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ATM: Functions of ATM Kinase and Its Relevance to Hereditary Tumors. International journal

Sayaka Ueno, Tamotsu Sudo, Akira Hirasawa

International journal of molecular sciences 23 ( 1 ) 2022.1

Language：English Publishing type：Research paper (scientific journal)

Ataxia-telangiectasia mutated (ATM) functions as a key initiator and coordinator of DNA damage and cellular stress responses. ATM signaling pathways contain many downstream targets that regulate multiple important cellular processes, including DNA damage repair, apoptosis, cell cycle arrest, oxidative sensing, and proliferation. Over the past few decades, associations between germline ATM pathogenic variants and cancer risk have been reported, particularly for breast and pancreatic cancers. In addition, given that ATM plays a critical role in repairing double-strand breaks, inhibiting other DNA repair pathways could be a synthetic lethal approach. Based on this rationale, several DNA damage response inhibitors are currently being tested in ATM-deficient cancers. In this review, we discuss the current knowledge related to the structure of the ATM gene, function of ATM kinase, clinical significance of ATM germline pathogenic variants in patients with hereditary cancers, and ongoing efforts to target ATM for the benefit of cancer patients.

DOI： 10.3390/ijms23010523

Homologous Recombination Deficiencies and Hereditary Tumors. International journal

Hideki Yamamoto, Akira Hirasawa

International journal of molecular sciences 23 ( 1 ) 2021.12

Language：English Publishing type：Research paper (scientific journal)

Homologous recombination (HR) is a vital process for repairing DNA double-strand breaks. Germline variants in the HR pathway, comprising at least 10 genes, such as BRCA1, BRCA2, ATM, BARD1, BRIP1, CHEK2, NBS1(NBN), PALB2, RAD51C, and RAD51D, lead to inherited susceptibility to specific types of cancers, including those of the breast, ovaries, prostate, and pancreas. The penetrance of germline pathogenic variants of each gene varies, whereas all their associated protein products are indispensable for maintaining a high-fidelity DNA repair system by HR. The present review summarizes the basic molecular mechanisms and components that collectively play a role in maintaining genomic integrity against DNA double-strand damage and their clinical implications on each type of hereditary tumor.

DOI： 10.3390/ijms23010348

Familial pancreatic cancer with PALB2 and NBN pathogenic variants: a case report

Kodai Abe, Arisa Ueki, Yusaku Urakawa, Minoru Kitago, Tomoko Yoshihama, Yoshiko Nanki, Yuko Kitagawa, Daisuke Aoki, Kenjiro Kosaki, Akira Hirasawa

Hereditary Cancer in Clinical Practice 19 ( 1 ) 2021.12

Language：English Publishing type：Research paper (scientific journal) Publisher：BioMed Central Ltd

Background: Family history is one of the risk factors for pancreatic cancer. It is suggested that patients with pancreatic cancer who have a familial history harbor germline pathogenic variants of BRCA1 and/or BRCA2 (BRCA1/2), PALB2, or ATM. Recently, some germline variants of familial pancreatic cancers (FPCs), including PALB2, have been detected. Several countries, including Japan, perform screening workups and genetic analysis for pancreatic cancers. We have been carrying out active surveillance for FPC through epidemiological surveys, imaging analyses, and genetic analysis. Case presentation: Here, we present the case of a female patient harboring pathogenic variants of PALB2 and NBN, with a family history of multiple pancreatic cancer in her younger brother, her aunt, and her father. Moreover, her father harbored a PALB2 pathogenic variant and her daughter harbored the same NBN pathogenic variant. Given the PALB2 and NBN variants, we designed surveillance strategies for the pancreas, breast, and ovary. Conclusions: Further studies are required to develop strategies for managing FPCs to facilitate prompt diagnosis before their progression.

