Background & Aims: Colorectal cancer is one of the most frequent cancers in humans. Recently, a germline missense mutation, I1307K, was identified in the adenomatous polyposis coli (APC) gene that was suggested to increase cancer predisposition in Ashkenazi Jews. However, a second study indicated that the I1307K mutation did not contribute greatly to the risk of colon cancer in Ashkenazi breast-ovarian cancer families, and a role of mismatch repair deficiency was suggested. This study investigated the frequency of the I1307K mutation in several non-Ashkenazi Jewish populations. We also compared the distribution and frequency of APC mutations from colon tumors that were positive and negative for the I1307K mutation. Finally, the association between the presence of mutations in the I1307K region and mismatch repair deficiency was studied. Methods: We tested for I1307K in 345 patients who were not Ashkenazi Jews using a heteroduplex screen. We also performed an extensive mutational analysis in this region of the APC gene on DNA extracted from 240 Italian, Finnish, and Hawaiian-Japanese colon tumors and determined replication error status. Results: The I1307K mutation was not found among 345 non-Ashkenazis. Somatic mutations occurred at a lower frequency and were more randomly distributed when the I1307K allele was not present. The most common characteristic somatic mutation occurring around codon 1307 in I1307K-positive patients did not occur in tumors negative for the I1307K mutation. An association between mutations in the region around APC codon 1307 and mismatch repair deficiency was not found. Conclusions: Our findings support the hypothesis that the I1307K mutation is unique to the Ashkenazi Jews, contributes to tumor predisposition in colorectal cancer, and is unrelated to mismatch repair deficiency.

The I1307K polymorphism of the APC gene in colorectal cancer / Prior, Tw; Chadwick, Rb; Papp, Ac; Arcot, An; Isa, Am; Pearl, Dk; Stemmermann, G; Percesepe, Antonio; Loukola, A; Aaltonen, La; de la Chapelle, A.. - In: GASTROENTEROLOGY. - ISSN 0016-5085. - STAMPA. - 116:(1999), pp. 58-63.

The I1307K polymorphism of the APC gene in colorectal cancer

PERCESEPE, Antonio;
1999

Abstract

Background & Aims: Colorectal cancer is one of the most frequent cancers in humans. Recently, a germline missense mutation, I1307K, was identified in the adenomatous polyposis coli (APC) gene that was suggested to increase cancer predisposition in Ashkenazi Jews. However, a second study indicated that the I1307K mutation did not contribute greatly to the risk of colon cancer in Ashkenazi breast-ovarian cancer families, and a role of mismatch repair deficiency was suggested. This study investigated the frequency of the I1307K mutation in several non-Ashkenazi Jewish populations. We also compared the distribution and frequency of APC mutations from colon tumors that were positive and negative for the I1307K mutation. Finally, the association between the presence of mutations in the I1307K region and mismatch repair deficiency was studied. Methods: We tested for I1307K in 345 patients who were not Ashkenazi Jews using a heteroduplex screen. We also performed an extensive mutational analysis in this region of the APC gene on DNA extracted from 240 Italian, Finnish, and Hawaiian-Japanese colon tumors and determined replication error status. Results: The I1307K mutation was not found among 345 non-Ashkenazis. Somatic mutations occurred at a lower frequency and were more randomly distributed when the I1307K allele was not present. The most common characteristic somatic mutation occurring around codon 1307 in I1307K-positive patients did not occur in tumors negative for the I1307K mutation. An association between mutations in the region around APC codon 1307 and mismatch repair deficiency was not found. Conclusions: Our findings support the hypothesis that the I1307K mutation is unique to the Ashkenazi Jews, contributes to tumor predisposition in colorectal cancer, and is unrelated to mismatch repair deficiency.
1999
116
58
63
The I1307K polymorphism of the APC gene in colorectal cancer / Prior, Tw; Chadwick, Rb; Papp, Ac; Arcot, An; Isa, Am; Pearl, Dk; Stemmermann, G; Percesepe, Antonio; Loukola, A; Aaltonen, La; de la Chapelle, A.. - In: GASTROENTEROLOGY. - ISSN 0016-5085. - STAMPA. - 116:(1999), pp. 58-63.
Prior, Tw; Chadwick, Rb; Papp, Ac; Arcot, An; Isa, Am; Pearl, Dk; Stemmermann, G; Percesepe, Antonio; Loukola, A; Aaltonen, La; de la Chapelle, A.
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