Use of Microsatellite Instability and Immunohistochemistry Testing for the Identification of Individuals at Risk for Lynch Syndrome
| Autor: | Olga Leontovich, Linnea M. Baudhuin, Lawrence J. Burgart, Stephen N. Thibodeau |
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| Rok vydání: | 2005 |
| Předmět: |
congenital
hereditary and neonatal diseases and abnormalities Cancer Research Base Pair Mismatch Colorectal cancer Biology Bioinformatics Genomic Instability Immunoenzyme Techniques Germline mutation Risk Factors Genetics medicine Humans neoplasms Gene Genetics (clinical) nutritional and metabolic diseases Microsatellite instability medicine.disease Colorectal Neoplasms Hereditary Nonpolyposis digestive system diseases Human genetics Lynch syndrome Oncology Immunohistochemistry DNA mismatch repair Microsatellite Repeats |
| Zdroj: | Familial Cancer. 4:255-265 |
| ISSN: | 1573-7292 1389-9600 |
| Popis: | It is now generally recognized that a specific subset of those patients clinically defined as having hereditary non polyposis colon cancer (HNPCC) have germline mutations in any one of several genes involved in DNA mismatch repair (MMR). This important subset of HNPCC families is now defined as having Lynch syndrome. A considerable amount of data has shown that tumors from patients with Lynch syndrome have characteristic features resulting from the underlying molecular involvement of defective MMR, that is, the presence of microsatellite instability (MSI) and the absence of MMR protein expression by immunohistochemistry (IHC). As a result, identifying patients with Lynch syndrome can now be accomplished by testing tumors for these tumor-related changes. Together, MSI and IHC are powerful tools that help identify individuals at risk for having Lynch syndrome and to distinguish these cases from HNPCC cases with other hereditary gene defects. Furthermore, IHC analysis provides valuable clues as to which MMR gene is mutated, allowing for comprehensive mutational analyses of that gene. Here, we discuss the current and historical perspectives regarding MSI and IHC analyses in tumors from sporadic colon cancer and from patients with Lynch syndrome. Given this background, we also provide a testing strategy for the identification of patients at risk for Lynch syndrome and subsequent gene testing. |
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