DOI： 10.1186/s13053-020-00160-z

Retroperitoneal leiomyosarcoma in a female patient with a germline splicing variant RAD51D c.904-2A > T: a case report. International journal

Mashu Futagawa, Hideki Yamamoto, Mariko Kochi, Yusaku Urakawa, Reimi Sogawa, Fumino Kato, Mika Okazawa-Sakai, Daisuke Ennishi, Katsunori Shinozaki, Hirofumi Inoue, Hiroyuki Yanai, Akira Hirasawa

Hereditary cancer in clinical practice 19 ( 1 ) 48 - 48 2021.11

Language：English Publishing type：Research paper (scientific journal)

BACKGROUND: RAD51D (RAD51 paralog D) is an intermediate cancer susceptibility gene for primary ovarian cancer, including fallopian tube and peritoneal carcinomas and breast cancer. Although gynecological non-epithelial tumors such as uterine sarcomas are associated with genomic instability, including BRCA impairment, there is no clear evidence of the relationship between RAD51D variants and the risk of sarcoma development. CASE PRESENTATION: A Japanese woman in her 50s underwent multiple surgical resections and several regimens of chemotherapy for tumors that originated in the retroperitoneum and recurred in the peritoneum over a clinical course of approximately 4 years. The peritoneal tumor was histologically diagnosed as a leiomyosarcoma and was genetically identified to show a splice variant of RAD51D c.904-2A > T [NM_002878] through tumor profiling performed as a part of cancer precision medicine. The confirmatory genetic test performed after genetic counseling revealed that the RAD51D splicing variant detected in her tumor was of germline origin. In silico analyses supported the possible pathogenicity of the detected splice variant of RAD51D with a predicted attenuation in mRNA transcription and truncated protein production due to frameshifting, which was attributed to a single-nucleotide alteration in the splicing acceptor site at the 3'-end of intron 9 of RAD51D. Considering her unfavorable clinical outcome, which showed a highly aggressive phenotype of leiomyosarcoma with altered RAD51D, this case provided novel evidence for the relationship of a RAD51D splicing variant with malignant tumor development or progression. We report the findings of this rare case with possible involvement of the germline variant of RAD51D c.904-2A > T as a potential predisposing factor for malignant tumors, including leiomyosarcoma. CONCLUSIONS: We present the findings of a case of leiomyosarcoma in the peritoneum of a female patient with a novel germline splicing variant of RAD51D as potential evidence for the pathogenicity of the variant and its involvement in the risk of sarcoma etiology and/or development. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first case report describing a leiomyosarcoma carrying a germline RAD51D splicing variant and elucidating its pathogenicity on the basis of computational prediction of the impairment of normal transcription and the presumed loss of functional protein production.

DOI： 10.1186/s13053-021-00205-x

MCM3 is a novel proliferation marker associated with longer survival for patients with tubo-ovarian high-grade serous carcinoma. International journal

Eun Young Kang, Joshua Millstein, Gordana Popovic, Nicola S Meagher, Adelyn Bolithon, Aline Talhouk, Derek S Chiu, Michael S Anglesio, Betty Leung, Katrina Tang, Neil Lambie, Marina Pavanello, Annalyn Da-Anoy, Diether Lambrechts, Liselore Loverix, Siel Olbrecht, Christiani Bisinotto, Jesus Garcia-Donas, Sergio Ruiz-Llorente, Monica Yagüe-Fernandez, Robert P Edwards, Esther Elishaev, Alexander Olawaiye, Sarah Taylor, Beyhan Ataseven, Andreas du Bois, Philipp Harter, Jenny Lester, Claus K Høgdall, Sebastian M Armasu, Yajue Huang, Robert A Vierkant, Chen Wang, Stacey J Winham, Sabine Heublein, Felix K F Kommoss, Daniel W Cramer, Naoko Sasamoto, Lilian van-Wagensveld, Maria Lycke, Constantina Mateoiu, Janine Joseph, Malcolm C Pike, Kunle Odunsi, Chiu-Chen Tseng, Celeste L Pearce, Sanela Bilic, Thomas P Conrads, Arndt Hartmann, Alexander Hein, Michael E Jones, Yee Leung, Matthias W Beckmann, Matthias Ruebner, Minouk J Schoemaker, Kathryn L Terry, Mona A El-Bahrawy, Penny Coulson, John L Etter, Katherine LaVigne-Mager, Juergen Andress, Marcel Grube, Anna Fischer, Nina Neudeck, Greg Robertson, Rhonda Farrell, Ellen Barlow, Carmel Quinn, Anusha Hettiaratchi, Yovanni Casablanca, Ramona Erber, Colin J R Stewart, Adeline Tan, Yu Yu, Jessica Boros, Alison H Brand, Paul R Harnett, Catherine J Kennedy, Nikilyn Nevins, Terry Morgan, Peter A Fasching, Ignace Vergote, Anthony J Swerdlow, Francisco J Candido Dos Reis, G Larry Maxwell, Susan L Neuhausen, Arantzazu Barquin-Garcia, Francesmary Modugno, Kirsten B Moysich, Philip J Crowe, Akira Hirasawa, Florian Heitz, Beth Y Karlan, Ellen L Goode, Peter Sinn, Hugo M Horlings, Estrid Høgdall, Karin Sundfeldt, Stefan Kommoss, Annette Staebler, Anna H Wu, Paul A Cohen, Anna DeFazio, Cheng-Han Lee, Helen Steed, Nhu D Le, Simon A Gayther, Kate Lawrenson, Paul D P Pharoah, Gottfried Konecny, Linda S Cook, Susan J Ramus, Linda E Kelemen, Martin Köbel

