Spectrum of Mutation and Frequency of Allelic Deletion of the p53 Gene in Ovarian Cancer (original) (raw)

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Department of Surgery, Duke University Medical Center, and the Duke Comprehensive Cancer Center

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Department of Medicine and Immunology, Duke University Medical Center, and the Duke Comprehensive Cancer Center

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Department of Surgery, Duke University Medical Center, and the Duke Comprehensive Cancer Center

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Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology/Division of Gynecologic Oncology, Duke University Medical Center, and the Duke Comprehensive Cancer Center

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Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology/Division of Gynecologic Oncology, Duke University Medical Center, and the Duke Comprehensive Cancer Center

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Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology/Division of Gynecologic Oncology, Duke University Medical Center, and the Duke Comprehensive Cancer Center

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* See “Notes” section following “References.”

Correspondence to : Andrew Berchuck, M.D., Division of Gynecologic Oncology, Box 3079, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710

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22 June 1993

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15 September 1993

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Matthew F. Kohler, Jeffrey R Marks, Roger W. Wiseman, Ian J. Jacobs, Andrew M. Davidoff, Daniel L. Clarke-Pearson, John T. Soper, Robert C. Bast, Andrew Berchuck, Spectrum of Mutation and Frequency of Allelic Deletion of the p53 Gene in Ovarian Cancer, JNCI: Journal of the National Cancer Institute, Volume 85, Issue 18, 15 September 1993, Pages 1513–1519, https://doi.org/10.1093/jnci/85.18.1513
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Abstract

Background

The p53 gene encodes a nuclear phosphoprotein present in low levels in normal human cells. The wild-type form of this protein functions to restrain inappropriate cellular proliferation. Approximately one half of human epithelial ovarian cancers have mutations in the p53 gene and overexpress the mutant protein product. Deletion of one allele of the p53 gene also frequently occurs in these cancers.

Purpose

We sought to define the spectrum of mutations in the p53 gene in epithelial ovarian cancer with respect to both the specific codons involved and the type of mutations observed. We also examined the frequency of allelic deletion of the p53 gene in cancers containing p53 gene mutations.

Methods

Tissue samples from the epithelial ovarian cancers of 62 patients were obtained during initial laparotomy. Histologic examination was done to ensure that the experimental samples used in this study contained more than 75% cancer cells. Total RNA was extracted from these samples and separately from matched control noncancerous regions of the surgical specimen or white blood cells. The purified RNAs were reverse transcribed to generate cDNA copies of exons 4–10 of the p53 gene. Two rounds of polymerase chain reaction (PCR) were conducted to produce enough template for DNA sequence analysis of the regions of interest within the p53 gene. Dideoxy sequencing of at least two independent productions of each amplified DNA template was done to confirm the validity of the mutations found. Allelic deletions were identified by PCR and gel electrophoretic techniques to examine three polymorphisms within the p53 gene in cancer-normal DNA pairs.

Results

We identified 45 mutations in exons 5–8 of the p53 gene, where mutations frequently have been found in other cancer types. An additional mutation was identified in exon 4. Overall, 72% of the mutations were transitions, 24% trans versions, and 4% microdeletions. Allelic deletion of the other p53 allele was seen in 67% of ovarian cancers in which a p53 mutation was present. Germ-line p53 mutations were not found in any patients whose cancers had p53 mutations.

Conclusions and Implications

Like p53 mutations in other types of human cancers, those in epithelial ovarian cancers are diverse and occur frequently in exons 5–8. The predominance of transition mutations suggests that p53 mutations in ovarian cancer arise because of spontaneous errors in DNA synthesis and repair rather than the direct interaction of carcinogens with DNA. These molecular data are consistent with data from epidemiologic studies that have failed to demonstrate a convincing relationship between exposure to environmental carcinogens and the development of ovarian cancer. [J Natl Cancer Inst 85:1513–1519, 1993]

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