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"Evaluation of the diagnostic accuracy of the stop codon (SC) assay for identifying protein-truncating mutations in the BRCA1and BRCA2genes in familial breast cancer." |
Sakayori M, Kawahara M, Shiraishi K, Nomizu T, Shimada A, Kudo T, Abe R, Ohuchi N, Takenoshita S, Kanamaru R, Ishioka C |
Published Jan. 1, 2003 in J Hum Genet volume 48 .
Pubmed ID: 12624724
Abstract:
| Screening for protein-truncating mutations of the BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes is useful in genetic testing for familial breast cancer because, first, the methods are usually simple and not expensive, and second, the detected mutations indicate pathogenic mutations in general. We evaluated the diagnostic accuracy of the stop codon (SC) assay for detecting protein-truncating mutations in the BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes by comparing the results with DNA sequencing in samples from 29 patients with breast cancer from 24 Japanese families with a history of breast cancer. Protein-truncating mutations were detected in 5 of the 24 families (20.8%; two in the BRCA1 gene and three in the BRCA2 gene). Among the 176 DNA fragments examined using the SC assay, the existence of three protein-truncating mutations (one in the BRCA1 gene and two in the BRCA2gene) was predicted correctly by the assay. Only one reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction fragment was positive for the SC assay but was negative using DNA sequencing. Our study showed clearly that the SC assay is sensitive (3 of 3, 100%) and specific (172 of 173, 99%) for detecting pathogenic protein-truncating mutations in the BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes, and that it could be useful for screening larger populations. |
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