Journal article
Discovery of the BMPR1A promoter and germline mutations that cause juvenile polyposis
Human molecular genetics, Vol.19(23), pp.4654-4662
12/01/2010
DOI: 10.1093/hmg/ddq396
PMCID: PMC2972697
PMID: 20843829
Abstract
Juvenile polyposis (JP) is an autosomal dominant hamartomatous polyposis syndrome where affected individuals are predisposed to colorectal and upper gastrointestinal cancer. Forty-five percent of JP patients have mutations or deletions involving the coding regions of
SMAD4
and
BMPR1A
, but the genetic basis of other cases is unknown. We set out to identify the JP gene in a large kindred having 10 affected members without
SMAD4
or
BMPR1A
coding sequence mutations or deletions. We found a germline deletion segregating in all affected members, mapping 119 kb upstream of the coding region of
BMPR1A
by multiplex ligation-dependent probe amplification and comparative genomic hybridization. To further understand the genomic structure of
BMPR1A
, we performed 5′ RACE from lymphoblastoid cell lines and normal colon tissue, which revealed four non-coding (NC) exons and two putative promoters. Further analysis of this deletion showed that it encompassed 12 433 bp, including one promoter and NC exon. The activities of each promoter and deletion constructs were evaluated by luciferase assays, and the stronger promoter sequence analyzed for changes in JP patients without
SMAD4
or
BMPR1A
alterations. A total of 6 of 65 JP probands were found to have mutations affecting this promoter. All probands examined had diminished BMPR1A protein by ELISA, and all promoter mutations but one led to significantly reduced luciferase activity relative to the wild-type promoter reporter. We conclude that we have identified the promoter for
BMPR1A
, in which mutations may be responsible for as many as 10% of JP cases with unknown mutations.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Discovery of the BMPR1A promoter and germline mutations that cause juvenile polyposis
- Creators
- Daniel Calva-Cerqueira - Carver College of MedicineFadi S Dahdaleh - Carver College of MedicineGeorge Woodfield - Carver College of MedicineSathivel Chinnathambi - Carver College of MedicinePeter L Nagy - Columbia UniversityJoy Larsen-Haidle - Hubert Humphrey Cancer CenterRonald J Weigel - Carver College of MedicineJames R Howe - Carver College of Medicine
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Human molecular genetics, Vol.19(23), pp.4654-4662
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- DOI
- 10.1093/hmg/ddq396
- PMID
- 20843829
- PMCID
- PMC2972697
- ISSN
- 0964-6906
- eISSN
- 1460-2083
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 12/01/2010
- Academic Unit
- Molecular Physiology and Biophysics; Anatomy and Cell Biology; Surgery; Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
- Record Identifier
- 9984025259402771
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