title: Genetic testing in presymptomatic diagnosis of multiple endocrine neoplasia.
abstract: Multiple endocrine neoplasias (MEN) are familial diseases characterized by endocrine neoplasms and transmitted in an autosomal dominant manner. In MEN type 1, the major lesions affect parathyroid glands, pancreatic islet cells and anterior pituitary. The MEN-1 gene has been mapped to chromosome 11q13 and a set of DNA-polymorphic markers localized close to this region provides a useful tool for presymptomatic diagnosis in MEN-1 families. MEN type 2 refers to the inherited forms of medullary thyroid carcinoma (MTC) associated or not with pheochromocytoma and hyperparathyroidism. In MEN-2, germinal mutations of the C-RET proto-oncogene which is localized on chromosome 10q11 have been found in the three clinical and allelic forms of the syndrome respectively, MEN-2 type A, B and familial isolated MTC. Mutations of C-RET are found in more than 90% of MEN-2 patients and genetic screening leads to accurate risk evaluation in families and consequently a preventive treatment of MTC and adrenal neoplasms. Recent discoveries on MEN syndromes and related familial endocrine disorders have a major clinical impact and allow a better understanding of the physiological pathways involved in familial as well as in sporadic endocrine tumor pathogenesis.
authors.affiliation: Molecular Genetics Unit, Hôpital Edouard Herriot, Lyon, France.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Calender
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Giraud
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Schuffenecker
authors.forename: G M
authors.initials: GM
authors.lastname: Lenoir
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Gaudray
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Courseaux
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Porchet
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Aubert
authors.forename: C X
authors.initials: CX
authors.lastname: Zhang
mesh_terms: D002879:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 10; D002880:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 11; D029721:Drosophila Proteins; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009377:Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000235:genetics*; D018761:Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia Type 1 / Q000235:genetics; D018813:Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia Type 2a / Q000235:genetics; D009154:Mutation; D010375:Pedigree; D000090063:Proto-Oncogene Mas; D011518:Proto-Oncogene Proteins / Q000235:genetics; D051096:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-ret; D020794:Receptor Protein-Tyrosine Kinases / Q000235:genetics
chemical_list: D029721:Drosophila Proteins; C000715470:MAS1 protein, human; D000090063:Proto-Oncogene Mas; D011518:Proto-Oncogene Proteins; D051096:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-ret; D020794:Receptor Protein-Tyrosine Kinases; C416649:Ret protein, Drosophila