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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:dateCreated
1998-1-30
pubmed:abstractText
Molecular markers such as mutational spectra or mRNA expression patterns may give some indication of the mechanisms of carcinogenesis induced by fibers and other carcinogens. In our study, tumors were induced by application of crocidolite asbestos or benzo[a]pyrene (B[a]P) to rat peritoneum. DNA and RNA of these tumors were subjected to analysis of point mutations and to investigation of mRNA expression patterns. With both assays we found typical features depending on the type of carcinogen applied. The analysis of point mutations in the tumor suppressor gene p53 revealed mutations in the B[a]P-induced tumors. However, in the tumors induced by crocidolite asbestos that were of the same tumor type as those induced by B[a]P, mutations in p53 were not detectable. Every mutation detected on the DNA level causes an amino acid substitution within one of the functional domains of the tumor suppressor protein. Therefore, these mutations seem to be of biological relevance for tumor progression and indicate a difference in the carcinogenesis regarding the type of the carcinogenic substance. An additional specificity of crocidolite-induced tumors was detectable by analyzing the mRNA expression of the tumor suppressor gene WT1, which is known to be expressed in human mesothelial and mesothelioma cells. A relatively high amount of WT1 mRNA was measured by quantitative competitive reverse transcription-polymerase using RNA extracted from crocidolite-induced tumors. However, WT1 seems to be expressed on a rather low level in tumors induced by B[a]P.
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pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Sep
pubmed:issn
0091-6765
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
105 Suppl 5
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1103-8
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-18
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:9400707-Abdominal Neoplasms, pubmed-meshheading:9400707-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:9400707-Asbestos, Crocidolite, pubmed-meshheading:9400707-Benzo(a)pyrene, pubmed-meshheading:9400707-Carcinogens, pubmed-meshheading:9400707-Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel, pubmed-meshheading:9400707-Genes, p53, pubmed-meshheading:9400707-Genetic Markers, pubmed-meshheading:9400707-Injections, Intraperitoneal, pubmed-meshheading:9400707-Mesothelioma, pubmed-meshheading:9400707-Mineral Fibers, pubmed-meshheading:9400707-Peritoneal Neoplasms, pubmed-meshheading:9400707-Point Mutation, pubmed-meshheading:9400707-Polymerase Chain Reaction, pubmed-meshheading:9400707-RNA, Messenger, pubmed-meshheading:9400707-RNA, Neoplasm, pubmed-meshheading:9400707-Rats, pubmed-meshheading:9400707-Rats, Wistar
pubmed:year
1997
pubmed:articleTitle
Fiber-specific molecular features of tumors induced in rat peritoneum.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Toxicology, Medical Institute of Environmental Hygiene, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Germany. klaus.unfried@uni-duesseldorf.de
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article