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Wismayer R, Matthews R, Whalley C, Kiwanuka J, Kakembo FE, Thorn S, Wabinga H, Odida M, Tomlinson I. Determination of the frequency and distribution of APC, PIK3CA, and SMAD4 gene mutations in Ugandan patients with colorectal cancer. BMC Cancer 2024; 24:1212. [PMID: 39350061 PMCID: PMC11440721 DOI: 10.1186/s12885-024-12967-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/06/2023] [Accepted: 09/19/2024] [Indexed: 10/04/2024] Open
Abstract
Uganda is a developing low-income country with a low incidence of colorectal cancer, which is steadily increasing. Ugandan colorectal cancer (CRC) patients are young and present with advanced-stage disease. In our population, there is a scarcity of genetic oncological studies, therefore, we investigated the mutational status of CRC tissues, focusing in particular on the adenomatous polyposis coli (APC), phosphatidylinositol-4,5-bisphosphate 3-kinase catalytic subunit alpha (PIK3CA), and SMAD4 genes. Our objective was to determine whether there were any differences between other populations and Ugandan patients. We performed next-generation sequencing on the extracted DNA from formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded adenocarcinoma samples from 127 patients (mean (SD) age: 54.9 (16.0) years; male:female sex ratio: 1.2:1). Most tumours were located in the rectum 56 (44.1%), 14 (11%) tumours were high grade, and 96 (75.6%) were moderate grade CRC. Stage III + IV CRC tumours were found in 109 (85.8%) patients. We identified 48 variants of APC, including 9 novel APC mutations that were all pathogenic or deleterious. For PIK3CA, we found 19 variants, of which 9 were deleterious or pathogenic. Four PIK3CA novel pathogenic or deleterious variants were included (c.1397C > G, c.2399_2400insA, c.2621G > C, c.2632C > G). Three SMAD4 variants were reported, including two pathogenic or deleterious variants (c.1268G > T, c.556dupC) and one tolerant (c.563A > C) variant. One novel SMAD4 deleterious mutation (c.1268G > T) was reported. In conclusion, we provide clinicopathological information and new genetic variation data pertinent to CRC in Uganda.
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- Richard Wismayer
- Department of Surgery, Masaka Regional Referral Hospital, Masaka, Uganda.
- Department of Surgery, Faculty of Health Sciences, Equator University of Science and Technology, Masaka, Uganda.
- Department of Surgery, Faculty of Health Sciences, Habib Medical School, IUIU University, Kampala, Uganda.
- Department of Pathology, School of Biomedical Sciences, College of Health Sciences, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda.
- Institute of Genetics and Cancer, College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK.
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- Institute of Genetics and Cancer, College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
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- Institute of Cancer and Genomic Sciences, College of Medical and Dental Sciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, College of Health Sciences, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda
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- Department of Immunology and Molecular Biology, School of Biomedical Sciences, College of Health Sciences, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda
- African Centre of Excellence in Bioinformatics and Data Intensive Sciences, Infectious Diseases Institute, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda
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- Institute of Genetics and Cancer, College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
- Department of Oncology, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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- Department of Pathology, School of Biomedical Sciences, College of Health Sciences, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda
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- Department of Pathology, School of Biomedical Sciences, College of Health Sciences, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda
- Department of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, Gulu University, Gulu, Uganda
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- Institute of Genetics and Cancer, College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
- Department of Oncology, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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Manirakiza F, Rutaganda E, Yamada H, Iwashita Y, Rugwizangoga B, Seminega B, Dusabejambo V, Ntakirutimana G, Ruhangaza D, Uwineza A, Shinmura K, Sugimura H. Clinicopathological Characteristics and Mutational Landscape of APC, HOXB13, and KRAS among Rwandan Patients with Colorectal Cancer. Curr Issues Mol Biol 2023; 45:4359-4374. [PMID: 37232746 PMCID: PMC10217012 DOI: 10.3390/cimb45050277] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/27/2023] [Revised: 04/24/2023] [Accepted: 05/11/2023] [Indexed: 05/27/2023] Open
Abstract
Cancer research in Rwanda is estimated to be less than 1% of the total African cancer research output with limited research on colorectal cancer (CRC). Rwandan patients with CRC are young, with more females being affected than males, and most patients present with advanced disease. Considering the paucity of oncological genetic studies in this population, we investigated the mutational status of CRC tissues, focusing on the Adenomatous polyposis coli (APC), Kirsten rat sarcoma (KRAS), and Homeobox B13 (HOXB13) genes. Our aim was to determine whether there were any differences between Rwandan patients and other populations. To do so, we performed Sanger sequencing of the DNA extracted from formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded adenocarcinoma samples from 54 patients (mean age: 60 years). Most tumors were located in the rectum (83.3%), and 92.6% of the tumors were low-grade. Most patients (70.4%) reported never smoking, and 61.1% of patients had consumed alcohol. We identified 27 variants of APC, including 3 novel mutations (c.4310_4319delAAACACCTCC, c.4463_4470delinsA, and c.4506_4507delT). All three novel mutations are classified as deleterious by MutationTaster2021. We found four synonymous variants (c.330C>A, c.366C>T, c.513T>C, and c.735G>A) of HOXB13. For KRAS, we found six variants (Asp173, Gly13Asp, Gly12Ala, Gly12Asp, Gly12Val, and Gln61His), the last four of which are pathogenic. In conclusion, here we contribute new genetic variation data and provide clinicopathological information pertinent to CRC in Rwanda.
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- Felix Manirakiza
- Department of Pathology, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Rwanda, Kigali P.O. Box 3286, Rwanda; (F.M.)
- Department of Pathology, University Teaching Hospital of Kigali, Kigali P.O. Box 655, Rwanda
- Department of Tumor Pathology, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, 1-20-1 Handayama, Higashi-Ku, Shizuoka 431-3192, Japan; (H.Y.); (Y.I.)
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- Department of Internal Medicine, University Teaching Hospital of Kigali, Kigali P.O. Box 655, Rwanda
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- Department of Tumor Pathology, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, 1-20-1 Handayama, Higashi-Ku, Shizuoka 431-3192, Japan; (H.Y.); (Y.I.)
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- Department of Tumor Pathology, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, 1-20-1 Handayama, Higashi-Ku, Shizuoka 431-3192, Japan; (H.Y.); (Y.I.)
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- Department of Pathology, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Rwanda, Kigali P.O. Box 3286, Rwanda; (F.M.)
- Department of Pathology, University Teaching Hospital of Kigali, Kigali P.O. Box 655, Rwanda
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- Department of Internal Medicine, University Teaching Hospital of Kigali, Kigali P.O. Box 655, Rwanda
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- Department of Internal Medicine, University Teaching Hospital of Kigali, Kigali P.O. Box 655, Rwanda
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- Department of Pathology, University Teaching Hospital of Kigali, Kigali P.O. Box 655, Rwanda
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- Department of Pathology, University Teaching Hospital of Kigali, Kigali P.O. Box 655, Rwanda
- Department of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology and Genetics, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Rwanda, Kigali P.O. Box 3286, Rwanda
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- Department of Tumor Pathology, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, 1-20-1 Handayama, Higashi-Ku, Shizuoka 431-3192, Japan; (H.Y.); (Y.I.)
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- Department of Tumor Pathology, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, 1-20-1 Handayama, Higashi-Ku, Shizuoka 431-3192, Japan; (H.Y.); (Y.I.)
- Sasaki Institute Sasaki Foundation, 2-2 Kanda Surugadai, Chiyoda-Ku, Tokyo 101-0062, Japan
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