| Title: | Inherited mutations affecting the SRCAP complex are central in moderate-penetrance predisposition to uterine leiomyomas |
| Journal: | American Journal of Human Genetics |
| Published: | 10 Feb 2023 |
| Pubmed: | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36773604/ |
| DOI: | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajhg.2023.01.009 |
| URL: | http://www.cell.com/article/S0002929723000095/pdf |
Publication 11071
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Abstract
Uterine leiomyomas (ULs) are benign smooth muscle tumors that are common in premenopausal women. Somatic alterations in MED12, HMGA2, FH, genes encoding subunits of the SRCAP complex, and genes involved in Cullin 3-RING E3 ligase neddylation are mutually exclusive UL drivers. Established predisposition genes explain only partially the estimated heritability of leiomyomas. Here, we examined loss-of-function variants across 18,899 genes in a cohort of 233,614 White European women, revealing variants in four genes encoding SRCAP complex subunits (YEATS4, ZNHIT1, DMAP1, and ACTL6A) with a significant association to ULs, and YEATS4 and ZNHIT1 strikingly rank first and second, respectively. Positive mutation status was also associated with younger age at diagnosis and hysterectomy. Moderate-penetrance UL risk was largely attributed to rare non-synonymous mutations affecting the SRCAP complex. To examine this disease phenotype more closely, we set out to identify inherited mutations affecting the SRCAP complex in our in-house sample collection of Finnish individuals with ULs (n = 860). We detected one individual with an ACTL6A splice-site mutation, two individuals with a YEATS4 missense mutation, and four individuals with DMAP1 mutations: one splice-site, one nonsense, and two missense variants. These individuals had large and/or multiple ULs, were often diagnosed at an early age, and many had family history of ULs. When a somatic second hit was found, ACTL6A and DMAP1 were silenced in tumors by somatic mutation and YEATS4 by promoter hypermethylation. Decreased H2A.Z staining was observed in the tumors, providing further evidence for the pathogenic nature of the germline mutations. Our results establish inactivation of genes encoding SRCAP complex subunits as a central contributor to moderate-penetrance UL predisposition.</p>
14 Authors
- Niko Välimäki
- Vilja Jokinen
- Tatiana Cajuso
- Heli Kuisma
- Aurora Taira
- Olivia Dagnaud
- Sini Ilves
- Jaana Kaukomaa
- Annukka Pasanen
- Kimmo Palin
- Oskari Heikinheimo
- Ralf Bützow
- Lauri A. Aaltonen
- Auli Karhu
1 Application
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