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[Replication error repair, microsatellites, and cancer].

Alex Duval1, Richard Hamelin

  • 1Inserm U.434, CEPH, 27, rue Juliette Dodu, 75010 Paris, France. alex.duval@cephb.fr

Medecine Sciences : M/S
|July 3, 2003
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Inactivating mismatch repair (MMR) genes cause microsatellite instability-high (MSI-H) tumors. These genetic changes drive cancer development through a distinct mutator pathway.

Area of Science:

  • Oncology
  • Genetics
  • Molecular Biology

Background:

  • Common human tumors exhibit inactivating alterations in mismatch repair (MMR) genes.
  • These MMR gene alterations lead to microsatellite instability (MSI), a hallmark of MSI-high (MSI-H) tumors.
  • MSI-H tumors arise from inherited (HNPCC) or sporadic genetic events in 10-15% of colorectal, gastric, and endometrial cancers.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To provide an overview of the genetic alterations in MSI-H tumors.
  • To elucidate the role of these genetic changes in MSI-H carcinogenesis.
  • To describe a novel genetic mutator pathway in malignant transformation.

Main Methods:

  • Review of genetic alterations in MSI-H tumors.
  • Analysis of microsatellite sequences and their mutation patterns.

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  • Examination of gene function within nucleotide repeat tracks.

    • Main Results:

    • Microsatellite sequences are prone to mutation in MMR-deficient tumors.
    • Thousands of microsatellite alterations accumulate in MSI-H tumors.
    • Genetic alterations affect oncogenic-putative genes, acting as inactivating or activating events.

    Conclusions:

    • MSI-H tumors possess distinct clinicopathological features and genetic events.
    • Altered nucleotide repeat tracks play a crucial role in MSI-H carcinogenesis.
    • These genetic changes constitute a new mutator pathway driving normal cells toward malignancy.