Your browser doesn't support javascript.
loading
Mostrar: 20 | 50 | 100
Resultados 1 - 20 de 188
Filtrar
1.
Dig Dis Sci ; 69(3): 1035-1054, 2024 Mar.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-38282187

RESUMO

BACKGROUND: Liver hepatocellular carcinoma (LIHC) is a serious liver disease worldwide, and its pathogenesis is complicated. AIMS: This study investigated the potential role of FANCA in the advancement and prognosis of LIHC. METHODS: Public databases, quantitative reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (qRT-PCR), western blot (WB) and immunohistochemistry (IHC) were employed to measure FANCA expression between tumor and normal samples. The relationship between FANCA expression and prognosis of LIHC patients were examined. Functional enrichment of FANCA-related genes was performed. Furthermore, univariate and multivariate analyses were conducted to determine the independent prognosis value of FANCA in LIHC. Finally, influence of FANCA knockout on the proliferation, migration, and invasion of HepG2 cell was validated with cloning formation, CCK8, and Transwell assays. RESULTS: Expression analysis presented that FANCA had high expression level in LIHC tissues and cells. Receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve analysis showed that FANCA was of great diagnosis value in LIHC. Clinicopathological analysis revealed that FANCA was significantly greater expressed in the advanced stage than in the early stage of LIHC. Univariate, multivariate, and Kaplan-Meier survival analysis confirmed that high expression of FANCA was strongly associated with poor survival of LIHC patients. In addition, high level of FANCA in LIHC showed a negative association with immunoinfiltrated B cells, T cells, and stromal scores. Moreover, Knockout of FANCA significantly inhibited HepG2 cell proliferative activity, migration, and invasion ability. CONCLUSIONS: Our data revealed that high level of FANCA was closely associated with LIHC malignant progression, suggesting its potential utility as a diagnostic, predictive indicator, and therapeutic target.


Assuntos
Carcinoma Hepatocelular , Anemia de Fanconi , Neoplasias Hepáticas , Humanos , Carcinoma Hepatocelular/genética , Neoplasias Hepáticas/genética , Western Blotting , Prognóstico , Proteína do Grupo de Complementação A da Anemia de Fanconi/genética
2.
Blood Adv ; 8(4): 899-908, 2024 Feb 27.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-38191666

RESUMO

ABSTRACT: Fanconi anemia (FA) is a hereditary, DNA repair deficiency disorder caused by pathogenic variants in any 1 of 22 known genes (FANCA-FANCW). Variants in FANCA account for nearly two-thirds of all patients with FA. Clinical presentation of FA can be heterogeneous and include congenital abnormalities, progressive bone marrow failure, and predisposition to cancer. Here, we describe a relatively mild disease manifestation among 6 individuals diagnosed with FA, each compound heterozygous for 1 established pathogenic FANCA variant and 1 FANCA exon 36 variant, c.3624C>T. These individuals had delayed onset of hematological abnormalities, increased survival, reduced incidence of cancer, and improved fertility. Although predicted to encode a synonymous change (p.Ser1208=), the c.3624C>T variant causes a splicing error resulting in a FANCA transcript missing the last 4 base pairs of exon 36. Deep sequencing and quantitative reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction analysis revealed that 6% to 10% of the FANCA transcripts included the canonical splice product, which generated wild-type FANCA protein. Consistently, functional analysis of cell lines from the studied individuals revealed presence of residual FANCD2 ubiquitination and FANCD2 foci formation, better cell survival, and decreased late S/G2 accumulation in response to DNA interstrand cross-linking agent, indicating presence of residual activity of the FA repair pathway. Thus, the c.3624C>T variant is a hypomorphic allele, which contributes to delayed manifestation of FA disease phenotypes in individuals with at least 1 c.3624C>T allele.


