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US 2010O267569A1 (19) United States (12) Patent Application Publication (10) Pub. No.: US 2010/0267569 A1 Salmon et al. (43) Pub. Date: Oct. 21, 2010 (54) COMPOSITIONS, METHODS AND KITS FOR (30) Foreign Application Priority Data THE DAGNOSS OF CARRIERS OF MUTATIONS IN THE BRCA1 AND BRCA2 Jul. 8, 2007 (IL) .......................................... 184478 GENES AND EARLY DAGNOSS OF CANCEROUS DISORDERS ASSOCATED Publication Classification WITH MUTATIONS IN BRCA1 AND BRCA2 GENES (51) Int. Cl. CI2O I/68 (2006.01) (75) Inventors: Asher Salmon, Jerusalem (IL); C40B 40/06 (2006.01) Tamar Peretz, Jerusalem (IL) C40B 30/00 (2006.01) GOIN 33/53 (2006.01) Correspondence Address: GOIN 33/50 (2006.01) KEVIN D. MCCARTHY ROACH BROWN MCCARTHY & GRUBER, P.C. (52) U.S. Cl. .................... 506/7; 435/6:506/16:435/7.1; 424 MAIN STREET, 1920 LIBERTY BUILDING 435/7.92; 436/86 BUFFALO, NY 14202 (US) (73) Assignee: Hadasit Medical Research (57) ABSTRACT Services and Development Ltd., The present invention relates to diagnostic compositions Jerusalem (IL) methods and kits for the detection of carriers of mutations in Appl. No.: 12/668,154 the BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes. The detection is based on the (21) use of detecting nucleic acids oramino acid based molecules, (22) PCT Fled: Jul. 8, 2008 specific for determination of the expression of at least six marker genes of the invention, in a test sample. The invention (86) PCT NO.: PCT/ILO8/OO934 thereby provides methods compositions and kits for the diag nosis of cancerous disorders associated with mutations in the S371 (c)(1), BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes, specifically, of ovarian and breast (2), (4) Date: Apr. 8, 2010 CCC. PCA Ma. 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O Patent Application Publication Oct. 21, 2010 Sheet 5 of 6 US 2010/0267,569 A1 Fig. 5A s Fig. 5B D O CD C s C C go O. D Patent Application Publication Oct. 21, 2010 Sheet 6 of 6 US 2010/0267,569 A1 Seq. Spec. bin. DNA bin. PrOt. bin. S$ NuC. ac.bin. Trans. reg. act. Trans. fa. act. Fig. 6 US 2010/0267,569 A1 Oct. 21, 2010 COMPOSITIONS, METHODS AND KITS FOR EMBO Journal 20:4704-4716 (2001). Several groups have THE DAGNOSIS OF CARRIERS OF demonstrated that BRCA1- or BRCA2-deficient rodent cells MUTATIONS IN THE BRCA1 AND BRCA2 or human tumors are specifically deficient in DNA repair via GENES AND EARLY DAGNOSS OF homologous recombination, whereas, when measured, non CANCEROUS DISORDERS ASSOCATED homologous recombination remains intact after double WITH MUTATIONS IN BRCA1 AND BRCA2 strand DNA breaks. Moreover, the correlation between GENES BRCA1 or BRCA2 mutation and alterations in p53, HER2 and Myc gene expression as well as alterations in cell-cycle FIELD OF THE INVENTION regulation have been shown in breast carcinoma patients 0001. The invention relates to early diagnosis of cancerous Venkitaraman A. R. Journal of Cell Science. 114:3591-8 disorders. More particularly, the invention relates to compo (2005). Together, these data imply that accumulation of sitions methods and kits based on measuring differential Somatic genetic changes during tumor progression may fol expression of specific marker genes, for the diagnosis of low a unique pathway in individuals genetically predisposed carriers of mutations in the BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes and tO Cancer. thereby, the diagnosis of cancerous disorders associated 0007 As mentioned above, BRCA1 and BRCA2 proteins therewith, specifically, of ovarian and breast cancer. maintain genomic stability through an involvement in DNA repair processes. Mutations in BRCA1 and BRCA2 seem to BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION predispose cells to an increased risk of mutagenesis and trans formation after exposure to radiation. It was shown recently 0002 All publications mentioned throughout this applica that normal human fibroblasts and lymphoblastoid cells with tion are fully incorporated herein by reference, including all heterozygous BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutations seem to have references cited therein. increased radio sensitivity Buchholz, T. A. et al. Interna 0003 Diagnostic markers are important for early diagno tional Journal of Cancer 97:557-561 (2002). Previous study sis of many diseases, as well as predicting response to treat of the present inventors on short-term lymphocyte cultures, ment, monitoring treatment and determining prognosis of provided additional evidence that heterozygous mutation car Such diseases. riers have a different response to DNA damage compared 0004 Mutations in the breast and ovarian cancer suscep with non-carriers Kote-Jarai, Z. et al. British Journal of Can tibility genes BRCA1 and BRCA2 are found in a high pro cer 94:308-310 (2006). The characterization of BRCA1/2 portion of multiple-case families with breast and ovarian RNA expression profile of human fibroblasts from healthy cancer Antoniou, A. C. et al. Genetic Epidemiology 25:190 mutation carriers has been described using spotted cDNA 202 (2003). Carriers of mutations in BRCA1 or BRCA2 microarray Kote-Jarai, Z. et al. Clinical Cancer Research genes have up to 80% lifetime risk of developing breast and 12:3896-901 (2006). This study shows a significant differ ovarian cancers and elevated risk of developing other types of ence in gene expression profiling in heterozygous BRCA1 cancer. Such as prostate and pancreas. Mutations in the and BRCA2 mutation carriers as compared to non-carriers BRCA1 gene account for 50% of familial breast cancer cases. following induced DNA damage caused by exposure to irra Mutations in BRCA2 account for 30% of familial breast diation. cancer cases and are also linked to male breast cancer. 