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Gu X, Kovacs AS, Myung Y, Ascher DB. Mutations in Glycosyltransferases and Glycosidases: Implications for Associated Diseases. Biomolecules 2024; 14:497. [PMID: 38672513 PMCID: PMC11048727 DOI: 10.3390/biom14040497] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/12/2023] [Revised: 03/20/2024] [Accepted: 03/22/2024] [Indexed: 04/28/2024] Open
Abstract
Glycosylation, a crucial and the most common post-translational modification, coordinates a multitude of biological functions through the attachment of glycans to proteins and lipids. This process, predominantly governed by glycosyltransferases (GTs) and glycoside hydrolases (GHs), decides not only biomolecular functionality but also protein stability and solubility. Mutations in these enzymes have been implicated in a spectrum of diseases, prompting critical research into the structural and functional consequences of such genetic variations. This study compiles an extensive dataset from ClinVar and UniProt, providing a nuanced analysis of 2603 variants within 343 GT and GH genes. We conduct thorough MTR score analyses for the proteins with the most documented variants using MTR3D-AF2 via AlphaFold2 (AlphaFold v2.2.4) predicted protein structure, with the analyses indicating that pathogenic mutations frequently correlate with Beta Bridge secondary structures. Further, the calculation of the solvent accessibility score and variant visualisation show that pathogenic mutations exhibit reduced solvent accessibility, suggesting the mutated residues are likely buried and their localisation is within protein cores. We also find that pathogenic variants are often found proximal to active and binding sites, which may interfere with substrate interactions. We also incorporate computational predictions to assess the impact of these mutations on protein function, utilising tools such as mCSM to predict the destabilisation effect of variants. By identifying these critical regions that are prone to disease-associated mutations, our study opens avenues for designing small molecules or biologics that can modulate enzyme function or compensate for the loss of stability due to these mutations.
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- Xiaotong Gu
- School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD 4000, Australia; (X.G.); (A.S.K.); (Y.M.)
- Computational Biology and Clinical Informatics, Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute, Melbourne, VIC 3004, Australia
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- School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD 4000, Australia; (X.G.); (A.S.K.); (Y.M.)
- Computational Biology and Clinical Informatics, Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute, Melbourne, VIC 3004, Australia
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- School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD 4000, Australia; (X.G.); (A.S.K.); (Y.M.)
- Computational Biology and Clinical Informatics, Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute, Melbourne, VIC 3004, Australia
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- School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD 4000, Australia; (X.G.); (A.S.K.); (Y.M.)
- Computational Biology and Clinical Informatics, Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute, Melbourne, VIC 3004, Australia
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D’Elia G, Caliendo G, Passariello L, Albanese L, Makker J, Molinari AM, Vietri MT. Hereditary Cancer Syndrome in a Family with Double Mutation in BRIP1 and MUTYH Genes. Genes (Basel) 2023; 14:428. [PMID: 36833355 PMCID: PMC9957058 DOI: 10.3390/genes14020428] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/14/2022] [Revised: 01/31/2023] [Accepted: 02/06/2023] [Indexed: 02/10/2023] Open
Abstract
Hereditary cancer syndromes predispose to several types of cancer due to inherited pathogenic variants in susceptibility genes. We describe the case of a 57-year-old woman, diagnosed with breast cancer, and her family. The proband belongs to a family with a suspected tumor syndrome, due to other cancer cases in her family from the paternal and maternal sides. After oncogenetic counseling, she was subjected to mutational analysis with an NGS panel analyzing 27 genes. The genetic analysis showed two monoallelic mutations in low penetrance genes, c.1187G>A (p.G396D) in MUTYH and c.55dup (p.Tyr19Leufs*2) in BRIP1. One of the mutations was inherited from the maternal side and the other from the paternal side, suggesting two different cancer syndrome types in the family. MUTYH mutation was related to the onset of cancers on the paternal side, as confirmed by the occurrence of the same mutation in the proband's cousin. BRIP1 mutation was found in the proband's mother, indicating that it was related to the cancer cases observed on the maternal side, including breast cancer and sarcoma. Advances in NGS technologies have allowed the identification of mutations in families with hereditary cancers in genes other than those related to a specific suspected syndrome. A complete oncogenetic counseling, together with molecular tests that enable a simultaneous analysis of multiple genes, is essential for the identification of a correct tumor syndrome and for clinical decision-making in a patient and his/her family. The detection of mutations in multiple susceptibility genes allows the initiation of early risk-reducing measures for identified mutation carriers among family members and to include them in a proper surveillance program for specific syndromes. Moreover, it may enable an adapted treatment for the affected patient, permitting personalized therapeutic options.
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- Giovanna D’Elia
- Unity of Clinical and Molecular Pathology, AOU University of Campania “Luigi Vanvitelli”, 80138 Naples, Italy
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- Unity of Clinical and Molecular Pathology, AOU University of Campania “Luigi Vanvitelli”, 80138 Naples, Italy
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- Unity of Clinical and Molecular Pathology, AOU University of Campania “Luigi Vanvitelli”, 80138 Naples, Italy
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- Unity of Clinical and Molecular Pathology, AOU University of Campania “Luigi Vanvitelli”, 80138 Naples, Italy
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- Department of GKT, School of Medical Education, King’s College London, London WC2R 2LS, UK
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- Unity of Clinical and Molecular Pathology, AOU University of Campania “Luigi Vanvitelli”, 80138 Naples, Italy
- Department of Precision Medicine, University of Campania “Luigi Vanvitelli”, 80138 Naples, Italy
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- Unity of Clinical and Molecular Pathology, AOU University of Campania “Luigi Vanvitelli”, 80138 Naples, Italy
- Department of Precision Medicine, University of Campania “Luigi Vanvitelli”, 80138 Naples, Italy
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Bedics G, Kotmayer L, Zajta E, Hegyi LL, Brückner EÁ, Rajnai H, Reiniger L, Bödör C, Garami M, Scheich B. Germline MUTYH mutations and high-grade gliomas: novel evidence for a potential association. Genes Chromosomes Cancer 2022; 61:622-628. [PMID: 35545820 PMCID: PMC9541377 DOI: 10.1002/gcc.23054] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/09/2022] [Revised: 05/01/2022] [Accepted: 05/04/2022] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
Abstract
There is growing body of evidence supporting the role of germline mutations in the pathogenesis of pediatric central nervous system (CNS) tumors, and the widespread use of next‐generation sequencing (NGS) panels facilitates their detection. Variants of the MUTYH gene are increasingly recognized as suspected germline background of various extraintestinal malignancies, besides their well‐characterized role in the polyposis syndrome associated with biallelic mutations. Using a multigene NGS panel (Illumina TruSight Oncology 500), we detected one H3 G34V‐ and one H3 K27M‐mutant pediatric high‐grade diffuse glioma, in association with c.1178G>A (p.G393D) and c.916C>T (p.R306C) MUTYH variants, respectively. Both MUTYH mutations were germline, heterozygous and inherited, according to the subsequent genetic testing of the patients and their first‐degree relatives. In the H3 K27M‐mutant glioma, amplifications affecting the 4q12 region were also detected, in association with KDR‐PDGFRA, KIT‐PDGFRA, and KDR‐CHIC2 fusions, previously unreported in this entity. Among 47 other CNS tumors of various histological types tested with the same NGS panel in our institution, only one adult glioblastoma harbored MUTYH mutation. Together with a single previous report, our data raises the possibility of an association between germline MUTYH mutations and CNS malignancies, particularly in pediatric histone H3‐mutant gliomas.
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- Gábor Bedics
- Department of Pathology and Experimental Cancer Research, Semmelweis University, Üllői út 26, Budapest, Hungary.,HCEMM-SE Molecular Oncohematology Research Group, Department of Pathology and Experimental Cancer Research, Semmelweis University, Üllői út 26, Budapest, Hungary
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- Department of Pathology and Experimental Cancer Research, Semmelweis University, Üllői út 26, Budapest, Hungary.,HCEMM-SE Molecular Oncohematology Research Group, Department of Pathology and Experimental Cancer Research, Semmelweis University, Üllői út 26, Budapest, Hungary
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- Department of Pathology and Experimental Cancer Research, Semmelweis University, Üllői út 26, Budapest, Hungary.,HCEMM-SE Molecular Oncohematology Research Group, Department of Pathology and Experimental Cancer Research, Semmelweis University, Üllői út 26, Budapest, Hungary
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- Department of Pathology and Experimental Cancer Research, Semmelweis University, Üllői út 26, Budapest, Hungary.,HCEMM-SE Molecular Oncohematology Research Group, Department of Pathology and Experimental Cancer Research, Semmelweis University, Üllői út 26, Budapest, Hungary
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- 2nd Department of Pediatrics, Semmelweis University, Tűzoltó u. 7-9, Budapest, Hungary
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- Department of Pathology and Experimental Cancer Research, Semmelweis University, Üllői út 26, Budapest, Hungary
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- Department of Pathology and Experimental Cancer Research, Semmelweis University, Üllői út 26, Budapest, Hungary
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- Department of Pathology and Experimental Cancer Research, Semmelweis University, Üllői út 26, Budapest, Hungary.,HCEMM-SE Molecular Oncohematology Research Group, Department of Pathology and Experimental Cancer Research, Semmelweis University, Üllői út 26, Budapest, Hungary
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- 2nd Department of Pediatrics, Semmelweis University, Tűzoltó u. 7-9, Budapest, Hungary
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- Department of Pathology and Experimental Cancer Research, Semmelweis University, Üllői út 26, Budapest, Hungary
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Shah SM, Demidova EV, Lesh RW, Hall MJ, Daly MB, Meyer JE, Edelman MJ, Arora S. Therapeutic implications of germline vulnerabilities in DNA repair for precision oncology. Cancer Treat Rev 2022; 104:102337. [PMID: 35051883 PMCID: PMC9016579 DOI: 10.1016/j.ctrv.2021.102337] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/10/2021] [Revised: 12/30/2021] [Accepted: 12/31/2021] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
Abstract
DNA repair vulnerabilities are present in a significant proportion of cancers. Specifically, germline alterations in DNA repair not only increase cancer risk but are associated with treatment response and clinical outcomes. The therapeutic landscape of cancer has rapidly evolved with the FDA approval of therapies that specifically target DNA repair vulnerabilities. The clinical success of synthetic lethality between BRCA deficiency and poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase (PARP) inhibition has been truly revolutionary. Defective mismatch repair has been validated as a predictor of response to immune checkpoint blockade associated with durable responses and long-term benefit in many cancer patients. Advances in next generation sequencing technologies and their decreasing cost have supported increased genetic profiling of tumors coupled with germline testing of cancer risk genes in patients. The clinical adoption of panel testing for germline assessment in high-risk individuals has generated a plethora of genetic data, particularly on DNA repair genes. Here, we highlight the therapeutic relevance of germline aberrations in DNA repair to identify patients eligible for precision treatments such as PARP inhibitors (PARPis), immune checkpoint blockade, chemotherapy, radiation therapy and combined treatment. We also discuss emerging mechanisms that regulate DNA repair.
