PIBF1 (p.R405Q) germline variant identified in cancer susceptibility family impairs protein stability and function. (PubMed, Cancer Cell Int)
Mechanistically, PIBF1-WT resisted cisplatin-induced DNA damage, significantly down-regulated the expression of γ-H2AX, and affected DNA damage repair, thus exerting a cancer inhibitory function...Furthermore, this family's polygenic risk factors for cancer are analyzed, and there is speculation about potential synergistic effects between PIBF1 and DNA damage repair genes like BRCA2 and RAD51D. In conclusion, PIBF1 regulates the cell cycle and DNA damage repair, PIBF1(p.R405Q) increases susceptibility to cancer, multiple DNA damage repair gene mutations may synergistically promote cancer progression in this cancer family lineage, and PIBF1(p.R405Q) may be one of the polygenic risk factors for familial hereditary cancer syndromes.