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ESMO Open ; 7(4): 100525, 2022 08.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-35777164

RESUMO

BACKGROUND: The incidence of cutaneous melanoma is increasing in Italy, in parallel with the implementation of gene panels. Therefore, a revision of national genetic assessment criteria for hereditary melanoma may be needed. The aim of this study was to identify predictors of susceptibility variants in the largest prospective cohort of Italian high-risk melanoma cases studied to date. MATERIALS AND METHODS: From 25 Italian centers, we recruited 1044 family members and germline sequenced 940 cutaneous melanoma index cases through a shared gene panel, which included the following genes: CDKN2A, CDK4, BAP1, POT1, ACD, TERF2IP, MITF and ATM. We assessed detection rate according to familial status, region of origin, number of melanomas and presence and type of non-melanoma tumors. RESULTS: The overall detection rate was 9.47% (5.53% analyzing CDKN2A alone), ranging from 5.14% in sporadic multiple melanoma cases (spoMPM) with two cutaneous melanomas to 13.9% in familial cases with at least three affected members. Three or more cutaneous melanomas in spoMPM cases, pancreatic cancer and region of origin predicted germline status [odds ratio (OR) = 3.23, 3.15, 2.43, P < 0.05]. Conversely, age > 60 years was a negative independent predictor (OR = 0.13, P = 0.008), and was the age category with the lowest detection rate, especially for CDKN2A. Detection rate was 19% when cutaneous melanoma and pancreatic cancer clustered together. CONCLUSIONS: Gene panel doubled the detection rate given by CDKN2A alone. National genetic testing criteria may need a revision, especially regarding age cut-off (60) in the absence of strong family history, pancreatic cancer and/or a high number of cutaneous melanomas.


Assuntos
Melanoma , Neoplasias Pancreáticas , Neoplasias Cutâneas , Inibidor p16 de Quinase Dependente de Ciclina , Mutação em Linhagem Germinativa , Humanos , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Estudos Prospectivos , Melanoma Maligno Cutâneo , Neoplasias Pancreáticas
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Horm Metab Res ; 35(1): 24-8, 2003 Jan.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-12669267

RESUMO

Relaxin is a peptide hormone that, in humans, is encoded by two genes referred to as H1 and H2, both located into chromosome 9p24.1. We have searched for polymorphisms in the 5'-flanking sequence of these genes. Both genes possess a CT repeat followed by a GT repeat. CT and GT repeats of the H2 gene are longer than those of the H1 gene. Moreover, CT and GT repeats of the H2 gene, but not those of the H1 gene, show length polymorphism. Protein-DNA interaction experiments suggest that difference between the H1 and H2 GT repeats may have arisen because the requirements of the transcriptional regulation of the two genes are different.


Assuntos
Região 5'-Flanqueadora/genética , Repetições de Dinucleotídeos/genética , Polimorfismo Genético/genética , Relaxina/genética , Actinas/genética , Sondas de DNA , Regulação da Expressão Gênica , Humanos , Repetições de Microssatélites , Polimorfismo Conformacional de Fita Simples , Reação em Cadeia da Polimerase Via Transcriptase Reversa
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Horm Metab Res ; 34(6): 303-10, 2002 Jun.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-12173070

RESUMO

APE/Ref-1 is a multifunctional protein possessing both redox and DNA repair functions. Through its redox activity, APE/Ref-1 controls the DNA-binding function of several transcriptional regulators (AP1, NF-kappaB, p53, Pax proteins). We have previously shown that APE/Ref-1 upregulates the transcriptional activity of the thyroid-specific transcription factor Pax8. In thyroid cells, APE/Ref-1 can be detected both in the nuclear and cytoplasmatic compartments. In this study regulatory mechanisms acting on APE/Ref-1 were revealed using the FRTL-5 cell line. TSH induces both cytoplasm-to-nucleus translocation and neosynthesis of APE/Ref-1 protein. Interestingly, only neosynthesis is dependent on cAMP signalling. In contrast, the cytoplasm-to-nucleus translocation is dependent on redox-mediated mechanisms. Based upon the data shown in this study and in others, a bimodal control of APE/Ref-1 by TSH can be delineated.


Assuntos
Carbono-Oxigênio Liases/análise , Carbono-Oxigênio Liases/metabolismo , AMP Cíclico/farmacologia , DNA Liase (Sítios Apurínicos ou Apirimidínicos) , Glândula Tireoide/metabolismo , Tireotropina/farmacologia , Animais , Transporte Biológico/efeitos dos fármacos , Cálcio/metabolismo , Carbono-Oxigênio Liases/biossíntese , Linhagem Celular , Núcleo Celular/química , Núcleo Celular/metabolismo , AMP Cíclico/metabolismo , Citoplasma/química , Citoplasma/metabolismo , Oxirredução , Ratos , Transdução de Sinais , Glândula Tireoide/química , Glândula Tireoide/ultraestrutura
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Hum Mutat ; 18(5): 361-74, 2001 Nov.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-11668629

RESUMO

The homeodomain (encoded by the homeobox) is the DNA-binding domain of a large variety of transcriptional regulators involved in controlling cell fate decisions and development. Mutations of homeobox-containing genes cause several diseases in humans. A variety of missense mutations giving rise to human diseases have been described. These mutations are an excellent model to better understand homeodomain molecular functions. To this end, homeobox missense mutations giving rise to human diseases are reviewed. Seventy-four independent homeobox mutations have been observed in 17 different genes. In the same genes, 30 missense mutations outside the homeobox have been observed, indicating that the homeodomain is more easily affected by single amino acids changes than the rest of the protein. Most missense mutations have dominant effects. Several data indicate that dominance is mostly due to haploinsufficiency. Among proteins having the homeodomain as the only DNA-binding domain, three "hot spot" regions can be delineated: 1) at codon encoding for Arg5; 2) at codon encoding for Arg31; and 3) at codons encoding for amino acids of recognition helix. In the latter, mutations at codons encoding for Arg residues at positions 52 and 53 are prevalent. In the recognition helix, Arg residues at positions 52 and 53 establish contacts with phosphates in the DNA backbone. Missense mutations of amino acids that contribute to sequence discrimination (such as those at positions 50 and 54) are present only in a minority of cases. Similar data have been obtained when missense mutations of proteins possessing an additional DNA-binding domain have been analyzed. The only exception is observed in the POU1F1 (PIT1) homeodomain, in which Arg58 is a "hot spot" for mutations, but is not involved in DNA recognition.


Assuntos
Genes Homeobox/genética , Doenças Genéticas Inatas/genética , Proteínas de Homeodomínio/química , Proteínas de Homeodomínio/genética , Mutação de Sentido Incorreto/genética , Sequência de Aminoácidos , Genes Dominantes/genética , Proteínas de Homeodomínio/metabolismo , Humanos , Modelos Moleculares , Dados de Sequência Molecular , Estrutura Terciária de Proteína
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