Virchows Archiv : an international journal of pathology 480 ( 4 ) 855 - 871 2021.11

Language：English Publishing type：Research paper (scientific journal)

Tubo-ovarian high-grade serous carcinomas (HGSC) are highly proliferative neoplasms that generally respond well to platinum/taxane chemotherapy. We recently identified minichromosome maintenance complex component 3 (MCM3), which is involved in the initiation of DNA replication and proliferation, as a favorable prognostic marker in HGSC. Our objective was to further validate whether MCM3 mRNA expression and possibly MCM3 protein levels are associated with survival in patients with HGSC. MCM3 mRNA expression was measured using NanoString expression profiling on formalin-fixed and paraffin-embedded tissue (N = 2355 HGSC) and MCM3 protein expression was assessed by immunohistochemistry (N = 522 HGSC) and compared with Ki-67. Kaplan-Meier curves and the Cox proportional hazards model were used to estimate associations with survival. Among chemotherapy-naïve HGSC, higher MCM3 mRNA expression (one standard deviation increase in the score) was associated with longer overall survival (HR = 0.87, 95% CI 0.81-0.92, p < 0.0001, N = 1840) in multivariable analysis. MCM3 mRNA expression was highest in the HGSC C5.PRO molecular subtype, although no interaction was observed between MCM3, survival and molecular subtypes. MCM3 and Ki-67 protein levels were significantly lower after exposure to neoadjuvant chemotherapy compared to chemotherapy-naïve tumors: 37.0% versus 46.4% and 22.9% versus 34.2%, respectively. Among chemotherapy-naïve HGSC, high MCM3 protein levels were also associated with significantly longer disease-specific survival (HR = 0.52, 95% CI 0.36-0.74, p = 0.0003, N = 392) compared to cases with low MCM3 protein levels in multivariable analysis. MCM3 immunohistochemistry is a promising surrogate marker of proliferation in HGSC.

DOI： 10.1007/s00428-021-03232-0

Prospective feasibility study of neoadjuvant dose-dense paclitaxel plus carboplatin with bevacizumab therapy followed by interval debulking surgery for advanced ovarian, fallopian tube, and primary peritoneal cancer patients.

Naomi Iwasa-Inoue, Hiroyuki Nomura, Fumio Kataoka, Tatsuyuki Chiyoda, Tomoko Yoshihama, Yoshiko Nanki, Kensuke Sakai, Yusuke Kobayashi, Wataru Yamagami, Tohru Morisada, Akira Hirasawa, Daisuke Aoki

International journal of clinical oncology 27 ( 2 ) 441 - 447 2021.10

Language：English Publishing type：Research paper (scientific journal)

