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Evaluation of PPP2R2A as a prostate cancer susceptibility gene: A comprehensive germline and somatic study

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Cheng, Yu, Liu, Wennuan, Kim, Seong-Tae, Sun, Jishan, Lu, Lingyi, Sun, Jielin, Zheng, Siqun Lilly, Isaacs, William B. +1 more·2011·Cancer Genetics

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PPP2R2A, mapped to 8p21.2, codes for the α isoform of the regulatory B55 subfamily of protein phosphatase 2 (PP2A). PP2A is one of the four major serine/threonine phosphatases and is implicated in the negative control of cell growth and division. Because of its known functions and location within a chromosomal region where evidence for linkage and somatic loss of heterozygosity was found, we hypothesized that either somatic copy number changes or germline sequence variants in PPP2R2A may increase prostate cancer (PCa) risk. We examined PPP2R2A deletion status in 141 PCa samples using Affymetrix SNP arrays. It was found that PPP2R2A was commonly (67.1%) deleted in tumor samples, including a homozygous deletion in three tumors (2.1%). We performed a mutation screen for PPP2R2A in 96 probands of hereditary prostate cancer families. No high risk mutations were identified. In addition, we re-analyzed 10 SNPs of PPP2R2A in sporadic PCa cases and controls. No significant differences in the allele and genotype frequencies were observed among either PCa cases and controls or PCa aggressive and non-aggressive cases. Taken together, these results suggest that a somatic deletion rather than germline sequence variants of PPP2R2A may play a more important role in PCa susceptibility.

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Authors
Cheng, Y., Liu, W., Kim, S.-T., Sun, J., Lu, L., Sun, J., Zheng, S. L., Isaacs, W. B., & Xu, J.
Affiliations
  • Wake Forest University Health Sciences (US)
  • Johns Hopkins Medicine (US)
Corresponding author
  • Isaacs, William B.
  • Xu, Jianfeng
Venue
Cancer Genetics
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2011-07
Volume
204
Issue
7
Pages
375-381
ISSN
2210-7762 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2164348209
Cited by
64
References
32
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FWCI
2.73
Type
journal article
Language
en
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  • Cancer Genetics (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (acceptedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
Funders
National Cancer Institute (CA95052, R01CA095052)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine › Prostate Cancer Treatment and Research
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Pathology and Forensic Medicine › Genetic factors in colorectal cancer
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Genetics › Genetic Associations and Epidemiology
Keywords
PPP2R2A, prostate cancer, susceptibility genes, protein phosphatase 2A, somatic deletions, germline mutations, copy number loss, hereditary prostate cancer, single nucleotide polymorphisms, tumor aggressiveness
MeSH terms
Alleles, DNA Mutational Analysis, DNA, Neoplasm, Exons, Gene Frequency, Humans, Genetic Linkage, Male, Middle Aged, Prostatic Neoplasms, Gene Deletion, Germ-Line Mutation, Genetic Predisposition to Disease, 5' Untranslated Regions, 3' Untranslated Regions, Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide, Protein Phosphatase 2, DNA Copy Number Variations

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