A major segment of the neurofibromatosis type 1 gene: cDNA sequence, genomic structure, and point mutations

Cawthon, Richard M.; Weiss, Robert B.; Xu, Guangwen; Viskochil, David; Culver, Melanie; Stevens, Jeff; Robertson, Margaret; Dunn, Diane M.; Gesteland, R. F.; O’Connell, P.; White, Ray

doi:10.1016/0092-8674(90)90253-b

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“…The detection of mutations in the NF1 gene is complex due to the large size of the gene (>350 kb), the presence of pseudogenes, the lack of hot spots, and a high mutation rate (50% of cases are sporadic and stem from de novo mutations; Cawthon et al. 1990; Huson 2008). …”

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126 novel mutations in Italian patients with neurofibromatosis type 1

Bianchessi¹,

Morosini²,

Saletti³

et al. 2015

Molec Gen & Gen Med

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Genetic analysis of Neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1) may facilitate the identification of patients in early phases of the disease. Here, we present an overview of our diagnostic research spanning the last 11 years, with a focus on the description of 225 NF1 mutations, 126 of which are novel, found in a series of 607 patients (513 unrelated) in Italy. Between 2003 and 2013, 443 unrelated patients were profiled by denaturing high pressure liquid chromatography (DHPLC) analysis of 60 amplicons derived from genomic NF1 DNA and subsequent sequencing of heterozygotic PCR products. In addition, a subset of patients was studied by multiplex ligation‐dependent probe amplification (MLPA) to identify any duplications, large deletions or microdeletions present at the locus. Over the last year, 70 unrelated patients were investigated by MLPA and sequencing of 22 amplicons spanning the entire NF1 cDNA. Mutations were found in 70% of the 293 patients studied by DHPLC, thereby fulfilling the NIH criterion for the clinical diagnosis of NF1 (detection rate: 70%); furthermore, 87% of the patients studied by RNA sequencing were genetically characterized. Mutations were also found in 36 of the 159 patients not fulfilling the NIH clinical criteria. We confirmed a higher incidence of intellectual disability in patients harboring microdeletion type 1 and observed a correlation between a mild phenotype and the small deletion c.2970_2972delAAT or the missense alteration in amino acid residue 1809 (p.Arg1809Cys). These data support the use of RNA‐based methods for genetic analysis and provide novel information for improving the management of symptoms in oligosymptomatic patients.

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126 novel mutations in Italian patients with neurofibromatosis type 1

Bianchessi¹,

Morosini²,

Saletti³

et al. 2015

Molec Gen & Gen Med

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“…NF1 gene product, neurofibromin, is a 250 KDa hydrophilic protein comprising 2818 amino acids [Cawthon et al, 1990b]. The central region of neurofibromin displays marked homology with Ras-GTPase activation proteins (GAPs) that are involved in the negative regulation of RAS-mediated signal transduction pathways [Cichowski and Jacks, 2001].…”

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Identification of forty-five novel and twenty-three knownNF1 mutations in Chinese patients with neurofibromatosis type 1

Lee

You

et al. 2006

Hum. Mutat.