BACKGROUND: This study aimed to investigate the clinical benefit of dose-dense paclitaxel plus carboplatin (TC) with bevacizumab therapy for advanced ovarian, fallopian tube, and primary peritoneal cancer patients in the neoadjuvant setting. METHODS: Ovarian, fallopian tube or primary peritoneal cancer patients with stage III-IV disease received neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NAC) every 3 weeks consisting of paclitaxel (80 mg/m2) on days 1, 8, and 15; carboplatin (AUC 6.0 mg/mL × min.) on day 1; and bevacizumab (15 mg/kg) on day 1. Interval debulking surgery (IDS) was performed after 3 cycles of dose-dense TC-bevacizumab therapy. The primary endpoint was the rate of complete resection by IDS. Secondary endpoints were treatment completion rate, treatment exposure, response rate to NAC, adverse events, and perioperative complications. RESULTS: Twenty-four patients were included in this study. The median age was 55.5 years (37-80 years), and most patients had high-grade serous carcinoma accounted (n = 18). IDS was performed in all patients with complete resection achieved in 75% (95% confidence interval: 57.7-92.3%). The lower limit exceeded the preset threshold rate of 55%. The response rate to NAC was 79%, and serum CA125 levels were in the normal range after NAC in 57% of patients. Grade 4 hematological toxicities and grade 3/4 non-hematological toxicities occurred in 29% and 17% of patients during NAC, respectively. Grade 3/4 perioperative complications were seen in 29% of patients, but no gastrointestinal perforations or treatment-related deaths occurred. CONCLUSIONS: Neoadjuvant dose-dense TC-bevacizumab therapy was well tolerated, and a satisfactory rate of complete resection by IDS was achieved.

DOI： 10.1007/s10147-021-02050-3

参照配列の違いからゲノム解析結果が異なる解釈に至った遺伝学的検査の一例

山本英喜, 加藤芙美乃, 浦川優作, 河内麻里子, 二川摩周, 十川麗美, 植野さやか, 平沢晃

日本臨床検査医学会誌 69 ( 補冊 ) 183 - 183 2021.10

Medium-chain triglycerides inhibit long-chain triglyceride-induced GIP secretion through GPR120-dependent inhibition of CCK. International journal

Yuki Murata, Norio Harada, Shigenobu Kishino, Kanako Iwasaki, Eri Ikeguchi-Ogura, Shunsuke Yamane, Tomoko Kato, Yoshinori Kanemaru, Akiko Sankoda, Tomonobu Hatoko, Sakura Kiyobayashi, Jun Ogawa, Akira Hirasawa, Nobuya Inagaki

iScience 24 ( 9 ) 102963 - 102963 2021.9

Language：English Publishing type：Research paper (scientific journal)

Long-chain triglycerides (LCTs) intake strongly stimulates GIP secretion from enteroendocrine K cells and induces obesity and insulin resistance partly due to GIP hypersecretion. In this study, we found that medium-chain triglycerides (MCTs) inhibit GIP secretion after single LCT ingestion and clarified the mechanism underlying MCT-induced inhibition of GIP secretion. MCTs reduced the CCK effect after single LCT ingestion in wild-type (WT) mice, and a CCK agonist completely reversed MCT-induced inhibition of GIP secretion. In vitro studies showed that medium-chain fatty acids (MCFAs) inhibit long-chain fatty acid (LCFA)-stimulated CCK secretion and increase in intracellular Ca2+ concentrations through inhibition of GPR120 signaling. Long-term administration of MCTs reduced obesity and insulin resistance in high-LCT diet-fed WT mice, but not in high-LCT diet-fed GIP-knockout mice. Thus, MCT-induced inhibition of GIP hypersecretion reduces obesity and insulin resistance under high-LCT diet feeding condition.

DOI： 10.1016/j.isci.2021.102963

Hereditary pancreatic cancer.

Kodai Abe, Minoru Kitago, Yuko Kitagawa, Akira Hirasawa

International journal of clinical oncology 26 ( 10 ) 1784 - 1792 2021.9

Language：English Publishing type：Research paper (scientific journal)

