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Publicado en línea: 02 may 2023
Páginas: 15 - 22
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/bjmg-2022-0020
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Summary of clinico-pathological characteristics of breast cancer patients
Characteristics | Data (mean ± SD or n (frequency in %)) |
---|---|
Gender | |
Male | 2 (2.5) |
Female | 78 (97.5) |
Age | |
>50 years | 45 (56.25) |
≤50 years | 35 (43.75) |
Body mass index (kg/m2) | 25.4±3.3 |
Histological grade | |
I | 15 (18.75) |
II | 28 (35) |
III | 37 (46.25) |
TNM stage | |
I | 10 (12.5) |
II | 13 (16.25) |
III | 19 (23.75) |
IV | 38 (47.5) |
Cancer metastasis | |
Positive | 38 (47.5) |
Negative | 42 (52.5) |
mt-tRNA mutations identified in this case-control study
Gene | Sequence alternation | CI (%) |
Homoplasmy /Heteroplasmy | Watson-Crick base pairing |
Nucleotide at tRNA | Location | Number of 80 breast cancer tissues (%) | Number of 80 matched normal adjacent tissues (%) | mtDNA haplogroup | Disease association |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
tRNAVal | G1606A | 100 | Heteroplasmy | G-C↓ | 5 | Acceptor arm | 1 (1.25) | 0 | N9a | Progressive ataxia, seizures, mental deterioration, mild myopathy, and hearing loss |
tRNAIle | A4300G | 100 | Heteroplasmy | C-G↓ | 42 | Anticodon stem | 1 (1.25) | 0 | C4c | Cardiomyopathy |
tRNASer(UCN) | T7505C | 100 | Homoplasmy | A-T↓ | 10 | D-arm | 2 (2.5) | 0 | F1 | Deafness |
tRNAGlu | A14693G | 100 | Homoplasmy | 54 | TΨC-loop | 2 (2.5) | 0 | Y2 | MELAS, deafness, LHON | |
tRNAThr | G15927A | 100 | Homoplasmy | C-G↓ | 42 | Anticodon stem | 1 (1.25) | 0 | B5b | Parkinson’s disease, LHON, deafness, CHD, |
The predicted pathogenicity of breast cancer-associated mt-tRNA mutations
Scoring criteria | G1606A mutation | Score | A4300G mutation | Score | T7505C mutation | Score | A14693G mutation | Score | G15927A mutation | Score | Classification |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Yes | 2 | Yes | 2 | Yes | 2 | Yes | 2 | Yes | 2 | ≤6 points: neutral polymorphisms; | |
No change | 2 | No change | 2 | No change | 2 | No change | 2 | No change | 2 | 7~10 points: possibly pathogenic; | |
No | 0 | No | 0 | No | 0 | No | 0 | No | 0 | ||
Yes | 2 | No | 0 | Yes | 2 | Yes | 2 | Yes | 2 | 11-13 points (not including evidence from single fiber, steady-state level or trans-mitochondrial cybrid studies): probably pathogenic | |
No evidence | 0 | No evidence | 0 | No evidence | 0 | No evidence | 0 | No evidence | 0 | ||
Yes | 2 | Yes | 2 | Yes | 2 | No | 0 | Yes | 2 | ||
No | 0 | No | 0 | No | 0 | No | 0 | No | 0 | ||
Strong evidence | 5 | Strong evidence | 5 | Strong evidence | 5 | Weak evidence | 3 | Strong evidence | 5 | ≥11 points (including evidence from single fiber, steady-state level or trans-mitochondrial cybrid studies): definitely pathogenic | |
Definitely pathogenic | 13 | Definitely pathogenic | 11 | Definitely pathogenic | 13 | Possibly pathogenic | 9 | Definitely pathogenic | 13 |