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Germline BAP1 mutation predisposes to uveal melanoma, lung adenocarcinoma, meningioma, and other cancers
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  1. Mohamed H Abdel-Rahman1,2,
  2. Robert Pilarski2,
  3. Colleen M Cebulla1,
  4. James B Massengill1,
  5. Benjamin N Christopher1,
  6. Getachew Boru1,
  7. Peter Hovland3,
  8. Frederick H Davidorf1
  1. 1Department of Ophthalmology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA
  2. 2Division of Human Genetics, Department of Internal Medicine and Comprehensive Cancer Center, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA
  3. 3Colorado Retina Associates, Denver, Colorado, USA
  1. Correspondence to Dr Mohamed H Abdel-Rahman, 400 W 12th Ave, Room 202, Columbus, OH 43210, USA; mohamed.abdel-rahman{at}osumc.edu

Abstract

Objective To investigate the potential contribution of germline sequence alterations in the BAP1 gene in uveal melanoma (UM) patients with possible predisposition to hereditary cancer.

Design A total of 53 unrelated UM patients with high risk for hereditary cancer and five additional family members of one proband were studied. Mutational screening was carried out by direct sequencing.

Results Of the 53 UM patients studied, a single patient was identified with a germline BAP1 truncating mutation, c. 799 C→T (p.Q267X), which segregated in several family members and was associated with UM and other cancers. Biallelic inactivation of BAP1 and decreased BAP1 expression were identified in the UM, lung adenocarcinoma and meningioma tumours from three family members with this germline BAP1 mutation. Germline BAP1 variants of uncertain significance, likely non-pathogenic, were also identified in two additional UM patients.

Conclusion This study reports a novel hereditary cancer syndrome caused by a germline BAP1 mutation that predisposes patients to UM, lung carcinoma, meningioma, and possibly other cancers. The results indicate that BAP1 is the candidate gene in only a small subset of hereditary UM, suggesting the contribution of other candidate genes.

  • Uveal melanoma
  • eye neoplasm
  • familial cancer
  • BAP1
  • Cancer: hepatic
  • Genetic screening/counselling
  • molecular genetics
  • ocular tumors

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Footnotes

  • Funding This work is funded by the Patti Blow Research fund in Ophthalmology and by grant # IRG-67-003-47 from the American Cancer Society.

  • Competing interests None.

  • Ethics approval The Ohio State University Cancer Institutional Review Board.

  • Provenance and peer review Not commissioned; externally peer reviewed.