Pancreatic cancer is associated with both family and hereditary cancer syndromes. Multigene panel testing for pancreatic cancer detected the germline variants BRCA1/2, PALB2, ATM, TP53, MLH1, STK11/LKB1, APC, CDKN2A, and SPINK1/PRSS1 as high-risk genes. A latest genome-wide association study revealed the common, but low-risk germline variants in pancreatic cancer patients. Active pancreatic surveillance using magnetic resonance imaging and endoscopic ultrasound is recommended for high-risk individuals who have a family history of pancreatic cancer or harbor these germline pathogenic variants to improve the detection rate and prognosis of pancreatic cancer. Since poly-ADP-ribose polymerase (PARP) inhibitor has been shown to be effective in improving the prognosis of BRCA-positive pancreatic cancer as well as hereditary breast and ovarian cancer syndrome, PARP inhibitor therapy is currently being applied as precision medicine to pancreatic cancer patients harboring the BRCA1/2 germline variant. This review highlights the importance of surveillance for germline pathogenic variants in pancreatic cancer and is expected to lead to improvements in the diagnosis and prevention of pancreatic cancer as well as facilitate the development of effective therapeutic strategies and precision medicine.

DOI： 10.1007/s10147-021-02015-6

Incidence of germline variants in Lynch syndrome-related genes among Japanese endometrial cancer patients aged 40 years or younger.

Takeshi Makabe, Wataru Yamagami, Akira Hirasawa, Izumi Miyabe, Tomokazu Wakatsuki, Mari Kikuchi, Akemi Takahashi, Junko Noda, Go Yamamoto, Daisuke Aoki, Kiwamu Akagi

International journal of clinical oncology 26 ( 9 ) 1767 - 1774 2021.9

Language：English Publishing type：Research paper (scientific journal)

[Objective] Lynch syndrome (LS) is an autosomal dominant inherited disorder caused by a germline pathogenic variant in DNA mismatch repair (MMR) genes. Endometrial cancer frequently precedes another LS-associated tumor. This study aimed to clarify the incidence and features of LS in young Japanese endometrial cancer patients.[Methods] Sixty-five patients aged 40 years or younger, who were diagnosed with endometrial cancer, were enrolled in this study. Targeted sequencing of a hereditary colorectal cancer-related gene panel including the MMR genes MLH1, MSH2, MSH6, and PMS2 was conducted on DNA samples extracted from blood cells.[Results] Overall, 6 missense variants (2 in MSH2, 2 in MSH6, and 2 in PMS2), 1 inframe deletion variant in MSH2, 1 splice variant in MSH2, and 1 two-base substitution in the 3' untranslated region in MLH1 were detected in 9 (13.8%) patients. Among these, the splice variant c.1276G > T (p.Ile411_Gly426del16) in MSH2 was annotated as pathogenic, while other variants were of uncertain significance. The patient with the pathogenic variant had a family history of endometrial and colorectal cancer and was diagnosed with endometrial cancer at age 35.[Conclusion] The incidence of LS among Japanese endometrial cancer patients of reproductive age (≤ 40 years) in this study was at least 1.5%; however, 12.3% of patients had variants of uncertain significance in MMR genes.

DOI： 10.1007/s10147-021-01953-5

Secretory carcinoma of the skin with lymph node metastases and recurrence in both lungs: A case report. International journal

Kohei Taniguchi, Hiroyuki Yanai, Tatsuya Kaji, Toshio Kubo, Daisuke Ennishi, Akira Hirasawa, Tadashi Yoshino

Journal of cutaneous pathology 48 ( 8 ) 1069 - 1074 2021.8

Language：English

Secretory carcinoma of the skin is an extremely rare adnexal tumor, histopathologically identical to homologous lesions in the salivary glands and breast tissue. Although this tumor was previously reported as indolent, we report a case of secretory carcinoma of the skin with metastases and recurrence. The patient, a 31-year-old women, had a subcutaneous mass in the right axilla. The resected specimen contained a circumscribed mass, with proliferating tumor cells that exhibited prominent nucleoli. They exhibited glandular and papillary growth patterns and there were amphophilic secretions in the glands. Immunohistochemically, the tumor cells were positive for mammaglobin and S100. The tumor was surrounded by sweat glands and there was no mammary glandular tissue, suggesting that it was derived from axillary sweat glands. Accordingly, we made a diagnosis of secretory carcinoma of the skin. Four years after the operation, there were metastases in both lungs. The resected specimen revealed a tumor identical to that of the original skin tumor. Next-generation sequencing-based multiplex gene assay performed on the metastatic tissue revealed an ETV6-NTRK3 fusion gene. This is a rare case report of secretory carcinoma of the skin with lymph node metastases and recurrence in both lungs.

