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Published in: BMC Cancer 1/2013

Open Access 01-12-2013 | Research article

Germline mutation in the RAD51B gene confers predisposition to breast cancer

Authors: Lisa Golmard, Virginie Caux-Moncoutier, Grégoire Davy, Essam Al Ageeli, Brigitte Poirot, Carole Tirapo, Dorothée Michaux, Catherine Barbaroux, Catherine Dubois d’Enghien, André Nicolas, Laurent Castéra, Xavier Sastre-Garau, Marc-Henri Stern, Claude Houdayer, Dominique Stoppa-Lyonnet

Published in: BMC Cancer | Issue 1/2013

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Abstract

Background

Most currently known breast cancer predisposition genes play a role in DNA repair by homologous recombination. Recent studies conducted on RAD51 paralogs, involved in the same DNA repair pathway, have identified rare germline mutations conferring breast and/or ovarian cancer predisposition in the RAD51C, RAD51D and XRCC2 genes. The present study analysed the five RAD51 paralogs (RAD51B, RAD51C, RAD51D, XRCC2, XRCC3) to estimate their contribution to breast and ovarian cancer predisposition.

Methods

The study was conducted on 142 unrelated patients with breast and/or ovarian cancer either with early onset or with a breast/ovarian cancer family history. Patients were referred to a French family cancer clinic and had been previously tested negative for a BRCA1/2 mutation. Coding sequences of the five genes were analysed by EMMA (Enhanced Mismatch Mutation Analysis). Detected variants were characterized by Sanger sequencing analysis.

Results

Three splicing mutations and two likely deleterious missense variants were identified: RAD51B c.452 + 3A > G, RAD51C c.706-2A > G, RAD51C c.1026 + 5_1026 + 7del, RAD51B c.475C > T/p.Arg159Cys and XRCC3 c.448C > T/p.Arg150Cys. No RAD51D and XRCC2 gene mutations were detected. These mutations and variants were detected in families with both breast and ovarian cancers, except for the RAD51B c.475C > T/p.Arg159Cys variant that occurred in a family with 3 breast cancer cases.

Conclusions

This study identified the first RAD51B mutation in a breast and ovarian cancer family and is the first report of XRCC3 mutation analysis in breast and ovarian cancer. It confirms that RAD51 paralog mutations confer breast and ovarian cancer predisposition and are rare events. In view of the low frequency of RAD51 paralog mutations, international collaboration of family cancer clinics will be required to more accurately estimate their penetrance and establish clinical guidelines in carrier individuals.
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Metadata
Title
Germline mutation in the RAD51B gene confers predisposition to breast cancer
Authors
Lisa Golmard
Virginie Caux-Moncoutier
Grégoire Davy
Essam Al Ageeli
Brigitte Poirot
Carole Tirapo
Dorothée Michaux
Catherine Barbaroux
Catherine Dubois d’Enghien
André Nicolas
Laurent Castéra
Xavier Sastre-Garau
Marc-Henri Stern
Claude Houdayer
Dominique Stoppa-Lyonnet
Publication date
01-12-2013
Publisher
BioMed Central
Published in
BMC Cancer / Issue 1/2013
Electronic ISSN: 1471-2407
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2407-13-484

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