Deschênes Suzanne M, Tomer Guy, Nguyen Megan, Erdeniz Naz, Juba Nicole C, Sepúlveda Natalia, Pisani Jenna E, Liskay R Michael
Department of Biology, Sacred Heart University, 5151 Park Ave., Fairfield, CT 06825, USA.
Cancer Lett. 2007 May 8;249(2):148-56. doi: 10.1016/j.canlet.2006.08.008. Epub 2006 Oct 9.
The hPMS2 mutation E705K is associated with Turcot syndrome. To elucidate the pathogenesis of hPMS2-E705K, we modeled this mutation in yeast and characterized its expression and effects on mutation avoidance in mammalian cells. We found that while hPMS2-E705K (pms1-E738K in yeast) did not significantly affect hPMS2 (Pms1p in yeast) stability or interaction with MLH1, it could not complement the mutator phenotype in MMR-deficient mouse or yeast cells. Furthermore, hPMS2-E705K/pms1-E738K inhibited MMR in wild-type (WT) mammalian cell extracts or yeast cells only when present in excess amounts relative to WT PMS2. Our results strongly suggest that hPMS2-E705K is a recessive loss-of-function allele.
人源PMS2基因的E705K突变与Turcot综合征相关。为阐明hPMS2-E705K的发病机制,我们在酵母中模拟了这种突变,并对其在哺乳动物细胞中的表达及对避免突变的影响进行了表征。我们发现,虽然hPMS2-E705K(酵母中的pms1-E738K)对hPMS2(酵母中的Pms1p)的稳定性或与MLH1的相互作用没有显著影响,但它不能弥补MMR缺陷的小鼠或酵母细胞中的突变体表型。此外,只有当相对于野生型PMS2过量存在时,hPMS2-E705K/pms1-E738K才会抑制野生型(WT)哺乳动物细胞提取物或酵母细胞中的错配修复。我们的结果有力地表明,hPMS2-E705K是一个隐性功能丧失等位基因。