically stable. In order to investigate and characterize the presence of recurrent mutations, we performed exome sequencing on DNA from one seborrheic keratosis lesion and corresponding blood cells from the same patients with follow up investigation of alterations identified by exome sequencing in 24 additional lesions from as many patients. In addition we investigated alterations in all lesions at specific genes loci that included FGFR3, PIK3CA, HRAS, BRAF, CDKN2A and TERT and DHPH3 promoters. The exome sequencing data indicated three mutations per Mb of the targeted sequence. The mutational pattern depicted typical UV signature with majority of alterations being C>T and CC>TT base changes at dipyrimidinic sites. The FGFR3 mutations were the most frequent, detected in 12 of 25 (48%) lesions, followed by the PIK3CA (32%), TERT promoter (24%) and DPH3 promoter mutations (24%). TERT promoter mutations associated with increased age and were present mainly in the lesions excised from head and neck. Three lesions also carried alterations in CDKN2A. FGFR3, TERT and DPH3 expression did not correlate with mutations in the respective genes and promoters; however, increased FGFR3 transcript levels were associated with increased FOXN1 levels, a suggested positive feedback loop that stalls malignant progression. Thus, in this study we report overall mutation rate through exome sequencing and show the most frequent mutations seborrheic keratosis.
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- Barbara Heidenreich
- Division of Molecular Genetic Epidemiology, German Cancer Research Center, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Division of Molecular Genetic Epidemiology, German Cancer Research Center, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Dermatology, Instituto Valenciano de Oncologia, Valencia, Spain
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- Division of Molecular Genetic Epidemiology, German Cancer Research Center, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Division of Molecular Genetic Epidemiology, German Cancer Research Center, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Dermatology, Instituto Valenciano de Oncologia, Valencia, Spain
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- Division of Molecular Genetic Epidemiology, German Cancer Research Center, Heidelberg, Germany.,German Consortium for Translational Cancer Research (DKTK), German Cancer Research Center, Heidelberg, Germany
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Gao Y, Lee C, Song J, Li S, Cui Y, Liu Y, Wang J, Lu F, Chen H. Digenic mutations on SCAP and AGXT2 predispose to premature myocardial infarction. Oncotarget 2017; 8:100141-9. [PMID: 29245966 DOI: 10.18632/oncotarget.22045] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/01/2017] [Accepted: 07/18/2017] [Indexed: 01/03/2023] Open
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Genetic factors play a vital role in the pathogenesis of premature myocardial infarction (PMI). However, current studies explained only small amounts of genetic risk in MI. In this study, we started from a PMI pedigree with three MI patients occurred at the age of 43, 45 and 53 respectively. Sanger sequencing revealed 6 LDLR mutation carriers in the family, but only one was diagnosed with PMI, indicating that the LDLR mutation may not be the reason for PMI. Upon exome-sequencing and bioinformatics analysis, two variants in SCAP and AGXT2 were identified as potential causative mutation for PMI. Further observation revealed that only patients that meet the diagnosis of PMI harbored two variants meantime, while other MI patients or members with no MI carried no more than one of the variants. Screening of the two genes in an independent PMI population identified another variant on SCAP (c.1403 T>C, p.Val468Ala), which was absent in 28, 000 east-Asian population. Further, the two variants on SCAP and AGXT2 were introduced into H293T and EA. hy926 cell lines respectively utilizing CRISPR-Cas9. Functional study revealed that the SCAP mutation impaired SCAP-SREBP feedback mechanism which may lead to a “constitutive activation” effect of cholesterol synthesis related genes, while the AGXT2 mutation reduced its aminotransferase activity leading to a down-regulation of NO production by ADMA accumulation. This study indicates that SCAP and AGXT2 are potential causative genes for PMI. Digenic mutation carriers may manifest a more severe phenotype, namely premature MI.