Assuntos
Anemia de Fanconi , Neoplasias , Humanos , Proteína do Grupo de Complementação A da Anemia de Fanconi/genética , Anemia de Fanconi/genética , Linhagem Celular , Genótipo
3.
Biochem Biophys Res Commun ; 696: 149454, 2024 Feb 12.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-38217981

RESUMO

Fanconi anemia (FA) is a genetically and clinically heterogenous inherited disorder. Clinically, Fanca subtype patients exhibited milder phenotypes compared to Fancd2 subtypes. Increasing evidence suggests that Fancd2 perform independent functions, but the detailed mechanisms are not well characterized. In this study, we developed a Fanca KO mice model in C57BL/6 background with ATG region deletion, then performed a detailed FA phenotypes characterization and analysis with Fanca KO mice and Fancd2 KO mice in the same congenic background. We found that both the Fanca KO and Fancd2 KO cause severe FA phenotypes in mice. However, Fanca KO mice exhibited milder FA phenotypes comparing to Fancd2 KO mice. Fanca KO mice showed higher embryonic and postnatal survival rate, less congenital eye defects in early development. At adult stage, Fanca KO mice showed increased HSC number and reconstitution function. Furthermore, we did RNA-seq study and identified differential expression of Dlk1 and Dlk1 pathway genes in Fanca KO and Fancd2 KO embryonic cells and adult HSCs. Finally, we revealed that Fancd2 was expressed and physically interact with Dlk1 in Fanca KO cells. Collectively, our findings suggested that Fancd2 has distinct functions in the absence of Fanca.


Assuntos
Anemia de Fanconi , Humanos , Adulto , Animais , Camundongos , Anemia de Fanconi/genética , Camundongos Knockout , Camundongos Endogâmicos C57BL , Proteína do Grupo de Complementação D2 da Anemia de Fanconi/genética , Proteína do Grupo de Complementação D2 da Anemia de Fanconi/metabolismo , Proteína do Grupo de Complementação A da Anemia de Fanconi/genética , Fenótipo
4.
In Vivo ; 37(6): 2421-2432, 2023.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-37905617

RESUMO

BACKGROUND/AIM: Patients with radiation sensitive Fanconi anemia (FA) are presenting with cancers of the oral cavity, oropharynx, and other anatomic locations. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Animal models for cancer in FA mice used orthotopic tumors from wild type mice. We derived a cancer cell line from Fanca-/- mice by topical application of the chemical carcinogen dimethyl benzanthracene (DMBA). RESULTS: A Fanca-/- mouse rhabdomyosarcoma was derived from a Fanca-/- (129/Sv) mouse. The in vitro clonogenic survival of the Fanca-/- clone 6 cancer cell line was consistent with the FA genotype. Transplanted tumors demonstrated hypoxic centers surrounded by senescent cells. CONCLUSION: This Fanca-/- mouse syngeneic cancer should provide a valuable resource for discovery and development of new normal tissue radioprotectors for patients with FA and cancer.


Assuntos
Anemia de Fanconi , Neoplasias , Humanos , Camundongos , Animais , Anemia de Fanconi/genética , Anemia de Fanconi/metabolismo , Linhagem Celular , Carcinógenos/toxicidade , Proteína do Grupo de Complementação A da Anemia de Fanconi/genética
5.
Oncogene ; 42(37): 2764-2775, 2023 09.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-37573408

RESUMO

Leukaemia is caused by the clonal evolution of a cell that accumulates mutations/genomic rearrangements, allowing unrestrained cell growth. However, recent identification of leukaemic mutations in the blood cells of healthy individuals revealed that additional events are required to expand the mutated clones for overt leukaemia. Here, we assessed the functional consequences of deleting the Fanconi anaemia A (Fanca) gene, which encodes a DNA damage response protein, in Spi1 transgenic mice that develop preleukaemic syndrome. FANCA loss increases SPI1-associated disease penetrance and leukaemic progression without increasing the global mutation load of leukaemic clones. However, a high frequency of leukaemic FANCA-depleted cells display heterozygous activating mutations in known oncogenes, such as Kit or Nras, also identified but at low frequency in FANCA-WT mice with preleukaemic syndrome, indicating that FANCA counteracts the emergence of oncogene mutated leukaemic cells. A unique transcriptional signature is associated with the leukaemic status of FANCA-depleted cells, leading to activation of MDM4, NOTCH and Wnt/ß-catenin pathways. We show that NOTCH signalling improves the proliferation capacity of FANCA-deficient leukaemic cells. Collectively, our observations indicate that loss of the FANC pathway, known to control genetic instability, fosters the expansion of leukaemic cells carrying oncogenic mutations rather than mutation formation. FANCA loss may contribute to this leukaemogenic progression by reprogramming transcriptomic landscape of the cells.