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- Shreya M Shah
- Cancer Prevention and Control Program, Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia, PA, United States; Science Scholars Program, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, United States
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- Cancer Prevention and Control Program, Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia, PA, United States; Kazan Federal University, Kazan, Russian Federation
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- Cancer Prevention and Control Program, Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia, PA, United States; Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine, Scranton, PA, United States
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- Cancer Prevention and Control Program, Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia, PA, United States; Department of Clinical Genetics, Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia, PA, United States
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- Cancer Prevention and Control Program, Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia, PA, United States; Department of Clinical Genetics, Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia, PA, United States
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia, PA, United States; Molecular Therapeutics Program, Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia, PA, United States
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- Department of Hematology/Oncology, Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia, PA, United States.
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- Cancer Prevention and Control Program, Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia, PA, United States; Department of Radiation Oncology, Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia, PA, United States.
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Radiotherapy-induced second malignant neoplasms (SMNs) are a severe late complication in pediatric cancer survivors. Germline mutations in tumor suppressor genes contribute to SMNs; however, the most relevant germline variants mediating susceptibility are not fully defined. The authors performed matched whole-exome sequencing analyses of germline and tumor DNA from 4 pediatric solid tumor survivors who subsequently developed radiation-associated SMNs. Pathogenic and predicted deleterious germline variants were identified for each patient and validated with Sanger sequencing. These germline variants were compared with germline variants in a cohort of 59 pediatric patients diagnosed with primary sarcomas. Pathway analysis was performed to test for similarities in the germline variant profiles between individuals diagnosed with SMNs or primary sarcomas. One index patient was found to have a pathogenic germline monoallelic mutation in the MUTYH gene, which encodes the base excision repair enzyme adenine DNA glycosylase. This specific germline mutation is associated with a form of familial adenomatous polyposis, a new diagnosis in the patient. Germline-level genetic similarity exists between SMN-developing patients and patients developing primary sarcomas, with relevant genes involved in signal transduction and DNA repair mechanisms. The authors identify a germline MUTYH mutation in a pediatric cancer survivor developing an SMN. Germline mutations involving specific pathways such as base excision repair may identify individuals at risk for developing SMNs. The composition of germline variants in individual patients may enable estimates of patient-specific risk for developing SMNs. The authors anticipate that further analyses of germline genomes and epigenomes will reveal diverse genes and mechanisms influencing cancer risk.
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Curia MC, Catalano T, Aceto GM. MUTYH: Not just polyposis. World J Clin Oncol 2020; 11:428-449. [PMID: 32821650 PMCID: PMC7407923 DOI: 10.5306/wjco.v11.i7.428] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/28/2020] [Revised: 05/08/2020] [Accepted: 05/27/2020] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
Abstract
MUTYH is a base excision repair enzyme, it plays a crucial role in the correction of DNA errors from guanine oxidation and may be considered a cell protective factor. In humans it is an adenine DNA glycosylase that removes adenine misincorporated in 7,8-dihydro-8-oxoguanine (8-oxoG) pairs, inducing G:C to T:A transversions. MUTYH functionally cooperates with OGG1 that eliminates 8-oxodG derived from excessive reactive oxygen species production. MUTYH mutations have been linked to MUTYH associated polyposis syndrome (MAP), an autosomal recessive disorder characterized by multiple colorectal adenomas. MAP patients show a greatly increased lifetime risk for gastrointestinal cancers. The cancer risk in mono-allelic carriers associated with one MUTYH mutant allele is controversial and it remains to be clarified whether the altered functions of this protein may have a pathophysiological involvement in other diseases besides familial gastrointestinal diseases. This review evaluates the role of MUTYH, focusing on current studies of human neoplastic and non-neoplastic diseases different to colon polyposis and colorectal cancer. This will provide novel insights into the understanding of the molecular basis underlying MUTYH-related pathogenesis. Furthermore, we describe the association between MUTYH single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) and different cancer and non-cancer diseases. We address the utility to increase our knowledge regarding MUTYH in the light of recent advances in the literature with the aim of a better understanding of the potential for identifying new therapeutic targets. Considering the multiple functions and interactions of MUTYH protein, its involvement in pathologies based on oxidative stress damage could be hypothesized. Although the development of extraintestinal cancer in MUTYH heterozygotes is not completely defined, the risk for malignancies of the duodenum, ovary, and bladder is also increased as well as the onset of benign and malignant endocrine tumors. The presence of MUTYH pathogenic variants is an independent predictor of poor prognosis in sporadic gastric cancer and in salivary gland secretory carcinoma, while its inhibition has been shown to reduce the survival of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma cells. Furthermore, some MUTYH SNPs have been associated with lung, hepatocellular and cervical cancer risk. An additional role of MUTYH seems to contribute to the prevention of numerous other disorders with an inflammatory/degenerative basis, including neurological and ocular diseases. Finally, it is interesting to note that MUTYH could be a new therapeutic target and future studies will shed light on its specific functions in the prevention of diseases and in the improvement of the chemo-sensitivity of cancer cells.
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- Maria Cristina Curia
- Department of Medical, Oral and Biotechnological Sciences, “G. d'Annunzio” University of Chieti-Pescara, Chieti, Via dei Vestini 66100, Italy
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- Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Messina, Messina, Via Consolare Valeria 98125, Italy
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- Department of Medical, Oral and Biotechnological Sciences, “G. d'Annunzio” University of Chieti-Pescara, Chieti, Via dei Vestini 66100, Italy
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Nelson SR, Kathe SD, Hilzinger TS, Averill AM, Warshaw DM, Wallace SS, Lee AJ. Single molecule glycosylase studies with engineered 8-oxoguanine DNA damage sites show functional defects of a MUTYH polyposis variant. Nucleic Acids Res 2019; 47:3058-3071. [PMID: 30698731 PMCID: PMC6451117 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkz045] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/01/2018] [Revised: 01/03/2019] [Accepted: 01/17/2019] [Indexed: 01/09/2023] Open
Abstract
Proper repair of oxidatively damaged DNA bases is essential to maintain genome stability. 8-Oxoguanine (7,8-dihydro-8-oxoguanine, 8-oxoG) is a dangerous DNA lesion because it can mispair with adenine (A) during replication resulting in guanine to thymine transversion mutations. MUTYH DNA glycosylase is responsible for recognizing and removing the adenine from 8-oxoG:adenine (8-oxoG:A) sites. Biallelic mutations in the MUTYH gene predispose individuals to MUTYH-associated polyposis (MAP), and the most commonly observed mutation in some MAP populations is Y165C. Tyr165 is a ‘wedge’ residue that intercalates into the DNA duplex in the lesion bound state. Here, we utilize single molecule fluorescence microscopy to visualize the real-time search behavior of Escherichia coli and Mus musculus MUTYH WT and wedge variant orthologs on DNA tightropes that contain 8-oxoG:A, 8-oxoG:cytosine, or apurinic product analog sites. We observe that MUTYH WT is able to efficiently find 8-oxoG:A damage and form highly stable bound complexes. In contrast, MUTYH Y150C shows decreased binding lifetimes on undamaged DNA and fails to form a stable lesion recognition complex at damage sites. These findings suggest that MUTYH does not rely upon the wedge residue for damage site recognition, but this residue stabilizes the lesion recognition complex.
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- Shane R Nelson
- Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, Robert Larner College of Medicine, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT 05405, USA
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- Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, Robert Larner College of Medicine and College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT 05405, USA
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- Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, Robert Larner College of Medicine and College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT 05405, USA
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- Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, Robert Larner College of Medicine and College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT 05405, USA
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- Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, Robert Larner College of Medicine, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT 05405, USA
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- Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, Robert Larner College of Medicine and College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT 05405, USA
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- Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, Robert Larner College of Medicine and College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT 05405, USA
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Raetz AG, David SS. When you're strange: Unusual features of the MUTYH glycosylase and implications in cancer. DNA Repair (Amst) 2019; 80:16-25. [PMID: 31203172 DOI: 10.1016/j.dnarep.2019.05.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/23/2019] [Revised: 05/23/2019] [Accepted: 05/29/2019] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
Abstract
MUTYH is a base-excision repair glycosylase that removes adenine opposite 8-oxoguanine (OG). Variants of MUTYH defective in functional activity lead to MUTYH-associated polyposis (MAP), which progresses to cancer with very high penetrance. Whole genome and whole exome sequencing studies have found MUTYH deficiencies in an increasing number of cancer types. While the canonical OG:A repair activity of MUTYH is well characterized and similar to bacterial MutY, here we review more recent evidence that MUTYH has activities independent of OG:A repair and appear centered on the interdomain connector (IDC) region of MUTYH. We summarize evidence that MUTYH is involved in rapid DNA damage response (DDR) signaling, including PARP activation, 9-1-1 and ATR signaling, and SIRT6 activity. MUTYH alters survival and DDR to a wide variety of DNA damaging agents in a time course that is not consistent with the formation of OG:A mispairs. Studies that suggest MUTYH inhibits the repair of alkyl-DNA damage and cyclopyrimidine dimers (CPDs) is reviewed, and evidence of a synthetic lethal interaction with mismatch repair (MMR) is summarized. Based on these studies we suggest that MUTYH has evolved from an OG:A mispair glycosylase to a multifunctional scaffold for DNA damage response signaling.
