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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
9
pubmed:dateCreated
1997-12-4
pubmed:abstractText
Although a close relation of somatic mutations of the adenomatous polyposis coli gene with ampullary carcinomas in familial adenomatous polyposis patients has been reported, the possible association with sporadic ampullary neoplasms has not been fully examined. We have therefore investigated loss of heterozygosity at the adenomatous polyposis coli locus and the mutational status of a portion of the adenomatous polyposis coli gene, including the mutation cluster region, in 17 ampullary carcinomas of non-familial adenomatous polyposis patients. Alteration of the adenomatous polyposis coli gene was found in 8 of 17 (47.1%) cases, as missense or insertion mutations, with or without loss of heterozygosity. Additional investigation of p53 (exons 5-8) and K-ras (codons 12 and 13) gene mutations revealed a striking mutational pattern of the p53 gene. Nine of the 17 cases demonstrated a total of 12 mutations, 6 clustered at codon 189 and 3 at codon 166. Furthermore, 5 of the 12 mutations were nonsense mutations. Regarding the K-ras gene, 4 of the 17 (23.5%) cases had mutations in codon 12, 3 of the 4 cases being derived from the intraduodenal bile duct. The findings indicate that alterations of the adenomatous polyposis coli and the p53 genes are relatively frequent in sporadic ampullary carcinomas. In particular, the clustering at specific p53 codons might offer an etiological clue to clarify ampullary carcinogenesis. Mutations of the K-ras gene, on the other hand, might be characteristic of intraduodenal bile duct origin.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Sep
pubmed:issn
0910-5050
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
88
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
846-54
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:9369932-Adenomatous Polyposis Coli, pubmed-meshheading:9369932-Aged, pubmed-meshheading:9369932-Aged, 80 and over, pubmed-meshheading:9369932-Ampulla of Vater, pubmed-meshheading:9369932-Common Bile Duct Neoplasms, pubmed-meshheading:9369932-Duodenal Neoplasms, pubmed-meshheading:9369932-Exons, pubmed-meshheading:9369932-Female, pubmed-meshheading:9369932-Genes, APC, pubmed-meshheading:9369932-Genes, p53, pubmed-meshheading:9369932-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:9369932-Liver Neoplasms, pubmed-meshheading:9369932-Lymphatic Metastasis, pubmed-meshheading:9369932-Male, pubmed-meshheading:9369932-Middle Aged, pubmed-meshheading:9369932-Mutation, pubmed-meshheading:9369932-Neoplasm Invasiveness, pubmed-meshheading:9369932-Neoplasm Staging, pubmed-meshheading:9369932-Pancreatic Neoplasms, pubmed-meshheading:9369932-Point Mutation, pubmed-meshheading:9369932-Polymerase Chain Reaction, pubmed-meshheading:9369932-Sequence Deletion
pubmed:year
1997
pubmed:articleTitle
Frequent somatic mutations of the APC and p53 genes in sporadic ampullary carcinomas.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tokyo.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article