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PALB2 mutations in BRCA1/2-mutation negative breast and ovarian cancer patients from Poland

BMC Medical Genomics volume 10, Article number: 14 (2017) Cite this article

Abstract

Background

The PALB2 gene encodes a protein that plays a crucial role in maintaining genomic integrity. Germline inactivating mutations in PALB2 are associated with an increased risk of breast and ovarian cancer. The prevalence and spectrum of recurrent PALB2 germline mutations in breast and ovarian cancer patients from Poland is not clearly defined.

Methods

PALB2 exons were amplified from 460 BRCA1/2-mutation negative women with familial breast and/or ovarian cancer and early-onset breast cancer using AmpliSeq technology and sequenced on an Ion Torrent PGM sequencer. In addition, eight selected variants were genotyped using TaqMan assays in 807 BRCA1/2-mutation negative breast cancer patients and 1690 healthy women.

Results

Two recurrent PALB2 mutations, c.172_175delTTGT and c.509_510delGA, were identified, along with one novel mutation, c.347insT. In total, PALB2 pathogenic mutations were detected in 7/460 (1.5%) patients. Furthermore, in breast and/or ovarian cancer patients, several single nucleotide variants (SNVs) were detected in the PALB2 coding region. In an additional group of 807 patients, eight (1%) carriers of two pathogenic mutations, c.172_175delTTGT (0.5%) and c.509_510delGA (0.5%), were identified. The c.509_510delGA mutation was not identified in healthy controls, while c.172_175delTTGT was identified in 4/1690 (0.24%) of control women.

Conclusions

Germline mutations in the PALB2 gene were observed at a frequency of approximately 1.5% in Polish breast and/or ovarian cancer patients. Our study confirms two recurrent PALB2 mutations; c.172_175delGA and c.509_510delGA.

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Background

Breast cancer is the most frequently diagnosed malignancy and the leading cause of cancer death in women worldwide [1]. About 5–10% of breast and 10% of ovarian cancers are thought to be hereditary [2]. Mutations in the two main susceptibility genes, BRCA1 and BRCA2, account for 20% of hereditary breast cancer (HBC) and 30% of hereditary breast and ovarian cancer (HBOC) [3]. Other genes participating in DNA-damage response pathways, including CHEK2, NBS1, ATM, BRIP1, and PALB2, are also involved in HBC and HBOC [4, 5].

The PALB2 (MIM 610355, Partner and Localizer of B RCA 2) gene was identified in a search for novel components of endogenous BRCA2 containing complexes [6]. The PALB2 protein interacts with both BRCA1 and BRCA2 through its N-terminal coiled-coil and C-terminal WD-40 domains, respectively. These three proteins form a “BRCA complex” in which PALB2 acts as a bridge between BRCA1 and BRCA2. The “BRCA complex” is crucial for initiating homologous recombination in the DNA-damage response [6–8].

Biallelic inactivating germline mutations in the PALB2 gene lead to Fanconi anemia (Fanconi anemia type N), whereas monoallelic mutations are associated with an increased risk of breast, pancreatic, and possibly ovarian cancer [9–14]. Germline mutations in PALB2 are responsible for 1–3.9% of HBC [15–26]. Similar to BRCA2, germline mutations in PALB2 are also associated with hereditary predisposition to male breast cancer. To date, approximately 50 truncating mutations in PALB2 have been detected in breast cancer families worldwide.

The first breast cancer family-based association study estimated that a relative risk of 2.3 (95% CI: 1.4–3.9) is conferred by mutations of PALB2 [12]. Most recently, Antoniou and colleagues. applied a modified segregation procedure to show that the age-specific risk of breast cancer in female mutation carriers overlaps with that conferred by BRCA2 mutations [27].

In a previous study, we demonstrated that in a group of 512 patients for whom targeted BRCA1/2 mutation testing did not show any pathogenic variants, sequencing of BRCA1/2 exons identified 52 carriers of mutations [28, 29]. The aim of the present study was to investigate the contribution of PALB2 germline mutations in a group of 460 BRCA1/2-mutation negative breast and/or ovarian cancer patients and identify the optimal panel of recurrent mutations for genetic screening of PALB2.

Methods

Patients

DNA samples were chosen from the repository of the Genetic Counseling Unit, Maria Sklodowska-Curie Memorial Cancer Center and Institute of Oncology in Warsaw. In-depth interviews assessed personal and familial cancer history. Healthy women with no known history of cancer were enrolled from the National Colorectal Cancer Screening Program. Patients comprised a group of 460 BRCA1/2-mutation negative breast cancer patients (with a median age of 43 years, range 17–68 years) and included 165, 103, and 192 women with HBC, HBOC, and early-onset breast cancer (EOBC), respectively [29]. This group of patients had undergone full BRCA1/2 sequencing using the Ion AmpliSeq BRCA1 and BRCA2 Panel (Thermo) on a PGM sequencer as part of our previous study [29].

