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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
1997-4-24
pubmed:abstractText
Multiple gastric cancers, which constitute 4% to 10% of all gastric cancers, occur in older people and are associated with more extensive intestinal metaplasia. With regard to the genesis of multiple gastric cancers, multicentricity (independent origin) rather than multifocality (local or lateral spread of one cancer) has been the favored theory. Conventional morphologic study, however, has not been able to provide convincing evidence in support of multicentricity. The purpose of this study was to verify the multicentric origin of multiple gastric cancers at a genetic level. For this purpose, immunohistochemical and molecular techniques were used to define the mutation pattern of APC, MCC and p53 in multiple lesions of synchronous multiple gastric cancers. The study was based on a total of 30 gastric tumors from 13 patients, including 10 double tumors, 2 triple tumors, and 1 quadruple tumor. Single-strand conformation polymorphism and polymerase chain reaction direct sequencing were carried out for exons 5 to 8 of p53, and loss of heterozygosity was detected on the basis of polymerase chain reaction amplification of polymorphism in exon 10 of MCC and in exon 11 of APC. Twelve of 13 cases showed alteration in one or more genetic markers. Of these, three demonstrated a discordant mutation pattern of p53 in individual lesions, and another two revealed allelic loss of MCC in one lesion and p53 mutation in the other. In six other cases, only one lesion showed alteration of APC, MCC, or p53, and in the remaining case, one lesion carried p53 and MCC mutations and the other carried MCC loss of heterozygosity only. The results of this study showed discordance of the mutation pattern of APC, MCC, and p53 in individual lesions of multiple gastric cancers, providing genetic evidence for a multicentric origin of synchronous multiple gastric carcinomas. Collectively, these findings supported the theory of field cancerization in gastric carcinogenesis.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Mar
pubmed:issn
0023-6837
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
76
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
407-17
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:9121123-Adenocarcinoma, pubmed-meshheading:9121123-Adenocarcinoma, Papillary, pubmed-meshheading:9121123-Aged, pubmed-meshheading:9121123-Chromosome Deletion, pubmed-meshheading:9121123-Chromosome Mapping, pubmed-meshheading:9121123-Chromosomes, Human, Pair 5, pubmed-meshheading:9121123-Codon, pubmed-meshheading:9121123-Exons, pubmed-meshheading:9121123-Female, pubmed-meshheading:9121123-Genes, APC, pubmed-meshheading:9121123-Genes, p53, pubmed-meshheading:9121123-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:9121123-Intestinal Mucosa, pubmed-meshheading:9121123-Male, pubmed-meshheading:9121123-Middle Aged, pubmed-meshheading:9121123-Neoplasm Staging, pubmed-meshheading:9121123-Neoplasms, Multiple Primary, pubmed-meshheading:9121123-Point Mutation, pubmed-meshheading:9121123-Polymorphism, Single-Stranded Conformational, pubmed-meshheading:9121123-Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:9121123-Stomach Neoplasms, pubmed-meshheading:9121123-Tumor Suppressor Proteins
pubmed:year
1997
pubmed:articleTitle
Genetic evidence for the multicentric origin of synchronous multiple gastric carcinoma.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Pathology, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Korea.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't