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Thu KL, Papari-Zareei M, Stastny V, Song K, Peyton M, Martinez VD, Zhang YA, Castro IB, Varella-Garcia M, Liang H, Xing C, Kittler R, Milchgrub S, Castrillon DH, Davidson HL, Reynolds CP, Lam WL, Lea J, Gazdar AF. A comprehensively characterized cell line panel highly representative of clinical ovarian high-grade serous carcinomas. Oncotarget 2016; 8:50489-50499. [PMID: 28881577 PMCID: PMC5584155 DOI: 10.18632/oncotarget.9929] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/14/2015] [Accepted: 05/22/2016] [Indexed: 12/26/2022] Open
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Recent literature suggests that most widely used ovarian cancer (OVCA) cell models do not recapitulate the molecular features of clinical tumors. To address this limitation, we generated 18 cell lines and 3 corresponding patient-derived xenografts predominantly from high-grade serous carcinoma (HGSOC) peritoneal effusions. Comprehensive genomic characterization and comparison of each model to its parental tumor demonstrated a high degree of molecular similarity. Our characterization included whole exome-sequencing and copy number profiling for cell lines, xenografts, and matched non-malignant tissues, and DNA methylation, gene expression, and spectral karyotyping for a subset of specimens. Compared to the Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA), our models more closely resembled HGSOC than any other tumor type, justifying their validity as OVCA models. Our meticulously characterized models provide a crucial resource for the OVCA research community that will advance translational findings and ultimately lead to clinical applications.
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- Kelsie L Thu
- British Columbia Cancer Agency Research Centre and University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
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- Hamon Center for Therapeutic Oncology Research, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA
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- Hamon Center for Therapeutic Oncology Research, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA
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- Hamon Center for Therapeutic Oncology Research, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA.,School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Tianjin University, Tianjin, P.R. China
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- Hamon Center for Therapeutic Oncology Research, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA
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- British Columbia Cancer Agency Research Centre and University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
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- Hamon Center for Therapeutic Oncology Research, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA
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- Division of Medical Oncology, University of Colorado Denver School of Medicine, Aurora, CO, USA
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- Eugene McDermott Center for Human Growth & Development, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA
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- Eugene McDermott Center for Human Growth & Development, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA
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- Eugene McDermott Center for Human Growth & Development, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA.,Simmons Comprehensive Cancer Center, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA
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- Department of Pathology, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA
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- Department of Pathology and Simmons Comprehensive Cancer Center, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA
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- Cell Biology & Biochemistry, Internal Medicine, and Pediatrics, School of Medicine Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, TX, USA
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- Cell Biology & Biochemistry, Internal Medicine, and Pediatrics, School of Medicine Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, TX, USA
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- British Columbia Cancer Agency Research Centre and University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
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- Obstetrics & Gynecology, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA
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- Hamon Center for Therapeutic Oncology Research, Department of Pathology and Simmons Comprehensive Cancer Center, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA
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Abstract
PURPOSE OF REVIEW Bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD) is a prevalent chronic lung disease in premature infants. Twin studies have shown strong heritability underlying this disease; however, the genetic architecture of BPD remains unclear. RECENT FINDINGS A number of studies employed different approaches to characterize the genetic aberrations associated with BPD, including candidate gene studies, genome-wide association studies, exome sequencing, integrative omics analysis, and pathway analysis. Candidate gene studies identified a number of genes potentially involved with the development of BPD, but the etiological contribution from each gene is not substantial. Copy number variation studies and three independent genome-wide association studies did not identify genetic variations significantly and consistently associated with BPD. A recent exome-sequencing study pointed to rare variants implicated in the disease. In this review, we summarize these studies' methodology and findings, and suggest future research directions to better understand the genetic underpinnings of this potentially life-long lung disease. SUMMARY Genetic factors play a significant role in the development of BPD. Recent studies suggested that rare variants in genes participating in lung development pathways could contribute to BPD susceptibility.
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Yang J, Jiang H, Yeh CT, Yu J, Jeddeloh JA, Nettleton D, Schnable PS. Extreme-phenotype genome-wide association study (XP-GWAS): a method for identifying trait-associated variants by sequencing pools of individuals selected from a diversity panel. Plant J 2015; 84:587-96. [PMID: 26386250 DOI: 10.1111/tpj.13029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/31/2015] [Revised: 07/17/2015] [Accepted: 09/08/2015] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
Abstract
Although approaches for performing genome-wide association studies (GWAS) are well developed, conventional GWAS requires high-density genotyping of large numbers of individuals from a diversity panel. Here we report a method for performing GWAS that does not require genotyping of large numbers of individuals. Instead XP-GWAS (extreme-phenotype GWAS) relies on genotyping pools of individuals from a diversity panel that have extreme phenotypes. This analysis measures allele frequencies in the extreme pools, enabling discovery of associations between genetic variants and traits of interest. This method was evaluated in maize (Zea mays) using the well-characterized kernel row number trait, which was selected to enable comparisons between the results of XP-GWAS and conventional GWAS. An exome-sequencing strategy was used to focus sequencing resources on genes and their flanking regions. A total of 0.94 million variants were identified and served as evaluation markers; comparisons among pools showed that 145 of these variants were statistically associated with the kernel row number phenotype. These trait-associated variants were significantly enriched in regions identified by conventional GWAS. XP-GWAS was able to resolve several linked QTL and detect trait-associated variants within a single gene under a QTL peak. XP-GWAS is expected to be particularly valuable for detecting genes or alleles responsible for quantitative variation in species for which extensive genotyping resources are not available, such as wild progenitors of crops, orphan crops, and other poorly characterized species such as those of ecological interest.
