title: Mismatch repair deficiency in hematological malignancies with microsatellite instability.
abstract: Mutations in human mismatch repair (MMR) genes are the genetic basis for certain types of solid tumors displaying microsatellite instability (MSI). MSI has also been observed in hematological malignancies, but whether these hematological malignancies are associated with MMR deficiency is still unclear. Using both biochemical and genetic approaches, this study analysed MMR proficiency in 11 cell lines derived from patients with hematological malignancies and demonstrated that six out of seven hematological cancer cell lines with MSI were defective in strand-specific MMR. In vitro complementation experiments, using characterized MMR mutant extracts or purified proteins, showed that these hematological cancer cells were defective in either hMutS(alpha) (a heterodimer of hMSH2 and hMSH6) or hMutL(alpha) (a heterodimer of hMLH1 and hPMS2). Furthermore, cell lines deficient in hMutS(alpha) showed large deletions or point mutations in hMSH2, while those deficient in hMutL(alpha) exhibited point mutations in hMLH1 or a lack of expression of hPMS2. From these results, we conclude that, as in solid tumors, hematological malignancies with MSI are also associated with MMR deficiency, and that the cause of MMR deficiency in these cell lines is due to a defective MutS(alpha) or MutL(alpha). We also report here, for the first time, that an MSI-positive cell line derived from Burkitt's lymphoma is proficient in MMR.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Kentucky Medical Center, Lexington, Kentucky, KY 40536, USA. lgu0@uky.edu
authors.forename: Liya
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Gu
authors.forename: Brandee
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Cline-Brown
authors.forename: Fujian
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Lu
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Qiu
authors.forename: Guo-Min
authors.initials: GM
authors.lastname: Li
mesh_terms: D048868:Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing; D020137:Base Pair Mismatch; D002352:Carrier Proteins; D002455:Cell Division; D004260:DNA Repair / Q000235:genetics*; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D006801:Humans; D007938:Leukemia / Q000235:genetics* / Q000473:pathology; D018895:Microsatellite Repeats; D000070957:MutL Protein Homolog 1; D051718:MutS Homolog 2 Protein; D009154:Mutation; D009363:Neoplasm Proteins / Q000235:genetics; D009687:Nuclear Proteins; D011518:Proto-Oncogene Proteins / Q000235:genetics; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured
chemical_list: D048868:Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing; D002352:Carrier Proteins; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; C501486:MLH1 protein, human; D009363:Neoplasm Proteins; D009687:Nuclear Proteins; D011518:Proto-Oncogene Proteins; C497172:MSH2 protein, human; D000070957:MutL Protein Homolog 1; D051718:MutS Homolog 2 Protein