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Table 1 BRCA 1 and BRCA 2 mutations found in a Greek population. (Mutations repeatedly found in multiple papers share the same font colors)

From: Cumulative BRCA mutation analysis in the Greek population confirms that homogenous ethnic background facilitates genetic testing

Author

Pathogenic mutation

Sample/methods used

Results

BRCA1

BRCA2

Konstantopoulou et al., 2000 [12]

3741insA, 1623del5-TTAAA

 

30 breast/ovarian cancer pts with family history

5 mutations & 6 polymorphisms

5382insC, 3099delT, 3277insG

PTT, direct sequencing

Armakolas et al., 2002 [18]

 

2024del5 3058delA 6024del TA 4147del G

55 bc pts: 27 with family history,28 sporadic bc

4 different mutations in 5 pts

SSCP, sequencing

Ladopoulou et al. 2002 [14]

5382insC non-sense R1751X 5586G > A

2024del5 3034del4 6631del5

85 pts with positive history

Mutations in 14 families (16.5 %)

PTT, SSCP, direct sequencing

Kroupis et al., 2003 [13]

5382insC

 

Study of one affected family,

Belogianni et al., 2004 [16]

exon 20: 5331G > A, 5382insC , entire exon 20 deletion exon 23:5586 G > A

 

25 individuals of 18 fms/12 high risk

5 fms were positive for mutation

dHPLC, MLPA, Long PCR

Kataki et al., 2005 [19]

2306A > T, 4750C > A, 5129A > C, 5627G > T, IVS8-19delT, 2196G > A, 4793A > G, 4956A > G, 4610 T > C

4147delG (2 pts), 3058delA, 6024delTA, 2024del5, 385A > G, 360 T > G

94 individuals with low or moderate risk to be carriers

BRCA1: 5 unclassified variants & 4 polymorphisms BRCA 2: 5 unclassified variants & 1 polymorphism

PTT, SSCP , sequencing

Armaou et al., 2007 [15]

exon 20:71146-75319del, 71618-74863del exon 24:82651-87079del, 82651-87079del

 

95 pts with positive family history (one case of sporadic Ca)

QMPSF, diagnostic PCR primers

Anagnostopoulos et al., 2008 [20]

5331G > A (G1738R)

 

287 breast/ovarian cancer families Study specific for G1738R mutation/PCR sequencing

Konstantopoulou et al., 2008 [21]

exon 20: 5382insC, 5331G > A (G1738R)

3058delA 2024del5

127 bc/ovarian cancer fms

16 fms BRCA1 mut & 5 fms BRCA2 mut

diagnostic PCR primers, dHPLC

Armaou et al. 2009 [23]

c.5266dupC, G1738R, and two deletions of exons 20 and 24

 

987 unselected pts examined for specific mutations

2.6 % carriers

diagnostic PCR primers, PCR

Koumpis et al. 2011 [22]

exon 20: 5331G > A, 3.2 kb deletion exon 11: 3819delGTAAA

exon 11: 3782del10, 4512insT

127 unselected sporadic bc patients

6 carriers found (no family history)

diagnostic PCR primers, PCR, ABI, PTT

Pertesi et al. 2011 [24]

exon 20:del D17S579 - D17S1299 (3.9 Mb) exon 24: del D17S951 , D17S1299 (2.9 Mb)

 

Study of affected families

diagnostic PCR primers (10 short tandem repeat markers)

Fostira et al., 2014 [25]

exon 11- (c.3178G > T)

 

Case report of a carrier with negative family history

Konstantopoulou et al. 2014 [26]

exon 5: (300 T > G - C61G) exon 7: (449delG-ter118)* exon 11: (1329insCT)*, (1623del5), (1624 T > G - L502X)*, (1806C > T - Q563X)*, (2072del4), (2767insGGCA)*, (3082C > A - S988X)* ,(3297G > T - E1060X), (3494delTC), (3726C > T - R1203X), (3741delA)*, (3819del5), (3874del4) exon 12: (4286delTG)* exon 14: (4510delCTAinsTT) exon20: (5331G > A - G1738R), (5370C > T - R1751X), (5382insC), (g.71660_74860del3200) exon 21: (5447delC) exon 22: (IVS22 + 5G > C) exon 23: (5550C > T -Q1811X)*, (5586G > A), (g.80280_91331del11052) exon24: (5611delC), (g.82651_87079del4429_ins5)

exon8- (886delGT) exon 11: (2567C > G - S780X), (3036del4), (4643del4), (4997delA), (5950delCT), (6718C > T - Q2164X), (6828delTT) exon 17: (IVS16-2A > T)*, (8204G > A) exon 19: (8592G > A - W2788X) exon 22: (9158delA) exon23: (9218del32) exon 24: 9325insA exon 25: 9604C > T - Q3126X) exon 27: (9976insT)

473 breast/ovarian cancer patients with family history

32 % mutation prevalence. 44 mutations found (6 BRCA1 recurrent/founder mutations dominate the observed spectrum-58.5 % of all mutations found)

diagnostic PCR primers, direct sequencing , MLPA

  1. (pts patients, bc breast cancer, fms families, mut mutation)
  2. PTT Protein truncation test
  3. SCCP Single-Strand Conformation Polymorphism Analysis
  4. dHPLC denaturing High Performance Liquid Chromatography
  5. MLPA Multiplex Ligation – dependent PCR Amplification
  6. QMPSF Quantitative Multiplex PCR of Short Fluorescent Fragments
  7. ABI, TaqMan Copy Number Variation Assays
  8. *: novel mutations (the time the study was published) (footnote), indication deleted on the last cell of the table