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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
23
pubmed:dateCreated
2001-6-22
pubmed:abstractText
We have previously reported that there is a high incidence of microsatellite instability (MSI) and germline mismatch repair gene mutation in colorectal cancer arising from young Hong Kong Chinese. Most of the germline mutations involve hMSH2, which is different from the mutation spectrum in the Western population. It is well known that alternative splicing is common in hMLH1, which complicates RNA based mutation detection methods. In contrast, large deletions in hMLH1, commonly observed in some ethnic groups, tend to escape detection by exon-by-exon direct DNA sequencing. Here we report the detection of a novel germline 1.8 kb deletion involving exon 11 of hMLH1 in a local hereditary non-polyposis colorectal cancer family. This mutation generates a mRNA transcript with deletion of exons 10-11, which is indistinguishable from one of the most common and predominant hMLH1 splice variants. A diagnostic test based on PCR of the breakpoint region led to the identification of an additional young colorectal cancer patient with this mutation. Haplotype analysis suggests that they may share a common ancestral mutation. Our results caution investigators in the interpretation of alternative splicing and have important implications for the design of hMLH1 mutation detection strategy in the Chinese population.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
May
pubmed:issn
0950-9232
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
24
pubmed:volume
20
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
2976-81
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:11420710-Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing, pubmed-meshheading:11420710-Adult, pubmed-meshheading:11420710-Alternative Splicing, pubmed-meshheading:11420710-Carrier Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:11420710-China, pubmed-meshheading:11420710-Colorectal Neoplasms, pubmed-meshheading:11420710-Female, pubmed-meshheading:11420710-Founder Effect, pubmed-meshheading:11420710-Germ-Line Mutation, pubmed-meshheading:11420710-Haplotypes, pubmed-meshheading:11420710-Hong Kong, pubmed-meshheading:11420710-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:11420710-Male, pubmed-meshheading:11420710-Microsatellite Repeats, pubmed-meshheading:11420710-Middle Aged, pubmed-meshheading:11420710-Neoplasm Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:11420710-Nuclear Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:11420710-Pedigree, pubmed-meshheading:11420710-Polymerase Chain Reaction, pubmed-meshheading:11420710-Sequence Deletion
pubmed:year
2001
pubmed:articleTitle
A novel germline 1.8-kb deletion of hMLH1 mimicking alternative splicing: a founder mutation in the Chinese population.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Pathology, The University of Hong Kong, Queen Mary Hospital, Hong Kong.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't