A nonsense mutation in MLH1 causes exon skipping in three unrelated HNPCC families
A. Stella, A. Wagner, K. Shito, S. M. Lipkin, P. Watson, G. Guanti, H. T. Lynch, R. Fodde, Henry T. Lynch
Germline mutations in the DNA mismatch repair genes MSH2 and MLH1 are responsible for the majority of hereditary nonpolyposis colorectal cancer (HNPCC) families. A common mutation mechanism is to disrupt MLH1 and MSH2 mRNA splicing. The disruption creates aberrant mRNAs lacking specific coding exons (exon skipping). Here, we report a novel skipping of MLH1 exon 12 caused by an AAG to TAG nonsense mutation at codon 461 in three HNPCC families of North American origins. The nonsense codon was found in a conserved haplotype in the three unrelated families and seems to represent a founder mutation. The skipping created an aberrant MLH1 mRNA transcript lacking exon 12. The effect of the codon 461 nonsense mutation on exon 12 skipping is evident even though it was placed in a minigene construct containing entirely different coding sequences. Notably, the effect of the nonsense mutation on exon skipping is incomplete. Accordingly, a second aberrant MLH1 transcript encompassing the nonsense codon is also produced. Whereas the latter transcript is unstable, presumably because of nonsense-mediated mRNA decay, neither of the aberrant transcripts seems to affect the stability of wild-type MLH1 mRNA. This study demonstrates that the germ-line nonsense mutation at codon 461 of MLH1 disrupts normal MLH1 mRNA processing, and that exon skipping underlies pathogenesis in these HNPCC families.
Hereditary Nonpolyposis Colorectal Neoplasms
Nonsense Codon
Nonsense Mediated mRNA Decay
DNA Mismatch Repair
Haplotypes
Stella, A., Wagner, A., Shito, K., Lipkin, S. M., Watson, P., Guanti, G., ... Lynch, H. T. (2001). A nonsense mutation in MLH1 causes exon skipping in three unrelated HNPCC families. Cancer Research, 61(19), 7020-7024.
A nonsense mutation in MLH1 causes exon skipping in three unrelated HNPCC families. / Stella, A.; Wagner, A.; Shito, K.; Lipkin, S. M.; Watson, P.; Guanti, G.; Lynch, H. T.; Fodde, R.; Lynch, Henry T.
In: Cancer Research, Vol. 61, No. 19, 01.10.2001, p. 7020-7024.
Stella, A, Wagner, A, Shito, K, Lipkin, SM, Watson, P, Guanti, G, Lynch, HT, Fodde, R & Lynch, HT 2001, 'A nonsense mutation in MLH1 causes exon skipping in three unrelated HNPCC families', Cancer Research, vol. 61, no. 19, pp. 7020-7024.
Stella A, Wagner A, Shito K, Lipkin SM, Watson P, Guanti G et al. A nonsense mutation in MLH1 causes exon skipping in three unrelated HNPCC families. Cancer Research. 2001 Oct 1;61(19):7020-7024.
Stella, A. ; Wagner, A. ; Shito, K. ; Lipkin, S. M. ; Watson, P. ; Guanti, G. ; Lynch, H. T. ; Fodde, R. ; Lynch, Henry T. / A nonsense mutation in MLH1 causes exon skipping in three unrelated HNPCC families. In: Cancer Research. 2001 ; Vol. 61, No. 19. pp. 7020-7024.
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N2 - Germline mutations in the DNA mismatch repair genes MSH2 and MLH1 are responsible for the majority of hereditary nonpolyposis colorectal cancer (HNPCC) families. A common mutation mechanism is to disrupt MLH1 and MSH2 mRNA splicing. The disruption creates aberrant mRNAs lacking specific coding exons (exon skipping). Here, we report a novel skipping of MLH1 exon 12 caused by an AAG to TAG nonsense mutation at codon 461 in three HNPCC families of North American origins. The nonsense codon was found in a conserved haplotype in the three unrelated families and seems to represent a founder mutation. The skipping created an aberrant MLH1 mRNA transcript lacking exon 12. The effect of the codon 461 nonsense mutation on exon 12 skipping is evident even though it was placed in a minigene construct containing entirely different coding sequences. Notably, the effect of the nonsense mutation on exon skipping is incomplete. Accordingly, a second aberrant MLH1 transcript encompassing the nonsense codon is also produced. Whereas the latter transcript is unstable, presumably because of nonsense-mediated mRNA decay, neither of the aberrant transcripts seems to affect the stability of wild-type MLH1 mRNA. This study demonstrates that the germ-line nonsense mutation at codon 461 of MLH1 disrupts normal MLH1 mRNA processing, and that exon skipping underlies pathogenesis in these HNPCC families.
AB - Germline mutations in the DNA mismatch repair genes MSH2 and MLH1 are responsible for the majority of hereditary nonpolyposis colorectal cancer (HNPCC) families. A common mutation mechanism is to disrupt MLH1 and MSH2 mRNA splicing. The disruption creates aberrant mRNAs lacking specific coding exons (exon skipping). Here, we report a novel skipping of MLH1 exon 12 caused by an AAG to TAG nonsense mutation at codon 461 in three HNPCC families of North American origins. The nonsense codon was found in a conserved haplotype in the three unrelated families and seems to represent a founder mutation. The skipping created an aberrant MLH1 mRNA transcript lacking exon 12. The effect of the codon 461 nonsense mutation on exon 12 skipping is evident even though it was placed in a minigene construct containing entirely different coding sequences. Notably, the effect of the nonsense mutation on exon skipping is incomplete. Accordingly, a second aberrant MLH1 transcript encompassing the nonsense codon is also produced. Whereas the latter transcript is unstable, presumably because of nonsense-mediated mRNA decay, neither of the aberrant transcripts seems to affect the stability of wild-type MLH1 mRNA. This study demonstrates that the germ-line nonsense mutation at codon 461 of MLH1 disrupts normal MLH1 mRNA processing, and that exon skipping underlies pathogenesis in these HNPCC families.
JO - Journal of Cancer Research
JF - Journal of Cancer Research