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- Alan G Raetz
- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA, USA.
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA, USA.
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Bonjoch L, Mur P, Arnau-Collell C, Vargas-Parra G, Shamloo B, Franch-Expósito S, Pineda M, Capellà G, Erman B, Castellví-Bel S. Approaches to functionally validate candidate genetic variants involved in colorectal cancer predisposition. Mol Aspects Med 2019; 69:27-40. [PMID: 30935834 DOI: 10.1016/j.mam.2019.03.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/10/2019] [Revised: 03/26/2019] [Accepted: 03/26/2019] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
Abstract
Most next generation sequencing (NGS) studies identified candidate genetic variants predisposing to colorectal cancer (CRC) but do not tackle its functional interpretation to unequivocally recognize a new hereditary CRC gene. Besides, germline variants in already established hereditary CRC-predisposing genes or somatic variants share the same need when trying to categorize those with relevant significance. Functional genomics approaches have an important role in identifying the causal links between genetic architecture and phenotypes, in order to decipher cellular function in health and disease. Therefore, functional interpretation of identified genetic variants by NGS platforms is now essential. Available approaches nowadays include bioinformatics, cell and molecular biology and animal models. Recent advances, such as the CRISPR-Cas9, ZFN and TALEN systems, have been already used as a powerful tool with this objective. However, the use of cell lines is of limited value due to the CRC heterogeneity and its close interaction with microenvironment. Access to tridimensional cultures or organoids and xenograft models that mimic the in vivo tissue architecture could revolutionize functional analysis. This review will focus on the application of state-of-the-art functional studies to better tackle new genes involved in germline predisposition to this neoplasm.
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- Laia Bonjoch
- Gastroenterology Department, Hospital Clínic, Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Hepáticas y Digestivas (CIBEREHD), University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Hereditary Cancer Program, Catalan Institute of Oncology, Institut d'Investigació Biomèdica de Bellvitge (IDIBELL), ONCOBELL Program, L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain; Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Cáncer (CIBERONC), Spain
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- Gastroenterology Department, Hospital Clínic, Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Hepáticas y Digestivas (CIBEREHD), University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Hereditary Cancer Program, Catalan Institute of Oncology, Institut d'Investigació Biomèdica de Bellvitge (IDIBELL), ONCOBELL Program, L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain; Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Cáncer (CIBERONC), Spain
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- Molecular Biology, Genetics, and Bioengineering Department, Legacy Research Institute, Portland, OR, USA
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- Gastroenterology Department, Hospital Clínic, Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Hepáticas y Digestivas (CIBEREHD), University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Hereditary Cancer Program, Catalan Institute of Oncology, Institut d'Investigació Biomèdica de Bellvitge (IDIBELL), ONCOBELL Program, L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain; Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Cáncer (CIBERONC), Spain
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- Hereditary Cancer Program, Catalan Institute of Oncology, Institut d'Investigació Biomèdica de Bellvitge (IDIBELL), ONCOBELL Program, L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain; Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Cáncer (CIBERONC), Spain
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- Molecular Biology, Genetics and Bioengineering Program, Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences, Sabanci University, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Gastroenterology Department, Hospital Clínic, Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Hepáticas y Digestivas (CIBEREHD), University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain.
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Endoscopic Phenotype of Monoallelic Carriers of MUTYH Gene Mutations in the Family of Polyposis Patients: A Prospective Study. Dis Colon Rectum 2019; 62:470-475. [PMID: 30640315 DOI: 10.1097/dcr.0000000000001323] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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BACKGROUND Almost no prospective data on endoscopy in MUTYH monoallelic carriers are available. OBJECTIVE This study aimed to define the prevalence of colorectal and duodenal adenomas in a population of people presenting with a single mutation of the MUTYH gene and being first-degree relatives of biallelic MUTYH mutation carriers. DESIGN This study is a prospective cohort evaluation. PATIENTS Patients were first-degree relatives of a patient who had polyposis with biallelic MUTYH mutation and carrying a single gene mutation of the gene from 12 French centers. SETTINGS This is a multicenter study. INTERVENTION Detailed data on life habits (tobacco, alcohol, and nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs), extraintestinal manifestations, and germline analysis were recorded. Complete endoscopic evaluation (colonoscopy and upper endoscopy) with chromoendoscopy was performed. RESULTS Sixty-two patients were prospectively included (34 women (55%), mean age of 54, range 30-70 years). Thirty-two patients (52%) presented with colorectal polyps at colonoscopy. Of these patients with polyps, 15 (25%) had only adenomas, 8 (13%) had only hyperplastic polyps, 1 (1%) had sessile serrated adenomas, and 8 (13%) had adenomas and/or sessile serrated adenomas. We detected, in total, 29 adenomas with low-grade dysplasia, 5 adenomas with high-grade dysplasia, and 6 sessile serrated adenomas. Fourteen patients (23%) presented with a single adenoma, and 10 (16%) had 1 to 5 adenomas. No patient had more than 5 adenomas. At upper endoscopy, 3 had a limited number of fundic gland polyps; none had duodenal adenomas. The 2 main missense mutations c.1145G>A, p.Gly382Asp and c.494A>G, p.Tyr165Cys were associated with the development of colorectal adenomas/serrated polyps in these monoallelic carriers. LIMITATIONS This study was limited by the small number of patients. CONCLUSIONS This prospective study provides unique prospective data suggesting that monoallelic mutation carriers related to patients with polyposis show no colorectal polyposis and have very limited upper GI manifestations justifying an endoscopic follow-up. See Video Abstract at http://links.lww.com/DCR/A862.
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Köger N, Brieger A, Hinrichsen IM, Zeuzem S, Plotz G. Analysis of MUTYH alternative transcript expression, promoter function, and the effect of human genetic variants. Hum Mutat 2019; 40:472-482. [PMID: 30653782 DOI: 10.1002/humu.23709] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/15/2018] [Revised: 12/14/2018] [Accepted: 01/14/2019] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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The human DNA repair gene MUTYH, whose mutational loss causes a colorectal polyposis and cancer predisposition, contains three alternative first exons. In order to analyze alternative transcription and the effect of genetic alterations found in humans, we established a cell-based minigene experimental model supporting transcription and splicing and thoroughly verified its functionality. We identified highly conserved promoter areas and inactivated them in the minigene, and also introduced six human variants. Moreover, the potential contribution of CpG island methylation and specific transcription factors on MUTYH transcription was addressed. The findings allowed to attribute regulatory roles to three conserved motifs in the promoter: an M4 motif, a transcription factor IIB recognition element, and a GC box. Moreover, the data showed that three patient variants compromised MUTYH expression and therefore have the potential to cause pathogenic effects. We did not find evidence for a biologically relevant contribution of CpG island methylation or a direct transcriptional activation by DNA damage. Besides insight into the regulation of MUTYH transcription, the work therefore provides a functional MUTYH minigene experimental system suitable as a diagnostic tool for analyzing patient variants, and a functional map of the promotor that also can facilitate pathogenicity classifications of human variants.
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- Nicole Köger
- Biomedizinisches Forschungslabor, Medizinische Klinik 1, Universitätsklinikum, Frankfurt, Germany
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- Biomedizinisches Forschungslabor, Medizinische Klinik 1, Universitätsklinikum, Frankfurt, Germany
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- Biomedizinisches Forschungslabor, Medizinische Klinik 1, Universitätsklinikum, Frankfurt, Germany
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- Biomedizinisches Forschungslabor, Medizinische Klinik 1, Universitätsklinikum, Frankfurt, Germany
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- Biomedizinisches Forschungslabor, Medizinische Klinik 1, Universitätsklinikum, Frankfurt, Germany
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Rizzolo P, Silvestri V, Bucalo A, Zelli V, Valentini V, Catucci I, Zanna I, Masala G, Bianchi S, Spinelli AM, Tommasi S, Tibiletti MG, Russo A, Varesco L, Coppa A, Calistri D, Cortesi L, Viel A, Bonanni B, Azzollini J, Manoukian S, Montagna M, Radice P, Palli D, Peterlongo P, Ottini L. Contribution of MUTYH Variants to Male Breast Cancer Risk: Results From a Multicenter Study in Italy. Front Oncol 2018; 8:583. [PMID: 30564557 PMCID: PMC6288482 DOI: 10.3389/fonc.2018.00583] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/24/2018] [Accepted: 11/19/2018] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Inherited mutations in BRCA1, and, mainly, BRCA2 genes are associated with increased risk of male breast cancer (MBC). Mutations in PALB2 and CHEK2 genes may also increase MBC risk. Overall, these genes are functionally linked to DNA repair pathways, highlighting the central role of genome maintenance in MBC genetic predisposition. MUTYH is a DNA repair gene whose biallelic germline variants cause MUTYH-associated polyposis (MAP) syndrome. Monoallelic MUTYH variants have been reported in families with both colorectal and breast cancer and there is some evidence on increased breast cancer risk in women with monoallelic variants. In this study, we aimed to investigate whether MUTYH germline variants may contribute to MBC susceptibility. To this aim, we screened the entire coding region of MUTYH in 503 BRCA1/2 mutation negative MBC cases by multigene panel analysis. Moreover, we genotyped selected variants, including p.Tyr179Cys, p.Gly396Asp, p.Arg245His, p.Gly264Trpfs*7, and p.Gln338His, in a total of 560 MBC cases and 1,540 male controls. Biallelic MUTYH pathogenic variants (p.Tyr179Cys/p.Arg241Trp) were identified in one MBC patient with phenotypic manifestation of adenomatous polyposis. Monoallelic pathogenic variants were identified in 14 (2.5%) MBC patients, in particular, p.Tyr179Cys was detected in seven cases, p.Gly396Asp in five cases, p.Arg245His and p.Gly264Trpfs*7 in one case each. The majority of MBC cases with MUTYH pathogenic variants had family history of cancer including breast, colorectal, and gastric cancers. In the case-control study, an association between the variant p.Tyr179Cys and increased MBC risk emerged by multivariate analysis [odds ratio (OR) = 4.54; 95% confidence interval (CI): 1.17-17.58; p = 0.028]. Overall, our study suggests that MUTYH pathogenic variants may have a role in MBC and, in particular, the p.Tyr179Cys variant may be a low/moderate penetrance risk allele for MBC. Moreover, our results suggest that MBC may be part of the tumor spectrum associated with MAP syndrome, with implication in the clinical management of patients and their relatives. Large-scale collaborative studies are needed to validate these findings.
