Genetic pathways of colorectal carcinogenesis rarely involve the PTEN and LKB1 genes outside the inherited hamartoma syndromes.
Germline mutations of the PTEN/MMAC1/TEP and LKB1 genes cause hamartomas to develop in the gastrointestinal tracts of patients with Cowden syndrome and Peutz-Jeghers syndrome, respectively. PTEN mutations may also be responsible for some cases of juvenile polyposis. Histologically, hamartomas appear...
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| author | Wang, Z Taylor, F Churchman, M Norbury, G Tomlinson, I |
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| description | Germline mutations of the PTEN/MMAC1/TEP and LKB1 genes cause hamartomas to develop in the gastrointestinal tracts of patients with Cowden syndrome and Peutz-Jeghers syndrome, respectively. PTEN mutations may also be responsible for some cases of juvenile polyposis. Histologically, hamartomas appear benign, but there is good evidence that in these syndromes, the hamartomas can progress to colorectal carcinoma. It remains unknown whether or not cancers that develop from hamartomas acquire a spectrum of mutations similar to those in sporadic colon cancers. PTEN and LKB1 are candidate genes for mutations in sporadic colon cancers, either as initiating events in tumorigenesis or providing a selective advantage during tumor growth. Using single-strand conformational polymorphism analysis, we have screened a set of sporadic colon cancers for somatic mutations in PTEN and LKB1. No variants predicted to alter protein function were detected in LKB1, but 1 of 72 cancers showed a somatic mutation in PTEN, together with allele loss. This cancer did not have a detectable APC mutation or allele loss at APC. It remains possible that PTEN and LKB1 are inactivated in other sporadic colon cancers by means such as deletion or promoter methylation. Like BRCA1 and BRCA2, however, it appears that PTEN and LKB1 mutations can cause cancers when present in the germline, but occur rarely in the soma. |
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| spelling | oxford-uuid:70ef421f-7f69-4f7c-bbc3-8642fa81f46d2022-03-26T19:40:28ZGenetic pathways of colorectal carcinogenesis rarely involve the PTEN and LKB1 genes outside the inherited hamartoma syndromes.Journal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_dcae04bcuuid:70ef421f-7f69-4f7c-bbc3-8642fa81f46dEnglishSymplectic Elements at Oxford1998Wang, ZTaylor, FChurchman, MNorbury, GTomlinson, IGermline mutations of the PTEN/MMAC1/TEP and LKB1 genes cause hamartomas to develop in the gastrointestinal tracts of patients with Cowden syndrome and Peutz-Jeghers syndrome, respectively. PTEN mutations may also be responsible for some cases of juvenile polyposis. Histologically, hamartomas appear benign, but there is good evidence that in these syndromes, the hamartomas can progress to colorectal carcinoma. It remains unknown whether or not cancers that develop from hamartomas acquire a spectrum of mutations similar to those in sporadic colon cancers. PTEN and LKB1 are candidate genes for mutations in sporadic colon cancers, either as initiating events in tumorigenesis or providing a selective advantage during tumor growth. Using single-strand conformational polymorphism analysis, we have screened a set of sporadic colon cancers for somatic mutations in PTEN and LKB1. No variants predicted to alter protein function were detected in LKB1, but 1 of 72 cancers showed a somatic mutation in PTEN, together with allele loss. This cancer did not have a detectable APC mutation or allele loss at APC. It remains possible that PTEN and LKB1 are inactivated in other sporadic colon cancers by means such as deletion or promoter methylation. Like BRCA1 and BRCA2, however, it appears that PTEN and LKB1 mutations can cause cancers when present in the germline, but occur rarely in the soma. |
| spellingShingle | Wang, Z Taylor, F Churchman, M Norbury, G Tomlinson, I Genetic pathways of colorectal carcinogenesis rarely involve the PTEN and LKB1 genes outside the inherited hamartoma syndromes. |
| title | Genetic pathways of colorectal carcinogenesis rarely involve the PTEN and LKB1 genes outside the inherited hamartoma syndromes. |
| title_full | Genetic pathways of colorectal carcinogenesis rarely involve the PTEN and LKB1 genes outside the inherited hamartoma syndromes. |
| title_fullStr | Genetic pathways of colorectal carcinogenesis rarely involve the PTEN and LKB1 genes outside the inherited hamartoma syndromes. |
| title_full_unstemmed | Genetic pathways of colorectal carcinogenesis rarely involve the PTEN and LKB1 genes outside the inherited hamartoma syndromes. |
| title_short | Genetic pathways of colorectal carcinogenesis rarely involve the PTEN and LKB1 genes outside the inherited hamartoma syndromes. |
| title_sort | genetic pathways of colorectal carcinogenesis rarely involve the pten and lkb1 genes outside the inherited hamartoma syndromes |
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