The expression of β-catenin, LEF-1, and HPA-1 was assessed and compared in malignant melanoma with that of peritumoral tissue and benign nevus in the patients with negative mutations in BRAF exons 11 and 15 and NRAS exons 1 and 2.
Focused amplicon deep sequencing on DNA extracted from the brain tumor and a cutaneous nevus revealed a heterozygous (c.37G>C; p.G13R) substitution in the NRAS gene.
Our results suggest that although nevus propensity is important for the occurrence of both BRAF and NRAS-mutant melanomas, ambient UV irradiance influences risk differently based on the age of exposure.
The predominant BRAF mutation T1799A (V600E) was detected in 18 nevi; 1 nevus had a novel A1781G (D594V) mutation in the same gene and 3 nevi had mutations in codon 61 of the N-ras gene.