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RESEARCH SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.
The frequency of hereditary defective mismatch repair in a prospective series of unselected colorectal carcinomas.
American Journal of Human Genetics 2001 October
A comprehensive analysis of somatic and germline mutations related to DNA mismatch-repair (MMR) genes can clarify the prevalence and mechanism of inactivation in colorectal carcinoma (CRC). In the present study, 257 unselected patients referred for CRC resection were examined for evidence of defective DNA MMR. In particular, we sought to determine the frequency of hereditary defects in DNA MMR in this cohort of patients. MMR status was assessed by testing of tumors for the presence or absence of hMLH1, hMSH2, and hMSH6 protein expression and for microsatellite instability (MSI). Of the 257 patients, 51 (20%) had evidence of defective MMR, demonstrating high levels of MSI (MSI-H) and an absence of either hMLH1 (n=48) or hMSH2 (n=3). All three patients lacking hMSH2, as well as one patient lacking hMLH1, also demonstrated an absence of hMSH6. DNA sequence analysis of the 51 patients with defective MMR revealed seven germline mutations-four in hMLH1 (two truncating and two missense) and three in hMSH2 (all truncating). A detailed family history was available for 225 of the 257 patients. Of the seven patients with germline mutations, only three had family histories consistent with hereditary nonpolyposis colorectal cancer. Of the remaining patients who had tumors with defective MMR, eight had somatic mutations in hMLH1. In addition, hypermethylation of the hMLH1 gene promoter was present in 37 (88%) of the 42 hMLH1-negative cases available for study and in all MSI-H tumors that showed loss of hMLH1 expression but no detectable hMLH1 mutations. Our results suggest that, although defective DNA MMR occurs in approximately 20% of unselected patients presenting for CRC resection, hereditary CRC due to mutations in the MMR pathway account for only a small proportion of patients. Of the 257 patients, only 5 (1.9%) appear to have unequivocal evidence of hereditary defects in MMR. The epigenetic (nonhereditary) mechanism of hMLH1 promoter hypermethylation appears to be responsible for the majority of the remaining patients whose tumors are characterized by defective DNA MMR.
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