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- Piera Rizzolo
- Department of Molecular Medicine, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Molecular Medicine, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Molecular Medicine, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Molecular Medicine, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy
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- Genome Diagnostics Program, IFOM - The FIRC Institute of Molecular Oncology, Milan, Italy
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- Cancer Risk Factors and Lifestyle Epidemiology Unit, Institute for Cancer Research, Prevention and Clinical Network (ISPRO), Florence, Italy
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- Cancer Risk Factors and Lifestyle Epidemiology Unit, Institute for Cancer Research, Prevention and Clinical Network (ISPRO), Florence, Italy
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- Division of Pathological Anatomy, Department of Surgery and Translational Medicine, University of Florence, Florence, Italy
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- Molecular Genetics Laboratory, Istituto Tumori Giovanni Paolo II, Bari, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Patologia, ASST Settelaghi and Centro di Ricerca per lo studio dei tumori eredo-familiari, Università dell'Insubria, Varese, Italy
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- Section of Medical Oncology, Department of Surgical and Oncological Sciences, University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy
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- Department of Experimental Medicine, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy
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- Istituto Scientifico Romagnolo per lo Studio e la Cura dei Tumori (IRST), Meldola, Italy
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- Department of Oncology and Haematology, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy
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- Unità di Oncogenetica e Oncogenomica Funzionale, Centro di Riferimento Oncologico di Aviano (CRO), IRCCS, Aviano, Italy
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- Division of Cancer Prevention and Genetics, European Institute of Oncology (IEO), IRCCS, Milan, Italy
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- Unità di Genetica Medica, Dipartimento di Oncologia Medica ed Ematologia, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori (INT), Milan, Italy
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- Unità di Genetica Medica, Dipartimento di Oncologia Medica ed Ematologia, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori (INT), Milan, Italy
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- Immunology and Molecular Oncology Unit, Veneto Institute of Oncology IOV - IRCCS, Padua, Italy
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- Unità di Ricerca Medicina Predittiva: Basi molecolari Rischio genetico e Test genetici, Dipartimento di Ricerca, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale Tumori (INT), Milan, Italy
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- Cancer Risk Factors and Lifestyle Epidemiology Unit, Institute for Cancer Research, Prevention and Clinical Network (ISPRO), Florence, Italy
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- Genome Diagnostics Program, IFOM - The FIRC Institute of Molecular Oncology, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Molecular Medicine, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy
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McDonnell KJ, Chemler JA, Bartels PL, O'Brien E, Marvin ML, Ortega J, Stern RH, Raskin L, Li GM, Sherman DH, Barton JK, Gruber SB. A human MUTYH variant linking colonic polyposis to redox degradation of the [4Fe4S] 2+ cluster. Nat Chem 2018; 10:873-880. [PMID: 29915346 PMCID: PMC6060025 DOI: 10.1038/s41557-018-0068-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/18/2017] [Accepted: 04/20/2018] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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The human DNA repair enzyme MUTYH excises mispaired adenine residues in oxidized DNA. Homozygous MUTYH mutations underlie the autosomal, recessive cancer syndrome MUTYH-associated polyposis. We report a MUTYH variant, p.C306W (c.918C>G), with a tryptophan residue in place of native cysteine, that ligates the [4Fe4S] cluster in a patient with colonic polyposis and family history of early age colon cancer. In bacterial MutY, the [4Fe4S] cluster is redox active, allowing rapid localization to target lesions by long-range, DNA-mediated signalling. In the current study, using DNA electrochemistry, we determine that wild-type MUTYH is similarly redox-active, but MUTYH C306W undergoes rapid oxidative degradation of its cluster to [3Fe4S]+, with loss of redox signalling. In MUTYH C306W, oxidative cluster degradation leads to decreased DNA binding and enzyme function. This study confirms redox activity in eukaryotic DNA repair proteins and establishes MUTYH C306W as a pathogenic variant, highlighting the essential role of redox signalling by the [4Fe4S] cluster.
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- Kevin J McDonnell
- University of Southern California Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Life Sciences Institute, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
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- Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, USA
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- Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, USA
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- Department of Human Genetics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA
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- Division of Molecular Medicine and Genetics, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA
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- Life Sciences Institute, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA.
- Departments of Medicinal Chemistry, Chemistry and Microbiology & Immunology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA.
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- Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, USA.
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- University of Southern California Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
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APC and MUTYH Analysis in FAP Patients: A Novel Mutation in APC Gene and Genotype-Phenotype Correlation. Genes (Basel) 2018; 9:genes9070322. [PMID: 29954149 PMCID: PMC6071208 DOI: 10.3390/genes9070322] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/14/2018] [Revised: 06/21/2018] [Accepted: 06/22/2018] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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APC and MUTYH genes are mutated in 70⁻90% and 10⁻30% of familial adenomatous polyposis cases (FAP) respectively. An association between mutation localization and FAP clinical phenotype is reported. The aims of this study were to determine APC and MUTYH mutational status in a small cohort of FAP patients and to evaluate the genotype-phenotype correlation in mutated patients. Here, we report the identification of a novel APC germline mutation, c.510_511insA. Overall, mutational analysis showed pathogenic mutations in 6/10 patients: 5/10 in APC and 1/10 in MUTYH. Additionally, we found three variants of unknown significance in MUTYH gene that showed no evidence of possible splicing defects by in silico analysis. Molecular analysis was also extended to family members of mutated patients. A genotype-phenotype correlation was observed for colonic signs whereas a variation of disease onset age was revealed for the same mutation. Moreover, we found an intrafamilial variability of FAP onset age. Regarding extracolonic manifestations, the development of desmoid tumors was related to surgery and not to mutation position, while a genotype-phenotype correspondence was observed for the onset of thyroid or gastric cancer. These findings can be useful in association to clinical data for early surveillance and suitable treatment of FAP patients.
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Common Genetic Variants of MUTYH are not Associated with Cutaneous Malignant Melanoma: Application of Molecular Screening by Means of High-Resolution Melting Technique in a Pilot Case-Control Study. Int J Biol Markers 2018; 26:37-42. [DOI: 10.5301/jbm.2011.6285] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 01/10/2010] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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MUTYH glycosylase recognizes the 8-oxoG:A mismatch and is able to excise the adenine base using proofreading mechanisms. Some papers have reported a strong association between cancer development or aggressiveness and MUTYH gene mutations. The aim of this study was to find a possible association between the most frequent MUTYH mutations and melanoma in the context of a case-control pilot study. One hundred ninety-five melanoma patients and 195 healthy controls were matched for sex and age. Clinical and laboratory data were collected in a specific database and all individuals were analyzed for MUTYH mutations by high-resolution melting and direct sequencing techniques. Men and women had significantly different distributions of tumor sites and phototypes. No significant associations were observed between the Y165C, G382D and V479F MUTYH mutations and risk of melanoma development or aggressiveness. Our preliminary findings therefore do not confirm a role for MUTYH gene mutations in the melanoma risk. Further studies are necessary for the assessment of MUTYH not only in melanoma but also other cancer types with the same embryonic origin, in the context of larger arrays studies of genes involved in DNA stability or integrity.
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D'Errico M, Parlanti E, Pascucci B, Fortini P, Baccarini S, Simonelli V, Dogliotti E. Single nucleotide polymorphisms in DNA glycosylases: From function to disease. Free Radic Biol Med 2017; 107:278-291. [PMID: 27932076 DOI: 10.1016/j.freeradbiomed.2016.12.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/04/2016] [Revised: 11/25/2016] [Accepted: 12/02/2016] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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Oxidative stress is associated with a growing number of diseases that span from cancer to neurodegeneration. Most oxidatively induced DNA base lesions are repaired by the base excision repair (BER) pathway which involves the action of various DNA glycosylases. There are numerous genome wide studies attempting to associate single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) with predispositions to various types of disease; often, these common variants do not have significant alterations in their biochemical function and do not exhibit a convincing phenotype. Nevertheless several lines of evidence indicate that SNPs in DNA repair genes may modulate DNA repair capacity and contribute to risk of disease. This overview provides a convincing picture that SNPs of DNA glycosylases that remove oxidatively generated DNA lesions are susceptibility factors for a wide disease spectrum that includes besides cancer (particularly lung, breast and gastrointestinal tract), cochlear/ocular disorders, myocardial infarction and neurodegenerative disorders which can be all grouped under the umbrella of oxidative stress-related pathologies.
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- Mariarosaria D'Errico
- Department of Environment and Primary Prevention, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Viale Regina Elena 299, 00161 Rome, Italy.
