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- Title
Association Between the Oligomeric Status of p53 and Clinical Outcomes in Li-Fraumeni Syndrome.
- Authors
Fischer, Nicholas W; Prodeus, Aaron; Tran, James; Malkin, David; Gariépy, Jean
- Abstract
Li-Fraumeni syndrome (LFS) is a rare hereditary cancer disorder with highly variable clinical outcomes that results from germline mutations in the TP53 gene. Here we report that the quaternary structure of p53 is an important factor affecting cellular functions and the clinical outcomes of LFS patients (n = 87). Specifically, carriers of monomeric p53 mutants (n = 56) exhibited complete penetrance, with a 2.11-fold greater risk of cancer-related death (95% confidence interval [CI] = 1.07 to 4.30) and a statistically significantly lower median survival age as compared with carriers of multimeric (dimeric or tetrameric, n = 31) p53 mutants (33 years, 95% CI = 30 to 50, vs 51 years, 95% CI = 40 to NA, respectively, two-sided P = .03), who presented incomplete penetrance. Cellular functional assays using p53-null H1299 cells expressing clinically relevant p53 mutants confirmed that the cellular effects observed upon loss of p53 oligomerization are associated with clinical outcomes of LFS patients. The association between p53 oligomeric state and clinical phenotype suggests that TP53 mutations are not all equivalent and supports the implementation of new genotype-adapted guidelines for the management of LFS patients with TP53 mutations in the oligomerization domain.
- Subjects
LI-Fraumeni syndrome; TREATMENT effectiveness; P53 protein; GENETIC mutation; GENETIC disorders
- Publication
JNCI: Journal of the National Cancer Institute, 2018, Vol 110, Issue 12, p1418
- ISSN
0027-8874
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.1093/jnci/djy114