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FAMILIAL CANCER
Volume 4, Issue 2, Pages 85-88Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s10689-004-2101-z
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BRCA1; founder mutation; population screen; shared haplotype
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Background: The Tyr978X BRCA1 mutation is a founder mutation detected in high-risk Iraqi-Iranian Jewish families as well as in the general non-Ashkenazi population. The same mutation was also reported in non-Jewish high-risk women from Canada. Its occurrence in non-Jewish individuals from Iran has never been tested. Objective: Assess the occurrence rate of Tyr978X BRCA1 germline mutation in the general population of Iranian non-Jewish individuals and compare the BRCA1-linked haplotype of Jewish and non-Jewish mutation carriers. Methods: PCR amplification of the relevant fragment of the BRCA1 gene, followed by restriction enzyme digestion that differentiates wild type from mutant allele. For haplotyping, 7 BRCA1-linked markers were used. The tested population included 442 apparently healthy Iranian non-Jewish individuals, and 17 mutation carriers from Israel and Canada. Results: The Tyr978X BRCA1 mutation was not detected in any Iranian non-Jewish individual. The intragenic haplotype of all Jewish Israeli mutation carriers was identical, but differed from that of Canadian non-Jews in two intragenic markers. Conclusions: The Tyr978X BRCA1 mutation which is a founder mutation in Jews, may be a hot spot in non-Jewish high risk women, and probably does not represent a rare sequence variant in Iranian non-Jews.
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