Evidence of predisposing epimutation in retinoblastoma.
Alleles
DNA Methylation
/ genetics
Epigenesis, Genetic
Female
Gene Silencing
Genetic Predisposition to Disease
Humans
Infant
Male
Mutation
/ genetics
Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide
/ genetics
Promoter Regions, Genetic
Retinoblastoma
/ genetics
Retinoblastoma Binding Proteins
/ genetics
Ubiquitin-Protein Ligases
/ genetics
epimutation
gene silencing
mosaicism
promoter methylation
retinoblastoma
Journal
Human mutation
ISSN: 1098-1004
Titre abrégé: Hum Mutat
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 9215429
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
02 2019
02 2019
Historique:
received:
24
05
2018
revised:
04
10
2018
accepted:
12
11
2018
pubmed:
15
11
2018
medline:
10
3
2020
entrez:
15
11
2018
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
Retinoblastoma (RB), which represents the most common childhood eye cancer, is caused by biallelic inactivation of RB1 gene. Promoter hypermethylation is quite frequent in RB tissues but conclusive evidence of soma-wide predisposing epimutations is currently scant. Here, 50 patients who tested negative for RB1 germline sequence alterations were screened for aberrant promoter methylation using methylation-specific MLPA. The assay, performed on blood, identified a sporadic patient with methylation of CpG106, absent in parents' DNA. Bisulfite pyrosequencing accurately quantified CpG methylation in blood DNA (mean ∼49%) and also confirmed the aberration in DNA isolated from oral mucosa although at lower levels (mean ∼34%). Using a tag-SNP, methylation was demonstrated to affect the maternal allele. Real-time qPCR demonstrated RB1 transcriptional silencing. In conclusion, we documented that promoter methylation can act as the first "hit" in Knudson's model. This mosaic epimutation mimics the effect of an inactivating mutation and phenocopies RB onset.
Substances chimiques
RB1 protein, human
0
Retinoblastoma Binding Proteins
0
Ubiquitin-Protein Ligases
EC 2.3.2.27
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
201-206Informations de copyright
© 2018 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.