title: p53 mutations in esophageal tumors from high-incidence areas of China.
abstract: Carcinomas of the upper digestive tract (squamous-cell carcinoma of the esophagus, adenocarcinoma of the cardia) from 24 patients residing in Linxian (China) and near-by high-incidence areas were analyzed for mutations in exons 5-8 of the p53 tumor-suppressor gene. Mutations were identified by polymerase chain reaction amplification and direct sequencing in 50% of the specimens. Eleven tumors harbored a single base-pair substitution leading to either an amino-acid substitution (8 tumors) or a chain-termination signal (3 tumors), and one tumor revealed a 15-bp deletion in exon 7 with a silent base substitution adjacent to the deletion site. Mutations occurred in all 4 exons examined, with a preponderance in exon 5. Of the 6 mutations identified among the 14 adenocarcinomas examined, 3 were G to T transversions, a mutation that has thus far been absent from reported mutations in Barrett's esophageal adenocarcinomas and dysplasias from patients residing in Europe and North America.
authors.affiliation: Unit of Mechanisms of Carcinogenesis, International Agency for Research on Cancer, Lyon, France.
authors.forename: Y Y
authors.initials: YY
authors.lastname: Liang
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Estève
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Martel-Planche
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Takahashi
authors.forename: S H
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Lu
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Montesano
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hollstein
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000235:genetics*; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000235:genetics*; D002299:Cardia; D002681:China; D004938:Esophageal Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000235:genetics*; D005260:Female; D016158:Genes, p53; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009154:Mutation; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D013274:Stomach Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000235:genetics*