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Germline TP53 mutations in BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutation-negative French Canadian breast cancer families

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About 40% of French Canadian breast and/or ovarian cancer families harbor germline BRCA1 or BRCA1 mutations where common mutations account for about 84% of all mutations identified in cancer families. Within a series of BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutation-negative families, a germline TP53 13398 G>A (Arg213Gln) mutation was identified, which was selected for mutation analysis in this gene because of a family history consistent with Li–Fraumeni syndrome (LFS). Given the founder effects in this population, the 13398 G>A mutation was screened in series of 52 BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutation-negative cancer families, and a mutation-positive family was identified. However, pedigree inspection and expansion of mutation-positive families with the same mutation revealed that they were closely related to each other. To further characterize the contribution of TP53 in cancer families, mutation analysis was performed in the remaining BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutation-negative cancer families. Thirty sequence variants were identified, the majority of which occur in intronic sequences and are not predicted to affect the functionality of TP53. However, the 14538 G>A (Arg290His) mutation was identified in a family which did not exhibit features consistent with LFS or Li–Fraumeni-like (LFL) syndrome. Neither of the TP53 mutations was detected in 381 French Canadian women with breast cancer diagnosed before 50 years of age not selected for family history of cancer. In all, germline TP53 mutations were identified in two of 52 (3.8%) cancer families, suggesting that TP53 is not a major contributor to BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutation-negative breast and/or ovarian cancer families of French Canadian descent.

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Acknowledgments

With thank Marise Roy, Stéphanie Lepage, Manon Deladurantaye, and Myriam Costa for technical support. C.M.M. is a recipient of a chercheur-boursier Fonds de la recherche en santé du Québec (F.R.S.Q.). This work was supported by grants from the Cancer Research Society Inc., to P.N.T., and the Banque de tissus et de données of the Réseau de recherche sur le cancer of the F.R.S.Q. to W.D.F., P.G, C.M.M., A.M. M.-M., D.M.P., and P.N.T.

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  1. The Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, QC, Canada

    Suzanna L. Arcand, William D. Foulkes & Patricia N. Tonin

  2. Service de Médecine Génique, Centre Hospitalier de l’Université de Montréal (CHUM), Montreal, QC, Canada

    Christine M. Maugard

  3. Département de médecine, Université de Montréal, Montreal, QC, Canada

    Christine M. Maugard & Anne-Marie Mes-Masson

  4. Epidemiology Research Unit, Research Centre, CHUM—Hôtel-Dieu, Montreal, QC, Canada

    Parviz Ghadirian & Eve Fafard

  5. Department of Surgery, CHUM—Hôtel-Dieu, Montreal, QC, Canada

    André Robidoux

  6. Centre de Recherche du Centre Hospitalier de l’Université de Montréal/Institut du Cancer de Montréal, Hôpital Notre-Dame, Montreal, QC, Canada

    Chantal Perret, Anne-Marie Mes-Masson & Diane Provencher

  7. Women’s College Research Institute, Women’s College Hospital and University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada

    Phil Zhang & Steven A. Narod

  8. Program in Cancer Genetics, Departments of Oncology and Human Genetics, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada

    William D. Foulkes & Patricia N. Tonin

  9. Department of Medical Genetics, Sir Mortimer B. Davis-Jewish General Hospital, Montreal, QC, Canada

    William D. Foulkes

  10. Departments of Medicine and Human Genetics, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada

    William D. Foulkes & Patricia N. Tonin

  11. Département d’obstétrique gynécologie, Division de gynécologie oncologique, Université de Montréal, Montreal, QC, Canada

    Diane Provencher

  12. Medical Genetics, Montreal General Hospital, Room L10-120, Montreal, QC, Canada, H3G 1A4

    Patricia N. Tonin

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Arcand, S.L., Maugard, C.M., Ghadirian, P. et al. Germline TP53 mutations in BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutation-negative French Canadian breast cancer families. Breast Cancer Res Treat 108, 399–408 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10549-007-9608-6

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