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Molatore, S. ; Pellegata, N.S.

The MENX syndrome and p27: Relationships with multiple endocrine neoplasia.

Prog. Brain. Res. 182, 295-320 (2010)
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In the past 3 years new insight into the etiopathogenesis of hereditary endocrine tumors has emerged from studies conducted on MENX, a rat multiple endocrine neoplasia (MEN) syndrome. MENX spontaneously developed in a rat colony and was discovered by serendipity when these animals underwent complete necropsy, as they were found to consistently develop multiple endocrine tumors with a spectrum similar to both MEN type 1 (MEN1) and MEN2 human syndromes. Genetic studies identified a germline mutation in the Cdkn1b gene, encoding the p27 cell cycle inhibitor, as the causative mutation for the MENX syndrome. Capitalizing on these findings, we and others identified heterozygous germline mutations in the human homologue, CDKN1B, in patients with multiple endocrine tumors. As a consequence of these observations a novel human MEN syndrome, named MEN4, was recognized which is caused by mutations in p27. Altogether these studies identified Cdkn1b/CDKN1B as a novel tumor susceptibility gene for multiple endocrine tumors in both rats and humans. In this chapter we present the MENX syndrome and its phenotype, and we compare it to the human MEN syndromes; we discuss the current state of knowledge regarding the genes associated to inherited MEN, with a particular focus on CDKN1B; we present recent clinical and basic findings about the MEN4 syndrome and the functional characterization of the CDKN1B mutations identified. These findings are placed in the broader context of how p27 dysregulation might affect neuroendocrine cell function and trigger tumorigenesis.
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Publication type Article: Journal article
Document type Scientific Article
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Keywords Multiple endocrine neoplasia; MENX; Tumor susceptibility genes; p27; Animal models
ISSN (print) / ISBN 0079-6123
e-ISSN 1875-7855
Journal Progress in Brain Research
Quellenangaben Volume: 182, Issue: , Pages: 295-320 Article Number: , Supplement: ,
Publisher Elsevier
Non-patent literature Publications
Reviewing status Peer reviewed
Institute(s) Institute of Pathology (PATH)