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- Jinliang Yang
- Department of Agronomy, Iowa State University, Ames, IA, 50011, USA
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- Department of Agronomy, Iowa State University, Ames, IA, 50011, USA
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- Department of Agronomy, Iowa State University, Ames, IA, 50011, USA
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- Department of Agronomy, Iowa State University, Ames, IA, 50011, USA
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- Department of Statistics, Iowa State University, Ames, IA, 50011, USA
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- Department of Agronomy, Iowa State University, Ames, IA, 50011, USA
- Center for Plant Genomics, Iowa State University, Ames, IA, 50011, USA
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De Mariano M, Gallesio R, Chierici M, Furlanello C, Conte M, Garaventa A, Croce M, Ferrini S, Tonini GP, Longo L. Identification of GALNT14 as a novel neuroblastoma predisposition gene. Oncotarget 2015; 6:26335-46. [PMID: 26309160 PMCID: PMC4694905 DOI: 10.18632/oncotarget.4501] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/13/2015] [Accepted: 06/22/2015] [Indexed: 01/07/2023] Open
Abstract
Although several genes have been associated to neuroblastoma (NB) predisposition and aggressiveness, further genes are likely involved in the overall risk of developing this pediatric cancer. We thus carried out whole-exome sequencing on germline DNA from two affected second cousins and two unlinked healthy relatives from a large family with hereditary NB. Bioinformatics analysis revealed 6999 variations that were exclusively shared by the two familial NB cases. We then considered for further analysis all unknown or rare missense mutations, which involved 30 genes. Validation and analysis of these variants led to identify a GALNT14 mutation (c.802C > T) that properly segregated in the family and was predicted as functionally damaging by PolyPhen2 and SIFT. Screening of 8 additional NB families and 167 sporadic cases revealed this GALNT14 mutation in the tumors of two twins and in the germline of one sporadic NB patient. Moreover, a significant association between MYCN amplification and GALNT14 expression was observed in both NB patients and cell lines. Also, GALNT14 higher expression is associated with a worse OS in a public dataset of 88 NB samples (http://r2.amc.nl). GALNT14 is a member of the polypeptide N-acetylgalactosaminyl-transferase family and maps closely to ALK on 2p23.1, a region we previously discovered in linkage with NB in the family here considered. The aberrant function of GALNTs can result in altered glycoproteins that have been associated to the promotion of tumor aggressiveness in various cancers. Although rare, the recurrence of this mutation suggests GALNT14 as a novel gene potentially involved in NB predisposition.
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- Marilena De Mariano
- U.O.C. Bioterapie, IRCCS A.O.U. San Martino-IST, Istituto Nazionale per la Ricerca sul Cancro, Genoa, Italy
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- U.O.C. Bioterapie, IRCCS A.O.U. San Martino-IST, Istituto Nazionale per la Ricerca sul Cancro, Genoa, Italy
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- U.O.C. Bioterapie, IRCCS A.O.U. San Martino-IST, Istituto Nazionale per la Ricerca sul Cancro, Genoa, Italy
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- U.O.C. Bioterapie, IRCCS A.O.U. San Martino-IST, Istituto Nazionale per la Ricerca sul Cancro, Genoa, Italy
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- Neuroblastoma Laboratory, Pediatric Research Institute, Fondazione Città della Speranza, Padua, Italy
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- U.O.C. Bioterapie, IRCCS A.O.U. San Martino-IST, Istituto Nazionale per la Ricerca sul Cancro, Genoa, Italy
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Degenhardt F, Priebe L, Meier S, Lennertz L, Streit F, Witt SH, Hofmann A, Becker T, Mössner R, Maier W, Nenadic I, Sauer H, Mattheisen M, Buizer-Voskamp J, Ophoff RA, Rujescu D, Giegling I, Ingason A, Wagner M, Delobel B, Andrieux J, Meyer-Lindenberg A, Heinz A, Walter H, Moebus S, Corvin A, Rietschel M, Nöthen MM, Cichon S. Duplications in RB1CC1 are associated with schizophrenia; identification in large European sample sets. Transl Psychiatry 2013; 3:e326. [PMID: 26151896 PMCID: PMC3849960 DOI: 10.1038/tp.2013.101] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/13/2013] [Revised: 09/17/2013] [Accepted: 09/26/2013] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
Abstract
