期刊
GENES
卷 13, 期 4, 页码 -出版社
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/genes13040644
关键词
PTEN promoter; PTEN hamartoma tumor syndrome (PHTS); gastroesophageal junction adenocarcinoma; breast cancer
资金
- AIRC [IG 2019-ID.23794]
- AIRC fellowship for Italy [26678-2021]
- Italian Ministry of Health [SG-2019-12371540]
- Italian MIUR [2017WNKSLr-LS4]
This study reports a variant in the promoter of the PTEN gene that may affect the expression of PTEN protein. The variant was found to be associated with cancer risk in patients based on analysis of tissue samples.
Genetic variants located in non-coding regions can affect processes that regulate protein expression, functionally contributing to human disease. Germline heterozygous mutations in the non-coding region of the PTEN gene have been previously identified in patients with PTEN hamartoma tumor syndrome (PHTS) diagnosed with breast, thyroid, and/or endometrial cancer. In this study, we report a PTEN promoter variant (rs34149102 A allele) that was identified by direct sequencing in an Italian family with a history of gastroesophageal junction (GEJ) adenocarcinoma and breast cancer. In order to investigate the putative functional role of the rs34149102 A allele variant, we evaluated the status of PTEN alterations at the somatic level. We found that PTEN protein expression was absent in the GEJ adenocarcinoma tissue of the index case. Moreover, we detected the occurrence of copy number loss involving the PTEN rs34149102 major C allele in tumor tissue, revealing that the second allele was somatically inactivated. This variant is located within an active regulatory region of the PTEN core promoter, and in silico analysis suggests that it may affect the binding of the nuclear transcription factor MAZ and hence PTEN expression. Overall, these results reveal the functional role of the PTEN promoter rs34149102 A allele variant in the modulation of PTEN protein expression and highlight its contribution to hereditary cancer risk.
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