0005. About 80% of all alterations in BRCA1 and BRCA2 0008. The present invention discloses marker genes dif tumors are frame shift or nonsense mutations, and yield a ferentially expressed in lymphocytes from BRCA1 and truncated protein product Breast cancer Information Core— BRCA2 carriers versus non-carriers following irradiation BIC at http://www.nhgri.nih.gov/Intramural research/Lab stress. These marker genes are used by the compositions, kits transfer/Bic. The types of mutation differ in distribution and methods of the invention as a tool for detecting carriers depending on ethnicity and geographic location. There is and thereby for early detection of proliferative disorders and increasing evidence that hereditary cancer syndromes result particularly, of breast and ovarian carcinomas. ing from germ line mutations in cancer Susceptibility genes 0009. It is therefore one object of the invention to provide lead to organ-specific cancers with distinct histological phe a simple diagnostic composition comprising at least one notypes. The hereditary breast tumors that result from germ detecting molecule specific for quantitative determination of line BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutations exemplify this phenom the expression profile of a collection of marker genes. enon. In recent years, it has been demonstrated that BRCA1 Another object of the invention is to provide a set of pre and BRCA2 breast carcinomas differs from sporadic breast determined marker genes expression level cutoff values use cancer of age-matched controls and from non-BRCA1/2 ful for comparison with the corresponding expression levels familial breast carcinomas in their morphological, immu in a tested subject for the diagnosis of BRCA1 or BRCA2 nophenotypic and molecular characteristics Phillips K. A. genes mutation carriers. Journal of Clinical Oncology 18:107s-112s (2000). 0010 Yet another object of the invention is to provide a 0006. The structurally distinct proteins encoded by simple, inexpensive, and clear test to distinguish between BRCA1 and BRCA2 regulate numerous cellular functions, BRCA1 or BRCA2 genes mutation carriers and non-carriers. including DNA repair, chromosomal segregation, gene tran 0011. As indicated above, carriers of mutations in BRCA1 Scription, cell-cycle arrest and apoptosis. BRCA1 and or BRCA2 genes exhibit increased predisposition to cancer BRCA2 are considered to be “gatekeepers': genes which, ous disorders Therefore, another object of the invention is to when mutated or abnormally expressed, cause disruption of provide diagnostic method for early detection of cancerous normal cell biology, interrupt cell division or death control, disorders associated with mutations in these genes, particu and promote the outgrowth of cancer cells. Recent reports larly of breast and ovarian cancer. This method is based on have provided insight into the role of BRCA1 and BRCA2 in quantitative determination of the expression of at least one the cellular response to DNA damage Tutt A. et al. The marker gene described by the invention. US 2010/0267,569 A1 Oct. 21, 2010 0012. A further object of the invention is to provide diag 0017. In another aspect, the invention contemplates a nostic kit for detection of carriers of BRCA1 and BRCA2 method for the detection of at least one mutation in at least gene mutations and thereby the diagnosis of cancerous dis one of BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes in a biological test sample orders associated with mutations in BRCA1 or BRCA2 ofa mammalian Subject.
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    BioMed Research International Integrated Analysis of Multiscale Large-Scale Biological Data for Investigating Human Disease 2016 Guest Editors: Tao Huang, Lei Chen, Jiangning Song, Mingyue Zheng, Jialiang Yang, and Zhenguo Zhang Integrated Analysis of Multiscale Large-Scale Biological Data for Investigating Human Disease 2016 BioMed Research International Integrated Analysis of Multiscale Large-Scale Biological Data for Investigating Human Disease 2016 GuestEditors:TaoHuang,LeiChen,JiangningSong, Mingyue Zheng, Jialiang Yang, and Zhenguo Zhang Copyright © 2016 Hindawi Publishing Corporation. All rights reserved. This is a special issue published in “BioMed Research International.” All articles are open access articles distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. Contents Integrated Analysis of Multiscale Large-Scale Biological Data for Investigating Human Disease 2016 Tao Huang, Lei Chen, Jiangning Song, Mingyue Zheng, Jialiang Yang, and Zhenguo Zhang Volume 2016, Article ID 6585069, 2 pages New Trends of Digital Data Storage in DNA Pavani Yashodha De Silva and Gamage Upeksha Ganegoda Volume 2016, Article ID 8072463, 14 pages Analyzing the miRNA-Gene Networks to Mine the Important miRNAs under Skin of Human and Mouse Jianghong Wu, Husile Gong, Yongsheng Bai, and Wenguang Zhang Volume 2016, Article ID 5469371, 9 pages Differential Regulatory Analysis Based on Coexpression Network in Cancer Research Junyi