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ATM Mutations in Patients with Hereditary Pancreatic Cancer

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Roberts, Nicholas J., Jiao, Yuchen, Yu, Jun, Kopelovich, Levy, Petersen, Gloria M., Bondy, Melissa L., Gallinger, Steven, Schwartz, Ann G. +13 more·2012·Cancer Discovery

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Pancreatic cancers are the fourth most-common cause of cancer-related deaths in the Western world, with >200,000 cases reported in 2010. Although up to 10% of these cases occur in familial patterns, the hereditary basis for predisposition in the vast majority of affected families is unknown. We used next-generation sequencing, including whole-genome and whole-exome analyses, and identified heterozygous, constitutional, ataxia telangiectasia mutated (ATM) gene mutations in 2 kindreds with familial pancreatic cancer. Mutations segregated with disease in both kindreds and tumor analysis demonstrated LOH of the wild-type allele. By using sequence analysis of an additional 166 familial pancreatic cancer probands, we identified 4 additional patients with deleterious mutations in the ATM gene, whereas we identified no deleterious mutations in 190 spouse controls (P = 0.046). When we considered only the mostly severely affected families with 3 or more pancreatic cancer cases, 4 deleterious mutations were found in 87 families (P = 0.009). Our results indicate that inherited ATM mutations play an important role in familial pancreatic cancer predisposition. Significance: The genes responsible for the majority of cases of familial pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma are unknown. We here identify ATM as a predisposition gene for pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma. Our results have important implications for the management of patients in affected families and illustrate the power of genome-wide sequencing to identify the basis of familial cancer syndromes. Cancer Discovery; 2(1): 41–6. ©2011 AACR. Read the Commentary on this article by Bakker and de Winter, p. 14 This article is highlighted in the In This Issue feature, p. 1

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Roberts, N. J., Jiao, Y., Yu, J., Kopelovich, L., Petersen, G. M., Bondy, M. L., Gallinger, S., Schwartz, A. G., Syngal, S., Cote, M. L., Axilbund, J., Schulick, R., Ali, S. Z., Eshleman, J. R., Velculescu, V. E., Goggins, M., Vogelstein, B., Papadopoulos, N., Hruban, R. H., Kinzler, K. W., & Klein, A. P.
Affiliations
  • Brigham and Women's Hospital (US)
  • Authors' Affiliations: 1Ludwig Center for Cancer Genetics and Howard Hughes Medical Institutions, Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center; Departments of 2Medicine, 3Pathology, 4Surgery, and 5Oncology, Sol Goldman Pancreatic Cancer Research Center, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions; 6Department of Epidemiology, Bloomberg School of Public Health, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland; 7Division of Cancer Prevention, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, Maryland; 8Division of Epidemiology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota; 9Dan L. Duncan Cancer Center, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas; 10Hepatobiliary/Pancreatic Surgical Oncology Program, University Health Network, Samuel Lunenfeld Research Institute, Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; 11Karmanos Cancer Institute, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, Michigan; 12Population Sciences Division, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, and Gastroenterology Division, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts
  • Mayo Clinic (US)
Corresponding author
  • Hruban, Ralph H.
  • Kinzler, Kenneth W.
  • Klein, Alison P.
Venue
Cancer Discovery
Published
2012-01-01
Volume
2
Issue
1
Pages
41-46
ISSN
  • 2159-8274 (ISSN-L)
  • 2159-8290
OpenAlex
W2146542392
Cited by
491
References
30
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FWCI
14.03
Type
journal article
Language
en
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Locations
  • Cancer Discovery (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (acceptedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
Funders
  • National Institutes of Health (n01pc35145-19-0-7, n01cn43302-6-0-1, 5r01ca121113-15)
  • National Cancer Institute (N01 CN043302, R01CA-97075, CA123483, R01CA123483, R01-CA121113, N01 PC035145, CA-121113, N01 PC 35145, CA057345, P50CA102701, R01CA057345, R01CA097075, N01-CN 43302, P50CA062924, R37CA057345, CA 62924)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Oncology › Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Pathology and Forensic Medicine › Genetic factors in colorectal cancer
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Genetics › BRCA gene mutations in cancer
Keywords
ATM gene, hereditary pancreatic cancer, pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma, hereditary cancer predisposition, loss of heterozygosity, constitutional mutation, cancer susceptibility genes, hereditary cancer
MeSH terms
Ataxia Telangiectasia, DNA-Binding Proteins, Humans, Mutation, Pancreatic Neoplasms, Pedigree, Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases, Cell Cycle Proteins, Genetic Predisposition to Disease, Carcinoma, Pancreatic Ductal, Tumor Suppressor Proteins, Genome-Wide Association Study, Exome, Ataxia Telangiectasia Mutated Proteins

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