Assuntos
Proteína do Grupo de Complementação A da Anemia de Fanconi , Leucemia , Animais , Camundongos , Heterozigoto , Leucemia/genética , Mutação , Oncogenes/genética , Proteína do Grupo de Complementação A da Anemia de Fanconi/genética
6.
Blood Cells Mol Dis ; 102: 102762, 2023 09.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-37276838

RESUMO

Fanconi anaemia (FA) is a rare autosomal recessive condition resulting in changes in the FANC gene family. This report describes a case of Fanconi anaemia in a family with complex biallelic variants. The patient is a 32-year-old female diagnosed with FA on cascade testing during childhood with chromosome breakage studies. On examination she had a fixed deformity of the right thumb and the proximal interphalangeal joint was immobile. Her brother shared this radial abnormality and had FA, requiring a bone marrow transplant. She presented in adulthood seeking further BRCA advice and had next generation sequencing that showed three variants in the FANCA gene. One allele a known pathogenic change, the other had two sequence variants in tandem that have been reported as variants of uncertain significance. There is one other unrelated case of these two variants occurring together in cis, resulting in Fanconi anaemia. This case is an interesting example of three variants in the FANCA gene, one allele with a pathogenic deletion and the other with a single complex allele made up of two missense variants of uncertain significance, likely manifesting with FA. It highlights the utility of different genetic technologies in the interpretation of next generation sequencing.


Assuntos
Anemia de Fanconi , Humanos , Masculino , Feminino , Adulto , Anemia de Fanconi/diagnóstico , Anemia de Fanconi/genética , Anemia de Fanconi/patologia , Sequenciamento de Nucleotídeos em Larga Escala , Proteína do Grupo de Complementação A da Anemia de Fanconi/genética , Genômica , Mutação de Sentido Incorreto , Mutação
8.
Int J Mol Sci ; 24(7)2023 Mar 31.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-37047537

RESUMO

Fanconi anemia (FA) is a rare genetic disorder characterized by bone marrow failure and aplastic anemia. So far, 23 genes are involved in this pathology, and their mutations lead to a defect in DNA repair. In recent years, it has been observed that FA cells also display mitochondrial metabolism defects, causing an accumulation of intracellular lipids and oxidative damage. However, the molecular mechanisms involved in the metabolic alterations have not yet been elucidated. In this work, by using lymphoblasts and fibroblasts mutated for the FANC-A gene, oxidative phosphorylation (OxPhos) and mitochondria dynamics markers expression was analyzed. Results show that the metabolic defect does not depend on an altered expression of the proteins involved in OxPhos. However, FA cells are characterized by increased uncoupling protein UCP2 expression. FANC-A mutation is also associated with DRP1 overexpression that causes an imbalance in the mitochondrial dynamic toward fission and lower expression of Parkin and Beclin1. Treatment with P110, a specific inhibitor of DRP1, shows a partial mitochondrial function recovery and the decrement of DRP1 and UCP2 expression, suggesting a pivotal role of the mitochondrial dynamics in the etiopathology of Fanconi anemia.


Assuntos
Anemia de Fanconi , Dinâmica Mitocondrial , Humanos , Anemia de Fanconi/metabolismo , Proteína do Grupo de Complementação A da Anemia de Fanconi/genética , Proteína do Grupo de Complementação A da Anemia de Fanconi/metabolismo , Fibroblastos/metabolismo , Mitocôndrias/metabolismo , Dinâmica Mitocondrial/genética , Proteínas/metabolismo , Dinaminas/metabolismo
9.
Genes (Basel) ; 14(2)2023 01 21.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-36833207

RESUMO

Gastric cancer (GC) is one of the most common cancer types in the world with a high mortality rate. Hereditary predisposition for GC is not fully elucidated so far. The aim of this study was identification of possible new candidate genes, associated with the increased risk of gastric cancer development. Whole exome sequencing (WES) was performed on 18 DNA samples from adenocarcinoma specimens and non-tumor-bearing healthy stomach tissue from the same patient. Three pathogenic variants were identified: c.1320+1G>A in the CDH1 gene and c.27_28insCCCAGCCCCAGCTACCA (p.Ala9fs) of the VEGFA gene were found only in the tumor tissue, whereas c.G1874C (p.Cys625Ser) in the FANCA gene was found in both the tumor and normal tissue. These changes were found only in patients with diffuse gastric cancer and were absent in the DNA of healthy donors.


