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@ARTICLE{Kumar:167140,
author = {A. Kumar$^*$ and N. Paramasivam and O. R. Bandapalli$^*$
and M. Schlesner$^*$ and T. Chen and R. Sijmons and D.
Dymerska and K. Golebiewska and M. Kuswik and J. Lubinski
and K. Hemminki$^*$ and A. Försti$^*$},
title = {{A} rare large duplication of {MLH}1 identified in {L}ynch
syndrome.},
journal = {Hereditary cancer in clinical practice},
volume = {19},
number = {1},
issn = {1897-4287},
address = {Heidelberg},
publisher = {Springer},
reportid = {DKFZ-2021-00161},
pages = {10},
year = {2021},
note = {#EA:C050#LA:B062#},
abstract = {The most frequently identified strong cancer predisposition
mutations for colorectal cancer (CRC) are those in the
mismatch repair (MMR) genes in Lynch syndrome. Laboratory
diagnostics include testing tumors for immunohistochemical
staining (IHC) of the Lynch syndrome-associated DNA MMR
proteins and/or for microsatellite instability (MSI)
followed by sequencing or other techniques, such as
denaturing high performance liquid chromatography (DHPLC),
to identify the mutation.In an ongoing project focusing on
finding Mendelian cancer syndromes we applied
whole-exome/whole-genome sequencing (WES/WGS) to 19 CRC
families.Three families were identified with a
pathogenic/likely pathogenic germline variant in a MMR gene
that had previously tested negative in DHPLC gene variant
screening. All families had a history of CRC in several
family members across multiple generations. Tumor analysis
showed loss of the MMR protein IHC staining corresponding to
the mutated genes, as well as MSI. In family A, a structural
variant, a duplication of exons 4 to 13, was identified in
MLH1. The duplication was predicted to lead to a frameshift
at amino acid 520 and a premature stop codon at amino acid
539. In family B, a 1 base pair deletion was found in MLH1,
resulting in a frameshift and a stop codon at amino acid
491. In family C, we identified a splice site variant in
MSH2, which was predicted to lead loss of a splice donor
site.We identified altogether three pathogenic/likely
pathogenic variants in the MMR genes in three of the 19
sequenced families. The MLH1 variants, a duplication of
exons 4 to 13 and a frameshift variant, were novel, based on
the InSiGHT and ClinVar databases; the MSH2 splice site
variant was reported by a single submitter in ClinVar. As a
variant class, duplications have rarely been reported in the
MMR gene literature, particularly those covering several
exons.},
keywords = {Genetic predisposition (Other) / Lynch syndrome (Other) /
Mismatch repair genes (Other) / Whole-genome sequencing
(Other)},
cin = {C050 / B062 / HD01 / B240},
ddc = {610},
cid = {I:(DE-He78)C050-20160331 / I:(DE-He78)B062-20160331 /
I:(DE-He78)HD01-20160331 / I:(DE-He78)B240-20160331},
pnm = {312 - Funktionelle und strukturelle Genomforschung
(POF4-312)},
pid = {G:(DE-HGF)POF4-312},
typ = {PUB:(DE-HGF)16},
pubmed = {pmid:33468175},
doi = {10.1186/s13053-021-00167-0},
url = {https://inrepo02.dkfz.de/record/167140},
}