Functional characterisation of a novel class of in-frame insertion variants of KRAS and HRAS
Publication year
2019Source
Scientific Reports, 9, (2019), article 8239ISSN
Publication type
Article / Letter to editor
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Organization
Pathology
Human Genetics
Dermatology
Journal title
Scientific Reports
Volume
vol. 9
Subject
Radboudumc 14: Tumours of the digestive tract RIMLS: Radboud Institute for Molecular Life Sciences; Radboudumc 16: Vascular damage RIHS: Radboud Institute for Health Sciences; Radboudumc 7: Neurodevelopmental disorders DCMN: Donders Center for Medical Neuroscience; Radboudumc 9: Rare cancers RIMLS: Radboud Institute for Molecular Life SciencesAbstract
Mutations in the RAS genes are identified in a variety of clinical settings, ranging from somatic mutations in oncology to germline mutations in developmental disorders, also known as 'RASopathies', and vascular malformations/overgrowth syndromes. Generally single amino acid substitutions are identified, that result in an increase of the GTP bound fraction of the RAS proteins causing constitutive signalling. Here, a series of 7 in-frame insertions and duplications in HRAS (n = 5) and KRAS (n = 2) is presented, resulting in the insertion of 7-10 amino acids residues in the switch II region. These variants were identified in routine diagnostic screening of 299 samples for somatic mutations in vascular malformations/overgrowth syndromes (n = 6) and in germline analyses for RASopathies (n = 1). Biophysical characterization shows the inability of Guanine Nucleotide Exchange Factors to induce GTP loading and reduced intrinsic and GAP-stimulated GTP hydrolysis. As a consequence of these opposing effects, increased RAS signalling is detected in a cellular model system. Therefore these in-frame insertions represent a new class of weakly activating clinically relevant RAS variants.
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