Assuntos
Anemia de Fanconi , Neoplasias Gástricas , Humanos , Neoplasias Gástricas/genética , Sequenciamento do Exoma , Mutação em Linhagem Germinativa , Predisposição Genética para Doença , Proteína do Grupo de Complementação A da Anemia de Fanconi/genética , Fator A de Crescimento do Endotélio Vascular/genética , Antígenos CD , Caderinas/genética
10.
Medicine (Baltimore) ; 101(39): e30719, 2022 Sep 30.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-36181052

RESUMO

RATIONALE: To date, there is no actionable gene has been discovered in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). Tumor cells with DNA damage response and repair (DDR) gene loss-of-function mutation is sensitivity to poly-ADP-ribose polymerase (PARP) inhibitors and platinum chemotherapy in ovarian, prostate and pancreatic cancers. There is a case report demonstrated the efficacy of PARP inhibitor for BRCA2 mutation that belongs to DDR gene in HCC, which suggested the potential role of PARP inhibitor for HCC with DDR gene mutation. PATIENT CONCERNS: We reported a 44-year-old woman with non-viral HCC who was refractory to multiple treatment including target therapy, immunotherapy, and chemotherapy. The tumor tissue was submitted to next-generation sequencing using the commercially available ACTOnco®+ (ACT Genomics, Taiwan) assay that interrogates 440 and 31 cancer-related genes and fusion genes, respectively. DIAGNOSIS: A truncating mutation FANCA p.Q1307fs was also observed. The tumor was microsatellite stable and had low tumor mutational burden of 4.5 muts/Mb. INTERVENTIONS AND OUTCOMES: Given FANCA belongs to DDR genes, the inactivation evoked the idea of using PARP inhibitor and cisplatin. Therefore, the patient started to use olaparib combined with low-dose cisplatin (30 mg/m2, every 4 weeks) therapy in December 2019. Significant reduction in the tumor marker level in 1 month (PIVKA-II from 17,395 to 411 ng/dL) and follow-up CT scan showed stable disease. Her tumor did not progress until December 2020 with a progression-free survival of 12 months. LESSONS: We report the first case of FANCA-mutated HCC that responded well to olaparib and low-dose cisplatin. This addressed the potential therapeutic role of DDR gene mutation in HCC and the possible synergistic effect of PARP inhibitor and cisplatin. These findings highlight areas where further investigation and effort are needed.


Assuntos
Antineoplásicos , Carcinoma Hepatocelular , Neoplasias Hepáticas , Adenosina Difosfato Ribose , Adulto , Antineoplásicos/uso terapêutico , Biomarcadores Tumorais , Carcinoma Hepatocelular/tratamento farmacológico , Carcinoma Hepatocelular/genética , Cisplatino/uso terapêutico , Proteína do Grupo de Complementação A da Anemia de Fanconi/genética , Feminino , Humanos , Neoplasias Hepáticas/tratamento farmacológico , Neoplasias Hepáticas/genética , Masculino , Mutação , Ftalazinas , Piperazinas , Platina , Inibidores de Poli(ADP-Ribose) Polimerases/uso terapêutico
11.
Cells ; 11(15)2022 07 30.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-35954197

RESUMO

Fanconi Anaemia (FA) is a rare recessive genetic disorder characterized by a defective DNA repair mechanism. Although aplastic anaemia is the principal clinical sign in FA, patients develop a head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC) with a frequency 500-700 folds higher than the general population, which appears more aggressive, with survival of under two years. Since FA gene mutations are also associated with a defect in the aerobic metabolism and an increased oxidative stress accumulation, this work aims to evaluate the effect of FANCA mutation on the energy metabolism and the relative mitochondrial quality control pathways in an HNSCC cellular model. Energy metabolism and cellular antioxidant capacities were evaluated by oximetric, luminometric, and spectrophotometric assays. The dynamics of the mitochondrial network, the quality of mitophagy and autophagy, and DNA double-strand damage were analysed by Western blot analysis. Data show that the HNSCC cellular model carrying the FANCA gene mutation displays an altered electron transport between respiratory Complexes I and III that does not depend on the OxPhos protein expression. Moreover, FANCA HNSCC cells show an imbalance between fusion and fission processes and alterations in autophagy and mitophagy pathways. Together, all these alterations associated with the FANCA gene mutation cause cellular energy depletion and a metabolic switch to glycolysis, exacerbating the Warburg effect in HNSCC cells and increasing the growth rate. In addition, the altered DNA repair due to the FANCA mutation causes a higher accumulation of DNA damage in the HNSCC cellular model. In conclusion, changes in energy metabolism and mitochondrial dynamics could explain the strict correlation between HNSCC and FA genes, helping to identify new therapeutic targets.