Schizophrenia (SCZ) is a severe and debilitating neuropsychiatric disorder with an estimated heritability of ~80%. Recently, de novo mutations, identified by next-generation sequencing (NGS) technology, have been suggested to contribute to the risk of developing SCZ. Although these studies show an overall excess of de novo mutations among patients compared with controls, it is not easy to pinpoint specific genes hit by de novo mutations as actually involved in the disease process. Importantly, support for a specific gene can be provided by the identification of additional alterations in several independent patients. We took advantage of existing genome-wide single-nucleotide polymorphism data sets to screen for deletions or duplications (copy number variations, CNVs) in genes previously implicated by NGS studies. Our approach was based on the observation that CNVs constitute part of the mutational spectrum in many human disease-associated genes. In a discovery step, we investigated whether CNVs in 55 candidate genes, suggested from NGS studies, were more frequent among 1637 patients compared with 1627 controls. Duplications in RB1CC1 were overrepresented among patients. This finding was followed-up in large, independent European sample sets. In the combined analysis, totaling 8461 patients and 112 871 controls, duplications in RB1CC1 were found to be associated with SCZ (P=1.29 × 10(-5); odds ratio=8.58). Our study provides evidence for rare duplications in RB1CC1 as a risk factor for SCZ.
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Affiliation(s)
- F Degenhardt
- Institute of Human Genetics, University of
Bonn, Bonn, Germany,Department of Genomics, Life and Brain
Center, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany,Institute of Human Genetics, University of
Bonn, Sigmund-Freud-Straße 25, 53127
Bonn, Germany. E-mail:
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- Institute of Human Genetics, University of
Bonn, Bonn, Germany,Department of Genomics, Life and Brain
Center, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany
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- Department of Genetic Epidemiology in
Psychiatry, Central Institute of Mental Health, Medical Faculty Mannheim/Heidelberg
University, Mannheim, Germany
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of
Bonn, Bonn, Germany
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- Department of Genetic Epidemiology in
Psychiatry, Central Institute of Mental Health, Medical Faculty Mannheim/Heidelberg
University, Mannheim, Germany
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- Department of Genetic Epidemiology in
Psychiatry, Central Institute of Mental Health, Medical Faculty Mannheim/Heidelberg
University, Mannheim, Germany
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- Institute of Human Genetics, University of
Bonn, Bonn, Germany,Department of Genomics, Life and Brain
Center, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany
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- German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases
(DZNE), Bonn, Germany,Institute for Medical Biometry,
Informatics and Epidemiology, University of Bonn, Bonn,
Germany
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of
Bonn, Bonn, Germany
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of
Bonn, Bonn, Germany,German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases
(DZNE), Bonn, Germany
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- Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy,
Jena University Hospital, Jena, Germany
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- Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy,
Jena University Hospital, Jena, Germany
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- Department of Genomics, Life and Brain
Center, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany,Institute for Genomic Mathematics, University
of Bonn, Bonn, Germany,Channing Division of Network Medicine,
Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston,
MA, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, Rudolf Magnus
Institute of Neuroscience, University Medical Center Utrecht,
Utrecht, The Netherlands,Department of Medical Genetics, University
Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Psychiatry, Rudolf Magnus
Institute of Neuroscience, University Medical Center Utrecht,
Utrecht, The Netherlands,Department of Human Genetics, David Geffen
School of Medicine, University of California Los Angeles, Los
Angeles, CA, USA,Center for Neurobehavioral Genetics, Semel
Institute for Neuroscience & Human Behavior, University of California Los
Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Molecular and Clinical Neurobiology,
Department of Psychiatry, Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich,
Germany,Department of Psychiatry, University of
Halle-Wittenberg, Halle, Germany
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- Molecular and Clinical Neurobiology,
Department of Psychiatry, Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich,
Germany,Department of Psychiatry, University of
Halle-Wittenberg, Halle, Germany
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of
Halle-Wittenberg, Halle, Germany
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of
Bonn, Bonn, Germany
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- Centre de Génétique
chromosomique, GHICL, Hôpital St-Vincent de Paul, Lille,
France
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- Institut de Génétique
Médicale, Hopital Jeanne de Flandre, CHRU de Lille,
Lille, France
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- Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy,
Central Institute of Mental Health, Medical Faculty Mannheim, University of
Heidelberg, Mannheim, Germany
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- Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy,
Charité Campus Mitte, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy,