An additional group, comprising 807 selected BRCA1/2-mutation negative women, was surveyed using TaqMan SNP genotyping assays. This group had a median age of 48 years (range 20–85 years); included 322, 81, and 404 HBC, HBOC, and EOBC patients, respectively; and were negative for 20 selected BRCA1/2 mutations, including 11 mutations in BRCA1, namely, c.66_67delAG, c.181T > C, c.3756delGTCT, c.3700_3704del5, c.4035delA, c.3777delT, c.4065delTCAA, c.4041delAG, c.5263delC, c.5213G > A, and 5370C > T, and nine mutations in BRCA2, namely, c.1408G > T, c.5946delT, c.5239insT, c.6447delTA, c.5964delAT, c.7910del5, c.9382C > T, c.8924delT, and c.9402delT [28].

NGS of PALB2

Genomic DNA was extracted from peripheral blood, as previously described [28]. DNA concentrations were determined using a Qubit 2.0 Fluorometer (Thermo) and the dsDNA HS Assay Kit (Thermo). For library construction, the Ion AmpliSeq™ Library Kit 2.0 (Thermo) and Ion AmpliSeq PALB2 custom primers, comprising 27 primer pairs spanning 5.29 kb, were used to amplify the coding regions of the PALB2 gene. Library concentrations and size distributions were determined with the Qubit dsDNA HS Assay Kit (Thermo) and a High Sensitivity DNA Analysis Kit on a Bioanalyzer 2100 (Agilent), respectively.

Up to 48 libraries were combined in equimolar concentrations following their loading onto an Ion Chef for DNA template preparation with a set of reagents from an Ion PGM IC 200 Kit and an Ion 316 Chip Kit v2 BC (Thermo). Sequencing was performed on the Ion Torrent PGM in a mode with 500-flow runs. Data were analyzed on the Ion Torrent server using the Torrent Suite software (Thermo). Sequencing reads were aligned to the hg19 reference genome and fitted to PALB2 designed amplicons. The coverage analysis and variant caller plug-ins were run with optimal settings to identify germline variants. PALB2 gene variants were annotated using data from ClinVar-NCBI and LOVD.

TaqMan genotyping

Mutations found with NGS were validated by Sanger sequencing. Furthermore, eight selected variants, namely 172_175del4, c.347insT, c.509_510delGA, Gln559Arg, Glu672Gln, Leu939Trp, Gly998Glu, and Thr1100Thr were analyzed using TaqMan SNP Genotyping Assays (Thermo) on an ABI 7900HT qPCR system (Thermo), as previously described [28].

Results

NGS analysis

We evaluated the frequencies of PALB2 germline mutations in 460 BRCA1/2-mutation negative breast and/or ovarian cancer patients. Of the 460 women, 268 had HBC and/or HBOC, and 192 had EOBC, with a median age at breast cancer diagnosis of 43 years (range 17–68 years).

In this group, we identified seven unrelated carriers (1.5%) of the three PALB2 truncating mutations: c.172_175delTTGT (n = 4), c.347insT (n = 1), and c.509_510delGA (n = 2) (Table 1). Six of the seven carriers (2.2%) were among the 268 HBOC patients, and one (0.5%) was in the EOBC group.

Table 1 Truncating and putative pathogenic missense mutations in the PALB2 gene revealed by NGS of samples from 460 breast cancer patients
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In addition to these pathogenic mutations, we detected 10 SNVs in the coding region of the PALB2 gene (Table 2).

Table 2 PALB2 genetic variants in familial breast and/or ovarian cancer and in non-familial breast cancer patients identified by NGS and TaqMan genotyping
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Genotyping of selected variants detected by NGS

Using TaqMan SNP genotyping assays, the frequencies of eight selected variants, including three truncating mutations (c.172_175delTTGT, c.347insT, c.509_510delGA), a rare missense variant (Leu939Trp), and four common polymorphisms (Gln559Arg, Glu672Gln, Gly998Glu, Thr1100Thr), were tested in an additional group of 807 breast and/or ovarian cancer patients (median age, 48 years; range 20–85 years), and 1690 healthy women (median age, 58 years; range 26–79 years).

The pathogenic mutation, c.172_175delTTGT, was identified in 4/807 (0.5%) breast cancer patients and in 4/1690 (0.24%) healthy controls (Table 2). The c.509_510delGA mutation was detected in four breast cancer patients, and was not found in healthy control subjects. The c.347insT mutation was identified in neither additional cancer patients nor healthy controls.

The frequencies of the four common polymorphisms were similar in cancer patients and healthy controls; therefore, the clinical significance of these polymorphic variants could not be confirmed. In addition, the Leu939Trp missense variant was detected in six of 807 (0.7%) cancer patients and three of 1690 (0.2%) healthy controls; hence, the incidence of this change was not significantly different between patients and controls.

