6q2j

Structural highlights

Disease

[RET_HUMAN] Unilateral renal dysplasia;Familial medullary thyroid carcinoma;Multiple endocrine neoplasia type 2B;Multiple endocrine neoplasia type 2A;Hirschsprung disease;Bilateral renal agenesis;Bilateral renal dysplasia;Ondine syndrome;Papillary or follicular thyroid carcinoma. Colorectal cancer (CRC) [MIM:114500]: A complex disease characterized by malignant lesions arising from the inner wall of the large intestine (the colon) and the rectum. Genetic alterations are often associated with progression from premalignant lesion (adenoma) to invasive adenocarcinoma. Risk factors for cancer of the colon and rectum include colon polyps, long-standing ulcerative colitis, and genetic family history. Note=The disease may be caused by mutations affecting the gene represented in this entry. Hirschsprung disease 1 (HSCR1) [MIM:142623]: A disorder of neural crest development characterized by absence of enteric ganglia along a variable length of the intestine. It is the most common cause of congenital intestinal obstruction. Early symptoms range from complete acute neonatal obstruction, characterized by vomiting, abdominal distention and failure to pass stool, to chronic constipation in the older child. Note=The disease is caused by mutations affecting the gene represented in this entry.^{[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] [15] [16]} Medullary thyroid carcinoma (MTC) [MIM:155240]: Rare tumor derived from the C cells of the thyroid. Three hereditary forms are known, that are transmitted in an autosomal dominant fashion: (a) multiple neoplasia type 2A (MEN2A), (b) multiple neoplasia type IIB (MEN2B) and (c) familial MTC (FMTC), which occurs in 25-30% of MTC cases and where MTC is the only clinical manifestation. Note=The disease is caused by mutations affecting the gene represented in this entry.^{[17] [18] [19] [20] [21] [22] [23] [24] [25] [26] [27] [28] [29] [30] [31] [32] [33] [34]} Multiple neoplasia 2B (MEN2B) [MIM:162300]: Uncommon inherited cancer syndrome characterized by predisposition to MTC and phaeochromocytoma which is associated with marfanoid habitus, mucosal neuromas, skeletal and ophtalmic abnormalities, and ganglioneuromas of the intestine tract. Then the disease progresses rapidly with the development of metastatic MTC and a pheochromocytome in 50% of cases. Note=The disease is caused by mutations affecting the gene represented in this entry.^{[35] [36] [37] [38] [39] [40] [41] [42] [43]} Pheochromocytoma (PCC) [MIM:171300]: A catecholamine-producing tumor of chromaffin tissue of the adrenal medulla or sympathetic paraganglia. The cardinal symptom, reflecting the increased secretion of epinephrine and norepinephrine, is hypertension, which may be persistent or intermittent. Note=Disease susceptibility is associated with variations affecting the gene represented in this entry. Multiple neoplasia 2A (MEN2A) [MIM:171400]: The most frequent form of medullary thyroid cancer (MTC). It is an inherited cancer syndrome characterized by MTC, phaeochromocytoma and/or hyperparathyroidism. Note=The disease is caused by mutations affecting the gene represented in this entry.^{[44] [45] [46] [47] [48] [49] [50] [51] [52] [53] [54] [55] [56] [57] [58]} Thyroid papillary carcinoma (TPC) [MIM:188550]: A common tumor of the thyroid that typically arises as an irregular, solid or cystic mass from otherwise normal thyroid tissue. Papillary carcinomas are malignant neoplasm characterized by the formation of numerous, irregular, finger-like projections of fibrous stroma that is covered with a surface layer of neoplastic epithelial cells. Note=The gene represented in this entry is involved in disease pathogenesis. Chromosomal aberrations involving RET have been found in thyroid papillary carcinomas. Inversion