Novel mutations in the STK11 gene in Thai patients with Peutz-Jeghers syndrome

World J Gastroenterol. 2009 Nov 14;15(42):5364-7. doi: 10.3748/wjg.15.5364.

Abstract

Peutz-Jeghers syndrome (PJS), a rare autosomal dominant inherited disorder, is characterized by hamartomatous gastrointestinal polyps and mucocutaneous pigmentation. Patients with this syndrome have a predisposition to a variety of cancers in multiple organs. Mutations in the serine/threonine kinase 11 (STK11) gene have been identified as a major cause of PJS. Here we present the clinical and molecular findings of two unrelated Thai individuals with PJS. Mutation analysis by Polymerase Chain Reaction-sequencing of the entire coding region of STK11 revealed two potentially pathogenic mutations. One harbored a single nucleotide deletion (c.182delG) in exon 1 resulting in a frameshift leading to premature termination at codon 63 (p.Gly61AlafsX63). The other carried an in-frame 9-base-pair (bp) deletion in exon 7, c.907_915del9 (p.Ile303_Gln305del). Both deletions were de novo and have never been previously described. This study has expanded the genotypic spectrum of the STK11 gene.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • AMP-Activated Protein Kinase Kinases
  • Adolescent
  • Asian People
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Mutation*
  • Peutz-Jeghers Syndrome / genetics*
  • Peutz-Jeghers Syndrome / pathology
  • Polymerase Chain Reaction
  • Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases / genetics*
  • Sequence Analysis, DNA
  • Thailand

Substances

  • Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases
  • STK11 protein, human
  • AMP-Activated Protein Kinase Kinases