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- Department of Environment and Primary Prevention, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Viale Regina Elena 299, 00161 Rome, Italy
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- Department of Environment and Primary Prevention, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Viale Regina Elena 299, 00161 Rome, Italy; Istituto di Cristallografia, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Via Salaria, Km 29,300, 00016 Monterotondo Stazione, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Environment and Primary Prevention, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Viale Regina Elena 299, 00161 Rome, Italy
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- Department of Environment and Primary Prevention, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Viale Regina Elena 299, 00161 Rome, Italy
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- Department of Environment and Primary Prevention, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Viale Regina Elena 299, 00161 Rome, Italy
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- Department of Environment and Primary Prevention, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Viale Regina Elena 299, 00161 Rome, Italy.
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A Specific Mutational Signature Associated with DNA 8-Oxoguanine Persistence in MUTYH-defective Colorectal Cancer. EBioMedicine 2017; 20:39-49. [PMID: 28551381 PMCID: PMC5478212 DOI: 10.1016/j.ebiom.2017.04.022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 140] [Impact Index Per Article: 20.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/17/2017] [Revised: 04/07/2017] [Accepted: 04/11/2017] [Indexed: 01/17/2023] Open
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8-Oxoguanine, a common mutagenic DNA lesion, generates G:C>T:A transversions via mispairing with adenine during DNA replication. When operating normally, the MUTYH DNA glycosylase prevents 8-oxoguanine-related mutagenesis by excising the incorporated adenine. Biallelic MUTYH mutations impair this enzymatic function and are associated with colorectal cancer (CRC) in MUTYH-Associated Polyposis (MAP) syndrome. Here, we perform whole-exome sequencing that reveals a modest mutator phenotype in MAP CRCs compared to sporadic CRC stem cell lines or bulk tumours. The excess G:C>T:A transversion mutations in MAP CRCs exhibits a novel mutational signature, termed Signature 36, with a strong sequence dependence. The MUTYH mutational signature reflecting persistent 8-oxoG:A mismatches occurs frequently in the APC, KRAS, PIK3CA, FAT4, TP53, FAT1, AMER1, KDM6A, SMAD4 and SMAD2 genes that are associated with CRC. The occurrence of Signature 36 in other types of human cancer indicates that DNA 8-oxoguanine-related mutations might contribute to the development of cancer in other organs.
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Ricci MT, Miccoli S, Turchetti D, Bondavalli D, Viel A, Quaia M, Giacomini E, Gismondi V, Sanchez-Mete L, Stigliano V, Martayan A, Mazzei F, Bignami M, Bonelli L, Varesco L. Type and frequency of MUTYH variants in Italian patients with suspected MAP: a retrospective multicenter study. J Hum Genet 2016; 62:309-315. [PMID: 27829682 DOI: 10.1038/jhg.2016.132] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/27/2016] [Revised: 09/12/2016] [Accepted: 10/04/2016] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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To determine prevalence, spectrum and genotype-phenotype correlations of MUTYH variants in Italian patients with suspected MAP (MUTYH-associated polyposis), a retrospective analysis was conducted to identify patients who had undergone MUTYH genetic testing from September 2002 to February 2014. Results of genetic testing and patient clinical characteristics were collected (gender, number of polyps, age at polyp diagnosis, presence of colorectal cancer (CRC) and/or other cancers, family data). The presence of large rearrangements of the MUTYH gene was evaluated by Multiplex Ligation-dependent Probe Amplification analysis. In all, 299 patients with colorectal neoplasia were evaluated: 61.2% were males, the median age at polyps or cancer diagnosis was 50 years (16-80 years), 65.2% had <100 polyps and 51.8% had CRC. A total of 36 different MUTYH variants were identified: 13 (36.1%) were classified as pathogenetic, whereas 23 (63.9%) were variants of unknown significance (VUS). Two pathogenetic variants were observed in 78 patients (26.1%). A large homozygous deletion of exon 15 was found in one patient (<1.0%). MAP patients were younger than those with negative MUTYH testing at polyps diagnosis (P<0.0001) and at first cancer diagnosis (P=0.007). MAP patients carrying the p.Glu480del variant presented with a younger age at polyp diagnosis as compared to patients carrying p.Gly396Asp and p.Tyr179Cys variants. A high heterogeneity of MUTYH variants and a high rate of VUS were identified in a cohort of Italian patients with suspected MAP. Genotype-phenotype analysis suggests that the p.Glu480del variant is associated with a severe phenotype.
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- Research Center on Hereditary Cancer, Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
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- Research Center on Hereditary Cancer, Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
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- Funcional Onco-genomics and Genetics, CRO Aviano National Cancer Institute, Aviano (PN), Italy
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- Funcional Onco-genomics and Genetics, CRO Aviano National Cancer Institute, Aviano (PN), Italy
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- Funcional Onco-genomics and Genetics, CRO Aviano National Cancer Institute, Aviano (PN), Italy
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- Unit of Hereditary Cancer, IRCCS AOU San Martino-IST, Genoa, Italy
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- Division of Gastroenterology and Digestive Endoscopy, Regina Elena National Cancer Institute-IRCCS, Rome, Italy
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- Division of Gastroenterology and Digestive Endoscopy, Regina Elena National Cancer Institute-IRCCS, Rome, Italy
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- Clinical Pathology Unit, Regina Elena National Cancer Institute-IRCCS, Rome, Italy
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- Unit of Experimental and Computational Carcinogenesis, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Rome, Italy
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- Unit of Experimental and Computational Carcinogenesis, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Rome, Italy
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- Unit of Clinical Epidemiology, IRCCS AOU San Martino-IST, Genoa, Italy
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- Unit of Hereditary Cancer, IRCCS AOU San Martino-IST, Genoa, Italy
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Komine K, Shimodaira H, Takao M, Soeda H, Zhang X, Takahashi M, Ishioka C. Functional Complementation Assay for 47 MUTYH Variants in a MutY-Disrupted Escherichia coli Strain. Hum Mutat 2016; 36:704-11. [PMID: 25820570 PMCID: PMC4682456 DOI: 10.1002/humu.22794] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/27/2014] [Accepted: 03/25/2015] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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MUTYH-associated polyposis (MAP) is an adenomatous polyposis transmitted in an autosomal-recessive pattern, involving biallelic inactivation of the MUTYH gene. Loss of a functional MUTYH protein will result in the accumulation of G:T mismatched DNA caused by oxidative damage. Although p.Y179C and p.G396D are the two most prevalent MUTYH variants, more than 200 missense variants have been detected. It is difficult to determine whether these variants are disease-causing mutations or single-nucleotide polymorphisms. To understand the functional consequences of these variants, we generated 47 MUTYH gene variants via site-directed mutagenesis, expressed the encoded proteins in MutY-disrupted Escherichia coli, and assessed their abilities to complement the functional deficiency in the E. coli by monitoring spontaneous mutation rates. Although the majority of variants exhibited intermediate complementation relative to the wild type, some variants severely interfered with this complementation. However, some variants retained functioning similar to the wild type. In silico predictions of functional effects demonstrated a good correlation. Structural prediction of MUTYH based on the MutY protein structure allowed us to interpret effects on the protein stability or catalytic activity. These data will be useful for evaluating the functional consequences of missense MUTYH variants detected in patients with suspected MAP.
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- Keigo Komine
- Department of Clinical Oncology, Institute of Development, Aging and Cancer, Tohoku University, Aoba-ku, Sendai, Japan.,Department of Clinical Oncology, Tohoku University Hospital, Aoba-ku, Sendai, Japan
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- Department of Clinical Oncology, Institute of Development, Aging and Cancer, Tohoku University, Aoba-ku, Sendai, Japan.,Department of Clinical Oncology, Tohoku University Hospital, Aoba-ku, Sendai, Japan
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- Department of Molecular Genetics, Institute of Development, Aging and Cancer, Tohoku University, Aoba-ku, Sendai, Japan
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- Department of Clinical Oncology, Institute of Development, Aging and Cancer, Tohoku University, Aoba-ku, Sendai, Japan.,Department of Clinical Oncology, Tohoku University Hospital, Aoba-ku, Sendai, Japan
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- Department of Clinical Oncology, Institute of Development, Aging and Cancer, Tohoku University, Aoba-ku, Sendai, Japan
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- Department of Clinical Oncology, Institute of Development, Aging and Cancer, Tohoku University, Aoba-ku, Sendai, Japan.,Department of Clinical Oncology, Tohoku University Hospital, Aoba-ku, Sendai, Japan
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- Department of Clinical Oncology, Institute of Development, Aging and Cancer, Tohoku University, Aoba-ku, Sendai, Japan.,Department of Clinical Oncology, Tohoku University Hospital, Aoba-ku, Sendai, Japan
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Cilli P, Minoprio A, Bossa C, Bignami M, Mazzei F. Formation and Repair of Mismatches Containing Ribonucleotides and Oxidized Bases at Repeated DNA Sequences. J Biol Chem 2015; 290:26259-69. [PMID: 26338705 PMCID: PMC4646274 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m115.679209] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/17/2015] [Revised: 09/02/2015] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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The cellular pool of ribonucleotide triphosphates (rNTPs) is higher than that of deoxyribonucleotide triphosphates. To ensure genome stability, DNA polymerases must discriminate against rNTPs and incorporated ribonucleotides must be removed by ribonucleotide excision repair (RER). We investigated DNA polymerase β (POL β) capacity to incorporate ribonucleotides into trinucleotide repeated DNA sequences and the efficiency of base excision repair (BER) and RER enzymes (OGG1, MUTYH, and RNase H2) when presented with an incorrect sugar and an oxidized base. POL β incorporated rAMP and rCMP opposite 7,8-dihydro-8-oxoguanine (8-oxodG) and extended both mispairs. In addition, POL β was able to insert and elongate an oxidized rGMP when paired with dA. We show that RNase H2 always preserves the capacity to remove a single ribonucleotide when paired to an oxidized base or to incise an oxidized ribonucleotide in a DNA duplex. In contrast, BER activity is affected by the presence of a ribonucleotide opposite an 8-oxodG. In particular, MUTYH activity on 8-oxodG:rA mispairs is fully inhibited, although its binding capacity is retained. This results in the reduction of RNase H2 incision capability of this substrate. Thus complex mispairs formed by an oxidized base and a ribonucleotide can compromise BER and RER in repeated sequences.
