Detection of APC gene deletion by double competitive polymerase chain reaction in patients with familial adenomatous polyposis

  • Authors:
    • Maho Takahashi
    • Mariko Kikuchi
    • Naganari Ohkura
    • Hiroko Yaguchi
    • Yuko Nagamura
    • Sumiko Ohnami
    • Mineko Ushiama
    • Teruhiko Yoshida
    • Kokichi Sugano
    • Takeo Iwama
    • Shinji Kosugi
    • Toshihiko Tsukada
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  • Published online on: August 1, 2006     https://doi.org/10.3892/ijo.29.2.413
  • Pages: 413-421
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Abstract

Familial adenomatous polyposis (FAP) is an autosomal dominant familial cancer syndrome caused by germline mutations of the tumor suppressor adenomatous polyposis coli (APC) gene. Heterozygous apc mutations have been identified in the majority of classical FAP patients who develop more than 100 colorectal adenomas. However, classical FAP patients often fail to display germline APC mutations detectable by routine mutation analysis. These apparently mutation-negative cases may be caused by heterozygous large genomic deletions. In the present study, FAP patients who showed no APC germline mutation detectable by the protein truncation assay and direct sequencing of protein coding exons were screened for APC gene deletion by a gene dose assay based on double competitive polymerase chain reaction. Gene dosage measurements within exon 15 of the APC gene identified two patients with gene deletion and one with possible gene duplication among 41 apparently mutation-negative patients. The deleted sequences in the two patients were determined by fine gene dose mapping around the APC gene and nucleotide sequencing of the deletion breakpoints. They were ≈435-kilobase pair (kb) and 737-kb regions including the whole APC gene and flanked by a 4-base pair repeat and LINE-1 repetitive sequences, respectively. The chimeric LINE-1 element created at the breakpoint in the latter case also contained a short sequence derived from another LINE-1 element, suggesting a complex unequal homologous recombination event. These findings indicate that this gene dose assay is a useful technique to detect large gene deletions of the APC gene and to determine their genomic breakpoints.

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Takahashi M, Kikuchi M, Ohkura N, Yaguchi H, Nagamura Y, Ohnami S, Ushiama M, Yoshida T, Sugano K, Iwama T, Iwama T, et al: Detection of APC gene deletion by double competitive polymerase chain reaction in patients with familial adenomatous polyposis. Int J Oncol 29: 413-421, 2006
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Takahashi, M., Kikuchi, M., Ohkura, N., Yaguchi, H., Nagamura, Y., Ohnami, S. ... Tsukada, T. (2006). Detection of APC gene deletion by double competitive polymerase chain reaction in patients with familial adenomatous polyposis. International Journal of Oncology, 29, 413-421. https://doi.org/10.3892/ijo.29.2.413
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Takahashi, M., Kikuchi, M., Ohkura, N., Yaguchi, H., Nagamura, Y., Ohnami, S., Ushiama, M., Yoshida, T., Sugano, K., Iwama, T., Kosugi, S., Tsukada, T."Detection of APC gene deletion by double competitive polymerase chain reaction in patients with familial adenomatous polyposis". International Journal of Oncology 29.2 (2006): 413-421.
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Takahashi, M., Kikuchi, M., Ohkura, N., Yaguchi, H., Nagamura, Y., Ohnami, S., Ushiama, M., Yoshida, T., Sugano, K., Iwama, T., Kosugi, S., Tsukada, T."Detection of APC gene deletion by double competitive polymerase chain reaction in patients with familial adenomatous polyposis". International Journal of Oncology 29, no. 2 (2006): 413-421. https://doi.org/10.3892/ijo.29.2.413