title: Amplification of c-myc oncogene and absence of c-Ha-ras point mutation in human bone sarcoma.
abstract: The genomic organization of four oncogenes, c-myc, c-myb, c-Ha-ras, and v-fms, was analyzed in 21 patients with malignant bone tumors. Amplification of the c-myc proto-oncogene without rearrangement was the sole abnormality detected in four tumors: two chondrosarcomas, one osteosarcoma, and one lymphoma of bone. DNA hybridizations with c-myb, c-Ha-ras, and v-fms probes disclosed no structural gene abnormalities. Point mutations at the 12th codon of the c-Ha-ras gene were investigated with the polymerase chain reaction technique; no alterations were detected. The observed amplification of the c-myc there was not related to histologic type, grade, surgical stage, or ploidy level of the tumors. The results indicated that c-myc amplification, presumed to be involved in the development of malignancy in a variety of solid tumors, is encountered sporadically in malignant bone tumors; however, this occurs without relation to common histopathologic features. The clinical significance of oncogene amplification in bone sarcoma remains to be established.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopedics, Karolinska Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Barrios
authors.forename: J S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Castresana
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ruiz
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kreicbergs
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001483:Base Sequence; D001859:Bone Neoplasms / Q000235:genetics*; D002648:Child; D004273:DNA, Neoplasm / Q000235:genetics*; D005260:Female; D016259:Genes, myc / Q000235:genetics*; D011905:Genes, ras / Q000235:genetics*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D011003:Ploidies; D017354:Point Mutation; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D012150:Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length; D000090063:Proto-Oncogene Mas; D012509:Sarcoma / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D004273:DNA, Neoplasm; C000715470:MAS1 protein, human; D000090063:Proto-Oncogene Mas