Rare mutations of the growth suppressor genes involved in negative regulation of the cell cycle

  • Authors:
    • H Nakanishi
    • K Uzawa
    • H Yokoe
    • T Miya
    • X Wang
    • T Watanabe
    • A Miyakawa
    • M Shiiba
    • T Sato
    • Y Imai
    • H Tanzawa
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  • Published online on: November 1, 1997     https://doi.org/10.3892/ijo.11.5.1129
  • Pages: 1129-1133
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Abstract

The growth suppressing activity of the retinoblastoma susceptibility gene product, pRb, is down regulated by cyclin-dependent kinases 4 and 6 (CDK4 and CDK6) whose activity is negatively regulated by CDK inhibitors of the p16 family. We have previously reported point mutations of the p16/CDKN2 gene in 4 (57%) of 7 oral squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) cell lines. In the current study, we examined the mutational status of CDK inhibitors, including 3 genes of the p16 family (p16, p15 and p18), in 50 human oral SCCs, and also additional results concerning their loss of heterozygosity in the regions of the p16, p15 and p18 genes. Our results demonstrated that 2 of 50 (4%) primary oral SCCs had nonsense mutations of the p16 gene, and 2 of 50 (4%) showed frameshift mutations of the p18 gene. However, we detected no mutation of the p15 gene in any of the 50 oral SCCs. In addition, no evidence of hypermethylation of the p16 gene was found in our series. To better understand the extent of alterations affecting chromosomes 9p21 (location of the p15/p16 genes) and 1p32 (location of the p18 gene), loss of heterozysity (LOH) on these locations was examined. LOH was detected in 16 of 34 (47%) informative samples that had no detectable mutation of the p15/p16 genes on 9p21, but we found no LOH at 1p32. These results strongly suggest that a putative tumor suppressor gene for oral SCC may be present on chromosome 9p21-22, while the p16, p15 and p18 genes play a minor role in the oncogenesis of this cancer.

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November 1997
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Nakanishi H, Uzawa K, Yokoe H, Miya T, Wang X, Watanabe T, Miyakawa A, Shiiba M, Sato T, Imai Y, Imai Y, et al: Rare mutations of the growth suppressor genes involved in negative regulation of the cell cycle. Int J Oncol 11: 1129-1133, 1997
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Nakanishi, H., Uzawa, K., Yokoe, H., Miya, T., Wang, X., Watanabe, T. ... Tanzawa, H. (1997). Rare mutations of the growth suppressor genes involved in negative regulation of the cell cycle. International Journal of Oncology, 11, 1129-1133. https://doi.org/10.3892/ijo.11.5.1129
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Nakanishi, H., Uzawa, K., Yokoe, H., Miya, T., Wang, X., Watanabe, T., Miyakawa, A., Shiiba, M., Sato, T., Imai, Y., Tanzawa, H."Rare mutations of the growth suppressor genes involved in negative regulation of the cell cycle". International Journal of Oncology 11.5 (1997): 1129-1133.
Chicago
Nakanishi, H., Uzawa, K., Yokoe, H., Miya, T., Wang, X., Watanabe, T., Miyakawa, A., Shiiba, M., Sato, T., Imai, Y., Tanzawa, H."Rare mutations of the growth suppressor genes involved in negative regulation of the cell cycle". International Journal of Oncology 11, no. 5 (1997): 1129-1133. https://doi.org/10.3892/ijo.11.5.1129