inv(10)(q11.2;q21) generates the RET/CCDC6 (PTC1) oncogene; inversion inv(10)(q11.2;q11.2) generates the RET/NCOA4 (PTC3) oncogene; translocation t(10;14)(q11;q32) with GOLGA5 generates the RET/GOLGA5 (PTC5) oncogene; translocation t(8;10)(p21.3;q11.2) with PCM1 generates the PCM1/RET fusion; translocation t(6;10)(p21.3;q11.2) with RFP generates the Delta RFP/RET oncogene; translocation t(1;10)(p13;q11) with TRIM33 generates the TRIM33/RET (PTC7) oncogene; translocation t(7;10)(q32;q11) with TRIM24/TIF1 generates the TRIM24/RET (PTC6) oncogene. The PTC5 oncogene has been found in 2 cases of PACT in children exposed to radioactive fallout after Chernobyl. A chromosomal aberration involving TRIM27/RFP is found in thyroid papillary carcinomas. Translocation t(6;10)(p21.3;q11.2) with RET. The translocation generates TRIM27/RET and delta TRIM27/RET oncogenes. Renal adysplasia (RADYS) [MIM:191830]: Renal agenesis refers to the absence of one (unilateral) or both (bilateral) kidneys at birth. Bilateral renal agenesis belongs to a group of perinatally lethal renal diseases, including severe bilateral renal dysplasia, unilateral renal agenesis with contralateral dysplasia and severe obstructive uropathy. Note=The disease is caused by mutations affecting the gene represented in this entry.^[59] Congenital central hypoventilation syndrome (CCHS) [MIM:209880]: Rare disorder characterized by abnormal control of respiration in the absence of neuromuscular or lung disease, or an identifiable brain stem lesion. A deficiency in autonomic control of respiration results in inadequate or negligible ventilatory and arousal responses to hypercapnia and hypoxemia. Note=The disease is caused by mutations affecting the gene represented in this entry.^{[60] [61] [62]}

Function

[RET_HUMAN] Receptor tyrosine-protein kinase involved in numerous cellular mechanisms including cell proliferation, neuronal navigation, cell migration, and cell differentiation upon binding with glial cell derived neurotrophic factor family ligands. Phosphorylates PTK2/FAK1. Regulates both cell death/survival balance and positional information. Required for the molecular mechanisms orchestration during intestine organogenesis; involved in the development of enteric nervous system and renal organogenesis during embryonic life, and promotes the formation of Peyer's patch-like structures, a major component of the gut-associated lymphoid tissue. Modulates cell adhesion via its cleavage by caspase in sympathetic neurons and mediates cell migration in an integrin (e.g. ITGB1 and ITGB3)-dependent manner. Involved in the development of the neural crest. Active in the absence of ligand, triggering apoptosis through a mechanism that requires receptor intracellular caspase cleavage. Acts as a dependence receptor; in the presence of the ligand GDNF in somatotrophs (within pituitary), promotes survival and down regulates growth hormone (GH) production, but triggers apoptosis in absence of GDNF. Regulates nociceptor survival and size. Triggers the differentiation of rapidly adapting (RA) mechanoreceptors. Mediator of several diseases such as neuroendocrine cancers; these diseases are characterized by aberrant integrins-regulated cell migration.^{[63] [64] [65] [66] [67]}

References

1. ↑ Yin L, Barone V, Seri M, Bolino A, Bocciardi R, Ceccherini I, Pasini B, Tocco T, Lerone M, Cywes S, et al.. Heterogeneity and low detection rate of RET mutations in Hirschsprung disease. Eur J Hum Genet. 1994;2(4):272-80. PMID:7704557
2. ↑ Mulligan LM, Eng C, Attie T, Lyonnet S, Marsh DJ, Hyland VJ, Robinson BG, Frilling A, Verellen-Dumoulin C, Safar A, et al.. Diverse phenotypes associated with exon 10 mutations of the RET proto-oncogene. Hum Mol Genet. 1994 Dec;3(12):2163-7. PMID:7881414
