title: Deletions of the cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitor genes p16INK4A and p15INK4B in non-Hodgkin's lymphomas.
abstract: The tumor suppressor genes p16INK4A and p15INK4B map to the 9p21 chromosomal locus and are either homozygously deleted or mutated in a wide range of human cancer cell lines and tumors. Although chromosome 9 abnormalities have been described in non-Hodgkin's lymphomas (NHLs), to date, the mutational status of these genes has not been determined for these malignancies. A total of five cell lines and 75 NHLs were examined for homozygous deletions or point mutations in the coding regions of both the p15 and p16 genes using Southern blot and/or polymerase chain reaction-single-strand conformation polymorphism analyses. Homozygous deletions of either the p16 gene or both the p15 and p16 genes were observed in one diffuse large B-cell lymphoma cell line and two uncultured lymphomas consisting of one large B-cell and one mixed T-cell lymphoma. In contrast, point mutations were not detected in either the cell lines or lymphomas. These results indicate that the rate of alterations in the p15 and p16 genes is low for lymphomas, but loss of p16 and/or p15 may be involved in the development of some lymphomas.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA) School of Medicine, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center 90048, USA.
authors.forename: A F
authors.initials: AF
authors.lastname: Gombart
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Morosetti
authors.forename: C W
authors.initials: CW
authors.lastname: Miller
authors.forename: J W
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Said
authors.forename: H P
authors.initials: HP
authors.lastname: Koeffler
mesh_terms: D001483:Base Sequence; D002352:Carrier Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D018797:Cell Cycle Proteins; D002869:Chromosome Aberrations / Q000473:pathology; D002872:Chromosome Deletion; D025063:Chromosome Disorders; D002899:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 9; D050762:Cyclin-Dependent Kinase Inhibitor p15; D019941:Cyclin-Dependent Kinase Inhibitor p16; D017931:DNA Primers / Q000737:chemistry; D005796:Genes; D016147:Genes, Tumor Suppressor; D006801:Humans; D008228:Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin / Q000235:genetics*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D018807:Polymorphism, Single-Stranded Conformational; D025521:Tumor Suppressor Proteins
chemical_list: C493966:CDKN2B protein, human; D002352:Carrier Proteins; D018797:Cell Cycle Proteins; D050762:Cyclin-Dependent Kinase Inhibitor p15; D019941:Cyclin-Dependent Kinase Inhibitor p16; D017931:DNA Primers; D025521:Tumor Suppressor Proteins