Approximately 5% of KCOTs are associated with nevoid basal cell carcinoma (Gorlin) syndrome and 90% of these show genomic inactivation of the PTCH1 gene encoding Patched 1.
Moreover, hsa-miR-196a-5p is complementary to sites in the 3' UTR of MAP3K1, which exhibits upregulated expression at mRNA and protein levels in GS fibroblasts.
PTCH1 mutations (at ∼80%) are frequently detected in the epithelia of both NBCCS-related and sporadic OKCs, suggesting that PTCH1 inactivation might constitutively activate sonic hedgehog (SHH) signalling and play a major role in disease pathogenesis.
In patients suspected of having BCNS or patients with multiple basal cell carcinomas (BCCs) with a special distribution on the body and no mutation detected in blood, it is worthwhile to search for a shared PTCH1 mutation in their BCCs as this can detect postzygotic mosaicism.
We evaluated 18 NBCCS National Cancer Institute (NCI) families plus PTCH1 data on 333 NBCCS disease-causing mutations (DM) reported in the Human Gene Mutation Database (HGMD).
The effect of HH pathway hyperactivation (due to c.573C>G mutation on PTCH1 gene that cause NBCCS) on renal ADPKD progression in the proband was compared to 18 age- and sex-matched ADPKD patients in a 9-year, prospective, follow-up study.
Activation of the hedgehog pathway is causative of virtually all sporadic and Gorlin syndrome-related basal cell carcinomas (BCCs), with loss of function of Ptc1 being the most common genomic lesion.
Using a mouse model of Gorlin syndrome (Ptc1<sup>+/lacZ</sup> mice), we found that overexpressing Dsg2 in the basal layer (K14-Dsg2/Ptc1<sup>+/lacZ</sup> mice) or the superficial epidermis (Inv-Dsg2/Ptc1<sup>+/lacZ</sup> mice) resulted in increased spontaneous BCC formation at 3 and 6 months, respectively.
Gorlin syndrome results from heterozygous mutations in the PTCH1 gene for 60% of patients, and we therefore aimed to highlight correlations between intrinsic radiosensitivity and PTCH1 gene expression in fibroblasts from adult patients with Gorlin syndrome.
Here we report a patient with a novel, isoform 1b specific mutation in PTCH1 and thereby distinguish PTCH1 isoform 1b as the major transcript in the development of BCNS.
Here we describe a family previously diagnosed with Gorlin syndrome with a novel SUFU splice site deleterious genetic variant, who have several dermatological features including palmar sclerotic fibromas which has not been described in relation to a SUFU mutation before.
Dysregulation and germline mutation in PATCHED1 (PTCH1), a receptor for SHH, is responsible for the Gorlin Syndrome, a familial cancer predisposing syndrome including RMS.
Germline SUFU mutations have been reported in nevoid basal cell carcinoma syndrome (NBCCS), but little is known about the cancer risk and clinical spectrum.