title: High frequency of p53 gene mutation in adenocarcinomas of the gallbladder.
abstract: p53 mutations in adenocarcinomas of the gallbladder were analyzed by deoxynucleotide sequencing of the gene. Of 23 cases, 16 (70%) harbored 18 missense mutations in exon 5, 6, or 8 of the p53 gene. The characteristics of the p53 mutation spectrum observed in gallbladder carcinomas were (a) frequent mutations at an A:T pair [10 (55%) of 18 mutations], (b) high transversion incidence [12 (66%) of 18 mutations], and (c) only one mutation at the CpG site. The immunohistochemical study revealed that 36 (55%) of 65 cases showed an abnormal accumulation of p53 immunoreactivity, and 12 (52%) of 23 cases had p21 expression. No statistical correlation was observed between p53 and p21 immunoreactivity. These results suggest that p53 mutations may confer the carcinogenesis of the adenocarcinoma of the gallbladder with the specific mutation spectrum of p53.
authors.affiliation: First Department of Pathology, Hiroshima University School of Medicine, Minami-ku, Japan.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Fujii
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Yokozaki
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Yasui
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kuniyasu
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hirata
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Kajiyama
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Tahara
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000235:genetics* / Q000473:pathology; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001482:Base Composition / Q000235:genetics; D004247:DNA / Q000235:genetics; D004252:DNA Mutational Analysis; D005260:Female; D005704:Gallbladder / Q000473:pathology; D005706:Gallbladder Neoplasms / Q000235:genetics* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D007124:Immunoenzyme Techniques; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D016159:Tumor Suppressor Protein p53 / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D016159:Tumor Suppressor Protein p53; D004247:DNA