Abstract 2056: The genomic landscape of carriers of rare variants in FANCI, a new candidate ovarian cancer predisposing gene

Autor: Anne-Marie Mes-Masson, Jean-Yves Masson, William D. Foulkes, Celia M. T. Greenwood, Zaki El Haffaf, Patricia N. Tonin, Caitlin T Fierheller, Wejdan M Alenezi, Jiannis Ragoussis, Corinne Serruya, Diane Provencher, Timothée Revil, Javad Nadaf
Rok vydání: 2021
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Zdroj: Cancer Research. 81:2056-2056
ISSN: 1538-7445
0008-5472
DOI: 10.1158/1538-7445.am2021-2056
Popis: The potentially pathogenic variant (PPV), FANCI c.1813C>T; p.L605F, in a new candidate ovarian cancer (OC) predisposing gene was discovered by whole exome sequencing (WES) of familial OC cases from the founder French Canadian (FC) population for discovering new OC predisposing genes. Modeling this variant in cellulo suggested this variant encodes an unstable protein. FANCI is an essential member upstream of the homologous recombination DNA repair pathway and intersects BRCA1 and BRCA2 function, proteins encoded by genes involved in hereditary OC. Investigating the FC founder population facilitates the discovery of PPVs as they are more likely to harbor recurrent variants due to common ancestors, increasing the likelihood of identifying candidate genes in cancer families. To further support the candidacy of FANCI as a new OC predisposing gene, we investigated the germline landscape of c.1813C>T carrier FC OC cases for co-occurring PPVs in known or proposed new (emerging) OC predisposing genes or other genes involved in similar pathways (DNA repair). Using WES of peripheral blood lymphocyte DNA, the genomic landscape of 10 FANCI carriers were investigated for heterozygous PPVs in 276 DNA repair pathways genes, which included known (BRCA1, BRCA2, MSH2, MLH1, MSH6, PMS2) and emerging (BRIP1, RAD51C, RAD51D) OC predisposing genes. Top ranking candidate variants (minor allele frequency We identified 31 variants in 27 genes in FANCI c.1813C>T carriers. A previously known carrier of a pathogenic BRCA1 variant (c.2836_2837del; p.Ile946GlnfsTer5) was also identified in a familial case. No carriers of other pathogenic variants in known or emerging OC predisposing genes were found. However, FANCI carriers were found to carry at least one other PPV in a DNA repair pathway gene (range 2-9; average=4.1). There were no other carriers of variants in common among all OC cases, though at least 2 cases carried a variant in the same gene. FC OC cases harboring BRCA1/BRCA2 variants carried at least one other PPV in a DNA repair pathway gene (range 2-7; average 4). It is possible that the identified variants influence or modify risk in conjunction with FANCI, though no PPV was identified in all carriers. As new cancer predisposing genes are identified it will become increasingly important to characterize the genetic context in which variants are identified. This will allow for further insight to clinical translatability once penetrance has been established. Citation Format: Caitlin Fierheller, Wejdan M Alenezi, Corinne Serruya, Timothée Revil, Javad Nadaf, Anne-Marie Mes-Masson, Diane Provencher, William D Foulkes, Zaki El Haffaf, Celia M T Greenwood, Jean-Yves Masson, Jiannis Ragoussis, Patricia N Tonin. The genomic landscape of carriers of rare variants in FANCI, a new candidate ovarian cancer predisposing gene [abstract]. In: Proceedings of the American Association for Cancer Research Annual Meeting 2021; 2021 Apr 10-15 and May 17-21. Philadelphia (PA): AACR; Cancer Res 2021;81(13_Suppl):Abstract nr 2056.
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