Analysis of genotype-phenotype correlations in familial adenomatous polyposis (FAP) patients demonstrated that the phenotypic heterogeneity of FAP is partly related to the mutation site. We investigated the molecular basis for the difference in severity of colorectal disease observed comparing FAP patients from two kindreds with neighbouring germline mutations in exon 9 of the APC gene. Patients from one kindred presented with a attenuated form of FAP, characterized by a low number of colorectal adenomas (up to 22). In FAP patients from this kindred, the APC gene mutation was localized at codon 367, in the portion of exon 9 that is alternately spliced. This is expected to result in the splicing-out of the mutation site in a fraction of mRNA molecules and in the residual production of wild-type transcripts from the mutant APC allele. Patients from the other kindred manifested a FAP phenotype characterized by hundreds of colorectal adenomas (320 to > 500). In these patients, the APC gene mutation abolished the donor site of exon 9a, used in both alternately spliced isoforms of the exon. The analysis of the relative levels of mutant and wild-type transcripts in unaffected colonic mucosa demonstrated that the mutant allele was not expressed. The model offered by our FAP patients with neighbouring exon 9 APC mutations supports the view that in addition to the mutation site, the type of mutation and transcript dosage effects contribute to the heterogeneity of disease phenotypes.

Transcript dosage effect in familial adenomatous polyposis: model offered by two kindreds with exon 9 APC mutations

CURIA, Maria Cristina;ESPOSITO, Diana Liberata;ACETO, Gitana;PALMIROTTA, Raffaele;BATTISTA, Pasquale;MARIANI COSTANTINI, Renato;CAMA, Alessandro
1998-01-01

Abstract

Analysis of genotype-phenotype correlations in familial adenomatous polyposis (FAP) patients demonstrated that the phenotypic heterogeneity of FAP is partly related to the mutation site. We investigated the molecular basis for the difference in severity of colorectal disease observed comparing FAP patients from two kindreds with neighbouring germline mutations in exon 9 of the APC gene. Patients from one kindred presented with a attenuated form of FAP, characterized by a low number of colorectal adenomas (up to 22). In FAP patients from this kindred, the APC gene mutation was localized at codon 367, in the portion of exon 9 that is alternately spliced. This is expected to result in the splicing-out of the mutation site in a fraction of mRNA molecules and in the residual production of wild-type transcripts from the mutant APC allele. Patients from the other kindred manifested a FAP phenotype characterized by hundreds of colorectal adenomas (320 to > 500). In these patients, the APC gene mutation abolished the donor site of exon 9a, used in both alternately spliced isoforms of the exon. The analysis of the relative levels of mutant and wild-type transcripts in unaffected colonic mucosa demonstrated that the mutant allele was not expressed. The model offered by our FAP patients with neighbouring exon 9 APC mutations supports the view that in addition to the mutation site, the type of mutation and transcript dosage effects contribute to the heterogeneity of disease phenotypes.
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