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ArticleFamilial cancer2012

Aberrant splicing caused by a MLH1 splice donor site mutation found in a young Japanese patient with Lynch syndrome.

Masanobu Takahashi, Yoichi Furukawa, Hideki Shimodaira, Masato Sakayori, Takuya Moriya, Yoshihiro Moriya, Yusuke Nakamura, Chikashi Ishioka

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Article in Familial cancer, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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8 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Masanobu TakahashiDepartment of Clinical Oncology, Institute of Development, Aging and Cancer, and Tohoku University Hospital, Tohoku University, 4-1 Seiryo-machi, Aoba-ku, Sendai, Japan.
Yoichi Furukawa
Hideki Shimodaira
Masato Sakayori
Takuya Moriya
Yoshihiro Moriya
Yusuke Nakamura
Chikashi Ishioka
Tohoku University Hospital · JPThe University of Tokyo · JPMiyagi Prefectural Hospital Organization · JPNational Cancer Center · US

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Lynch syndrome, also known as hereditary non-polyposis colorectal cancer, characterized by predisposition to colorectal cancer and other associated cancers, is an autosomal-dominant disorder mainly caused by germline mutations in DNA mismatch repair (MMR) genes such as MLH1, MSH2, and MSH6. Some mutations that disrupt splice donor or acceptor sites cause aberrant mRNA splicing. These mutations are generally considered as pathogenic ones, however, it is sometimes uneasy to accurately predict their pathogenicity without functional assays, particularly when the mutation is a single nucleotide substitution. In this report, we describe a 25-year-old patient with Lynch syndrome who carries a germline variant in a splice donor site of the MLH1 gene (c.790 + 5 G > T), which was first detected among Asian populations. The immunohistochemical analysis revealed loss of MLH1 protein expression in the tumor. Our splicing assay confirmed that the intronic MLH1 variant actually caused aberrant splicing, supporting its pathogenic effect. Our data accumulate more information on the genotype-phenotype relationships in patients with Lynch syndrome.

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Genetic Predisposition to DiseaseAdaptor Proteins, Signal TransducingAdultAgedAsian PeopleColorectal Neoplasms, Hereditary NonpolyposisGerm-Line MutationHumansImmunoenzyme TechniquesMaleMiddle AgedMutL Protein Homolog 1Nuclear ProteinsPedigreePrognosisRNA Splice SitesAdaptor Proteins, Signal TransducingMLH1 protein, humanMutL Protein Homolog 1Nuclear ProteinsRNA Splice Sites

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PMID22766992
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