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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1-2
pubmed:dateCreated
2001-11-14
pubmed:databankReference
pubmed:abstractText
Previous studies have shown that the p16(INK4a) tumor suppressor gene is inactivated in up to 98% of human pancreatic cancer specimens and 83% of oral squamous cell carcinomas. Inactivation of the related p15(INK4b) gene has also been identified in a number of tumors and cell lines, however, its role as an independent tumor suppressor remains to be elucidated. Chemically-induced tumors in the Syrian Golden hamster (Mesocricetus auratus) have been shown to be excellent representative models for the comparative development and progression of a number of human malignancies. The purpose of this study was to determine the importance of the p16(INK4a) and p15(INK4b) genes in two experimental hamster models for human pancreatic and oral carcinogenesis. First, hamster p16(INK4a) and p15(INK4b) cDNAs were cloned and sequenced. The hamster p16(INK4a) cDNA open reading frame (ORF) shares 78%, 80%, and 81% identity with the human, mouse, and rat p16(INK4a) sequences, respectively. Similarly, the hamster p15(INK4b) cDNA ORF shares 82% and 89% sequence identity with human and mouse p15(INK4b), respectively. Second, a deletion analysis of hamster p16(INK4a) and p15(INK4b) genes was performed for several tumorigenic and non-tumorigenic hamster cell lines and revealed that both p16(INK4a) and p15(INK4b) were homozygously deleted in a cheek pouch carcinoma cell line (HCPC) and two pancreatic adenocarcinoma cell lines (KL5B, H2T), but not in tissue matched, non-tumorigenic cheek pouch (POT2) or pancreatic (KL5N) cell lines. These data strongly suggest that homozygous deletion of the p16(INK4a) and p15(INK4b) genes plays a prominent role in hamster pancreatic and oral tumorigenesis, as has been well established in correlative studies in comparable human tumors. Furthermore, this study supports the comparative importance of the hamster pancreatic and cheek pouch models of carcinogenesis in subsequent mechanistic-, therapeutic-, and preventive-based studies aimed at providing important translational data applicable to pancreatic adenocarcinoma and oral squamous cell carcinoma in humans.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Oct
pubmed:issn
0378-1119
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
31
pubmed:volume
278
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
235-43
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:11707341-Amino Acid Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:11707341-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:11707341-Base Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:11707341-Cell Cycle Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:11707341-Cloning, Molecular, pubmed-meshheading:11707341-Cricetinae, pubmed-meshheading:11707341-Cyclin-Dependent Kinase Inhibitor p15, pubmed-meshheading:11707341-Cyclin-Dependent Kinase Inhibitor p16, pubmed-meshheading:11707341-DNA, Complementary, pubmed-meshheading:11707341-DNA Mutational Analysis, pubmed-meshheading:11707341-Gene Deletion, pubmed-meshheading:11707341-Homozygote, pubmed-meshheading:11707341-Mesocricetus, pubmed-meshheading:11707341-Molecular Sequence Data, pubmed-meshheading:11707341-Mouth Neoplasms, pubmed-meshheading:11707341-Neoplasms, Experimental, pubmed-meshheading:11707341-Pancreatic Neoplasms, pubmed-meshheading:11707341-Sequence Alignment, pubmed-meshheading:11707341-Sequence Analysis, DNA, pubmed-meshheading:11707341-Sequence Homology, Amino Acid, pubmed-meshheading:11707341-Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid, pubmed-meshheading:11707341-Tumor Cells, Cultured, pubmed-meshheading:11707341-Tumor Suppressor Proteins
pubmed:year
2001
pubmed:articleTitle
Identification and sequencing of the Syrian Golden hamster (Mesocricetus auratus) p16(INK4a) and p15(INK4b) cDNAs and their homozygous gene deletion in cheek pouch and pancreatic tumor cells.
pubmed:affiliation
Division of Surgery, College of Public Health, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't