Assuntos
Proteína do Grupo de Complementação A da Anemia de Fanconi/metabolismo , Anemia de Fanconi , Neoplasias de Cabeça e Pescoço , Anemia de Fanconi/genética , Anemia de Fanconi/metabolismo , Anemia de Fanconi/patologia , Proteína do Grupo de Complementação A da Anemia de Fanconi/genética , Glicólise , Neoplasias de Cabeça e Pescoço/genética , Humanos , Dinâmica Mitocondrial , Carcinoma de Células Escamosas de Cabeça e Pescoço/genética
12.
Orphanet J Rare Dis ; 17(1): 282, 2022 07 19.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-35854323

RESUMO

BACKGROUND: Fanconi anemia (FA) is the most common inherited bone marrow failure syndrome. However, establishing its molecular diagnosis remains challenging. Chromosomal breakage analysis is the gold standard diagnostic test for this disease. Nevertheless, molecular analysis is always required for the identification of pathogenic alterations in the FA genes. RESULTS: We report here on a family with FA diagnosis in two siblings. Mitomycin C (MMC) test revealed high level of chromosome breaks and radial figures. In both children, array-Comparative Genomic Hybridization (aCGH) showed maternally inherited 16q24.3 deletion, including FANCA gene, and next generation sequencing (NGS) disclosed paternally inherited novel variants in the FANCA gene-Asn1113Tyr and Ser890Asn. A third sibling was shown to be a carrier of FANCA deletion only. CONCLUSIONS: Although genetic testing in FA patients often requires a multi-method approach including chromosome breakage test, aCGH, and NGS, every effort should be made to make it available for whole FA families. This is not only to confirm the clinical diagnosis of FA in affected individuals, but also to enable identification of carriers of FA gene(s) alterations, as it has implications for diagnostic and genetic counselling process.


Assuntos
Proteína do Grupo de Complementação A da Anemia de Fanconi , Anemia de Fanconi , Criança , Hibridização Genômica Comparativa , Anemia de Fanconi/diagnóstico , Anemia de Fanconi/genética , Anemia de Fanconi/patologia , Proteína do Grupo de Complementação A da Anemia de Fanconi/genética , Testes Genéticos , Sequenciamento de Nucleotídeos em Larga Escala , Humanos , Polônia
13.
Genes (Basel) ; 13(2)2022 01 20.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-35205225

RESUMO

Fanconi anaemia (FA)-related proteins function in interstrand crosslink (ICL) repair pathways and multiple damage repair pathways. Recent studies have found that FA proteins are involved in the regulation of replication stress (RS) in alternative lengthening of telomeres (ALT). Since ALT cells often exhibit high-frequency ATRX mutations and high levels of telomeric secondary structure, high levels of DNA damage and replicative stress exist in ALT cells. Persistent replication stress is required to maintain the activity of ALT mechanistically, while excessive replication stress causes ALT cell death. FA proteins such as FANCD2 and FANCM are involved in the regulation of this balance by resolving or inhibiting the formation of telomere secondary structures to stabilize stalled replication forks and promote break-induced repair (BIR) to maintain the survival of ALT tumour cells. Therefore, we review the role of FA proteins in replication stress in ALT cells, providing a rationale and direction for the targeted treatment of ALT tumours.


Assuntos
Homeostase do Telômero , Telômero , Reparo do DNA/genética , Proteína do Grupo de Complementação A da Anemia de Fanconi/genética , Proteínas de Grupos de Complementação da Anemia de Fanconi/genética , Telômero/genética , Telômero/metabolismo , Homeostase do Telômero/genética
14.
Gene ; 812: 146104, 2022 Feb 20.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-34864095

RESUMO

Among the 22 Fanconi anemia (FA) reported genes, 90% of mutational spectra were found in three genes, namely FANCA (64%), FANCC (12%) and FANCG (8%). Therefore, this study aimed to identify the high-risk deleterious variants in three selected genes (FANCA, FANCC, and FANCG) through various computational approaches. The missense variant datasets retrieved from the UCSC genome browser were analyzed for their pathogenicity, stability, and phylogenetic conservancy. A total of 23 alterations, of which 16 in FANCA, 6 in FANCC and one variant in FANCG, were found to be highly deleterious. The native and mutant structures were generated, which demonstrated a profound impact on the respective proteins. Besides, their pathway analysis predicted many other pathways in addition to the Fanconi anemia pathway, homologous recombination, and mismatch repair pathways. Hence, this is the first comprehensive study that can be useful for understanding the genetic signatures in the development of FA.


