TY - JOUR
T1 - PMS2 mutations in childhood cancer
AU - De Vos, M
AU - Hayward, BE
AU - Charlton, R
AU - Taylor, GR
AU - Glaser, AW
AU - Picton, S
AU - Cole, Trevor
AU - Maher, Eamonn
AU - McKeown, Carole
AU - Mann, Jillian
AU - Yates, JR
AU - Baralle, D
AU - Rankin, J
AU - Bonthron, DT
AU - Sheridan, E
PY - 2006/1/1
Y1 - 2006/1/1
N2 - Until recently, the PMS2 DNA mismatch repair gene has only rarely been implicated as a cancer susceptibility locus. New studies have shown, however, that earlier analyses of this gene have had technical limitations and also that the genetic behavior of mutant PMS2 alleles is unusual, in that, unlike MLH1 or MSH2 mutations, PMS2 mutations show low heterozygote penetrance. As a result, a dominantly inherited cancer predisposition has not been a feature reported in families with PMS2 mutations. Such families have instead been ascertained through childhood-onset cancers in homozygotes or through apparently sporadic colorectal cancer in heterozygotes. We present further information on the phenotype associated with homozygous PMS2 deficiency in 13 patients from six families of Pakistani origin living in the United Kingdom. This syndrome is characterized by café-au-lait skin pigmentation and a characteristic tumor spectrum, including leukemias, lymphomas, cerebral malignancies (such as supratentorial primitive neuroectodermal tumors, astrocytomas, and glioblastomas), and colorectal neoplasia with an onset in early adult life. We present evidence for a founder effect in five families, all of which carried the same R802-->X mutation (i.e., arginine-802 to stop) in PMS2. This cancer syndrome can be mistaken for neurofibromatosis type 1, with important management implications including the risk of the disorder occurring in siblings and the likelihood of tumor development in affected individuals.
AB - Until recently, the PMS2 DNA mismatch repair gene has only rarely been implicated as a cancer susceptibility locus. New studies have shown, however, that earlier analyses of this gene have had technical limitations and also that the genetic behavior of mutant PMS2 alleles is unusual, in that, unlike MLH1 or MSH2 mutations, PMS2 mutations show low heterozygote penetrance. As a result, a dominantly inherited cancer predisposition has not been a feature reported in families with PMS2 mutations. Such families have instead been ascertained through childhood-onset cancers in homozygotes or through apparently sporadic colorectal cancer in heterozygotes. We present further information on the phenotype associated with homozygous PMS2 deficiency in 13 patients from six families of Pakistani origin living in the United Kingdom. This syndrome is characterized by café-au-lait skin pigmentation and a characteristic tumor spectrum, including leukemias, lymphomas, cerebral malignancies (such as supratentorial primitive neuroectodermal tumors, astrocytomas, and glioblastomas), and colorectal neoplasia with an onset in early adult life. We present evidence for a founder effect in five families, all of which carried the same R802-->X mutation (i.e., arginine-802 to stop) in PMS2. This cancer syndrome can be mistaken for neurofibromatosis type 1, with important management implications including the risk of the disorder occurring in siblings and the likelihood of tumor development in affected individuals.
U2 - 10.1093/jnci/djj073
DO - 10.1093/jnci/djj073
M3 - Article
C2 - 16507833
SN - 1460-2105
SN - 1460-2105
SN - 1460-2105
SN - 1460-2105
SN - 1460-2105
SN - 1460-2105
SN - 1460-2105
SN - 1460-2105
SN - 1460-2105
SN - 1460-2105
SN - 1460-2105
VL - 98
SP - 358
EP - 361
JO - Journal of the National Cancer Institute
JF - Journal of the National Cancer Institute
IS - 5
ER -