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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
6689
pubmed:dateCreated
1998-7-27
pubmed:databankReference
pubmed:abstractText
Malignant rhabdoid tumours (MRTs) are extremely aggressive cancers of early childhood. They can occur in various locations, mainly the kidney, brain and soft tissues. Cytogenetic and molecular analyses have shown that the deletion of region 11.2 of the long arm of chromosome 22 (22q11.2) is a recurrent genetic characteristic of MRTs, indicating that this locus may encode a tumour suppressor gene. Here we map the most frequently deleted part of chromosome 22q11.2 from a panel of 13 MRT cell lines. We observed six homozygous deletions that delineate the smallest region of overlap between the cell lines. This region is found in the hSNF5/INI1 gene, which encodes a member of the chromatin-remodelling SWI/SNF multiprotein complexes. We analysed the sequence of hSNF5/INI1 and found frameshift or nonsense mutations of this gene in six other cell lines. These truncating mutations of one allele were associated with the loss of the other allele. Identical alterations were observed in corresponding primary tumour DNAs but not in matched constitutional DNAs, indicating that they had been acquired somatically. The observation of bi-allelic alterations of hSNF5/INI1 in MRTs suggests that loss-of-function mutations of hSNF5/INI1 contribute to oncogenesis.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jul
pubmed:issn
0028-0836
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
9
pubmed:volume
394
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
203-6
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1998
pubmed:articleTitle
Truncating mutations of hSNF5/INI1 in aggressive paediatric cancer.
pubmed:affiliation
Laboratoire de Pathologie Moléculaire des Cancers, Section de Recherche, Institut Curie, Paris, France.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't