Assuntos
Biologia Computacional/métodos , Proteína do Grupo de Complementação A da Anemia de Fanconi/genética , Proteína do Grupo de Complementação C da Anemia de Fanconi/genética , Proteína do Grupo de Complementação G da Anemia de Fanconi/genética , Anemia de Fanconi/genética , Mutação de Sentido Incorreto , Sítios de Ligação , Proteína do Grupo de Complementação A da Anemia de Fanconi/química , Proteína do Grupo de Complementação C da Anemia de Fanconi/química , Proteína do Grupo de Complementação G da Anemia de Fanconi/química , Estudos de Associação Genética , Predisposição Genética para Doença , Humanos , Modelos Moleculares , Conformação Proteica , Estabilidade Proteica
15.
Mol Oncol ; 16(4): 860-884, 2022 02.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-34058059

RESUMO

The Fanconi anemia (FA) pathway safeguards genomic stability through cell cycle regulation and DNA damage repair. The canonical tumor suppressive role of FA proteins in the repair of DNA damage during interphase is well established, but their function in mitosis is incompletely understood. Here, we performed a kinome-wide synthetic lethality screen in FANCA-/- fibroblasts, which revealed multiple mitotic kinases as necessary for survival of FANCA-deficient cells. Among these kinases, we identified the depletion of the centrosome kinase SIK2 as synthetic lethal upon loss of FANCA. We found that FANCA colocalizes with SIK2 at multiple mitotic structures and regulates the activity of SIK2 at centrosomes. Furthermore, we found that loss of FANCA exacerbates cell cycle defects induced by pharmacological inhibition of SIK2, including impaired G2-M transition, delayed mitotic progression, and cytokinesis failure. In addition, we showed that inhibition of SIK2 abrogates nocodazole-induced prometaphase arrest, suggesting a novel role for SIK2 in the spindle assembly checkpoint. Together, these findings demonstrate that FANCA-deficient cells are dependent upon SIK2 for survival, supporting a preclinical rationale for targeting of SIK2 in FA-disrupted cancers.


Assuntos
Anemia de Fanconi , Ciclo Celular , Anemia de Fanconi/genética , Anemia de Fanconi/metabolismo , Anemia de Fanconi/patologia , Proteína do Grupo de Complementação A da Anemia de Fanconi/genética , Proteína do Grupo de Complementação A da Anemia de Fanconi/metabolismo , Proteínas de Grupos de Complementação da Anemia de Fanconi/genética , Humanos , Mitose/genética , Proteínas Serina-Treonina Quinases , Mutações Sintéticas Letais
16.
Pan Afr Med J ; 39: 72, 2021.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-34422195

RESUMO

INTRODUCTION: Fanconi anemia (FA) is a rare inherited hematological disease due to a defect in the DNA repair pathway resulting in congenital abnormalities and high susceptibility to develop cancers. The cytogenetic analysis using alkylating agents is still a reference test to establish the diagnosis. Despite the genetic heterogeneity, the identification of the causal mutation is actually performed especially after the development of next generation sequencing (NGS). METHODS: we report here nine Moroccan patients referred to the department of Medical Genetics for suspicion of FA. We realized a genetic consultation to establish a clinical record with biological data before carrying out the genetic analysis. Karyotyping with mitomycin was performed for all the probands before elaborating molecular study. We used massively parallel sequencing to analyse the three most frequent mutated genes FANCA, FANCC, and FANCG, representing 84% of all genes involved in FA. RESULTS: all the patients showed hematological signs associated with at least one extra-hematological congenital anomaly. The chromosomal breaks were significantly higher for the nine patients, compared to the controls. The molecular diagnosis was confirmed in 8 of the 9 families tested (88.8%) with 4 novel mutations. The next generation based sequencing identified 9 variations: 6 in the FANCA gene (66.6%), 3 in the FANCG gene (33.3%) and no FANCC variation was found. Of those, 7 were homozygous and 2 were compounds heterozygous. CONCLUSION: to the best of our knowledge, this is the first molecular report of Moroccan patients with FA suggesting the predominance of two genes without any recurrent mutation. The molecular analysis of FANCA and FANCG genes should be offered first for all patients in Morocco.


