Genome-wide CNV analysis in 221 unrelated patients and targeted high-throughput sequencing reveal novel causative candidate genes for colorectal adenomatous polyposis

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Title:	Genome-wide CNV analysis in 221 unrelated patients and targeted high-throughput sequencing reveal novel causative candidate genes for colorectal adenomatous polyposis
Creators Name:	Horpaopan, S. and Spier, I. and Zink, A.M. and Altmüller, J. and Holzapfel, S. and Laner, A. and Vogt, S. and Uhlhaas, S. and Heilmann, S. and Stienen, D. and Pasternack, S.M. and Keppler, K. and Adam, R. and Kayser, K. and Moebus, S. and Draaken, M. and Degenhardt, F. and Engels, H. and Hofmann, A. and Nöthen, M.M. and Steinke, V. and Perez-Bouza, A. and Herms, S. and Holinski-Feder, E. and Fröhlich, H. and Thiele, H. and Hoffmann, P. and Aretz, S.
Abstract:	To uncover novel causative genes in patients with unexplained adenomatous polyposis, a model disease for colorectal cancer, we performed a genome-wide analysis of germline copy number variants (CNV) in a large, well characterized APC and MUTYH mutation negative patient cohort followed by a targeted next generation sequencing (NGS) approach. Genomic DNA from 221 unrelated German patients was genotyped on high-resolution SNP arrays. Putative CNVs were filtered according to stringent criteria, compared with those of 531 population-based German controls, and validated by qPCR. Candidate genes were prioritized using in silico, expression, and segregation analyses, data mining and enrichment analyses of genes and pathways. In 27% of the 221 unrelated patients, a total of 77 protein coding genes displayed rare, nonrecurrent, germline CNVs. The set included 26 candidates with molecular and cellular functions related to tumorigenesis. Targeted high-throughput sequencing found truncating point mutations in 12% (10/77) of the prioritized genes. No clear evidence was found for autosomal recessive subtypes. Six patients had potentially causative mutations in more than one of the 26 genes. Combined with data from recent studies of early-onset colorectal and breast cancer, recurrent potential loss-of-function alterations were detected in CNTN6, FOCAD (KIAA1797), HSPH1, KIF26B, MCM3AP, YBEY and in three genes from the ARHGAP family. In the canonical Wnt pathway oncogene CTNNB1 (β-catenin), two potential gain-of-function mutations were found. In conclusion, the present study identified a group of rarely affected genes which are likely to predispose to colorectal adenoma formation and confirmed previously published candidates for tumor predisposition as etiologically relevant. WHATS NEW? So far, two genes have been implicated in the inheritance of adenomatous polyposis, a condition that leads to colorectal cancer: APC and MAP. But disturbances in these genes only account for about half of the disease cases. In this study, the authors sought that genetic basis by performing for the first time a genome-wide investigation into copy number variations among colorectal adenomatous polyposis patients. They identified a group of candidate genes that boost the risk of hereditary colorectal tumors; several patients had disruptions in multiple genes, suggesting that a simple lab test to evaluate risk might not be forthcoming.
Keywords:	Hereditary Colorectal Cancer, Gastrointestinal Polyposis, Copy Number Variation, Candidate Genes, Unexplained Polyposis, Genetic Cause, Next Generation Sequencing
Source:	International Journal of Cancer
ISSN:	0020-7136
Publisher:	Wiley
Volume:	136
Number:	6
Page Range:	E578–E589
Date:	15 March 2015
Official Publication:	https://doi.org/10.1002/ijc.29215
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