Genomic imprinting and environment in hereditary paraganglioma
- 1 July 2004
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Wiley in American Journal Of Medical Genetics Part C-Seminars In Medical Genetics
- Vol. 129C (1), 85-90
- https://doi.org/10.1002/ajmg.c.30018
Abstract
Hereditary paraganglioma (PGL) is characterized by the development of slow‐growing and vascularized tumors in the paraganglionic system. PGL is caused by germ line heterozygous inactivating mutations in the SDHB (PGL4), SDHC (PGL3), or SDHD (PGL1) genes, which encode three of the four subunits of mitochondrial complex II (succinate dehydrogenase; SDH). Common tumor sites include the carotid body in the neck and paraganglia in the abdomen. The risk of tumor development associated with SDHD mutations is determined by the sex of the transmitting parent, because only a paternal transmission leads to tumorigenesis in the progeny. This transmission pattern suggests operation of genomic imprinting on the SDHD gene. There is also evidence that the risk of tumor development increases at higher altitudes among SDHD mutation carriers. Accordingly, the increased prevalence of SDHD mutations in the Netherlands, attributable to multiple founder mutations, has been explained in part by the low altitudes in this country, which presumably reduce gene penetrance and relax the natural selection. Thus, PGL caused by SDHD mutations represents an unusual example of an inherited monogenic tumor syndrome because the risk of tumorigenesis shows an absolute dependence on the sex of the transmitting parent and may be modified by a ubiquitous environmental factor.Keywords
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