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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
1995-9-11
pubmed:abstractText
A series of eight oral epithelial cell lines derived from untreated human oral squamous cell carcinomas, which had arisen in patients with different tobacco histories, were examined for the presence of human papillomavirus (HPV) DNA, expression of stable p53 protein and p53 point mutation. Polymerase chain reaction (PCR)-based screening, but not Southern blot analysis, showed HPV-16 early region sequences to be present at low copy number (< 1 copy per cell) in two cell lines at early passage (3-5) in vitro (H400, T45), implying that only subpopulations of cells harboured viral DNA. HPV sequences were undetectable in cells at later passage (12-15), suggesting that viral sequences had been lost during growth in vitro, or that negative selection of HPV-containing cells had occurred. High levels of p53 were detected in the two HPV-positive cell lines and in three others (H103, H314, H357) by Western blotting, suggesting expression of mutant (stable) p53 molecules. A sixth cell line (H157) expressed a truncated p53. Sequence analysis of exons 2-11 of the p53 gene revealed missense mutations in six cell lines, one of which (H413) did not result in high levels of protein, and nonsense mutations in the remaining two cell lines (H157, H376). The results suggest that p53 mutation is a frequent genetic event in oral cancer. In addition, the expression of mutant p53 in oral cancer cells does not preclude a papillomaviral aetiology for these tumours. Analysis of p53 expression alone may result in underestimation of the frequency of p53 mutations in human cancers.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
D
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Mar
pubmed:issn
0964-1955
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
31B
pubmed:geneSymbol
p53
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
136-43
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:7633286-Adult, pubmed-meshheading:7633286-Aged, pubmed-meshheading:7633286-Aged, 80 and over, pubmed-meshheading:7633286-Base Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:7633286-Blotting, Northern, pubmed-meshheading:7633286-Blotting, Western, pubmed-meshheading:7633286-Carcinoma, Squamous Cell, pubmed-meshheading:7633286-DNA, Viral, pubmed-meshheading:7633286-Female, pubmed-meshheading:7633286-Gene Expression, pubmed-meshheading:7633286-Genes, p53, pubmed-meshheading:7633286-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:7633286-Keratinocytes, pubmed-meshheading:7633286-Male, pubmed-meshheading:7633286-Middle Aged, pubmed-meshheading:7633286-Molecular Sequence Data, pubmed-meshheading:7633286-Mouth Neoplasms, pubmed-meshheading:7633286-Mutation, pubmed-meshheading:7633286-Papillomaviridae, pubmed-meshheading:7633286-Smoking, pubmed-meshheading:7633286-Tumor Cells, Cultured
pubmed:year
1995
pubmed:articleTitle
Presence of human papillomavirus sequences in tumour-derived human oral keratinocytes expressing mutant p53.
pubmed:affiliation
Laboratory of Cellular Development & Oncology, National Institute of Dental Research, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't