INTESTINE Vol.9 No.6(2-4)


特集名 大腸ポリポーシスと関連疾患 (遺伝性大腸癌)
題名 ポリポーシス (4) MYH遺伝子異常に起因するポリポーシス:MAP
発刊年月 2005年 11月
著者 田村 和朗 兵庫医科大学先端医学研究所家族性腫瘍部門
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Theme Polyposis of the colon and rectum, and other related conditions : hereditary colorectal cancer
Title MYH-associated polyposis
Author Kazuo Tamura Laboratory of Hereditary Tumor, Institute for Advanced Medical Sciences, Hyogo College of Medicine
[ Summary ] The APC gene was isolated as a gene responsible for familial adenomatous polyposis (FAP). Germline mutations of the APC gene have been analyzed for many patients with FAP. As a result, the genotype-phenotype correlation between APC and the clinical features of FAP-patients has gradually been elucidated. As the detection rate for APC germline mutations among FAP patients is limited to approximately 70 %, the existence of some responsible genes for colorectal polyposis has been proposed. Generally speaking, FAP patients of a family in which any APC germline mutation are not detected, tend to have a fewer number of the adenomas of the large intestine, and have the situation of skipp a generation of affected family members in an autosomal recessive inheritance manner. On the other hand, the base excision repair mechanism displays a function for repairing genomic alterations which occur via 8-oxo-Guanine generated by oxidation. MYH is a pivotal molecule of this system.
Recently, the MYH gene was recognized as the other gene responsible for FAP, especially for FAP patients with a low number of adenomas. Colorectal polyposis caused by MYH germline mutation is termed MYH-associated polyposis : MAP, as opposed to classical FAP caused by APC germilne mutations. A common trait of these patients is that this condition is inherited in an autosomal recessive inherited manner. Genetic information, which contains a diagnosis based on genetic testing, is more and more recognized to be important as a medical management tool.
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