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ArticleFamilial cancer2025

Identification of a germline deep intronic PTEN-deletion leading to exonization through whole genome and targeted RNA sequencing.

Morgane Boedec, Camille Aucouturier, Mathias Cavaillé, Raphaël Leman, Laurent Castéra, Hélène Delhomelle, Nancy Uhrhammer, Virginie Bernard, Sophie Giraud, Eulalie Lasseaux and 8 more

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Morgane Boedec *Service de Génétique Oncologique, Hôpitaux Universitaires de Strasbourg, 1 Avenue Molière, 67200, Strasbourg, France.
Camille Aucouturier *Laboratoire de Biologie et Génétique du Cancer, Centre François Baclesse, 14000, Caen, France.
Mathias Cavaillé *Department of Oncogenetics, Jean Perrin Center, 63011, Clermont-Ferrand, France.
Raphaël LemanLaboratoire de Biologie et Génétique du Cancer, Centre François Baclesse, 14000, Caen, France.
Laurent CastéraLaboratoire de Biologie et Génétique du Cancer, Centre François Baclesse, 14000, Caen, France.
Hélène DelhomelleDepartment of genetics, Curie Institute, Paris, France.
Nancy UhrhammerDepartment of Oncogenetics, Jean Perrin Center, 63011, Clermont-Ferrand, France.
Virginie BernardGCS AURAGEN, Lyon, France.
Sophie GiraudGCS AURAGEN, Lyon, France.
Eulalie LasseauxGCS AURAGEN, Lyon, France.
Natalie JonesGCS AURAGEN, Lyon, France.
Marie BidartGCS AURAGEN, Lyon, France.
Nadia Boutry-KryzaGCS AURAGEN, Lyon, France.
Catherine NoguèsCancer Risk Management Department, Clinical Oncogenetics, Institut Paoli-Calmettes, Marseille, France.
Chrystelle ColasDepartment of genetics, Curie Institute, Paris, France.
Christine MaugardService de Génétique Oncologique, Hôpitaux Universitaires de Strasbourg, 1 Avenue Molière, 67200, Strasbourg, France.
Sophie KriegerLaboratoire de Biologie et Génétique du Cancer, Centre François Baclesse, 14000, Caen, France.
Ahmed BourasGCS AURAGEN, Lyon, France. ahmed.bouras@lyon.unicancer.fr.ORCID 0000-0003-0243-8295

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Abstract

PTEN Hamartoma Tumor Syndrome (PHTS) is an autosomal dominant disorder characterized by high penetrance and significant phenotypic variability. In most patients, targeted high-throughput sequencing (HTS) approaches enable the detection of loss-of-function pathogenic variants in PTEN, a tumor suppressor gene acting as a negative regulator of the PI3K-AKT pathway. We describe a patient exhibiting a clinical phenotype strongly indicative of PHTS, yet lacking a molecular diagnosis through PTEN-targeted HTS. After several years of diagnostic uncertainty, trio whole genome sequencing (WGS) ultimately identified a de novo germline deep intronic 98 bp deletion in PTEN intron 5 (c.492 + 1671_492 + 1768del). Targeted RNA sequencing revealed the inclusion of a pseudoexon, resulting in a frameshift and predicted protein truncation at codon 171 (p.Val166Asnfs*6). These data underline the importance of WGS approaches in detecting deep intronic structural variants, that may be overlooked by conventional methods.

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Hamartoma Syndrome, MultiplePTEN PhosphohydrolaseExonsFemaleGerm-Line MutationHumansIntronsMaleSequence Analysis, RNAWhole Genome SequencingPTEN PhosphohydrolasePTEN protein, humanDeep intronic variantsPTENPTEN Hemartoma Tumor SyndromeWhole genome sequencing

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