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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
1995-8-24
pubmed:abstractText
To study the role of ras, p53 genes and HPV virus (16 and 18) in the development of prostate cancer, we analyzed tissue sections from 27 patients affected with carcinomas (stages A to D) and from 24 patients with adenomas. Mutations of H, K and N-ras and p53 (exons 2-9) were studied by SSCP and DNA sequencing. Accumulation of p53 protein was studied by immunohistochemistry on tissue sections. Tumors were also analyzed for the presence of HPV16 and -18 sequences by PCR and DNA hybridization with sequence-specific oligonucleotides. No mutation was found in the three ras genes studied, either in carcinomas or adenomas. By SSCP analysis we identified p53 mutations in only 2 of 19 carcinomas studied, both in exon 7. Immunohistochemical results strongly correlate with the SSCP results: p53 protein was positive in tumors with p53 mutation but not in others; 32% of studied adenomas had detectable HPV16 DNA, while 53% of carcinomas were HPV16+. Among these I presented a p53 mutation. No HPV18 E6 sequence could be detected. Our data show that in prostate tumors from France, mutations of p53 and ras are rare events but that these tumors display detectable HPV16 DNA at a high frequency. The low incidence of p53 mutation, associated to a significant proportion of tumors showing HPV16 DNA, could suggest that in prostate cancer HPV16 infection could participate in p53 inactivation by E6.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Apr
pubmed:issn
0020-7136
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
21
pubmed:volume
64
pubmed:geneSymbol
p53, ras
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
124-9
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-7-24
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1995
pubmed:articleTitle
ras, p53 and HPV status in benign and malignant prostate tumors.
pubmed:affiliation
Institut de Génétique Moléculaire de Montpellier, France.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't