Assuntos
Proteína do Grupo de Complementação A da Anemia de Fanconi/genética , Proteína do Grupo de Complementação G da Anemia de Fanconi/genética , Anemia de Fanconi/diagnóstico , Criança , Pré-Escolar , Análise Citogenética , Anemia de Fanconi/genética , Proteína do Grupo de Complementação C da Anemia de Fanconi/genética , Feminino , Testes Genéticos , Sequenciamento de Nucleotídeos em Larga Escala , Humanos , Masculino , Marrocos , Mutação
17.
Int J Mol Sci ; 22(15)2021 Jul 21.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-34360546

RESUMO

Promyelocytic leukemia (PML) protein is the core component of subnuclear structures called PML nuclear bodies that are known to play important roles in cell survival, DNA damage responses, and DNA repair. Fanconi anemia (FA) proteins are required for repairing interstrand DNA crosslinks (ICLs). Here we report a novel role of PML proteins, regulating the ICL repair pathway. We found that depletion of the PML protein led to the significant reduction of damage-induced FANCD2 mono-ubiquitination and FANCD2 foci formation. Consistently, the cells treated with siRNA against PML showed enhanced sensitivity to a crosslinking agent, mitomycin C. Further studies showed that depletion of PML reduced the protein expression of FANCA, FANCG, and FANCD2 via reduced transcriptional activity. Interestingly, we observed that damage-induced CHK1 phosphorylation was severely impaired in cells with depleted PML, and we demonstrated that CHK1 regulates FANCA, FANCG, and FANCD2 transcription. Finally, we showed that inhibition of CHK1 phosphorylation further sensitized cancer cells to mitomycin C. Taken together, these findings suggest that the PML is critical for damage-induced CHK1 phosphorylation, which is important for FA gene expression and for repairing ICLs.


Assuntos
Quinase 1 do Ponto de Checagem/metabolismo , Proteína do Grupo de Complementação A da Anemia de Fanconi/metabolismo , Proteína do Grupo de Complementação D2 da Anemia de Fanconi/metabolismo , Proteína do Grupo de Complementação G da Anemia de Fanconi/metabolismo , Anemia de Fanconi/patologia , Regulação da Expressão Gênica , Quinase 1 do Ponto de Checagem/genética , Dano ao DNA , Reparo do DNA , Anemia de Fanconi/genética , Anemia de Fanconi/metabolismo , Proteína do Grupo de Complementação A da Anemia de Fanconi/genética , Proteína do Grupo de Complementação D2 da Anemia de Fanconi/genética , Proteína do Grupo de Complementação G da Anemia de Fanconi/genética , Células HeLa , Humanos , Fosforilação , Ubiquitinação
18.
Genes (Basel) ; 12(4)2021 04 09.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-33918752

RESUMO

Fanconi anemia (FA) patients have an exacerbated risk of head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC). Treatment is challenging as FA patients display enhanced toxicity to standard treatments, including radio/chemotherapy. Therefore, better therapies as well as new disease models are urgently needed. We have used CRISPR/Cas9 editing tools in order to interrupt the human FANCA gene by the generation of insertions/deletions (indels) in exon 4 in two cancer cell lines from sporadic HNSCC having no mutation in FA-genes: CAL27 and CAL33 cells. Our approach allowed efficient editing, subsequent purification of single-cell clones, and Sanger sequencing validation at the edited locus. Clones having frameshift indels in homozygosis did not express FANCA protein and were selected for further analysis. When compared with parental CAL27 and CAL33, FANCA-mutant cell clones displayed a FA-phenotype as they (i) are highly sensitive to DNA interstrand crosslink (ICL) agents such as mitomycin C (MMC) or cisplatin, (ii) do not monoubiquitinate FANCD2 upon MMC treatment and therefore (iii) do not form FANCD2 nuclear foci, and (iv) they display increased chromosome fragility and G2 arrest after diepoxybutane (DEB) treatment. These FANCA-mutant clones display similar growth rates as their parental cells. Interestingly, mutant cells acquire phenotypes associated with more aggressive disease, such as increased migration in wound healing assays. Therefore, CAL27 and CAL33 cells with FANCA mutations are phenocopies of FA-HNSCC cells.