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- Piera Cilli
- From the Department of Environment and Primary Prevention, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, 00161 Roma and the Department of Science, University Roma Tre, 00154 Roma, Italy
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- From the Department of Environment and Primary Prevention, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, 00161 Roma and
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- From the Department of Environment and Primary Prevention, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, 00161 Roma and
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- From the Department of Environment and Primary Prevention, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, 00161 Roma and
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- From the Department of Environment and Primary Prevention, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, 00161 Roma and
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Grasso F, Ruggieri V, De Luca G, Leopardi P, Mancuso MT, Casorelli I, Pichierri P, Karran P, Bignami M. MUTYH mediates the toxicity of combined DNA 6-thioguanine and UVA radiation. Oncotarget 2015; 6:7481-92. [PMID: 25638157 PMCID: PMC4480694 DOI: 10.18632/oncotarget.3037] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/22/2014] [Accepted: 12/01/2014] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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The therapeutic thiopurines, including the immunosuppressant azathioprine (Aza) cause the accumulation of the UVA photosensitizer 6-thioguanine (6-TG) in the DNA of the patients' cells. DNA 6-TG and UVA are synergistically cytotoxic and their interaction causes oxidative damage. The MUTYH DNA glycosylase participates in the base excision repair of oxidized DNA bases. Using Mutyh-nullmouse fibroblasts (MEFs) we examined whether MUTYH provides protection against the lethal effects of combined DNA 6-TG/UVA. Surprisingly, Mutyh-null MEFs were more resistant than wild-type MEFs, despite accumulating higher levels of DNA 8-oxo-7,8-dihydroguanine (8-oxoG).Their enhanced 6-TG/UVA resistance reflected the absence of the MUTYH protein and MEFs expressing enzymatically-dead human variants were as sensitive as wild-type cells. Consistent with their enhanced resistance, Mutyh-null cells sustained fewer DNA strand breaks and lower levels of chromosomal damage after 6-TG/UVA. Although 6-TG/UVA treatment caused early checkpoint activation irrespective of the MUTYH status, Mutyh-null cells failed to arrest in S-phase at late time points. MUTYH-dependent toxicity was also apparent in vivo. Mutyh-/- mice survived better than wild-type during a 12-month chronicexposure to Aza/UVA treatments that significantly increased levels of skin DNA 8-oxoG. Two squamous cell skin carcinomas arose in Aza/UVA treated Mutyh-/- mice whereas similarly treated wild-type animals remained tumor-free.
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- Francesca Grasso
- Department of Environment and Primary Prevention, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Rome, Italy
- Department of Science, University Roma Tre, Rome, Italy
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- Laboratory of Pre-Clinical and Translational Research, IRCCS, Referral Cancer Center of Basilicata, Rionero in Vulture, Italy
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- Department of Environment and Primary Prevention, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Environment and Primary Prevention, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Rome, Italy
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- Laboratory of Radiation Biology and Biomedicine, Agenzia Nazionale per le Nuove Tecnologie, l'Energia e lo Sviluppo Economico Sostenibile (ENEA) CR-Casaccia, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Immunohematology and Transfusion Unit, Azienda Ospedaliera Sant'Andrea, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Environment and Primary Prevention, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Rome, Italy
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- Cancer Research UK London Research Institute, Clare Hall Laboratories, South Mimms, Herts, UK
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- Department of Environment and Primary Prevention, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Rome, Italy
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Impaired 8-hydroxyguanine repair activity of MUTYH variant p.Arg109Trp found in a Japanese patient with early-onset colorectal cancer. OXIDATIVE MEDICINE AND CELLULAR LONGEVITY 2014; 2014:617351. [PMID: 24799981 PMCID: PMC3988950 DOI: 10.1155/2014/617351] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/29/2013] [Revised: 02/05/2014] [Accepted: 02/11/2014] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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PURPOSE The biallelic inactivation of the 8-hydroxyguanine repair gene MUTYH leads to MUTYH-associated polyposis (MAP), which is characterized by colorectal multiple polyps and carcinoma(s). However, only limited information regarding MAP in the Japanese population is presently available. Since early-onset colorectal cancer (CRC) is a characteristic of MAP and might be caused by the inactivation of another 8-hydroxyguanine repair gene, OGG1, we investigated whether germline MUTYH and OGG1 mutations are involved in early-onset CRC in Japanese patients. METHODS Thirty-four Japanese patients with early-onset CRC were examined for germline MUTYH and OGG1 mutations using sequencing. RESULTS Biallelic pathogenic mutations were not found in any of the patients; however, a heterozygous p.Arg19∗ MUTYH variant and a heterozygous p.Arg109Trp MUTYH variant were detected in one patient each. The p.Arg19∗ and p.Arg109Trp corresponded to p.Arg5∗ and p.Arg81Trp, respectively, in the type 2 nuclear-form protein. The defective DNA repair activity of p.Arg5∗ is apparent, while that of p.Arg81Trp has been demonstrated using DNA cleavage and supF forward mutation assays. CONCLUSION These results suggest that biallelic MUTYH or OGG1 pathogenic mutations are rare in Japanese patients with early-onset CRC; however, the p.Arg19∗ and p.Arg109Trp MUTYH variants are associated with functional impairments.
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Grasso F, Giacomini E, Sanchez M, Degan P, Gismondi V, Mazzei F, Varesco L, Viel A, Bignami M. Genetic instability in lymphoblastoid cell lines expressing biallelic and monoallelic variants in the human MUTYH gene. Hum Mol Genet 2014; 23:3843-52. [PMID: 24569162 DOI: 10.1093/hmg/ddu097] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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The MUTYH DNA glycosylase counteracts mutagenesis by removing adenine misincorporated opposite DNA 8-oxo-7,8-dihydro-2'-deoxyguanosine (8-oxodG). Biallelic germline mutations in MUTYH cause the autosomal recessive MUTYH-associated polyposis (MAP). The impact on genetic instability of the p.Tyr179Cys and p.Arg245His MUTYH variants was evaluated in lymphoblastoid cell lines (LCLs) derived from MAP patients and their relatives in comparison to wild-type LCLs. No difference in MUTYH expression was identified between wild type and LCLs with the p.Tyr179Cys, while the p.Arg245His mutation was associated with an unstable MUTYH protein. LCLs homozygous for the p.Tyr179Cys or the p.Arg245His variant contained increased DNA 8-oxodG levels and exhibited a mutator phenotype at the PIG-A gene. The extent of the increased spontaneous mutation frequency was 3-fold (range 1.6- to 4.6-fold) in four independent LCLs carrying the p.Tyr179Cys variant, while a larger increase (6-fold) was observed in two p.Arg245His LCLs. A similar hypermutability and S-phase delay following treatment with KBrO3 was observed in LCLs homozygous for either variant. When genetic instability was investigated in monoallelic p.Arg245His carriers, mutant frequencies showed an increase which is intermediate between wild-type and homozygous cells, whereas the mutator effect in heterozygous p.Tyr179Cys LCLs was similar to that in homozygotes. These findings indicate that the type of MUTYH mutation can affect the extent of genome instability associated with MUTYH inactivation. In addition, the mild spontaneous mutator phenotype observed in monoallelic carriers highlights the biological importance of this gene in the protection of the genome against endogenous DNA damage.
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- Experimental Oncology 1, CRO Aviano National Cancer Institute, Aviano, Italy
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- Department of Cell Biology and Neuroscience, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Rome, Italy
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- Unit of Hereditary Cancer, IRCCS AOU San Martino-IST, Genoa, Italy
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- Unit of Hereditary Cancer, IRCCS AOU San Martino-IST, Genoa, Italy
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- Experimental Oncology 1, CRO Aviano National Cancer Institute, Aviano, Italy
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Turco E, Ventura I, Minoprio A, Russo MT, Torreri P, Degan P, Molatore S, Ranzani GN, Bignami M, Mazzei F. Understanding the role of the Q338H MUTYH variant in oxidative damage repair. Nucleic Acids Res 2013; 41:4093-103. [PMID: 23460202 PMCID: PMC3627602 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkt130] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
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The MUTYH DNA–glycosylase is indirectly engaged in the repair of the miscoding 7,8-dihydro-8-oxo-2′-deoxyguanine (8-oxodG) lesion by removing adenine erroneously incorporated opposite the oxidized purine. Inherited biallelic mutations in the MUTYH gene are responsible for a recessive syndrome, the MUTYH-associated polyposis (MAP), which confers an increased risk of colorectal cancer. In this study, we functionally characterized the Q338H variant using recombinant proteins, as well as cell-based assays. This is a common variant among human colorectal cancer genes, which is generally considered, unrelated to the MAP phenotype but recently indicated as a low-penetrance allele. We demonstrate that the Q338H variant retains a wild-type DNA–glycosylase activity in vitro, but it shows a reduced ability to interact with the replication sensor RAD9:RAD1:HUS1 (9–1–1) complex. In comparison with Mutyh−/− mouse embryo fibroblasts expressing a wild-type MUTYH cDNA, the expression of Q338H variant was associated with increased levels of DNA 8-oxodG, hypersensitivity to oxidant and accumulation of the population in the S phase of the cell cycle. Thus, an inefficient interaction of MUTYH with the 9–1–1 complex leads to a repair-defective phenotype, indicating that a proper communication between MUTYH enzymatic function and the S phase checkpoint is needed for effective repair of oxidative damage.