3. ↑ Romeo G, Ronchetto P, Luo Y, Barone V, Seri M, Ceccherini I, Pasini B, Bocciardi R, Lerone M, Kaariainen H, et al.. Point mutations affecting the tyrosine kinase domain of the RET proto-oncogene in Hirschsprung's disease. Nature. 1994 Jan 27;367(6461):377-8. PMID:8114938 doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/367377a0
4. ↑ Edery P, Lyonnet S, Mulligan LM, Pelet A, Dow E, Abel L, Holder S, Nihoul-Fekete C, Ponder BA, Munnich A. Mutations of the RET proto-oncogene in Hirschsprung's disease. Nature. 1994 Jan 27;367(6461):378-80. PMID:8114939 doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/367378a0
5. ↑ Angrist M, Bolk S, Thiel B, Puffenberger EG, Hofstra RM, Buys CH, Cass DT, Chakravarti A. Mutation analysis of the RET receptor tyrosine kinase in Hirschsprung disease. Hum Mol Genet. 1995 May;4(5):821-30. PMID:7633441
6. ↑ Attie T, Pelet A, Edery P, Eng C, Mulligan LM, Amiel J, Boutrand L, Beldjord C, Nihoul-Fekete C, Munnich A, et al.. Diversity of RET proto-oncogene mutations in familial and sporadic Hirschsprung disease. Hum Mol Genet. 1995 Aug;4(8):1381-6. PMID:7581377
7. ↑ Kitamura Y, Scavarda N, Wells SA Jr, Jackson CE, Goodfellow PJ. Two maternally derived missense mutations in the tyrosine kinase domain of the RET protooncogene in a patient with de novo MEN 2B. Hum Mol Genet. 1995 Oct;4(10):1987-8. PMID:8595427
8. ↑ Yin L, Seri M, Barone V, Tocco T, Scaranari M, Romeo G. Prevalence and parental origin of de novo RET mutations in Hirschsprung's disease. Eur J Hum Genet. 1996;4(6):356-8. PMID:9043870
9. ↑ Seri M, Yin L, Barone V, Bolino A, Celli I, Bocciardi R, Pasini B, Ceccherini I, Lerone M, Kristoffersson U, Larsson LT, Casasa JM, Cass DT, Abramowicz MJ, Vanderwinden JM, Kravcenkiene I, Baric I, Silengo M, Martucciello G, Romeo G. Frequency of RET mutations in long- and short-segment Hirschsprung disease. Hum Mutat. 1997;9(3):243-9. PMID:9090527 doi:<243::AID-HUMU5>3.0.CO;2-8 10.1002/(SICI)1098-1004(1997)9:3<243::AID-HUMU5>3.0.CO;2-8
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11. ↑ Kusafuka T, Wang Y, Puri P. Mutation analysis of the RET, the endothelin-B receptor, and the endothelin-3 genes in sporadic cases of Hirschsprung's disease. J Pediatr Surg. 1997 Mar;32(3):501-4. PMID:9094028
12. ↑ Decker RA, Peacock ML, Watson P. Hirschsprung disease in MEN 2A: increased spectrum of RET exon 10 genotypes and strong genotype-phenotype correlation. Hum Mol Genet. 1998 Jan;7(1):129-34. PMID:9384613
13. ↑ Auricchio A, Griseri P, Carpentieri ML, Betsos N, Staiano A, Tozzi A, Priolo M, Thompson H, Bocciardi R, Romeo G, Ballabio A, Ceccherini I. Double heterozygosity for a RET substitution interfering with splicing and an EDNRB missense mutation in Hirschsprung disease. Am J Hum Genet. 1999 Apr;64(4):1216-21. PMID:10090908
14. ↑ Geneste O, Bidaud C, De Vita G, Hofstra RM, Tartare-Deckert S, Buys CH, Lenoir GM, Santoro M, Billaud M. Two distinct mutations of the RET receptor causing Hirschsprung's disease impair the binding of signalling effectors to a multifunctional docking site. Hum Mol Genet. 1999 Oct;8(11):1989-99. PMID:10484767
15. ↑ Bolk S, Pelet A, Hofstra RM, Angrist M, Salomon R, Croaker D, Buys CH, Lyonnet S, Chakravarti A. A human model for multigenic inheritance: phenotypic expression in Hirschsprung disease requires both the RET gene and a new 9q31 locus. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2000 Jan 4;97(1):268-73. PMID:10618407
16. ↑ So MT, Leon TY, Cheng G, Tang CS, Miao XP, Cornes BK, Diem NN, Cui L, Ngan ES, Lui VC, Wu XZ, Wang B, Wang H, Yuan ZW, Huang LM, Li L, Xia H, Zhu D, Liu J, Nguyen TL, Chan IH, Chung PH, Liu XL, Zhang R, Wong KK, Sham PC, Cherny SS, Tam PK, Garcia-Barcelo MM. RET mutational spectrum in Hirschsprung disease: evaluation of 601 Chinese patients. PLoS One. 2011;6(12):e28986. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0028986. Epub 2011 Dec 9. PMID:22174939 doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0028986
