title: Spectrum of hSNF5/INI1 somatic mutations in human cancer and genotype-phenotype correlations.
abstract: The hSNF5/INI1 gene which encodes a member of the SWI/SNF chromatin ATP-dependent remodeling complex, is a new tumor suppressor gene localized on chromosome 22q11.2 and recently shown to be mutated in malignant rhabdoid tumors. We have searched for hSNF5/INI1 mutations in 229 tumors of various origins using a screening method based on denaturing high-performance liquid chromatography. A total of 31 homozygous deletions and 36 point alterations were identified. Point mutations were scattered along the coding sequence and included 15 nonsense, 15 frameshift, three splice site, two missense and one editing mutations. Mutations were retrieved in most rhabdoid tumors, whatever their sites of occurrence, indicating the common pathogenetic origin of these tumors. Recurrent hSNF5/INI1 alterations were also observed in choroid plexus carcinomas and in a subset of central primitive neuroectodermal tumors (cPNETs) and medulloblastomas. In contrast, hSNF5/INI1 point mutations were not detected in breast cancers, Wilms' tumors, gliomas, ependymomas, sarcomas and other tumor types, even though most analyzed cases harbored loss of heterozygosity at 22q11.2 loci. These results suggest that rhabdoid tumors, choroid plexus carcinomas and a subset of medulloblastomas and cPNETs share common pathways of oncogenesis related to hSNF5/INI1 alteration and that hSNF5/INI1 mutations define a genetically homogeneous family of highly aggressive cancers mainly occurring in young children and frequently, but not always, exhibiting a rhabdoid phenotype.
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire de Pathologie Moléculaire des Cancers, INSERM U509, Institut Curie, 26 rue d'Ulm, 75248 Paris cedex 05, France.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Sévenet
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Lellouch-Tubiana
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Schofield
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hoang-Xuan
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gessler
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Birnbaum
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Jeanpierre
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Jouvet
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Delattre
mesh_terms: D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid; D002868:Chromosomal Proteins, Non-Histone; D002892:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 22 / Q000235:genetics; D004273:DNA, Neoplasm / Q000235:genetics*; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D017353:Gene Deletion; D005838:Genotype; D006801:Humans; D019656:Loss of Heterozygosity; D010641:Phenotype; D017354:Point Mutation; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D020641:Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide; D018335:Rhabdoid Tumor / Q000235:genetics*; D000071796:SMARCB1 Protein; D014157:Transcription Factors
chemical_list: D002868:Chromosomal Proteins, Non-Histone; D004273:DNA, Neoplasm; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D000071796:SMARCB1 Protein; C513266:SMARCB1 protein, human; D014157:Transcription Factors