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- Eleonora Turco
- Department of Environment and Primary Prevention, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, 00161 Roma, Italy
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Mazzei F, Viel A, Bignami M. Role of MUTYH in human cancer. Mutat Res 2013; 743-744:33-43. [PMID: 23507534 DOI: 10.1016/j.mrfmmm.2013.03.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 70] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/26/2012] [Revised: 03/06/2013] [Accepted: 03/09/2013] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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MUTYH, a human ortholog of MutY, is a post-replicative DNA glycosylase, highly conserved throughout evolution, involved in the correction of mismatches resulting from a faulty replication of the oxidized base 8-hydroxyguanine (8-oxodG). In particular removal of adenine from A:8-oxodG mispairs by MUTYH activity is followed by error-free base excision repair (BER) events, leading to the formation of C:8-oxodG base pairs. These are the substrate of another BER enzyme, the OGG1 DNA glycosylase, which then removes 8-oxodG from DNA. Thus the combined action of OGG1 and MUTYH prevents oxidative damage-induced mutations, i.e. GC->TA transversions. Germline mutations in MUTYH are associated with a recessively heritable colorectal polyposis, now referred to as MUTYH-associated polyposis (MAP). Here we will review the phenotype(s) associated with MUTYH inactivation from bacteria to mammals, the structure of the MUTYH protein, the molecular mechanisms of its enzymatic activity and the functional characterization of MUTYH variants. The relevance of these results will be discussed to define the role of specific human mutations in colorectal cancer risk together with the possible role of MUTYH inactivation in sporadic cancer.
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- Filomena Mazzei
- Department of Environment, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Viale Regina Elena 299, 00161 Roma, Italy
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- Experimental Oncology 1, Centro di Riferimento Oncologico, IRCCS, Via F.Gallini 2, 33081 Aviano, PN, Italy
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- Department of Environment, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Viale Regina Elena 299, 00161 Roma, Italy.
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Šípová H, Homola J. Surface plasmon resonance sensing of nucleic acids: a review. Anal Chim Acta 2013; 773:9-23. [PMID: 23561902 DOI: 10.1016/j.aca.2012.12.040] [Citation(s) in RCA: 137] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/16/2012] [Revised: 12/19/2012] [Accepted: 12/21/2012] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Biosensors based on surface plasmon resonance (SPR) have become a central tool for the investigation and quantification of biomolecules and their interactions. Nucleic acids (NAs) play a vital role in numerous biological processes and therefore have been one of the major groups of biomolecules targeted by the SPR biosensors. This paper discusses the advances of NA SPR biosensor technology and reviews its applications both in the research of molecular interactions involving NAs (NA-NA, NA-protein, NA-small molecule), as well as for the field of bioanalytics in the areas of food safety, medical diagnosis and environmental monitoring.
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- Hana Šípová
- Institute of Photonics and Electronics, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Chaberská 57, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Photonics and Electronics, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Chaberská 57, Prague, Czech Republic.
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Raetz AG, Xie Y, Kundu S, Brinkmeyer MK, Chang C, David SS. Cancer-associated variants and a common polymorphism of MUTYH exhibit reduced repair of oxidative DNA damage using a GFP-based assay in mammalian cells. Carcinogenesis 2012; 33:2301-9. [PMID: 22926731 PMCID: PMC3483017 DOI: 10.1093/carcin/bgs270] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/28/2012] [Revised: 08/13/2012] [Accepted: 08/27/2012] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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Biallelic germline mutations in the base excision repair enzyme gene MUTYH lead to multiple colorectal adenomas and carcinomas referred to as MUTYH-associated polyposis. MUTYH removes adenine misincorporated opposite the DNA oxidation product, 8-oxoguanine (OG), thereby preventing accumulation of G:C to T:A transversion mutations. The most common cancer-associated MUTYH variant proteins when expressed in bacteria exhibit reduced OG:A mismatch affinity and adenine removal activity. However, direct evaluation of OG:A mismatch repair efficiency in mammalian cells has not been assessed due to the lack of an appropriate assay. To address this, we developed a novel fluorescence-based assay of OG:A repair and measured the repair capacity of MUTYH-associated polyposis variants expressed in Mutyh-/- mouse embryonic fibroblasts (MEFs). The repair of a single site-specific synthetic lesion in a green fluorescent protein reporter leads to green fluorescent protein expression with co-expression of a red fluorescent protein serving as the transfection control. Cell lines that stably express the MUTYH-associated polyposis variants G382D and Y165C have significantly lower OG:A repair versus wild-type MEFs and MEFs expressing human wild-type MUTYH. The MUTYH allele that encodes the Q324H variant is found at a frequency above 40% in samples from different ethnic groups and has long been considered phenotypically silent but has recently been associated with increased cancer risk in several clinical studies. In vitro analysis of Q324H MUTYH expressed in insect cells showed that it has reduced enzyme activity similar to that of the known cancer variant G382D. Moreover, we find that OG:A repair in MEFs expressing Q324H was significantly lower than wild-type controls, establishing that Q324H is functionally impaired and providing further evidence that this common variant may lead to increased cancer risk.
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- Alan G. Raetz
- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Davis, California, 95616, USA,
- Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Graduate Group, University of California, Davis and
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- Department of Pathology, University of Manitoba Health Sciences Centre,820 Sherbrook Street Winnipeg, MB R3A 1R9, Canada.
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Davis, California, 95616, USA,
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Davis, California, 95616, USA,
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Davis, California, 95616, USA,
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Davis, California, 95616, USA,
- Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Graduate Group, University of California, Davis and
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Loss of MUTYH function in human cells leads to accumulation of oxidative damage and genetic instability. Oncogene 2012; 32:4500-8. [PMID: 23108399 DOI: 10.1038/onc.2012.479] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/01/2012] [Revised: 07/31/2012] [Accepted: 08/10/2012] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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The DNA glycosylase MUTYH (mutY homolog (Escherichia coli)) counteracts the mutagenic effects of 8-oxo-7,8-dihydroguanine (8-oxodG) by removing adenine (A) misincorporated opposite the oxidized purine. Biallelic germline mutations in MUTYH cause the autosomal recessive MUTYH-associated adenomatous polyposis (MAP). Here we designed new tools to investigate the biochemical defects and biological consequences associated with different MUTYH mutations in human cells. To identify phenotype(s) associated with MUTYH mutations, lymphoblastoid cell lines (LCLs) were derived from seven MAP patients harboring missense as well as truncating mutations in MUTYH. These included homozygous p.Arg245His, p.Gly264TrpfsX7 or compound heterozygous variants (p.Gly396Asp/Arg245Cys, p.Gly396Asp/Tyr179Cys, p.Gly396Asp/Glu410GlyfsX43, p.Gly264TrpfsX7/Ala385ProfsX23 and p.Gly264TrpfsX7/Glu480del). DNA glycosylase assays of MAP LCL extracts confirmed that all these variants were defective in removing A from an 8-oxoG:A DNA substrate, but retained wild-type OGG1 activity. As a consequence of this defect, MAP LCLs accumulated DNA 8-oxodG in their genome and exhibited a fourfold increase in spontaneous mutagenesis at the PIG-A gene compared with LCLs from healthy donors. They were also hypermutable by KBrO3--a source of DNA 8-oxodG--indicating that the relatively modest spontaneous mutator phenotype associated with MUTYH loss can be significantly enhanced by conditions of oxidative stress. These observations identify accumulation of DNA 8-oxodG and a mutator phenotype as likely contributors to the pathogenesis of MUTYH variants.
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Pin E, Pastrello C, Tricarico R, Papi L, Quaia M, Fornasarig M, Carnevali I, Oliani C, Fornasin A, Agostini M, Maestro R, Barana D, Aretz S, Genuardi M, Viel A. MUTYH c.933+3A>C, associated with a severely impaired gene expression, is the first Italian founder mutation in MUTYH-Associated Polyposis. Int J Cancer 2012; 132:1060-9. [PMID: 22865608 DOI: 10.1002/ijc.27761] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/15/2012] [Accepted: 07/20/2012] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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MUTYH variants are differently distributed in geographical areas of the world. In MUTYH-associated polyposis (MAP) patients from North-Eastern Italy, c.933+3A>C (IVS10+3A>C), a transversion causing an aberrant splicing process, accounts for nearly 1/5 of all mutations. The aim of this study was to verify whether its high frequency in North-Eastern Italy is due to a founder effect and to clarify its impact on MUTYH transcripts and protein. Haplotype analysis and age estimate performed on members of eleven Italian MAP families and cancer-free controls provided evidence that c.933+3A>C is a founder mutation originated about 83 generations ago. In addition, the Italian haplotype associated with the c.933+3A>C was also found in German families segregating the same mutation, indicating it had a common origin in Western Europe. Altogether c.933+3A>C and the two common Caucasian mutations p.Tyr179Cys and p.Gly396Asp represent about 60% of MUTYH alterations in MAP patients from North-Eastern Italy, suggesting the opportunity to perform targeted molecular screening for these variants in the diagnostic setting. Expression analyses performed on lymphoblastoid cell lines supported the notion that MUTYH c.933+3A>C alters splicing causing the synthesis of a non functional protein. However, some primary transcripts escape aberrant splicing, producing traces of full-length transcript and wild-type protein in a homozygote; this is in agreement with clinical findings that suggest a relatively mild phenotypic effect for this mutation. Overall, these data, that demonstrate a founder effect and further elucidate the splicing alterations caused by the MUTYH c.933+3A>C mutation, have important implications for genetic counseling and molecular diagnosis of MAP.