DOI： 10.1111/cup.14028

Japanese Society for Cancer of the Colon and Rectum (JSCCR) guidelines 2020 for the Clinical Practice of Hereditary Colorectal Cancer.

Naohiro Tomita, Hideyuki Ishida, Kohji Tanakaya, Tatsuro Yamaguchi, Kensuke Kumamoto, Toshiaki Tanaka, Takao Hinoi, Yasuyuki Miyakura, Hirotoshi Hasegawa, Tetsuji Takayama, Hideki Ishikawa, Takeshi Nakajima, Akiko Chino, Hideki Shimodaira, Akira Hirasawa, Yoshiko Nakayama, Shigeki Sekine, Kazuo Tamura, Kiwamu Akagi, Yuko Kawasaki, Hirotoshi Kobayashi, Masami Arai, Michio Itabashi, Yojiro Hashiguchi, Kenichi Sugihara

International journal of clinical oncology 26 ( 8 ) 1353 - 1419 2021.8

Language：English Publishing type：Research paper (scientific journal)

Hereditary colorectal cancer (HCRC) accounts for < 5% of all colorectal cancer cases. Some of the unique characteristics commonly encountered in HCRC cases include early age of onset, synchronous/metachronous cancer occurrence, and multiple cancers in other organs. These characteristics necessitate different management approaches, including diagnosis, treatment or surveillance, from sporadic colorectal cancer management. There are two representative HCRC, named familial adenomatous polyposis and Lynch syndrome. Other than these two HCRC syndromes, related disorders have also been reported. Several guidelines for hereditary disorders have already been published worldwide. In Japan, the first guideline for HCRC was prepared by the Japanese Society for Cancer of the Colon and Rectum (JSCCR), published in 2012 and revised in 2016. This revised version of the guideline was immediately translated into English and published in 2017. Since then, several new findings and novel disease concepts related to HCRC have been discovered. The currently diagnosed HCRC rate in daily clinical practice is relatively low; however, this is predicted to increase in the era of cancer genomic medicine, with the advancement of cancer multi-gene panel testing or whole genome testing, among others. Under these circumstances, the JSCCR guidelines 2020 for HCRC were prepared by consensus among members of the JSCCR HCRC Guideline Committee, based on a careful review of the evidence retrieved from literature searches, and considering the medical health insurance system and actual clinical practice settings in Japan. Herein, we present the English version of the JSCCR guidelines 2020 for HCRC.

DOI： 10.1007/s10147-021-01881-4

Germline Whole-Gene Deletion of FH Diagnosed from Tumor Profiling. International journal

Arisa Ueki, Kokichi Sugano, Kumiko Misu, Eriko Aimono, Kohei Nakamura, Shigeki Tanishima, Nobuyuki Tanaka, Shuji Mikami, Akira Hirasawa, Miho Ando, Teruhiko Yoshida, Mototsugu Oya, Hiroshi Nishihara, Kenjiro Kosaki

International journal of molecular sciences 22 ( 15 ) 2021.7

Language：English

Hereditary leiomyomatosis and renal cell carcinoma (HL (RCC)) entails cutaneous and uterine leiomyomatosis with aggressive type 2 papillary RCC-like histology. HLRCC is caused by pathogenic variants in the FH gene, which encodes fumarate hydratase (FH). Here, we describe an episode of young-onset RCC caused by a genomic FH deletion that was diagnosed via clinical sequencing. A 35-year-old woman was diagnosed with RCC and multiple metastases: histopathological analyses supported a diagnosis of FH-deficient RCC. Although the patient had neither skin tumors nor a family history of HLRCC, an aggressive clinical course at her age and pathological diagnosis of FH-deficient RCC suggested a germline FH variant. After counseling, the patient provided written informed consent for germline genetic testing. She was simultaneously subjected to paired tumor profiling tests targeting the exome to identify a therapeutic target. Although conventional germline sequencing did not detect FH variants, exome sequencing revealed a heterozygous germline FH deletion. As such, paired tumor profiling, not conventional sequencing, was required to identify this genetic deletion. RCC caused by a germline FH deletion has hitherto not been described in Japan, and the FH deletion detected in this patient was presumed to be of maternal European origin. Although the genotype-phenotype correlation in HLRCC-related tumors is unclear, the patient's family was advised to undergo genetic counseling to consider additional RCC screening.

