Heterozygote FANCD2 mutations associated with childhood T Cell ALL and testicular seminoma

Stephanie Smetsers, Joanne Muter, Claire Bristow, Leena Patel, Kate Chandler, Denise Bonney, Robert F. Wynn, Anthony D. Whetton, Andrew M. Will, Davy Rockx, Hans Joenje, Gordon Strathdee, Jonathan Shanks, Eva Klopocki, Johan J P Gille, Josephine Dorsman, Stefan Meyer

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    Abstract

    Fanconi anaemia (FA) is an inherited disease with congenital and developmental abnormalities characterised by cellular cross linker hypersensitivity. FA is caused by mutations in any of so far 15 identified FANC genes, which encode proteins that interact in a common DNA damage response (DDR) pathway. Individuals with FA have a high risk of developing acute myeloid leukaemia (AML) and squamous cell carcinoma. An increased cancer risk has been firmly established for carriers of mutations in FANCD1/BRCA2, FANCJ/BRIP1, FANCN/PALB2, RAD51C/ FANCO and link the FA pathway to inherited breast and ovarian cancer. We describe a pedigree with FANCD2 mutations c.458T>C (p.Leu153Ser) and c.2715 + 1G>A (p.Glu906LeufsX4) with mild phenotype FA in the index case, T cell ALL in the Leu153Ser heterozygous brother and testicular seminoma in the p.Glu906LeufsX4 heterozygous father. Both FANCD2 alleles were present in the T Cell ALL and the seminoma. This links specific FANCD2 mutations to T cell ALL and seminoma without evidence of allelic loss in the tumour tissue. © Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2012.
    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)661-665
    Number of pages4
    JournalFamilial Cancer
    Volume11
    Issue number4
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - Dec 2012

    Keywords

    • FANCD2
    • Fanconi anaemia
    • Leukaemia
    • Seminoma
    • Systemic Lupus erythematodous
    • T Cell ALL

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