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Missense Mutations of MADH4: Characterization of the Mutational Hot Spot and Functional Consequences in Human Tumors
Vol. 10, 1597–1604, March 1, 2004 Clinical Cancer Research 1597 Featured Article Missense Mutations of MADH4: Characterization of the Mutational Hot Spot and Functional Consequences in Human Tumors Christine A. Iacobuzio-Donahue,1 Jason Song,5 Introduction Giovanni Parmiagiani,4 Charles J. Yeo,2,3 Human pancreatic ductal adenocarcinomas inactivate the Ralph H. Hruban,1,2 and Scott E. Kern2 tumor suppressor gene MADH4 (DPC4, SMAD4) with a high frequency (1). This inactivation occurs most commonly by Departments of 1Pathology, 2Oncology, 3Surgery, and 4Public Health, The Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, Maryland, and homozygous deletion (HD), but some tumors may also inacti- 5Temple University School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania vate the gene by loss of heterozygosity (LOH) coupled with a mutation in the remaining allele. Inactivation by nonsense mu- tation may cause the loss of protein expression by enhanced Abstract proteosomal degradation (2, 3). Even when expressed as protein, Purpose and Experimental Design: The mutational spec- missense mutations may result in loss of a specific function of trum of MADH4 (DPC4/SMAD4) opens valuable insights the Madh4 protein such as DNA binding or Smad protein into the functions of this protein that confer its tumor- interactions (2–9). Thus, the location of these mutations can suppressive nature in human tumors. We present the provide clues to key structural features that mediate the tumor- MADH4 genetic status determined on a new set of pancre- suppressive function of MADH4. atic, biliary, and duodenal cancers with comparison to the Members of the Smad protein family, including Madh4, mutational data reported for various tumor types. -
Bio 102 Practice Problems Genetic Code and Mutation
Bio 102 Practice Problems Genetic Code and Mutation Multiple choice: Unless otherwise directed, circle the one best answer: 1. Choose the one best answer: Beadle and Tatum mutagenized Neurospora to find strains that required arginine to live. Based on the classification of their mutants, they concluded that: A. one gene corresponds to one protein. B. DNA is the genetic material. C. "inborn errors of metabolism" were responsible for many diseases. D. DNA replication is semi-conservative. E. protein cannot be the genetic material. 2. Choose the one best answer. Which one of the following is NOT part of the definition of a gene? A. A physical unit of heredity B. Encodes a protein C. Segement of a chromosome D. Responsible for an inherited characteristic E. May be linked to other genes 3. A mutation converts an AGA codon to a TGA codon (in DNA). This mutation is a: A. Termination mutation B. Missense mutation C. Frameshift mutation D. Nonsense mutation E. Non-coding mutation 4. Beadle and Tatum performed a series of complex experiments that led to the idea that one gene encodes one enzyme. Which one of the following statements does not describe their experiments? A. They deduced the metabolic pathway for the synthesis of an amino acid. B. Many different auxotrophic mutants of Neurospora were isolated. C. Cells unable to make arginine cannot survive on minimal media. D. Some mutant cells could survive on minimal media if they were provided with citrulline or ornithine. E. Homogentisic acid accumulates and is excreted in the urine of diseased individuals. 5. -
Coincident Two Mutations and One Single Nucleotide Polymorphism of the PTCH1 Gene in a Family with Naevoid Basal Cell Carcinoma Syndrome
Letters to the Editor 635 Coincident Two Mutations and One Single Nucleotide Polymorphism of the PTCH1 Gene in a Family with Naevoid Basal Cell Carcinoma Syndrome Shoko Abe1, Kenji Kabashima1*, Jun-ichi Sakabe1, Takatoshi Shimauchi1, Zhang Yan2, Tetsuji Okamoto2 and Yoshiki Tokura1 1Department of Dermatology, University of Occupational and Environmental Health, 1-1 Iseigaoka, Yahatanishi-ku, Kitakyushu 807-8555, and 2Department of Molecular Oral Medicine and Maxillofacial Surgery 1, Division of Frontier Medical Science, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan. E-mail: [email protected] Accepted May 7, 2008. Sir, at nucleotide position 667 within exon 3 and an intervening se- Naevoid basal cell carcinoma syndrome (NBCCS, OMIM quence (IVS)16 -3T > C, and a SNP; IVS10 -8T > C, were detected in all three cases. A