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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5
pubmed:dateCreated
2003-4-25
pubmed:abstractText
To test whether a subset of esophageal squamous cell carcinomas (SCC) develop through a deficiency in DNA mismatch repair, we examined microsatellite instability (MSI) using 11 microsatellite markers including BAT-26, hMLH1 protein expression by immunohistochemistry, and methylation status of the hMLH1 promoter by methylation-specific polymerase chain reaction (MSP). p53 mutations were also investigated. Microsatellite instability at one or more loci was observed in 40% (12/30) of esophageal SCC tumor samples, although only one of these tumors was categorized as high-frequency MSI (MSI-H) and none showed BAT-26 instability. While immunohistochemistry revealed decreased hMLH1 protein expression in 27% (8/30) of the tumors, hMLH1 promoter hypermethylation was not observed. Absence of hMLH1 protein expression was relatively common in well-differentiated (keratinizing-type) esophageal SCC, but was not associated with hMLH1 promoter hypermethylation. p53 mutation was detected in 37% (11/30) and loss of heterozygosity (LOH) in 90% (27/30) of esophageal SCC samples. Our results suggested that most esophageal SCC develop through defects in tumor suppressor genes (i.e. the suppressor pathway), and that MSI in esophageal SCC probably represent random replication errors rather than being associated with DNA mismatch repair deficiency.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
May
pubmed:issn
1320-5463
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
53
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
270-6
pubmed:dateRevised
2008-11-21
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:12713560-Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing, pubmed-meshheading:12713560-Adult, pubmed-meshheading:12713560-Aged, pubmed-meshheading:12713560-Aged, 80 and over, pubmed-meshheading:12713560-Carcinoma, Squamous Cell, pubmed-meshheading:12713560-Carrier Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:12713560-DNA, Neoplasm, pubmed-meshheading:12713560-DNA Methylation, pubmed-meshheading:12713560-DNA Mutational Analysis, pubmed-meshheading:12713560-Esophageal Neoplasms, pubmed-meshheading:12713560-Female, pubmed-meshheading:12713560-Genes, p53, pubmed-meshheading:12713560-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:12713560-Loss of Heterozygosity, pubmed-meshheading:12713560-Male, pubmed-meshheading:12713560-Microsatellite Repeats, pubmed-meshheading:12713560-Middle Aged, pubmed-meshheading:12713560-Neoplasm Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:12713560-Nuclear Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:12713560-Point Mutation, pubmed-meshheading:12713560-Polymerase Chain Reaction, pubmed-meshheading:12713560-Polymorphism, Single-Stranded Conformational, pubmed-meshheading:12713560-Promoter Regions, Genetic
pubmed:year
2003
pubmed:articleTitle
Microsatellite instability in esophageal squamous cell carcinoma is not associated with hMLH1 promoter hypermethylation.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Pathology, Yamagata University School of Medicine, Japan.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article