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18. ↑ Peretz H, Luboshitsky R, Baron E, Biton A, Gershoni R, Usher S, Grynberg E, Yakobson E, Graff E, Lapidot M. Cys 618 Arg mutation in the RET proto-oncogene associated with familial medullary thyroid carcinoma and maternally transmitted Hirschsprung's disease suggesting a role for imprinting. Hum Mutat. 1997;10(2):155-9. PMID:9259198 doi:<155::AID-HUMU7>3.0.CO;2-J 10.1002/(SICI)1098-1004(1997)10:2<155::AID-HUMU7>3.0.CO;2-J
19. ↑ Blaugrund JE, Johns MM Jr, Eby YJ, Ball DW, Baylin SB, Hruban RH, Sidransky D. RET proto-oncogene mutations in inherited and sporadic medullary thyroid cancer. Hum Mol Genet. 1994 Oct;3(10):1895-7. PMID:7849720
20. ↑ Schuffenecker I, Billaud M, Calender A, Chambe B, Ginet N, Calmettes C, Modigliani E, Lenoir GM. RET proto-oncogene mutations in French MEN 2A and FMTC families. Hum Mol Genet. 1994 Nov;3(11):1939-43. PMID:7874109
21. ↑ Komminoth P, Kunz EK, Matias-Guiu X, Hiort O, Christiansen G, Colomer A, Roth J, Heitz PU. Analysis of RET protooncogene point mutations distinguishes heritable from nonheritable medullary thyroid carcinomas. Cancer. 1995 Aug 1;76(3):479-89. PMID:8625130
22. ↑ Eng C, Smith DP, Mulligan LM, Healey CS, Zvelebil MJ, Stonehouse TJ, Ponder MA, Jackson CE, Waterfield MD, Ponder BA. A novel point mutation in the tyrosine kinase domain of the RET proto-oncogene in sporadic medullary thyroid carcinoma and in a family with FMTC. Oncogene. 1995 Feb 2;10(3):509-13. PMID:7845675
23. ↑ Bolino A, Schuffenecker I, Luo Y, Seri M, Silengo M, Tocco T, Chabrier G, Houdent C, Murat A, Schlumberger M, et al.. RET mutations in exons 13 and 14 of FMTC patients. Oncogene. 1995 Jun 15;10(12):2415-9. PMID:7784092
24. ↑ Landsvater RM, Jansen RP, Hofstra RM, Buys CH, Lips CJ, Ploos van Amstel HK. Mutation analysis of the RET proto-oncogene in Dutch families with MEN 2A, MEN 2B and FMTC: two novel mutations and one de novo mutation for MEN 2A. Hum Genet. 1996 Jan;97(1):11-4. PMID:8557249
25. ↑ Kambouris M, Jackson CE, Feldman GL. Diagnosis of multiple endocrine neoplasia [MEN] 2A, 2B and familial medullary thyroid cancer [FMTC] by multiplex PCR and heteroduplex analyses of RET proto-oncogene mutations. Hum Mutat. 1996;8(1):64-70. PMID:8807338 doi:<64::AID-HUMU9>3.0.CO;2-P 10.1002/(SICI)1098-1004(1996)8:1<64::AID-HUMU9>3.0.CO;2-P
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29. ↑ Fattoruso O, Quadro L, Libroia A, Verga U, Lupoli G, Cascone E, Colantuoni V. A GTG to ATG novel point mutation at codon 804 in exon 14 of the RET proto-oncogene in two families affected by familial medullary thyroid carcinoma. Hum Mutat. 1998;Suppl 1:S167-71. PMID:9452077
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31. ↑ Shirahama S, Ogura K, Takami H, Ito K, Tohsen T, Miyauchi A, Nakamura Y. Mutational analysis of the RET proto-oncogene in 71 Japanese patients with medullary thyroid carcinoma. J Hum Genet. 1998;43(2):101-6. PMID:9621513 doi:10.1007/s100380050048
32. ↑ Pigny P, Bauters C, Wemeau JL, Houcke ML, Crepin M, Caron P, Giraud S, Calender A, Buisine MP, Kerckaert JP, Porchet N. A novel 9-base pair duplication in RET exon 8 in familial medullary thyroid carcinoma. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 1999 May;84(5):1700-4. PMID:10323403
33. ↑ Bartsch DK, Hasse C, Schug C, Barth P, Rothmund M, Hoppner W. A RET double mutation in the germline of a kindred with FMTC. Exp Clin Endocrinol Diabetes. 2000;108(2):128-32. PMID:10826520 doi:10.1055/s-2000-5806
34. ↑ Kalinin VN, Amosenko FA, Shabanov MA, Lubchenko LN, Hosch SB, Garkavtseva RF, Izbicki JR. Three novel mutations in the RET proto-oncogene. J Mol Med (Berl). 2001 Oct;79(10):609-12. PMID:11692159 doi:10.1007/s001090100250
