PMID- 21819486 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20111219 LR - 20191210 IS - 1349-7006 (Electronic) IS - 1347-9032 (Linking) VI - 102 IP - 11 DP - 2011 Nov TI - Correlation of mutant menin stability with clinical expression of multiple endocrine neoplasia type 1 and its incomplete forms. PG - 2097-102 LID - 10.1111/j.1349-7006.2011.02055.x [doi] AB - Germline mutations of the tumor suppressor gene MEN1 are found not only in typical multiple endocrine neoplasia type 1 (MEN1) but also in its incomplete forms such as familial isolated hyperparathyroidism (FIHP) and apparently sporadic parathyroid tumor (ASPT). No definitive genotype-phenotype correlation has been established between these clinical forms and MEN1 gene mutations. We previously demonstrated that mutant menin proteins associated with MEN1 are rapidly degraded by the ubiquitin-proteasome pathway. To examine whether the intracellular stability of mutant menin is correlated with clinical phenotypes, we developed a method of evaluating menin stability and examined 20 mutants associated with typical MEN1 (17 missense, two in-frame deletion, one nonsense) and 21 mutants associated with FIHP or ASPT (19 missense, two in-frame deletion). All tested mutants associated with typical MEN1 showed reduced stability. Some missense and in-frame deletion mutants (G28A, R171W, T197I, E255K, E274A, Y353del and E366D) associated with FIHP or ASPT were almost as stable as or only slightly less stable than wild-type menin, while others were as unstable as those associated with typical MEN1. Some stable mutants exhibited substantial biological activities when tested by JunD-dependent transactivation assay. These findings suggest that certain missense and in-frame mutations are fairly stable and retain intrinsic biological activity, and might be specifically associated with incomplete clinical phenotypes. The menin stability test will provide useful information for the management of patients carrying germline MEN1 mutations especially when they have missense or in-frame variants of ambiguous clinical significance. CI - (c) 2011 Japanese Cancer Association. FAU - Shimazu, Satoko AU - Shimazu S AD - Division of Familial Cancer Research, National Cancer Center Research Institute, Tokyo, Japan. FAU - Nagamura, Yuko AU - Nagamura Y FAU - Yaguchi, Hiroko AU - Yaguchi H FAU - Ohkura, Naganari AU - Ohkura N FAU - Tsukada, Toshihiko AU - Tsukada T LA - eng PT - Comparative Study PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20110901 PL - England TA - Cancer Sci JT - Cancer science JID - 101168776 RN - 0 (Codon, Nonsense) RN - 0 (JunD protein, human) RN - 0 (MEN1 protein, human) RN - 0 (Proto-Oncogene Proteins) RN - 0 (Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-jun) RN - 0 (Recombinant Fusion Proteins) SB - IM MH - Amino Acid Substitution MH - Animals MH - COS Cells MH - Cells, Cultured MH - Chlorocebus aethiops MH - Codon, Nonsense MH - Genetic Heterogeneity MH - Genotype MH - Germ-Line Mutation MH - Humans MH - Hyperparathyroidism, Primary/*genetics MH - Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia Type 1/*genetics MH - *Mutation MH - Mutation, Missense MH - Parathyroid Neoplasms/*genetics MH - Phenotype MH - Point Mutation MH - Protein Stability MH - Proto-Oncogene Proteins/biosynthesis/chemistry/*genetics MH - Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-jun/physiology MH - Recombinant Fusion Proteins/biosynthesis MH - Sequence Deletion MH - Transcriptional Activation EDAT- 2011/08/09 06:00 MHDA- 2011/12/20 06:00 CRDT- 2011/08/09 06:00 PHST- 2011/08/09 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2011/08/09 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2011/12/20 06:00 [medline] AID - 10.1111/j.1349-7006.2011.02055.x [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Cancer Sci. 2011 Nov;102(11):2097-102. doi: 10.1111/j.1349-7006.2011.02055.x. Epub 2011 Sep 1.