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Mutations in the BRCA1 gene in Japanese breast cancer patients.

Abstract
Predisposing germline mutations in the BRCA1 gene were identified recently in families with 17 q-linked breast and ovarian cancers. Using single-strand conformation polymorphism (SSCP) analysis, we examined primary breast cancers for mutations in coding exons of BRCA1 in a panel of 103 patients, of whom all either represented early-onset cases (< 35 of age), were members of multiply-affected families, and/or had developed bilateral breast cancers. Mutations were detected in tumors from four patients, all of whom had developed breast cancers bilaterally: a frame-shift due to a 2-bp deletion at codon 797; a nonsense mutation at codon 1214; and two missense mutations, one at codon 271 leading to Val-->Met substitution, and the other at codon 1150 leading to Pro-->Ser substitution. In each case the same mutation was present in constitutional DNA. The mean age of onset was 49 years among the Japanese carriers of BRCA1 mutations identified in this study, in contrast to the mean age of 35 observed among carriers of BRCA1 mutations in a similar U.S. study (Futreal et al., 1994). The evidence reported here supports a rather limited role of BRCA1 in breast carcinogenesis.
AuthorsT Katagiri, M Emi, I Ito, K Kobayashi, M Yoshimoto, T Iwase, F Kasumi, Y Miki, M H Skolnick, Y Nakamura
JournalHuman mutation (Hum Mutat) Vol. 7 Issue 4 Pg. 334-9 ( 1996) ISSN: 1059-7794 [Print] United States
PMID8723683 (Publication Type: Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't)
Chemical References
  • BRCA1 Protein
  • DNA Primers
  • DNA, Neoplasm
  • Neoplasm Proteins
  • Transcription Factors
Topics
  • Adult
  • BRCA1 Protein
  • Base Sequence
  • Breast Neoplasms (ethnology, genetics)
  • DNA Primers
  • DNA, Neoplasm
  • Genetic Carrier Screening
  • Humans
  • Japan
  • Middle Aged
  • Molecular Sequence Data
  • Mutation
  • Neoplasm Proteins (genetics)
  • Polymorphism, Single-Stranded Conformational
  • Transcription Factors (genetics)

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