35. ↑ Komminoth P, Kunz EK, Matias-Guiu X, Hiort O, Christiansen G, Colomer A, Roth J, Heitz PU. Analysis of RET protooncogene point mutations distinguishes heritable from nonheritable medullary thyroid carcinomas. Cancer. 1995 Aug 1;76(3):479-89. PMID:8625130
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37. ↑ Kitamura Y, Goodfellow PJ, Shimizu K, Nagahama M, Ito K, Kitagawa W, Akasu H, Takami H, Tanaka S, Wells SA Jr. Novel germline RET proto-oncogene mutations associated with medullary thyroid carcinoma (MTC): mutation analysis in Japanese patients with MTC. Oncogene. 1997 Jun 26;14(25):3103-6. PMID:9223675 doi:10.1038/sj.onc.1201102
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39. ↑ Hofstra RM, Landsvater RM, Ceccherini I, Stulp RP, Stelwagen T, Luo Y, Pasini B, Hoppener JW, van Amstel HK, Romeo G, et al.. A mutation in the RET proto-oncogene associated with multiple endocrine neoplasia type 2B and sporadic medullary thyroid carcinoma. Nature. 1994 Jan 27;367(6461):375-6. PMID:7906866 doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/367375a0
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41. ↑ Kitamura Y, Scavarda N, Wells SA Jr, Jackson CE, Goodfellow PJ. Two maternally derived missense mutations in the tyrosine kinase domain of the RET protooncogene in a patient with de novo MEN 2B. Hum Mol Genet. 1995 Oct;4(10):1987-8. PMID:8595427
42. ↑ Gimm O, Marsh DJ, Andrew SD, Frilling A, Dahia PL, Mulligan LM, Zajac JD, Robinson BG, Eng C. Germline dinucleotide mutation in codon 883 of the RET proto-oncogene in multiple endocrine neoplasia type 2B without codon 918 mutation. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 1997 Nov;82(11):3902-4. PMID:9360560
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55. ↑ Frank-Raue K, Hoppner W, Frilling A, Kotzerke J, Dralle H, Haase R, Mann K, Seif F, Kirchner R, Rendl J, Deckart HF, Ritter MM, Hampel R, Klempa J, Scholz GH, Raue F. Mutations of the ret protooncogene in German multiple endocrine neoplasia families: relation between genotype and phenotype. German Medullary Thyroid Carcinoma Study Group. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 1996 May;81(5):1780-3. PMID:8626834
56. ↑ Hoppner W, Ritter MM. A duplication of 12 bp in the critical cysteine rich domain of the RET proto-oncogene results in a distinct phenotype of multiple endocrine neoplasia type 2A. Hum Mol Genet. 1997 Apr;6(4):587-90. PMID:9097963
57. ↑ Hoppner W, Dralle H, Brabant G. Duplication of 9 base pairs in the critical cysteine-rich domain of the RET proto-oncogene causes multiple endocrine neoplasia type 2A. Hum Mutat. 1998;Suppl 1:S128-30. PMID:9452064
58. ↑ Tessitore A, Sinisi AA, Pasquali D, Cardone M, Vitale D, Bellastella A, Colantuoni V. A novel case of multiple endocrine neoplasia type 2A associated with two de novo mutations of the RET protooncogene. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 1999 Oct;84(10):3522-7. PMID:10522989
59. ↑ Skinner MA, Safford SD, Reeves JG, Jackson ME, Freemerman AJ. Renal aplasia in humans is associated with RET mutations. Am J Hum Genet. 2008 Feb;82(2):344-51. Epub 2008 Jan 31. PMID:18252215 doi:S0002-9297(08)00086-4
60. ↑ Amiel J, Salomon R, Attie T, Pelet A, Trang H, Mokhtari M, Gaultier C, Munnich A, Lyonnet S. Mutations of the RET-GDNF signaling pathway in Ondine's curse. Am J Hum Genet. 1998 Mar;62(3):715-7. PMID:9497256 doi:10.1086/301759
61. ↑ Kanai M, Numakura C, Sasaki A, Shirahata E, Akaba K, Hashimoto M, Hasegawa H, Shirasawa S, Hayasaka K. Congenital central hypoventilation syndrome: a novel mutation of the RET gene in an isolated case. Tohoku J Exp Med. 2002 Apr;196(4):241-6. PMID:12086152
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