Prohibitin Mutations Are Uncommon in Prostate Cancer Families Linked to Chromosome 17Q
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Prostate Cancer and Prostatic Diseases (2006) 9, 298–302 & 2006 Nature Publishing Group All rights reserved 1365-7852/06 $30.00 www.nature.com/pcan ORIGINAL ARTICLE Prohibitin mutations are uncommon in prostate cancer families linked to chromosome 17q KA White1, EM Lange2, AM Ray1, KJ Wojno3 and KA Cooney1,3 1Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI, USA; 2Departments of Genetics and Biostatistics, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, USA and 3Department of Urology, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI, USA Background: Linkage studies have provided evidence for a prostate cancer susceptibility locus on chromosome 17q. The mitochondrial protein prohibitin (PHB) is a plausible candidate gene based on its chromosomal location (17q21) and known function. Methods: All coding regions and intron/exon junctions of the PHB gene were sequenced in 32 men from families participating in the University of Michigan Prostate Cancer Genetics Project that demonstrated evidence of linkage to 17q markers. Results: Although a number of nucleotide variants were identified, no coding region substitutions were identified in any of the 32 men with prostate cancer from 32 unrelated multiplex prostate cancer families. Conclusions: PHB mutations do not appear to account for the linkage signal on 17q21–22 detected in PCGP families. Fine mapping of this region is in progress to refine the candidate region and highlight additional candidate prostate cancer susceptibility genes for sequence analysis. Prostate Cancer and Prostatic Diseases (2006) 9, 298–302. doi:10.1038/sj.pcan.4500878; published online 30 May 2006 Keywords: hereditary cancer; linkage studies; sequence analysis Introduction evidence for linkage at this location.3 A combined genome-wide analysis of 426 prostate cancer families, Prostate cancer has been shown to have a strong familial including the 175 from the PCGP, also found evidence for component leading many research teams including our a prostate cancer susceptibility gene on 17q (nonpara- own to collect multiplex prostate cancer families in order metric multipoint Kong and Cox allele-sharing LOD to identify the molecular basis for this common disease. score ¼ 3.16 at marker D17S787; P ¼ 0.00007).4 Most However, despite the collection of many families and the recently, a linkage signal was also detected on 17q in a formation of an international consortium (the Inter- combined genome-wide screen of 1233 prostate cancer national Consortium for Prostate Cancer Genetics or families sponsored by the ICPCG (HLOD 1.99 near ICPCG),1 the genes that cause hereditary prostate cancer marker D17S1820 using a dominant mode-of-inheritance remain elusive. This is likely due to locus heterogeneity parametric model),1 despite little evidence for this region as well as factors specific to the disease itself, including from research teams other than the PCGP.5 In fact, no late age at diagnosis and a high background rate of other prostate research group in the ICPCG observed a sporadic cases (see review2). LOD score 41.0 at 17q21 whereas the PCGP families had Several linkage studies have provided evidence for a a HLOD score of 3.07 using the same dominant model. prostate cancer susceptibility gene on the long arm of Taken together, there is linkage evidence for a prostate chromosome 17. A genome-wide scan of 175 prostate cancer susceptibility locus on 17q, and the PCGP families cancer families from the University of Michigan Prostate appear to be relatively enriched for families with Cancer Genetics Project (PCGP) first revealed strong mutations at this locus thus representing the optimal suggestive evidence for linkage on chromosome 17q families for gene identification strategies. (LOD ¼ 2.36); the subset of pedigrees with four or more There are a number of interesting candidate genes for affected individuals (LOD ¼ 3.27) provided even greater inherited prostate cancer susceptibility that map to this 17q21–22 region. We previously performed full gene mutation analysis of the breast cancer susceptibility Correspondence: Dr KA Cooney, Department of Internal Medicine, gene BRCA1 in 93 PCGP families with nonparametric University of Michigan Medical School, 7310 CCGC, 1500 East linkage (NPL) scores 40 at 17q.6 Using denaturing high- Medical Center Drive, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-0946, USA. E-mail: [email protected] performance liquid chromatography and direct sequence Received 30 January 2006; revised 27 March 2006; accepted 27 March analysis, we identified only one deleterious BRCA1 2006; published online 30 May 2006 mutation in one man who had a family history of both Prohibitin mutations in prostate cancer KA White et al prostate and