deletion of AGAC causes a frameshift and a #109400), also called Gorlin’s syndrome, is an autosomal subsequent stop codon in exon 3, which prematurely truncates dominant disease that affects about 1 in 60,000 indivi- the protein (Fig. 1a). In addition, the IVS16 -3T > C could lead duals (1, 2). NBCCS is associated with various skeletal to an aberrant splicing and truncation of PTCH1 (10–12). and neurocutaneous abnormalities. Major manifestations To detect the expression level of PTCH1 protein in the skin, are multiple basal cell carcinomas (BCCs), odontogenic an immunohistochemical study was performed using goat poly- clonal anti-PTCH1 antibody (G-19; Santa Cruz Biotechnology, keratocysts, palmoplantar dyskeratotic pits and intra- Santa Cruz, CA, USA). Enzyme reactions were developed with cranial calcification (3). In addition, rib and vertebral conventional substrates for diamino-benzidine (Sigma, St Louis, malformations, epidermal cysts, macrocephaly, facial MO, USA) (13). -
Antibiotic Resistance by High-Level Intrinsic Suppression of a Frameshift Mutation in an Essential Gene
Antibiotic resistance by high-level intrinsic suppression of a frameshift mutation in an essential gene Douglas L. Husebya, Gerrit Brandisa, Lisa Praski Alzrigata, and Diarmaid Hughesa,1 aDepartment of Medical Biochemistry and Microbiology, Biomedical Center, Uppsala University, Uppsala SE-751 23, Sweden Edited by Sankar Adhya, National Institutes of Health, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD, and approved January 4, 2020 (received for review November 5, 2019) A fundamental feature of life is that ribosomes read the genetic (unlikely if the DNA sequence analysis was done properly), that the code in messenger RNA (mRNA) as triplets of nucleotides in a mutants carry frameshift suppressor mutations (15–17), or that the single reading frame. Mutations that shift the reading frame gen- mRNA contains sequence elements that promote a high level of ri- erally cause gene inactivation and in essential genes cause loss of bosomal shifting into the correct reading frame to support cell viability viability. Here we report and characterize a +1-nt frameshift mutation, (10). Interest in understanding these mutations goes beyond Mtb and centrally located in rpoB, an essential gene encoding the beta-subunit concerns more generally the potential for rescue of mutants that ac- of RNA polymerase. Mutant Escherichia coli carrying this mutation are quire a frameshift mutation in any essential gene. We addressed this viable and highly resistant to rifampicin. Genetic and proteomic exper- by isolating a mutant of Escherichia coli carrying a frameshift mutation iments reveal a very high rate (5%) of spontaneous frameshift suppres- in rpoB and experimentally dissecting its genotype and phenotypes. sion occurring on a heptanucleotide sequence downstream of the mutation. -
Why Are Frameshift Homologs Widespread Within and Across Species?
bioRxiv preprint doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/067736; this version posted August 25, 2016. The copyright holder for this preprint (which was not certified by peer review) is the author/funder. All rights reserved. No reuse allowed without permission. The shiftability of the protein coding genes 1 Why are frameshift homologs widespread within and across species? 2 Xiaolong Wang*1, Quanjiang Dong2, Gang Chen1, Jianye Zhang1, Yongqiang Liu1, Jinqiao 3 Zhao1, Haibo Peng1, Yalei Wang1, Yujia Cai1, Xuxiang Wang1, Chao Yang1 4 1. College of Life Sciences, Ocean University of China, Qingdao, 266003, P. R. China 5 2. Qingdao Municipal Hospital, Qingdao, Shandong, 266003, P. R. China 6 Abstract 7 Frameshifted coding genes presumably yield truncated and dysfunctional proteins. 8 We report that frameshift homologs, including frameshift orthologs and frameshift 9 paralogs, are actually widespread within and across species. We proposed that protein 10 coding genes have a ca-0.5 quasi-constant shiftability: given any protein coding 11 sequence, at least 50% of the amino acids remain conserved in a frameshifted protein 12 sequence. In the natural genetic code, amino acid pairs assigned to frameshift codon 13 substitutions are more conserved than those to random codon substitutions, and the 14 frameshift tolerating ability of the natural genetic code ranks among the best 6% of all 15 compatible genetic codes. Hence, the shiftability of protein coding genes was mainly 16 predefined by the standard genetic code, while additional sequence-level shiftability 17 was achieved through biased usages of codons and codon pairs. We concluded that 18 during early evolution the genetic code was symmetrically optimized for tolerate 19 frameshifts, so that protein coding genes were endowed an inherent ability to tolerate 20 frameshifting in both forward and backward directions. -
