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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5
pubmed:dateCreated
1999-6-8
pubmed:abstractText
Mutations in the conserved regions (exons 5-9) of the p53 gene were investigated in 37 untreated human primary oral squamous cell carcinomas (SCCs) using polymerase chain reaction-single strand conformation polymorphism and DNA sequencing analyses. P53 mutations were detected in 2 of 37 (5.4%) oral SCC cases. One tumor sample (case 23) showed a mis-sense point mutation at codon 177, changing CCC to CTC, which resulted in a substitution of proline to leucine in the p53 protein. The other tumor (case 33) had a point mutation at codon 266, changing GGA to AGA and causing a substitution of glycine to arginine in the p53 protein. These two patients with p53 mutations did not have an areca quid chewing habit. These results suggest that mutations in the p53 gene may not play a role in the pathogenesis of human oral SCCs in Taiwan. Recently, we have shown that positive p53 staining was observed in 47 of 81 (58%) cases of oral SCC. The discrepancies between positive p53 protein staining and the low prevalence of p53 mutation in oral SCCs indicate that other mechanism(s) are involved in p53 overexpression.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
D
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
May
pubmed:issn
0904-2512
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
28
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
221-5
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:10226945-Adult, pubmed-meshheading:10226945-Aged, pubmed-meshheading:10226945-Aged, 80 and over, pubmed-meshheading:10226945-Areca, pubmed-meshheading:10226945-Arginine, pubmed-meshheading:10226945-Carcinoma, Squamous Cell, pubmed-meshheading:10226945-DNA Mutational Analysis, pubmed-meshheading:10226945-Genes, p53, pubmed-meshheading:10226945-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:10226945-Leucine, pubmed-meshheading:10226945-Middle Aged, pubmed-meshheading:10226945-Mouth Neoplasms, pubmed-meshheading:10226945-Mutation, Missense, pubmed-meshheading:10226945-Plants, Medicinal, pubmed-meshheading:10226945-Point Mutation, pubmed-meshheading:10226945-Polymerase Chain Reaction, pubmed-meshheading:10226945-Polymorphism, Single-Stranded Conformational, pubmed-meshheading:10226945-Taiwan, pubmed-meshheading:10226945-Tumor Suppressor Protein p53
pubmed:year
1999
pubmed:articleTitle
Infrequent p53 mutations in patients with areca quid chewing-associated oral squamous cell carcinomas in Taiwan.
pubmed:affiliation
School of Dentistry, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't