DOI： 10.3390/ijms22157962

Preclinical diagnosis and identification of the chimeric CYP11B1/CYP11B2 gene in two pediatric cases of a Japanese family with glucocorticoid-remediable aldosteronism. International journal

Yasuhiro Nakano, Nahoko Iwata, Kanako Ogura-Ochi, Kosei Hasegawa, Akira Hirasawa, Fumio Otsuka

Hypertension research : official journal of the Japanese Society of Hypertension 44 ( 7 ) 891 - 893 2021.7

CYP11B1/B2キメラ遺伝子を確認した家族性アルドステロン症小児例

中野靖浩, 岩田菜穂子, 長谷川高誠, 越智可奈子, 山本紘一郎, 高瀬了輔, 長谷川功, 堀口繁, 山本英喜, 平沢晃, 大塚文男

日本内分泌学会雑誌 97 ( Suppl.Update ) 71 - 73 2021.7

Language：Japanese Publisher：(一社)日本内分泌学会

約20年前にCYP11B1/B2キメラ遺伝子を確認しグルココルチコイド反応性アルドステロン症(GRA)と診断された日本人1家系3例(発端者、母、妹)のうち、発端者が出産した5歳と3歳の男児に対し遺伝子検査を行った。その結果、男児2人ともキメラ遺伝子を検出しGRA保因者であることが明らかとなった。また、キメラ遺伝子の交叉部位について検討した結果、2児と発端者は同一のシークエンスで、交叉部位はエクソン3とイントロン5間であった。2児とも高血圧を認めないが低レニン・高アルドステロン症を伴っており、今後、成人期までの慎重な経過観察が必要である。

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SMAD4 Germline Pathogenic Variant-Related Gastric Juvenile Polyposis with Adenocarcinoma Treated with Laparoscopic Total Gastrectomy: A Case Report. International journal

Yuya Sakurai, Satoru Kikuchi, Kunitoshi Shigeyasu, Yoshihiko Kakiuchi, Takehiro Tanaka, Hibiki Umeda, Masaki Sakamoto, Sho Takeda, Shuya Yano, Mashu Futagawa, Fumino Kato, Reimi Sogawa, Hideki Yamamoto, Shinji Kuroda, Yoshitaka Kondo, Fuminori Teraishi, Hiroyuki Kishimoto, Masahiko Nishizaki, Shunsuke Kagawa, Akira Hirasawa, Toshiyoshi Fujiwara

The American journal of case reports 22 e932241 2021.6

Language：English Publishing type：Research paper (scientific journal)

BACKGROUND Juvenile polyposis syndrome is an uncommon, autosomal-dominant hereditary disease that is distinguished by multiple polyps in the stomach or intestinal tract. It is associated with a high risk of malignancy. Pathogenic variants in SMAD4 or BMPR1A account for 40% of all cases. CASE REPORT A 49-year-old woman underwent esophagogastroduodenoscopy because of exacerbation of anemia. She had numerous erythematous polyps in most parts of her stomach. Based on biopsy findings, juvenile polyposis syndrome (JPS) was suspected morphologically, but there was no evidence of malignancy. Colonoscopy showed stemmed hyperplastic polyps and an adenoma; video capsule endoscopy revealed no lesions in the small intestine. After preoperative surveillance, laparoscopic total gastrectomy with D1 lymph node dissection was performed to prevent malignant transformation. The pathological diagnosis was juvenile polyp-like polyposis with adenocarcinoma. In addition, a germline pathogenic variant in the SMAD4 gene was detected with genetic testing. CONCLUSIONS JPS can be diagnosed with endoscopy and genetic testing. Further, appropriate surgical management may prevent cancer-related death in patients with this condition.

