Copy number variations are not modifiers of phenotypic expression in a pair of identical twins carrying a BRCA1 mutation
Por:
Lasa, A, Cajal, TRY, Llort, G, Suela, J, Cigudosa, JC, Cornet, M, Alonso, C, Barnadas, A, Baiget, M
Publicada:
1 oct 2010
Resumen:
Mutations in BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes confer a high risk of breast and ovarian cancer but the incomplete penetrance of these mutations suggests that other genetic and/or environmental factors may modify this risk. We present a family where all affected members carried a mutation in the BRCA1 gene and the index case had suffered from cancer twice in the last 27 years, whereas her monozygotic twin sister, also a carrier of the mutation, remained healthy. As copy number variants (CNVs) contribute to phenotypic diversity, a comparative genomic hybridization array (CGH) was performed to see whether the differences in the CNV profile were a modifier factor of the phenotype in our monozygotic twins. Our results show that differences in the CNVs profile were not the cause of the extremely variable penetrance observed in our MZ twin. The search for an explanation should not therefore be limited to genetic changes at the level of the DNA sequence.
Filiaciones:
Lasa, A:
Autonomous Univ Barcelona, Hosp St Pau, Dept Genet, Barcelona, Spain
Cajal, TRY:
Autonomous Univ Barcelona, Dept Clin Oncol, Hosp St Pau, Barcelona, Spain
Llort, G:
Corp Parc Tauli, Dept Clin Oncol, Barcelona, Spain
Suela, J:
NIMGenetics, Madrid, Spain
Cigudosa, JC:
NIMGenetics, Madrid, Spain
Cornet, M:
Autonomous Univ Barcelona, Hosp St Pau, Dept Genet, Barcelona, Spain
CIBERER, U705, Barcelona, Spain
Alonso, C:
Autonomous Univ Barcelona, Dept Clin Oncol, Hosp St Pau, Barcelona, Spain
Barnadas, A:
Autonomous Univ Barcelona, Dept Clin Oncol, Hosp St Pau, Barcelona, Spain
Baiget, M:
Hosp Santa Creu & Sant Pau, Serv Genet, Barcelona 08025, Spain
Autonomous Univ Barcelona, Hosp St Pau, Dept Genet, Barcelona, Spain
CIBERER, U705, Barcelona, Spain
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