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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
12
pubmed:dateCreated
1993-7-7
pubmed:databankReference
pubmed:abstractText
The MDM2 (murine double minute 2) gene has recently been shown to code for a cellular protein that can complex the p53 tumor suppressor gene product and inhibit its function. We studied a series of 157 primary brain tumors and report here that the MDM2 gene is amplified and overexpressed in 8-10% of glioblastomas and anaplastic astrocytomas. Thus, MDM2 represents the second most frequently amplified gene after the epidermal growth factor receptor gene in these tumor types. Sequencing of the p53 transcripts in the cases with MDM2 amplification revealed no mutations and restriction fragment length polymorphism analysis showed, with one exception, no losses of alleles on chromosome 17. Our results indicate that amplification and overexpression of MDM2 may be an alternative molecular mechanism by which a subset of human malignant gliomas escapes from p53-regulated growth control.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jun
pubmed:issn
0008-5472
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
15
pubmed:volume
53
pubmed:geneSymbol
EGFR, MDM2, p53
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
2736-9
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-19
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:8504413-Astrocytoma, pubmed-meshheading:8504413-Base Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:8504413-Chromosome Banding, pubmed-meshheading:8504413-Chromosomes, Human, Pair 17, pubmed-meshheading:8504413-Gene Amplification, pubmed-meshheading:8504413-Gene Rearrangement, pubmed-meshheading:8504413-Genes, p53, pubmed-meshheading:8504413-Glioma, pubmed-meshheading:8504413-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:8504413-Molecular Sequence Data, pubmed-meshheading:8504413-Mutation, pubmed-meshheading:8504413-Neoplasm Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:8504413-Nuclear Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:8504413-Proto-Oncogene Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:8504413-Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-mdm2, pubmed-meshheading:8504413-RNA, Messenger, pubmed-meshheading:8504413-Receptor, Epidermal Growth Factor, pubmed-meshheading:8504413-Tumor Suppressor Protein p53
pubmed:year
1993
pubmed:articleTitle
Amplification and overexpression of the MDM2 gene in a subset of human malignant gliomas without p53 mutations.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Pathology I, Sahlgrenska Hospital, Gothenburg, Sweden.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't