Point Mutations Underlying NF1 and NF2 and Increased Risk of Malignancy
Central Annals of Otolaryngology and Rhinology Mini Review *Corresponding author Andrea L.O. Hebb, MSc, PhD, RN, Maritime Lateral Skull Base Clinic, Otolaryngology, Neurosurgery and the Point Mutations Underlying NF1 Stereotactic Radiotherapy Group QEII Health Science Centre, Halifax, Canada; Email: [email protected] and NF2 and Increased Risk of Submitted: 12 February 2020 Accepted: 25 February 2020 Published: 27 February 2020 Malignancy ISSN: 2379-948X Copyright 1 2 3,4 3,4 Myles Davidson , Haupt TS , Morris DP , Shoman NM , © 2020 Davidson M, et al. 2,4 1,2,4 Walling SA , and Hebb ALO * OPEN ACCESS 1Department of Psychology, Saint Mary’s University, Canada 2Division of Neurosurgery, Dalhousie University, Canada Keywords 3 Division of Otolaryngology, Dalhousie University, Canada • Neurofibromatosis 4 Maritime Lateral Skull Base Clinic, Otolaryngology, Neurosurgery and the Stereotactic • Missense mutation Radiotherapy Group QEII Health Science Centre, Canada • Frameshift mutation • Nonsense mutation Abstract • KRAS gene • Colorectal cancer Neurofibromatosis Type-1 and Neurofibromatosis Type-2 are autosomal dominant • Acoustic neuroma tumor suppressor disorders that result from inherited or spontaneous mutations in • Vestibular schwannoma their respective genes. Neurofibromatosis Type-1 has been attributed to a non-sense • Meningioma mutation in chromosome 17 and Neurofibromatosis Type-2 a point mutation in its gene on chromosome 22. The following discussion briefly reviews point and frameshift mutations and explores the relationship between point mutations and development of malignancies in patients with Neurofibromatosis Type-1 and Neurofibromatosis Type-2. INTRODUCTION producing phenylalanine hydroxylase, the majority of which are missense mutations [4]. A point mutation is the change of one base for another in the DNA sequence. -
Nonsense and Missense Mutations in Hemophilia A: Estimate of the Relative Mutation Rate at CG Dinucleotides Hagop Youssoufian,* Stylianos E
Am. J. Hum. Genet. 42:718-725, 1988 Nonsense and Missense Mutations in Hemophilia A: Estimate of the Relative Mutation Rate at CG Dinucleotides Hagop Youssoufian,* Stylianos E. Antonarakis,* William Bell,t Anne M. Griffin,4 and Haig H. Kazazian, Jr.* *Genetics Unit, Department of Pediatrics, and tDivision of Hematology, Department of Medicine, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore; and tDivision of Hematology, Department of Medicine, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill Summary Hemophilia A is an X-linked disease of coagulation caused by deficiency of factor VIII. Using cloned cDNA and synthetic oligonucleotide probes, we have now screened 240 patients and found CG-to-TG transitions in an exon in nine. We have previously reported four of these patients; and here we report the remaining five, all of whom were severely affected. In one patient a TaqI site was lost in exon 23, and in the other four it was lost in exon 24. The novel exon 23 mutation is a CG-to-TG substitution at the codon for amino acid residue 2166, producing a nonsense codon in place of the normal codon for arginine. Simi- larly, the exon 24 mutations are also generated by CG-to-TG transitions, either on the sense strand produc- ing nonsense mutations or on the antisense strand producing missense mutations (Arg to Gln) at position 2228. The novel missense mutations are the first such mutations observed in association with severe hemo- philia A. These results provide further evidence that recurrent mutations are not uncommon in hemophilia A, and they also allow us to estimate that the extent of hypermutability of CG dinucleotides is 10-20 times greater than the average mutation rate for hemophilia A. -
The Genomics Era: the Future of Genetics in Medicine - Glossary
The Genomics Era: the Future of Genetics in Medicine - Glossary The glossary below provides a list of key terms used throughout the course. You do not need to read them all now; we’ll be linking back to the main glossary step wherever these terms appear, so you may refer back to this list if you are unsure of the terminology being used. Term Definition The process of matching reads back to their original Alignment position in the reference genome. An allele is one of a number of alternative forms of the same gene or genetic locus. We inherit one copy Allele of our genetic code from our mother and one copy of our genetic code from our father. Each copy is known as an allele. Microarray based genomic comparative hybridisation. This is a technique used to detect chromosome imbalances by comparing patient and control DNA and comparing differences between the two sets. It is Array CGH a useful technique for detecting small chromosome deletions and duplications which would not have been detected with more traditional karyotyping techniques. A unit of DNA. There are four bases which form the Base cross links (or rungs) of the DNA double helix: adenine (A), thymine (T), guanine (G) and cytosine (C). Capture see Target enrichment. The process by which a cell becomes specialized in Cell differentiation order to perform a specific function. Centromere The point at which the sister chromatids are joined. #1 FutureLearn A structure located in the nucleus all living cells, comprised of DNA bound around proteins called histones. The normal number of chromosomes in each Chromosome human cell nucleus is 46 and is composed of 22 pairs of autosomes and a pair of sex chromosomes which determine gender: males have an X and a Y chromosome whilst females have two X chromosomes. -
DNA Polymorphism and Mutations in CPN1, Including the Genomic Basis of Carboxypeptidase N Deficiency
4600/20J Hum Genet (2003) 48:20–22 N. Matsuda et al.: © Jpn EGF Soc receptor Hum Genet and osteoblastic and Springer-Verlag differentiation 2003 ORIGINAL ARTICLE Henian Cao · Robert A. Hegele DNA polymorphism and mutations in CPN1, including the genomic basis of carboxypeptidase N deficiency Received: November 5, 2002 / Accepted: November 7, 2002 Abstract Carboxypeptidase N (EC 3.4.17.3) regulates the serum alphaglobulin metalloenzyme, it inactivates comple- activity of peptides such as kinins and anaphylatoxins. ment components C3a, C4a, and C5a, in addition to brady- Although deficiency of carboxypeptidase N (MIM 212070) kinin, kallidin, and fibrinopeptides. Its central role in produces a severe allergic syndrome, no human mutations regulating the biologic activity of peptides such as kinins have ever been described. Therefore, using archival and anaphylatoxins led to such alternate designations as genomic DNA from a subject with documented carbox- kininase-1 and anaphylatoxin inactivator (Mathews 1986). ypeptidase N deficiency, we sequenced CPN1 (MIM Purification of carboxypeptidase N (Skidgel et al. 1988; 603103), which encodes the catalytic subunit of carboxypep- Gebhard et al. 1989) permitted partial peptide sequencing tidase N. In the genomic DNA of the proband, we discov- of the catalytic subunit, resulting in the cloning of CPN1 ered three CPN1 variants: (1) 385fsInsG, a frameshift (MIM 603103), which encodes the 458-amino acid catalytic mutation in exon 1 due to a single G insertion at nucleotide subunit (Gebhard et al. 1989). CPN1 has been mapped to 385; (2) 746GϾA single-nucleotide polymorphism (SNP), a chromosome 10 (Riley et al. 1998). missense mutation in exon 3 that predicted substitution of The only reported family with carboxypeptidase N defi- aspartic acid for the wild-type conserved glycine at amino ciency (MIM 212070) included a 65-year male Caucasian acid 178 (G178D); and (3) IVS1 ϩ6CϾT, an SNP in intron proband with an 11-year history of angioedema that oc- 1. -
Problem Set Questions from Exam 2 Unit – Mutations, Bacterial Genetics, and Bacterial Gene Regulation
Problem set questions from Exam 2 Unit – Mutations, Bacterial Genetics, and Bacterial Gene Regulation Central Dogma, Mutagens and Mutations 1. The three stop codons in the genetic code are 5’UAG3’, 5’UAA3’, and 5’UGA3’. (a) The sequence of the ochre stop codon is 5’UAA3’. One can isolate bacterial strains that carry mutations in genes encoding tRNAs such that they will encode mutant tRNAs that recognize the ochre stop codon (as opposed to wild-type tRNAs, which recognize one of the 61 non-stop codons). You are trying to isolate single mutations in tRNA genes that will suppress an ochre mutation. To increase the frequency of such mutations, you use a mutagen that produces transition mutations (i.e. C•G to T•A and T•A to C•G base changes). Which tRNA genes could in principle be altered by the mutagen to give the desired suppressor mutation? (b) For each answer you gave in part (a), write out the DNA sequence of the part of the wild-type gene encoding the wild-type tRNA that encodes for the anti-codon portion of that tRNA. (Label the 5’ and 3’ ends of both DNA strands, and indicate which strand is used as the template during transcription of the tRNA). (c) For each answer you gave in part (a), write out the DNA sequence of the part of the mutant gene encoding the ochre-suppressing mutant tRNA that encodes for the anti- codon portion of that tRNA. (Label the 5’ and 3’ ends of both DNA strands, and indicate which strand is used as the template during transcription of the tRNA). -
A Novel Missense Mutation in HSF4 Causes Autosomal-Dominant
Eye (2018) 32, 806–812 © 2018 Macmillan Publishers Limited, part of Springer Nature. All rights reserved 0950-222X/18 www.nature.com/eye 1,5 1,2,5 3,4 LABORATORY STUDY A novel missense V Berry , N Pontikos , A Moore , ACW Ionides3, V Plagnol2, ME Cheetham1 mutation in HSF4 and M Michaelides1,3 causes autosomal- dominant congenital lamellar cataract in a British family Abstract manifestations and is a predominant feature in 4200 genetic disorders. Congenital cataract may Purpose Inherited cataract, opacification of the lens, is the most common worldwide be familial and display considerable genotypic 4 cause of blindness in children. We aimed to and phenotypic heterogeneity. Inheritance is identify the genetic cause of isolated most commonly autosomal dominant (AD), 1 Department of Genetics, autosomal-dominant lamellar cataract in a usually with complete penetrance but with UCL Institute of five-generation British family. highly variable expressivity. The phenotypic Ophthalmology, London, fi UK Methods Whole exome sequencing (WES) classi cation of the cataract depends on the was performed on two affected individuals of position and type of the lens opacity such as: 2UCL Genetics Institute, the family and further validated by direct anterior polar, posterior polar, nuclear, lamellar, University College London, sequencing in family members. coralliform, blue-dot (cerulean), cortical, London UK Results A novel missense mutation pulverulent, polymorphic, complete cataract, 4 and posterior nuclear cataract.5,6 Significant 3 fi NM_001040667.2:c.190A G;p.K64E was Moor elds Eye Hospital, fi London, UK identi ed in the DNA-binding-domain of progress has been made in identifying the heat-shock transcription factor 4 (HSF4) and molecular genetic basis of human cataract. -
Brief Genetics Report
Brief Genetics Report Haplotype Tag Single Nucleotide Polymorphism Analysis of the Human Orthologues of the Rat Type 1 Diabetes Genes Ian4 (Lyp/Iddm1) and Cblb Felicity Payne, Deborah J. Smyth, Rebecca Pask, Bryan J. Barratt, Jason D. Cooper, Rebecca C.J. Twells, Neil M. Walker, Alex C. Lam, Luc J. Smink, Sarah Nutland, Helen E. Rance, and John A. Todd The diabetes-prone BioBreeding (BB) and Komeda dia- animal model is the severe lymphopenia that is essential betes-prone (KDP) rats are both spontaneous animal for the development of the diabetic phenotype and that is models of human autoimmune, T-cell–associated type 1 inherited as a Mendelian trait (3). Life-long and profound diabetes. Both resemble the human disease, and conse- T-cell lymphopenia is characterized by a reduction in quently, susceptibility genes for diabetes found in these peripheral CD4ϩ T-cells, an even greater reduction of two strains can be considered as potential candidate CD8ϩ T-cells (4), and an almost total absence of RT6ϩ genes in humans. Recently, a frameshift deletion in T-cells (5). The lymphopenia gene is involved in the Ian4, a member of the immune-associated nucleotide regulation of apoptosis in the T-cell lineage and is, there- (Ian)-related gene family, has been shown to map to BB fore, responsible for loss of critical T-cells, resulting in rat Iddm1. In the KDP rat, a nonsense mutation in the T-cell regulatory gene, Cblb, has been described as a autoimmunity (6). Recently, two groups have indepen- major susceptibility locus. Following a strategy of ex- dently shown, by positional cloning of Iddm1/lyp, that amining the human orthologues of susceptibility genes lymphopenia is due to a frameshift deletion in Ian4 (also identified in animal models for association with type 1 called Ian5) of the immune-associated nucleotide (Ian)- diabetes, we identified single nucleotide polymorphisms related gene family (6,7), resulting in a truncated protein (SNPs) from each gene by resequencing PCR product product.