title: Mutations in the ras protooncogenes are rare events in renal cell cancer.
abstract: Mutations in codon 12, 13 or 61 of one of the three ras genes, Ha-ras, Ki-ras, and N-ras, convert these genes into active oncogenes. To determine the role mutated ras genes play in the carcinogenesis of renal cell carcinoma, we analysed tumour DNA and unaffected renal tissue derived from 55 patients. The polymerase chain reaction technique was used to amplify DNA fragments containing Ki-, Ha-, and N-ras codons 12, 13, and 61. The amplified fragments were then probed on slot-blots with labeled mutation-specific oligomers. A single Ki-ras mutation (codon 12, gly- greater than val) was detected in a patient with a pT2N2M1 tumour. We concluded that ras oncogene mutations do not play an important role in the initiation of renal cell carcinoma.
authors.affiliation: Abt. Hämatologie/Onkologie, Klinikums Charlottenburg, Freien Universität Berlin, F.R.G.
authors.forename: C F
authors.initials: CF
authors.lastname: Rochlitz
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Peter
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Willroth
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: de Kant
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Lobeck
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Huhn
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Herrmann
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002292:Carcinoma, Renal Cell / Q000235:genetics*; D002471:Cell Transformation, Neoplastic / Q000235:genetics*; D005260:Female; D011905:Genes, ras / Q000235:genetics*; D006801:Humans; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000235:genetics*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009154:Mutation / Q000235:genetics*; D015345:Oligonucleotide Probes; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction
chemical_list: D015345:Oligonucleotide Probes