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- Elisa Pin
- Oncologia Sperimentale 1, Centro di Riferimento Oncologico, IRCCS, Aviano (PN), Italy
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Venesio T, Balsamo A, D'Agostino VG, Ranzani GN. MUTYH-associated polyposis (MAP), the syndrome implicating base excision repair in inherited predisposition to colorectal tumors. Front Oncol 2012; 2:83. [PMID: 22876359 PMCID: PMC3410368 DOI: 10.3389/fonc.2012.00083] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/11/2012] [Accepted: 07/16/2012] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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In 2002, Al-Tassan and co-workers described for the first time a recessive form of inherited polyposis associated with germline mutations of MUTYH, a gene encoding a base excision repair (BER) protein that counteracts the DNA damage induced by the oxidative stress. MUTYH-associated polyposis (MAP) is now a well-defined cancer susceptibility syndrome, showing peculiar molecular features that characterize disease progression. However, some aspects of MAP, including diagnostic criteria, genotype-phenotype correlations, pathogenicity of variants, as well as relationships between BER and other DNA repair pathways, are still poorly understood. A deeper knowledge of the MUTYH expression pattern is likely to refine our understanding of the protein role and, finally, to improve guidances for identifying and handling MAP patients.
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- Tiziana Venesio
- Unit of Pathology, Institute for Cancer Research and Treatment Candiolo, Torino, Italy
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Simonelli V, Mazzei F, D'Errico M, Dogliotti E. Reprint of: gene susceptibility to oxidative damage: from single nucleotide polymorphisms to function. Mutat Res 2012; 736:104-16. [PMID: 22732424 DOI: 10.1016/j.mrfmmm.2012.06.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/25/2011] [Revised: 09/27/2011] [Accepted: 10/27/2011] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Oxidative damage to DNA can cause mutations, and mutations can lead to cancer. DNA repair of oxidative damage should therefore play a pivotal role in defending humans against cancer. This is exemplified by the increased risk of colorectal cancer of patients with germ-line mutations of the oxidative damage DNA glycosylase MUTYH. In contrast to germ-line mutations in DNA repair genes, which cause a strong deficiency in DNA repair activity in all cell types, the role of single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in sporadic cancer is unclear also because deficiencies in DNA repair, if any, are expected to be much milder. Further slowing down progress are the paucity of accurate and reproducible functional assays and poor epidemiological design of many studies. This review will focus on the most common and widely studied SNPs of oxidative DNA damage repair proteins trying to bridge the information available on biochemical and structural features of the repair proteins with the functional effects of these variants and their potential impact on the pathogenesis of disease.
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- Valeria Simonelli
- Department of Environment and Primary Prevention, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Rome, Italy.
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Plotz G, Casper M, Raedle J, Hinrichsen I, Heckel V, Brieger A, Trojan J, Zeuzem S. MUTYHgene expression and alternative splicing in controls and polyposis patients. Hum Mutat 2012; 33:1067-74. [DOI: 10.1002/humu.22059] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/11/2011] [Accepted: 02/03/2012] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Simonelli V, Mazzei F, D'Errico M, Dogliotti E. Gene susceptibility to oxidative damage: from single nucleotide polymorphisms to function. Mutat Res 2012; 731:1-13. [PMID: 22155132 DOI: 10.1016/j.mrfmmm.2011.10.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/25/2011] [Revised: 09/27/2011] [Accepted: 10/27/2011] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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Oxidative damage to DNA can cause mutations, and mutations can lead to cancer. DNA repair of oxidative damage should therefore play a pivotal role in defending humans against cancer. This is exemplified by the increased risk of colorectal cancer of patients with germ-line mutations of the oxidative damage DNA glycosylase MUTYH. In contrast to germ-line mutations in DNA repair genes, which cause a strong deficiency in DNA repair activity in all cell types, the role of single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in sporadic cancer is unclear also because deficiencies in DNA repair, if any, are expected to be much milder. Further slowing down progress are the paucity of accurate and reproducible functional assays and poor epidemiological design of many studies. This review will focus on the most common and widely studied SNPs of oxidative DNA damage repair proteins trying to bridge the information available on biochemical and structural features of the repair proteins with the functional effects of these variants and their potential impact on the pathogenesis of disease.
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- Valeria Simonelli
- Department of Environment and Primary Prevention, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Rome, Italy.
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Wallace SS, Murphy DL, Sweasy JB. Base excision repair and cancer. Cancer Lett 2012; 327:73-89. [PMID: 22252118 DOI: 10.1016/j.canlet.2011.12.038] [Citation(s) in RCA: 224] [Impact Index Per Article: 18.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/22/2011] [Revised: 12/20/2011] [Accepted: 12/24/2011] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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Base excision repair is the system used from bacteria to man to remove the tens of thousands of endogenous DNA damages produced daily in each human cell. Base excision repair is required for normal mammalian development and defects have been associated with neurological disorders and cancer. In this paper we provide an overview of short patch base excision repair in humans and summarize current knowledge of defects in base excision repair in mouse models and functional studies on short patch base excision repair germ line polymorphisms and their relationship to cancer. The biallelic germ line mutations that result in MUTYH-associated colon cancer are also discussed.
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- Susan S Wallace
- Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, The Markey Center for Molecular Genetics, University of Vermont, Burlington, 05405-0068, United States.
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Frequency of the common germline MUTYH mutations p.G396D and p.Y179C in patients diagnosed with colorectal cancer in Southern Brazil. Int J Colorectal Dis 2011; 26:841-6. [PMID: 21424714 DOI: 10.1007/s00384-011-1172-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 02/18/2011] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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INTRODUCTION MUTYH-associated polyposis (MAP) is an autosomal recessive cancer predisposition syndrome associated with the development of colorectal tumors and colonic polyps at an early age. MAP syndrome is associated to germline biallelic mutations in the MUTYH gene which lead to deficient DNA repair through the base-excision repair system and accumulation of G:C→T:A transversions. Occurrence of such mutations in oncogenes and tumor suppressor genes drives colorectal carcinogenesis and is associated with the development of colonic polyps. Two common mutations, p.Y179C and p.G396D, are present in approximately 70-80% of MAP in European families with identified MUTYH germline mutations. The aim of this study was to assess the frequency of the germline MUTYH mutations p.Y179C and p.G396D in Brazilian patients with MAP and other hereditary colorectal cancer (CRC) phenotypes, as well as in sporadic CRC cases. MATERIALS AND METHODS A total of 75 patients were included. Samples were screened for the MUTYH germline mutations p.Y179C and p.G396D by allelic discrimination assays using allele-specific TaqMan® probes. In all mutation-positive cases, results were confirmed by sequencing. RESULTS AND CONCLUSIONS Biallelic germline MUTYH mutations were identified in 4 of 60 (6.6%) patients with a phenotype of hereditary colorectal cancer. Germline MUTYH mutation screening should be considered in the differential diagnosis of hereditary colorectal syndromes, and not only in MAP, but also in familial adenomatous polyposis and Bethesda criteria-positive families. Additional mutation screening studies of the MUTYH gene in a larger number of Brazilian patients will be necessary to confirm these results and determine the validity and applicability of MUTYH mutation screening in our population.
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Theodoratou E, Campbell H, Tenesa A, Houlston R, Webb E, Lubbe S, Broderick P, Gallinger S, Croitoru EM, Jenkins MA, Win AK, Cleary SP, Koessler T, Pharoah PD, Küry S, Bézieau S, Buecher B, Ellis NA, Peterlongo P, Offit K, Aaltonen LA, Enholm S, Lindblom A, Zhou XL, Tomlinson IP, Moreno V, Blanco I, Capellà G, Barnetson R, Porteous ME, Dunlop MG, Farrington SM. A large-scale meta-analysis to refine colorectal cancer risk estimates associated with MUTYH variants. Br J Cancer 2010; 103:1875-84. [PMID: 21063410 PMCID: PMC3008602 DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6605966] [Citation(s) in RCA: 88] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Background: Defective DNA repair has a causal role in hereditary colorectal cancer (CRC). Defects in the base excision repair gene MUTYH are responsible for MUTYH-associated polyposis and CRC predisposition as an autosomal recessive trait. Numerous reports have suggested MUTYH mono-allelic variants to be low penetrance risk alleles. We report a large collaborative meta-analysis to assess and refine CRC risk estimates associated with bi-allelic and mono-allelic MUTYH variants and investigate age and sex influence on risk. Methods: MUTYH genotype data were included from 20 565 cases and 15 524 controls. Three logistic regression models were tested: a crude model; adjusted for age and sex; adjusted for age, sex and study. Results: All three models produced very similar results. MUTYH bi-allelic carriers demonstrated a 28-fold increase in risk (95% confidence interval (CI): 6.95–115). Significant bi-allelic effects were also observed for G396D and Y179C/G396D compound heterozygotes and a marginal mono-allelic effect for variant Y179C (odds ratio (OR)=1.34; 95% CI: 1.00–1.80). A pooled meta-analysis of all published and unpublished datasets submitted showed bi-allelic effects for MUTYH, G396D and Y179C (OR=10.8, 95% CI: 5.02–23.2; OR=6.47, 95% CI: 2.33–18.0; OR=3.35, 95% CI: 1.14–9.89) and marginal mono-allelic effect for variants MUTYH (OR=1.16, 95% CI: 1.00–1.34) and Y179C alone (OR=1.34, 95% CI: 1.01–1.77). Conclusions: Overall, this large study refines estimates of disease risk associated with mono-allelic and bi-allelic MUTYH carriers.
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- E Theodoratou
- Colon Cancer Genetics Group and Academic Coloproctology, MRC Human Genetics Unit, Institute of Genetics and Molecular Medicine, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
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Out AA, Tops CM, Nielsen M, Weiss MM, van Minderhout IJ, Fokkema IF, Buisine MP, Claes K, Colas C, Fodde R, Fostira F, Franken PF, Gaustadnes M, Heinimann K, Hodgson SV, Hogervorst FB, Holinski-Feder E, Lagerstedt-Robinson K, Olschwang S, Ans M.W. VDO, Redeker EJ, Scott RJ, Vankeirsbilck B, Grønlund RV, Wijnen JT, Wikman FP, Aretz S, Sampson JR, Devilee P, den Dunnen JT, Hes FJ. Leiden open variation database of the MUTYH gene. Hum Mutat 2010; 31:1205-15. [DOI: 10.1002/humu.21343] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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