Charité Campus Mitte, Berlin, Germany
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- Institute of Medical Informatics, Biometry,
and Epidemiology, University Duisburg-Essen, Essen,
Germany
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- Department of Psychiatry, Institute of
Neuroscience, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
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- Department of Genetic Epidemiology in
Psychiatry, Central Institute of Mental Health, Medical Faculty Mannheim/Heidelberg
University, Mannheim, Germany
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- Institute of Human Genetics, University of
Bonn, Bonn, Germany,Department of Genomics, Life and Brain
Center, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany
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- Institute of Human Genetics, University of
Bonn, Bonn, Germany,Department of Genomics, Life and Brain
Center, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany,Institute of Neuroscience and Medicine
(INM-1), Structural and Functional Organisation of the Brain, Genomic Imaging, Research
Centre Juelich, Juelich, Germany,Division of Medical Genetics, University
Hospital Basel and Department of Biomedicine, University of Basel,
Basel, Switzerland
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Lamperti C, Fang M, Invernizzi F, Liu X, Wang H, Zhang Q, Carrara F, Moroni I, Zeviani M, Zhang J, Ghezzi D. A novel homozygous mutation in SUCLA2 gene identified by exome sequencing. Mol Genet Metab 2012; 107:403-8. [PMID: 23010432 PMCID: PMC3490101 DOI: 10.1016/j.ymgme.2012.08.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/13/2012] [Revised: 08/28/2012] [Accepted: 08/28/2012] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
Abstract
Mitochondrial disorders with multiple mitochondrial respiratory chain (MRC) enzyme deficiency and depletion of mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) are autosomal recessive conditions due to mutations in several nuclear genes necessary for proper mtDNA maintenance. In this report, we describe two Italian siblings presenting with encephalomyopathy and mtDNA depletion in muscle. By whole exome-sequencing and prioritization of candidate genes, we identified a novel homozygous missense mutation in the SUCLA2 gene in a highly conserved aminoacid residue. Although a recurrent mutation in the SUCLA2 gene is relatively frequent in the Faroe Islands, mutations in other populations are extremely rare. In contrast with what has been reported in other patients, methyl-malonic aciduria, a biomarker for this genetic defect, was absent in our proband and very mildly elevated in her affected sister. This report demonstrates that next-generation technologies, particularly exome-sequencing, are user friendly, powerful means for the identification of disease genes in genetically and clinically heterogeneous inherited conditions, such as mitochondrial disorders.
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- Costanza Lamperti
- Unit of Molecular Neurogenetics, Fondazione Istituto Neurologico ‘Carlo Besta’, Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico, via Temolo 4, 20126 Milan, Italy
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- BGI-Shenzhen, Shenzhen, Guangdong Province, 518083, China
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- Unit of Molecular Neurogenetics, Fondazione Istituto Neurologico ‘Carlo Besta’, Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico, via Temolo 4, 20126 Milan, Italy
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- BGI-Shenzhen, Shenzhen, Guangdong Province, 518083, China
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- BGI-Shenzhen, Shenzhen, Guangdong Province, 518083, China
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- BGI-Shenzhen, Shenzhen, Guangdong Province, 518083, China
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- Unit of Molecular Neurogenetics, Fondazione Istituto Neurologico ‘Carlo Besta’, Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico, via Temolo 4, 20126 Milan, Italy
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- Division of Child Neurology, Fondazione Istituto Neurologico ‘Carlo Besta’, Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico, via Celoria 11, 20133 Milan, Italy
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- Unit of Molecular Neurogenetics, Fondazione Istituto Neurologico ‘Carlo Besta’, Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico, via Temolo 4, 20126 Milan, Italy
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- BGI-Shenzhen, Shenzhen, Guangdong Province, 518083, China
- T-Life Research Center, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, China
- Correspondence to: J. Zhang, Main Building Floor 6, Beishan Industrial Zone, Yantian District, Shenzhen 518083, China.
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- Unit of Molecular Neurogenetics, Fondazione Istituto Neurologico ‘Carlo Besta’, Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico, via Temolo 4, 20126 Milan, Italy
- Correspondence to: D. Ghezzi, Unit of Molecular Neurogenetics, The “Carlo Besta” Neurological Institute Foundation — IRCCS, via Temolo 4, Milan 20126, Italy. Fax: + 39 02 23942619.
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