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Type: | Journal article |
Title: | A novel recurrent mutation in MITF predisposes to familial and sporadic melanoma |
Author: | Yokoyama, S. Woods, S. Boyle, G. Aoude, L. MacGregor, S. Zismann, V. Gartside, M. Cust, A. Haq, R. Harland, M. Taylor, J. Duffy, D. Holohan, K. Dutton-Regester, K. Palmer, J. Bonazzi, V. Stark, M. Symmons, J. Law, M. Schmidt, C. et al. |
Citation: | Nature, 2011; 480(7375):99-U266 |
Publisher: | Nature Publishing Group |
Issue Date: | 2011 |
ISSN: | 0028-0836 1476-4687 |
Statement of Responsibility: | Satoru Yokoyama, Susan L. Woods, Glen M. Boyle, Lauren G. Aoude, Stuart MacGregor ... Susan L Woods ... et al. |
Abstract: | So far, two genes associated with familial melanoma have been identified, accounting for a minority of genetic risk in families. Mutations in CDKN2A account for approximately 40% of familial cases, and predisposing mutations in CDK4 have been reported in a very small number of melanoma kindreds. Here we report the whole-genome sequencing of probands from several melanoma families, which we performed in order to identify other genes associated with familial melanoma. We identify one individual carrying a novel germline variant (coding DNA sequence c.G1075A; protein sequence p.E318K; rs149617956) in the melanoma-lineage-specific oncogene microphthalmia-associated transcription factor (MITF). Although the variant co-segregated with melanoma in some but not all cases in the family, linkage analysis of 31 families subsequently identified to carry the variant generated a log of odds (lod) score of 2.7 under a dominant model, indicating E318K as a possible intermediate risk variant. Consistent with this, the E318K variant was significantly associated with melanoma in a large Australian case-control sample. Likewise, it was similarly associated in an independent case-control sample from the United Kingdom. In the Australian sample, the variant allele was significantly over-represented in cases with a family history of melanoma, multiple primary melanomas, or both. The variant allele was also associated with increased naevus count and non-blue eye colour. Functional analysis of E318K showed that MITF encoded by the variant allele had impaired sumoylation and differentially regulated several MITF targets. These data indicate that MITF is a melanoma-predisposition gene and highlight the utility of whole-genome sequencing to identify novel rare variants associated with disease susceptibility. |
Keywords: | Humans Melanoma Genetic Predisposition to Disease Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic Mutation Adult Aged Aged, 80 and over Middle Aged Female Male Microphthalmia-Associated Transcription Factor Young Adult Sumoylation |
Rights: | © 2011 Macmillan Publishers Limited. All rights reserved. This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial-Share Alike licence (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/), which permits distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. This licence does not permit commercial exploitation, and derivative works must be licensed under the same or similar licence. |
DOI: | 10.1038/nature10630 |
Grant ID: | http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/566946 http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/107359 http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/211172 http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/402761 http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/520018 |
Published version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nature10630 |
Appears in Collections: | Aurora harvest 8 Medicine publications |
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