title: p53 gene analysis of ovarian borderline tumors and stage I carcinomas.
abstract: Mutations of the p53 gene are common in human ovarian carcinomas; however, their role in the early development of ovarian cancer is unclear. Twelve ovarian borderline tumors (BTs; eight of them p53 immunopositive) and 10 stage I carcinomas (four of them p53 immunopositive) were studied for genetic alterations in the p53 gene. The study was based on single-strand conformation polymorphism (SSCP) analysis and DNA sequencing of exons 2 through 11 of the p53 gene using DNA preparations from microdissected tumors. Mutations were found in 40% of the carcinomas (including a borderline component adjacent to carcinoma in one lesion) but in none of the pure BTs. These findings suggest that p53 mutations may not be commonly associated with the borderline phenotype of ovarian epithelial tumors but may occur during malignant transformation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kupryjanczyk
authors.forename: D A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Bell
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Dimeo
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Beauchamp
authors.forename: A D
authors.initials: AD
authors.lastname: Thor
authors.forename: D W
authors.initials: DW
authors.lastname: Yandell
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D016158:Genes, p53; D006801:Humans; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D008875:Middle Aged; D009154:Mutation; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D010051:Ovarian Neoplasms / Q000235:genetics* / Q000473:pathology; D018807:Polymorphism, Single-Stranded Conformational; D016159:Tumor Suppressor Protein p53 / Q000032:analysis*
chemical_list: D016159:Tumor Suppressor Protein p53