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17440063

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
8
pubmed:dateCreated
2007-4-18
pubmed:abstractText
We previously reported that colon carcinomas, adenomas, and hyperplastic polyps exhibiting a serrated histology were very likely to possess BRAF mutations, whereas when these same advanced colonic lesions exhibited non-serrated histology, they were wild type for BRAF; among hyperplastic polyps, KRAS mutations were found mainly in a non-serrated variant. On this basis, we predicted that hyperplastic aberrant crypt foci (ACF), a putative precancerous lesion found in the colon, exhibiting a serrated phenotype would also harbor BRAF mutations and that non-serrated ACF would not. In contrast, KRAS mutations would be found more often in the non-serrated ACF. We examined 55 ACF collected during screening colonoscopy from a total of 28 patients. Following laser capture microdissection, DNA was isolated, and mutations in BRAF and KRAS were determined by direct PCR sequencing. When hyperplastic lesions were further classified into serrated and non-serrated histologies, there was a strong inverse relationship between BRAF and KRAS mutations: a BRAF(V600E) mutation was identified in 10 of 16 serrated compared with 1 of 33 non-serrated lesions (P = 0.001); conversely, KRAS mutations were present in 3 of 16 serrated compared with 14 of 33 non-serrated lesions. Our finding of a strong association between BRAF mutations and serrated histology in hyperplastic ACF supports the idea that these lesions are an early, sentinel, or a potentially initiating step on the serrated pathway to colorectal carcinoma.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Apr
pubmed:issn
0008-5472
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
15
pubmed:volume
67
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
3551-4
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-19
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2007
pubmed:articleTitle
Mutations in BRAF and KRAS differentially distinguish serrated versus non-serrated hyperplastic aberrant crypt foci in humans.
pubmed:affiliation
Colon Cancer Prevention Program, NEAG Comprehensive Cancer Center, and Center for Molecular Medicine, University of Connecticut Health Center, 263 Farmington Avenue, Farmington, CT 06030, USA. Rosenberg@nso2.uchc.edu
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't, Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural