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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
8
pubmed:dateCreated
1994-10-31
pubmed:abstractText
Genetic alterations of ras oncogenes (K-, H- and N-ras) and adenomatous polyposis coli (APC) gene in tissues of prostate cancer from Japanese patients were examined using PCR-SSCP (polymerase chain reaction-single strand conformation polymorphism) analysis and direct sequencing. Tissues from 8 cases of untreated stage B prostate cancer surgically removed and from 10 cases of endocrine therapy-resistant metastatic disease obtained at autopsy were used in the present study. In four out of 18 cases (22%), ras point mutations were found, two in either codon 12 or 61 of K-ras and two in either 13 or 61 of H-ras. These point mutations were detected in one of the stage B cases (13%) and in three of the autopsy cases (30%). All these cases were poorly differentiated adenocarcinoma. In autopsy cases showing ras mutation in cancerous prostate, the same alteration was observed in metastatic tissues. No APC gene mutation was detected in any sample, although polymorphism was found in some cases. These results indicate that ras oncogene mutations are related to the progression of prostate cancer, whereas APC gene alteration is not involved in tumorigenesis and development of this cancer.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Aug
pubmed:issn
0910-5050
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
85
pubmed:geneSymbol
APC, H-ras, K-ras, N-ras, ras
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
847-52
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:7928631-Adenocarcinoma, pubmed-meshheading:7928631-Amino Acid Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:7928631-Base Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:7928631-Codon, pubmed-meshheading:7928631-DNA, Neoplasm, pubmed-meshheading:7928631-DNA Primers, pubmed-meshheading:7928631-Exons, pubmed-meshheading:7928631-Genes, APC, pubmed-meshheading:7928631-Genes, ras, pubmed-meshheading:7928631-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:7928631-Introns, pubmed-meshheading:7928631-Japan, pubmed-meshheading:7928631-Male, pubmed-meshheading:7928631-Molecular Sequence Data, pubmed-meshheading:7928631-Neoplasm Staging, pubmed-meshheading:7928631-Point Mutation, pubmed-meshheading:7928631-Polymerase Chain Reaction, pubmed-meshheading:7928631-Polymorphism, Genetic, pubmed-meshheading:7928631-Prostatectomy, pubmed-meshheading:7928631-Prostatic Neoplasms
pubmed:year
1994
pubmed:articleTitle
State of adenomatous polyposis coli gene and ras oncogenes in Japanese prostate cancer.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Urology, School of Medicine, Chiba University.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't