Assuntos
Proteína do Grupo de Complementação A da Anemia de Fanconi/deficiência , Anemia de Fanconi/patologia , Edição de Genes , Neoplasias de Cabeça e Pescoço/patologia , Mutação , Fenótipo , Carcinoma de Células Escamosas de Cabeça e Pescoço/patologia , Movimento Celular , Proliferação de Células , Dano ao DNA , Anemia de Fanconi/genética , Anemia de Fanconi/metabolismo , Proteína do Grupo de Complementação A da Anemia de Fanconi/genética , Neoplasias de Cabeça e Pescoço/genética , Humanos , Carcinoma de Células Escamosas de Cabeça e Pescoço/genética , Carcinoma de Células Escamosas de Cabeça e Pescoço/metabolismo , Células Tumorais Cultivadas , Cicatrização
19.
Diagn Pathol ; 16(1): 29, 2021 Apr 08.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-33832503

RESUMO

BACKGROUND: Primary hepatic mucoepidermoid carcinoma (HMEC) is extremely rare and the molecular etiology is still unknown. The CRTC1-MAML2 fusion gene was previously detected in a primary HMEC, which is often associated with MEC of salivary gland in the literature. METHODS: A 64-year-old male was diagnosed with HMEC based on malignant squamous cells and mucus-secreting cells in immunohistochemical examination. Fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) was used to detect the CRTC1-MAML2 fusion gene in HMEC. Whole-exome sequencing and Sanger sequencing were used to reveal the molecular characteristics of HMEC and analysis was performed with public data. Pedigree investigation was performed to identify susceptibility genes. RESULTS: Hematoxylin-eosin staining and immunohistochemistry revealed that the tumor cells were composed of malignant epidermoid malignant cells and mucous cells, indicating a diagnosis of HMEC. The CRTC1-MAML2 fusion gene was not detected in the primary HMEC, and somatic mutations in GNAS, KMT2C and ELF3 genes were identified by sequencing. Analyses of public data revealed somatic GNAS alterations in 2.1% hepatobiliary tumors and relation with parasite infection. Heterozygous germline mutations of FANCA, FANCI, FANCJ/BRIP1 and FAN1 genes were also identified. Pedigree investigation verified that mutation of Fanconi's anemia susceptibility genes were present in the pedigree. CONCLUSIONS: Here we provide the first evidence of the molecular etiology of a rare HMEC associated with germline Fanconi's anemia gene mutations and somatic GNAS R201H mutation.


Assuntos
Biomarcadores Tumorais/genética , Carcinoma Mucoepidermoide/genética , Análise Mutacional de DNA , Sequenciamento do Exoma , Mutação em Linhagem Germinativa , Neoplasias Hepáticas/genética , Carcinoma Mucoepidermoide/diagnóstico por imagem , Carcinoma Mucoepidermoide/patologia , Carcinoma Mucoepidermoide/cirurgia , Cromograninas/genética , Endodesoxirribonucleases/genética , Exodesoxirribonucleases/genética , Proteína do Grupo de Complementação A da Anemia de Fanconi/genética , Proteínas de Grupos de Complementação da Anemia de Fanconi/genética , Subunidades alfa Gs de Proteínas de Ligação ao GTP/genética , Humanos , Neoplasias Hepáticas/diagnóstico por imagem , Neoplasias Hepáticas/patologia , Neoplasias Hepáticas/cirurgia , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Enzimas Multifuncionais/genética , Valor Preditivo dos Testes , RNA Helicases/genética
20.
BMJ Case Rep ; 14(3)2021 Mar 24.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-33762291

RESUMO

Fanconi anaemia is a heterogeneous condition associated with mutations in the Fanconi anaemia complementation group (FANC). The FANC group has also been extensively associated with tumourigenesis due to its intricate association with the cellular repair mechanism. In this case report, we are drawing initial associations between a previously unreported FANC-A gene point mutation (P1222L) and familial breast cancer, by examining the presentation and management of a 65-year-old female patient with history of bilateral breast cancer of two different histological categories (ductal and in situ lobular). Here, we present a further genetic analysis beyond the common clinical practice to understand the patient's genetic predisposition and improve their long-term management.


Assuntos
Neoplasias da Mama , Anemia de Fanconi , Idoso , Neoplasias da Mama/genética , Anemia de Fanconi/genética , Proteína do Grupo de Complementação A da Anemia de Fanconi/genética , Feminino , Predisposição Genética para Doença , Humanos , Mutação , Recidiva Local de Neoplasia/genética
SELEÇÃO DE REFERÊNCIAS
DETALHE DA PESQUISA
...