title: Mutations in the arginine-rich protein gene, in lung, breast, and prostate cancers, and in squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck.
abstract: Arginine-rich protein (ARP) is a highly conserved gene that maps to human chromosomal band 3p21.1. This gene contains an imperfect trinucleotide repeat which encodes a string of arginines. We previously detected a specific mutation (ATG50-->AGG) within this region of the gene in 10 of 21 sporadic renal cell carcinomas. Here, we report the detection of the same mutation in 5 of 21 squamous cell carcinomas of the head and neck, 1 of 2 small cell lung cancer cell lines, 6 of 18 non-small cell lung carcinomas, 9 of 22 breast tumors, and 5 of 13 prostate tumors. This mutation was seen in several early stage tumors and may thus be an early event in tumorigenesis. We also detected a mutation at codon 53 of this gene in both primary and metastatic tumors from one patient. Other nucleotide changes were observed in a few PCR subclones, but their frequency was the same in both tumor and control samples, suggesting that many of these changes were PCR or subcloning artifacts rather than mutations in the tumor cells themselves.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, Michigan 48201, USA.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Shridhar
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Shridhar
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Rivard
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Siegfried
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Pietraszkiewicz
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ensley
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Pauley
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Grignon
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Sakr
authors.forename: O J
authors.initials: OJ
authors.lastname: Miller
authors.forename: D I
authors.initials: DI
authors.lastname: Smith
mesh_terms: D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000235:genetics; D002289:Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung / Q000235:genetics; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000235:genetics*; D005260:Female; D006258:Head and Neck Neoplasms / Q000235:genetics; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000235:genetics; D008297:Male; D009363:Neoplasm Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000235:genetics*; D009414:Nerve Growth Factors; D017354:Point Mutation / Q000235:genetics*; D011471:Prostatic Neoplasms / Q000235:genetics; D011506:Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D017384:Sequence Deletion
chemical_list: C099695:MANF protein, human; D009363:Neoplasm Proteins; D009414:Nerve Growth Factors; D011506:Proteins