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Genetic Cancer Predisposition Flashcards

1
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What kind of cancer does germline mutation cause?

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Cancer Syndrome or family cancer syndrome

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2
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what 3 types of genes are involved in pre-disposition to cancer?

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Oncogenes
Tumour-supressor Genes
DNA damage-response genes

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3
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What is a proto-oncogene?

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A normal gene that codes for proteins which regulate cell growth/differentiation

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How does a proto-oncogene mutate?

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To an oncogene

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What is an oncogene?

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The mutated form of a proto-oncogene

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/What does an oncogene do

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Oncogenes promote cell division, causing cancer when stuck in the “on” mode.

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What do tumour supressor genes do?

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Inhibit cell cycle & promote apoptosis

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How many mutations are required to disable tumour supressor genes?

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2, one for each “brake”

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Explain the two-hit hypothesis?

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The two mutations that disable the 2 tumour supressor genes leading to cancer.
1st mutation disables brake 1 (susceptible carrier)
2nd mutation disables 2nd brake (leads to canceR)

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What is a cell called with one tumour supressor gene disabled?

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A susceptible carrier

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What are DNA damage response genes?

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The repair mechanisms of DNA

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12
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How many genes are invlved in DNA repair?

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2

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How does the failure of DNA damage response genes lead to cancer?

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When both genes fail the accumulation of mutations in other critical genes speeds up.

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What is the MMR gene?

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Mismatch repair gene.

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15
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What does a normal MMR gene do?

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Repairs basic mutations

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What does a defective MMR gene do?

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It either doesnt repair the mutations or worsens them.
E.g. instead of fixing a mutated base it alters the complementary one to match.

17
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What does a defective Mismatch repair gene lead to?

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Microsatellite Instability. (MSI)

18
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Give an example of a dominant inherited cancer syndrome cause by an oncogene?

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MEN2 (multiple endocrine neoplasia) caused by the RET gene

19
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Give an example of a dominatly inherited cancer syndrome caused by defective tumour supressor genes?

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Breast/ovarian cancer are far more likely in people with defective BRCA1 or BRCA2 genes.

20
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Example of cancer syndrome caused by defective DNA repair genes?

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Lynch syndrome (HPNCC) gives people a much higher risk of cancers of digestive & gynaecologic tracts.

21
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What DNA repair genes are defective in Lynch syndrome?

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MLH1 & MSH2 amonst others.

22
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How else do genetics contribute to/cause cancer?

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  • Autosomal Recessive Syndromes
  • Multiple modifier genes of lower genetic risk affect how much more important genes are expressed.
23
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Whats the fancy fucker name for new mutations?

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De novo mutations

24
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Where do De Novo mutaions occur?

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In the parent germ cell

25
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Why do inherited cancer susceptibility genes appear to skip generation?

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Because they are mainly dominant with incomplete penetrance

26
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What are specifc risk factors for Breast Cancer?

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Age,
Early puberty,
Late menopause
using oestrogen

27
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What are specific risk factors for Colorectal cancer(CRC)?

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High-fat Low-Fibre diets
Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Family hisotry of CRC.

28
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How does an adenoma become a carcinoma?

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-> Normal epithelium gains APC mutation
-> Hyperproliferative epithelium has K ras mutation
-> Adenoma experieicnes p53 mutation
-> Carcinoma produced.

29
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What does polyposis mean?

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Formation of multiple Adenomas

30
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What is FAP?

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Familial Adenomatous Polyposis
Hereditary condition leading to formation of multiple adenomas in the large intestine that can lead to colorectal cancer.

31
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What is HNPCC?

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Hereditary Non-Polyposis Colorectal Cancer
A hereditary condition leading to colorectal cancer with no adenomas

32
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What is the difference between genome & exome sequencing?

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Exome sequencing only sequences the exons, ignoring the interons.

33
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What is Microsatellite Instability?

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A condition caused by defective MMR genes where yours genes are hypermutatable. multiple mutated nucleotides form microsatellite fragments

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