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Neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1), characterized by skin neurofibromas and an excess of café-au-lait spots, is due to mutations in the neurofibromin (NF1) gene. Identifying the genetic defect in individuals with the disease represents a significant challenge because the gene is extremely large with a high incidence of sporadic mutations across the entire gene ranging from single nucleotide substitutes to large deletions. In the present study, we have used a combination of techniques (heteroduplex analysis, sequencing, loss of heterozygosity and quantification of gene dosage) to define the genetic defect in 68 individuals from a cohort of 107 NF1 Taiwanese patients of Chinese origin. Fifty-eight were initially identified using heteroduplex analytical techniques and confirmed by sequence analysis. A further five were identified by direct sequence analysis alone. The reminders were shown to carry large deletions in the NF1 gene by demonstrating loss of heterozygosity that was confirmed by gene dosage measurements using quantitative-PCR techniques. Mis-sense, non-sense, frameshift or splice-site mutations were identified across the entire gene of which the majority (45/68) were novel in nature. The detection rate with the various analytical techniques and the types of mutation detected are consistent with published data involving both individuals and large cohort studies from other ethnic backgrounds. INTRODUCTIONWith a frequency of 1/3000 live births, Neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1; MIM# 162200) is one of the most common autosomal dominant disorders involving the human nervous system [Friedman, 1999]. The clinical features of the disease include: café-au-lait spots, cutaneous or subcutaneous neurofibromas, large plexiform neurofibromas, Lisch nodules and skin freckling. Other features such as scoliosis, macrocephaly, pseudoarthrosis, short stature, mental sub-normality and malignancies are present in a minority of patients 1997]. Except for the discoloration of the skin (Café-au-lait macules), which can be identified at a very young age, most of the other clinical features usually occur insidiously after puberty.The NF1 gene (NM_000267.1), which spans approximately 350Kb of genomic sequence on chromosome 17q11.2, is composed of 60 exons coding an 8.9Kb mRNA [Cawthon et al., 1990a;Wallace et al., 1990]. NF1 gene product, neurofibromin, is a 250 KDa hydrophilic protein comprising 2818 amino acids [Cawthon et al., 1990b]. The central region of neurofibromin displays marked homology with Ras-GTPase activation proteins (GAPs) that are involved in the negative regulation of RAS-mediated signal transduction pathways [Cichowski and Jacks, 2001].The mutation rate at the NF1 gene is estimated to be ~1x10 -4 /gamete/generation making it one of the highest of any human disease genes [Huson et al., 1989;Upadhyaya and Cooper, 1998]. Mutations encompass both single nucleotide substitutions and large genomic deletions [Stenson et al., 2003]. Approximately a half of all mutations arise de novo and do not appear to be clustered within...

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“…Neurofibromin is a 220-250 kDa protein DeClue et al, 1991;Hattori et al, 1991;Daston et al, 1992). Cloning and sequencing of the NF1 gene (Wallace et al, 1990;Viskochil et al, 1990;Cawthon et al, 1990;Buchberg et al, 1990;Xu et al, 1990b;Marchuk et al, 1991) revealed sequence homology to GTPase activating proteins (GAPS). These proteins can act as negative regulators of the protooncogene product Ras by facilitating the GTPase activity of Ras and thus increasing the proportion of the inactivated GDP-bound form of Ras in a cell (Bollag and McCormick, 1991).…”

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Neurofibromin, a predominantly neuronal GTPase activating protein in the adult, is ubiquitously expressed during development

Daston

Ratner

1992

Developmental Dynamics

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The onset of manifestations of the common, autosomal dominantly inherited disease type 1 neurofibromatosis (NFl) is usually in childhood. To begin to understand the pathogenesis of NF1, we analyzed the developmental pattern of expression of the protein product of the NF1 gene, neurofibromin, by Western blotting and immunohistochemistry using the rat as a model system. Neurofibromin is uniformly distributed throughout embyronic day 10 and 12 rat embryos. By embryonic day 16, neurofibromin immunoreactivity is enriched in neurons of the cortical plate, in peripheral ganglia, and in developing CNS and PNS fiber tracts, but remains detectable outside the nervous system. Expression decreases in nonneural tissues by postnatal day 6, and neurofibromin is greatly decreased (lung, adrenal cortex, skin) or absent (skeletal muscle, cartilage) in adult tissues except for brain, spinal cord, peripheral nerve, and adrenal medulla. Transient expression of neurofibromin during development in many tissues suggests the importance of this GTPase-activating protein in morphogenesis and organ growth. A separate role is proposed for neurofibromin in growing axons and in the mature nervous system. 0 1993 Wiley-Liss, Inc.

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A major segment of the neurofibromatosis type 1 gene: cDNA sequence, genomic structure, and point mutations

Cited by 1,023 publications

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126 novel mutations in Italian patients with neurofibromatosis type 1

126 novel mutations in Italian patients with neurofibromatosis type 1

Identification of forty-five novel and twenty-three knownNF1 mutations in Chinese patients with neurofibromatosis type 1

Neurofibromin, a predominantly neuronal GTPase activating protein in the adult, is ubiquitously expressed during development

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