ovarian cancer. This led us to conclude that informed consent, and all research protocols and consent 299 there is likely one or more additional genes in this region forms were approved by the Institutional Review Board that may be contributing to prostate cancer susceptibility. at the University of Michigan Medical School. Cases of In this report, we describe sequence analysis of the prostate cancer were confirmed by medical records/ tumor suppressor gene prohibitin (PHB) in 32 PCGP death certificates when possible. Occasionally, indepen- families with the most significant linkage evidence at 17q dent confirmation by two family members of prostate (NPL score 41.0). PHB is located within 1 cM from the cancer in a deceased relative was used when medical marker nearest the linkage peak in the 79 PCGP families records could not be obtained. Blood samples collected with four or more confirmed cases of prostate cancer from affected individuals and from unaffected indivi- (Figure 1).3 PHB is thus a candidate hereditary prostate duals that were informative for linkage were used. DNA cancer susceptibility gene based on its location as well as was isolated from nucleated blood cells by use of the recent data demonstrating that prohibitin is down- Puregene kit (Gentra Systems, Minneapolis, MN, USA). regulated by androgens and may play a role in cell-cycle For this report, we describe results from 32 families that progression.7 were determined to have an NPL score 41 at 60.1 cM on chromosome 17. This distance was selected because it represents the linkage peak for all families analyzed Materials and methods together. Patient selection Men with prostate cancer who have at least one living Genetic analysis affected relative were asked to participate in the Sequencing primers were designed to amplify all seven University of Michigan PCGP by providing a blood PHB exons including intron/exon borders and to sample, extended family history information, and access minimize amplification of known pseudogenes (Table 1). to medical records. All participants gave written Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) was performed in a Linkage peak in GWS for 175 PCGP families D17S798 D17S1868 D17S787 53.41 cM 64.16 cM 74.99 cM BRCA1 PHB 55 60 65 70 75 80 Centromere Telomere Map Position (cM) Figure 1 Location of BRCA1 (63 cM) and PHB (63.62 cM) relative to the markers used in the Prostate Cancer Genetics Project (PCGP) GWS for prostate cancer susceptibility genes (second horizontal line). The linkage peak observed when all 175 PCGP families were analyzed together was at 60.1 cM, which is closest to marker D17S1868.3 Map distances are from The Center for Genetics at Marshfield Medical Research Foundation (www.marshmed.org/genetics). Data from the National Center for Biotechnology (www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov) was used to place genes relative to markers. Table 1 Sequencing primers used to amplify PHB exons as well as portions of the 50 and 30 untranslated regions PCR product size (bp) Primer sequence Exon 1 F 474 ACTCACAGCGCTCTTCCACACCAA R CTCCGCCCCACCGTCGTT Exon 2 F 367 GGGGAAATAAATAGCCAGGTTGAAAAGTGA R TGTGGTATGAAATGGCAGGAGGTGAGC Exon 3 F 296 GCACCAGGGCTCTTTCAA R AGCACCTCTTCCACACTCCCTACTTTA Exon 4/5 F 631 TGGGAGGCAGAGGTTGTAGTGA R AGCCCCTTCCCCTCCTCGGTCTC Exon 6 F 523 CTGGGGAGGTGGTCGATTGAGTAGATA R CCGGAAGAAGGGATGACAGATGA Exon 7 F 808 GCCACAGCCCCGATGATT R TGAACGAGGGGGCCAGGAACG Exon 7 F 593 TAGCCTGACATGCGGTGCCCTGAG R CCCGCCTGCGTGCTGCCAAATG 30 UTR F 627 CCGGGGAGGGGCAGAGA R CCTTCGGGTTGGGGATGGAT Abbreviatons: F, forward, PCR, polymerase chain reaction; PHB, prohibitin; R, reverse. All primers are listed in 50 to 30 order. Prostate Cancer and Prostatic Diseases Prohibitin mutations in prostate cancer KA White et al 300 50 ml reaction mixture containing 5 ml10Â buffer cancer from 32 unrelated multiplex prostate cancer (Invitrogen Life Technologies, Carlsbad, CA, USA), 1 ml families failed to identify any nonsynonymous or 50 mM MgC12,1ml10mM dNTPS, 2 ml each of the two truncating mutations. A number of single nucleotide PCR primers at 5 mM concentration, 3.0 ml template DNA variants were identified, however, including four at 20 ng/ml, and 0.5 mlofTaq (Platinum Taq Polymerase, novel nucleotide substitutions, and these data Invitrogen) in double-distilled H2O. Polymerase chain are presented in Table 2. No sequence variations reaction amplification for each primer set was based on were identified in exons. the maximum annealing performance and this informa- tion is available on request. Polymerase chain reaction products were cleaned for sequencing using Montage PCR Centrifugal Filter Devices (Millipore, Billerica, MA, Discussion USA). Samples were sequenced using an ABI Prism 3100 Prohibitin was identified in 1989 through a set of Genetic Analyzer using Big Dye Terminator v1.1 che- experiments in which investigators