DOI： 10.12659/AJCR.932241

Best practices for the extraction of genomic DNA from formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded tumor tissue for cancer genomic profiling tests. International journal

Hirofumi Inoue, Shuta Tomida, Shigeru Horiguchi, Hironari Kato, Hiromi Matsuoka, Etsuko Sanehira, Masashi Matsuoka, Hiroyuki Yanai, Akira Hirasawa, Shinichi Toyooka

Pathology international 71 ( 5 ) 360 - 364 2021.5

Language：English Publishing type：Research paper (scientific journal)

Recently, two cancer genomic profiling tests have been approved in Japan and implemented in routine clinical practice: the FDA-approved FoundationOne CDx test, and the OncoGuide NCC Oncopanel test. The quality and quantity of DNA significantly affects the sequencing results; therefore, preparing a sufficient amount of high-quality DNA for clinical cancer genomic profiling tests is important. We examined the best practices for the extraction of cancer genomic DNA from formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded (FFPE) tumor tissues of pancreatic, lung and colon cancer specimens. We found that the quality of cancer genomic DNA extracted from 10-μm-thick FFPE samples improved significantly, compared with that from 4-μm-thick FFPE samples, suggesting that 10-μm-thick FFPE samples are preferable for clinical cancer genomic profiling tests. For convenience, we created a quick reference table for calculating the required number of FFPE slides.

DOI： 10.1111/pin.13086

SUCCESSFUL MANAGEMENT OF BONE METASTASES FROM HEREDITARY LEIOMYOMATOSIS AND RENAL CELL CARCINOMA (HLRCC)-ASSOCIATED RENAL CELL CARCINOMA (HLRCC-RCC) BY USING COMBINED IMMUNOTHERAPY COMPRISING IPILIMUMAB PLUS NIVOLUMAB: A CASE REPORT

渡部智文, 榮枝一磨, 津川昌也, 関戸崇了, 富永悠介, 高本篤, 定平卓也, 小林泰之, 荒木元朗, 渡邉豊彦, 小田和歌子, 黒田直人, 十川麗美, 山本英喜, 平沢晃, 那須保友

西日本泌尿器科(Web) 83 ( 1 ) 31 - 36 2021.4

RRSO検体におけるp53 signatureとSTICの特性に関する検討

赤羽智子, 増田健太, 平沢晃, 小林佑介, 永井晋平, 千代田達幸, 林茂徳, 片岡史夫, 冨永英一郎, 阪埜浩司, 田中守, 青木大輔

日本産科婦人科学会雑誌 73 ( 臨増 ) S - 570 2021.3

Germline multigene panel testing revealed a BRCA2 pathogenic variant in a patient with suspected Lynch syndrome International journal

Tomoko Yoshihama, Akira Hirasawa, Kokichi Sugano, Teruhiko Yoshida, Mineko Ushiama, Arisa Ueki, Tomoko Akahane, Yoshiko Nanki, Kensuke Sakai, Takeshi Makabe, Wataru Yamagami, Nobuyuki Susumu, Kaori Kameyama, Kenjiro Kosaki, Daisuke Aoki

International Cancer Conference Journal 10 ( 1 ) 6 - 10 2021.1

Language：English Publishing type：Research paper (scientific journal) Publisher：Springer Science and Business Media LLC

<title>Abstract</title>There has been a rapid advance in germline multigene panel testing by next-generation sequencing, and it is being widely used in clinical settings. A 56-year-old woman suspected of having Lynch syndrome was identified as a <italic>BRCA2</italic> pathogenic variant carrier by multigene panel testing. The patient was diagnosed with endometrial cancer at the age of 39 years, and total laparoscopic hysterectomy and bilateral salpingectomy were performed at the age of 49 years; however, bilateral oophorectomy was not performed at that time. As she had a family history of colorectal cancer and a history of endometrial cancer, Lynch syndrome was suspected. However, germline multigene panel testing revealed a pathogenic <italic>BRCA2</italic> variant rather than pathogenic variants in mismatch repair genes. In this case, with conventional genetic risk assessment, we were unable to determine whether the patient had a high risk of hereditary breast and ovarian cancer; thus, germline multigene panel testing may provide valuable information to improve disease management strategies for patients in clinical settings. Particularly, germline multigene panel testing may be useful for detecting hereditary tumor syndromes if a patient does not present with a typical family history of cancer.

DOI： 10.1007/s13691-020-00449-9

Other Link： http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s13691-020-00449-9/fulltext.html

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