Discussion

We identified three pathogenic PALB2 mutations among 460 BRCA1/2-mutation negative breast and/or ovarian cancer patients. The two recurrent mutations identified in our study were c.172_175delTTGT and c.509_510delGA. The novel pathogenic mutation c.347insT was found only in one young patient with HBC. The two recurrent mutations were identified in five patients with HBC and one patient with EOBC, but without any family history. In the cancer patient group, the recurrent variants (c.172_175delTTGT and c.509_510delGA) accounted for 86% (6/7) of PALB2 mutations. Our NGS and TaqMan genotyping studies indicate that the pathogenic c.509_510delGA mutation contributes to familial breast and/or ovarian cancer (0.9%); however, the c.172_175delTTGT mutation was identified both in familial (0.6%) and non-familial cancer patients (0.7%). The recurrent mutation c.509_510delGA is a European founder mutation that has been identified in breast cancer patients from Poland, Belarus, Russia, and Germany [16, 17, 24, 25]. This mutation has been detected in 0.6–1.4% of breast cancer patients in three independent studies in Poland [5, 16, 26]. The other recurrent PALB2 mutation, c.172_175delTTGT, was identified in breast cancer patients from the Czech Republic and Poland [5, 18, 26].

The PALB2 gene mutation rate (1.5%) determined for our group of breast and/or ovarian cancer patients was similar to those reported by other studies. PALB2 germline mutations have been identified in Finland, Germany, Poland, Czech Republic, Russia, Italy, Spain, Australia, United Kingdom, France, Netherlands, Canada, USA, China, and South Africa, with rates ranging from 0.1 to 3.9%, depending on the population [15–27]. In breast cancer families with both female and male breast cancer, PALB2 mutation rates increased to 6.7% in a UK study and to 9.0% in a Spanish study [12, 15].

In addition to clearly pathogenic mutations, we detected 10 missense variants in the coding region of the PALB2 gene. Identifying variants of unknown significance in cancer susceptibility genes represents a real problem in genetic counseling [30]. It should be stressed that, to date, no PALB2 missense variant has been classified as definitely pathogenic in any large population study [31]. Park et al. reported that the rare missense variant, Leu939Trp, is associated with altered direct binding of PALB2 to the RAD51C, RAD51, and BRCA2 proteins [32]. Functionally, the Leu939Trp mutant displays a decreased capacity for DNA double-strand break repair and an increased cellular sensitivity to ionizing radiation. In our group of breast and/or ovarian cancer patients, the missense variant, Leu939Trp, was detected in two (0.4%) breast cancer patients, one (0.4%) patient with HBOC, and in one (0.5%) with EOBC. Interestingly, in our study, the missense variant rate was 3.5 times more frequent in breast cancer patients (0.7%) than in healthy controls (0.2%), although the differences were not statistically significant. Consistent with this observation, a recent large case-control study by Southey et al. found no evidence of association of the Lys939Trp variant with breast cancer risk [33]. Furthermore, Catucci and colleagues [34] have also recently shown that the Lys939Trp variant does not disrupt the homologous recombination-mediated DNA repair activity of PALB2 and they concluded that this variant should be regarded as neutral with no clinical relevance to risk of breast cancer.

Conclusions

In summary, our study confirmed two PALB2 recurrent mutations, c.172_175delGA and c.509_510delGA, in BRCA1/2-mutation negative breast and/or ovarian cancer patients from Poland. The c.509_510delGA mutation contributed to familial cancer but was absent in non-familial cancer patients, while the c.172_175delTTGT mutation was identified in both familial and non-familial cancer patients.

Abbreviations

BRCA1:

Breast cancer 1, early onset

BRCA2:

Breast cancer 2, early onset

EOBC:

Early-onset breast cancer

HBC:

Hereditary breast cancer

HBOC:

Hereditary breast and ovarian cancer

NGS:

Next-generation sequencing

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This work was supported by the Ministry of Science and Higher Education (IP2012 041172, to MM).

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The datasets generated and analyzed during the current study are not publicly available due to a concern to protect individual patient confidentiality (given the small number of PALB2 mutation carriers) but are available from the corresponding author on reasonable request.

Authors’ contributions

JO and MM proposed, designed the study and analyzed the data. AK, AB, MP, and KC prepared the DNA libraries, performed the sequencing and Taqman genotyping. KP analyzed sequencing data and performed statistical analyses. DN provided samples and analyzed clinical data. AK, MM, and JO drafted the manuscript. All authors have read and approve the final version of the manuscript.

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The study included patients from the registry of the Genetic Counseling Unit, Maria Sklodowska-Curie Memorial Cancer Center and Institute of Oncology, who provided written informed consent for genetic testing at the initial counseling visit. Permission for genetic testing was obtained from the Local Ethical Committee of Maria Sklodowska-Curie Memorial Cancer Center and Institute of Oncology on 9 May 2002 (No. 28/2002) and was subsequently extended to include genetic testing with next-generation sequencing on 11 June 2013 (No. 28/2002/1/2013) [29].

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Kluska, A., Balabas, A., Piatkowska, M. et al. PALB2 mutations in BRCA1/2-mutation negative breast and ovarian cancer patients from Poland. BMC Med Genomics 10, 14 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12920-017-0251-8

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