Germline rearrangements in families with strong family history of glioma and malignant melanoma, colon, and breast cancer Journal Article


Authors: Andersson, U.; Wibom, C.; Cederquist, K.; Aradottir, S.; Borg, A.; Armstrong, G. N.; Shete, S.; Lau, C. C.; Bainbridge, M. N.; Claus, E. B.; Barnholtz-Sloan, J.; Lai, R.; Il'yasova, D.; Houlston, R. S.; Schildkraut, J.; Bernstein, J. L.; Olson, S. H.; Jenkins, R. B.; Lachance, D. H.; Wrensch, M.; Davis, F. G.; Merrell, R.; Johansen, C.; Sadetzki, S.; Bondy, M. L.; Melin, B. S.
Article Title: Germline rearrangements in families with strong family history of glioma and malignant melanoma, colon, and breast cancer
Abstract: Background. Although familial susceptibility to glioma is known, the genetic basis for this susceptibility remains unidentified in the majority of glioma-specific families. An alternative approach to identifying such genes is to examine cancer pedigrees, which include glioma as one of several cancer phenotypes, to determine whether common chromosomal modifications might account for the familial aggregation of glioma and other cancers. Methods. Germline rearrangements in 146 glioma families (from the Gliogene Consortium; http://www.gliogene.org/) were examined using multiplex ligation-dependent probe amplification. These families all had at least 2 verified glioma cases and a third reported or verified glioma case in the same family or 2 glioma cases in the family with at least one family member affected with melanoma, colon, or breast cancer. The genomic areas covering TP53, CDKN2A, MLH1, and MSH2 were selected because these genes have been previously reported to be associated with cancer pedigrees known to include glioma. Results. We detected a single structural rearrangement, a deletion of exons 1-6 in MSH2, in the proband of one family with 3 cases with glioma and one relative with colon cancer. Conclusions. Large deletions and duplications are rare events in familial glioma cases, even in families with a strong family history of cancers that may be involved in known cancer syndromes.
Keywords: glioma; risk; tumors; family history; molecular analysis; genome-wide association; united-states; brain-tumors; nervous-system; nonpolyposis colorectal-cancer; lynch-syndrome; gene-mutations; msh2; tp53; mlh1; msh2 gene; cdkn2a/b
Journal Title: Neuro-Oncology
Volume: 16
Issue: 10
ISSN: 1522-8517
Publisher: Oxford University Press  
Date Published: 2014-10-01
Start Page: 1333
End Page: 1340
Language: English
ACCESSION: WOS:000343671000005
DOI: 10.1093/neuonc/nou052
PROVIDER: wos
PMCID: PMC4165415
PUBMED: 24723567
Notes: Article -- Source: Wos
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