Family history of von Hippel-Lindau disease was uncommon in Chinese patients: suggesting the higher frequency of de novo mutations in VHL gene in these patients
Family history of von Hippel-Lindau disease was uncommon in Chinese patients: suggesting the higher frequency of de novo mutations in VHL gene in these patients
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von Hippel-Lindau病家族史在中国患者中并不常见:表明这些患者中VHL基因新生突变的频率较高
DOI:
10.1038/jhg.2012.10
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发表时间:
2012-04-01
影响因子:
3.5
通讯作者:
Gong, Kan
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作者:
Wu, Pengjie;Zhang, Ning;Gong, Kan
Von Hippel-Lindau (VHL) disease is an autosomal dominant familial cancer syndrome caused by germline mutations in VHL tumor suppressor gene. It is characterized by hemangioblastoma in central nervous system and retina, renal cell carcinoma or cyst, pheochromocytoma, pancreatic cyst and tumor, endolymphatic-sac tumor, and papillary cystadenoma in epididymis and broad ligament. Here, we used PCR-direct sequencing and universal primer quantitative fluorescent multiplex PCR (UPQFM-PCR) to detect VHL mutations in 16 patients clinically diagnosed with VHL disease. PCR-direct sequencing detected 12 germline mutations (75%, 12/16), in which a novel mutation of c.451A>T/p.Ile151Phe found in one proband had not been reported previously. UPQFM-PCR found two large deletions (12.5%, 2/16). The two remaining patients carried non-typical disease-causing mutations, including one silent mutation (c.481C>A/p.Arg161Arg) and one mutation in 3'-UTR (c.642+70C>A). Remarkably, 56.3% (9/16) probands did not have family history of VHL disease, suggesting the higher frequency of de novo mutations in Chinese patients. We also summarized Chinese VHL disease patients with VHL mutation findings published in the literature to provide information about the spectrum of VHL mutations in Chinese VHL disease patients. Journal of Human Genetics (2012) 57, 238-243; doi:10.1038/jhg.2012.10; published online 23 February 2012