Munirajan, Arasambattu K. ; Tutsumi-Ishii, Yuko ; Mohanprasad, Bagavathi K. C. ; Hirano, Yasumasa ; Munakata, Nobuo ; Shanmugam, Govindaswamy ; Tsuchida, Nobuo (1996) p53 gene mutations in oral carcinomas from India International Journal of Cancer, 66 (3). pp. 297-300. ISSN 0020-7136
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Abstract
In this study, we analyzed 53 oral squamous-cell carcinomas among Indians for the presence of alterations in the tumor-suppressor gene p53 by PCR-SSCP and sequencing methods. Our results showed that 21% (II/53) of oral carcinomas analyzed carried mutations within the exons 5-8 of the p53 gene. We have identified II single-base pair substitutions consisting of 10 mis-sense mutations and one at the splice acceptor site, and one deletion mutation involving 4 consecutive bases. The majority of the base substitutions were transitions (5 TA to CG and 5 GC to AT), while only one transversion (TA to GC) was observed. Probable hot-spots for the mutation induction were identified at codons 149 and 274, which have not been observed before in head-and-neck cancers. The mutational spectrum might have originated from base alkylations at guanine and thymine residues, caused by some alkylating agents. The present results are thus consistent with the involvement of tobacco-related nitrosoamines in the etiology of oral squamous-cell carcinoma.
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