title: High proportion of novel mutations of BRCA1 and BRCA2 in breast/ovarian cancer patients from Castilla-León (central Spain).
abstract: A total of 264 unrelated breast/ovarian cancer patients and 45 healthy individuals with familial antecedents referred for genetic testing were scanned for germ-line mutations in BRCA1 and BRCA2 by conformation-sensitive gel electrophoresis (CSGE) and heteroduplex analysis by capillary array electrophoresis (HA-CAE). We detected 101 distinct mutations (41 in BRCA1 and 60 in BRCA2); ten of them have not been previously reported. These mutations were c.2411_2429dup19, c.2802_2805delCAAA and c.5294A>G (p.E1725E) of BRCA1; and c.667C>T (p.Q147X), c.2683C>T (p.Q819X), c.5344_5347delAATA, c.5578_5579delAA;insT, c.8260_8261insGA, c.744+14C>T and c.8099A>G (p.Y2624C) of BRCA2. Twenty-four different mutations, including seven of the new mutations (five frameshift and two nonsense), were classified as pathogenic. These 24 alterations were found in 39 families (12.6% of all families). A remarkable proportion of deleterious mutations were found in BRCA2: 25 families carried a mutation in BRCA2 (BRCA2+; 64.1%) compared with 14 families BRCA1+ (35.9%). The highest incidences of deleterious mutations were found in families with three or more cases of site-specific breast cancer (BC) (27.4%) and families with BC and ovarian cancer (22.2%). Finally, four recurrent mutations, 3036_3039delACAA, c.5374_5377delTATG of BRCA2, as well as c.5272-1G>A and c.5242C>A (p.A1708E) of BRCA1, accounted for 44% of all of the deleterious mutations.
authors.affiliation: Laboratorio de Genética del Cáncer, Instituto de Biología y Genética Molecular, Universidad de Valladolid, Sanz y Forés s/n, 47003 Valladolid, Spain.
authors.forename: Mar
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Infante
authors.forename: Mercedes
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Durán
authors.forename: Eva
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Esteban-Cardeñosa
authors.forename: Cristina
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Miner
authors.forename: Eladio
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Velasco
mesh_terms: D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000235:genetics*; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D004252:DNA Mutational Analysis; D004273:DNA, Neoplasm / Q000097:blood / Q000235:genetics; D005260:Female; D019398:Genes, BRCA1; D024522:Genes, BRCA2; D014644:Genetic Variation; D006801:Humans; D009154:Mutation; D010051:Ovarian Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000235:genetics*; D011110:Polymorphism, Genetic; D013030:Spain / Q000453:epidemiology
chemical_list: D004273:DNA, Neoplasm