PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Mohamed H Abdel-Rahman
AU  - Robert Pilarski
AU  - Colleen M Cebulla
AU  - James B Massengill
AU  - Benjamin N Christopher
AU  - Getachew Boru
AU  - Peter Hovland
AU  - Frederick H Davidorf
TI  - Germline <em>BAP1</em> mutation predisposes to uveal melanoma, lung adenocarcinoma, meningioma, and other cancers
AID  - 10.1136/jmedgenet-2011-100156
DP  - 2011 Dec 01
TA  - Journal of Medical Genetics
PG  - 856--859
VI  - 48
IP  - 12
4099  - http://jmg.bmj.com/content/48/12/856.short
4100  - http://jmg.bmj.com/content/48/12/856.full
SO  - J Med Genet2011 Dec 01; 48
AB  - 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.