title: Polymorphisms in P21CIP1/WAF1 are not correlated with TP53 status in sporadic ovarian tumours.
abstract: In breast cancers and sarcomas, a variant polymorphism in the cell cycle inhibitor P21CIP1/WAF1 is under-represented in those individuals whose tumours contain mutated TP53. The aim of this study was to determine whether this variant polymorphism was also under-represented in those with ovarian carcinoma and TP53 mutations. We studied lymphocyte DNA from 104 women with ovarian carcinoma, 15 with borderline tumours and 16 with benign tumours, using a previously-reported PCR-RFLP technique. 96 of the ovarian carcinoma cases had been previously examined for mutations in TP53 and/or for overexpression of the TP53 protein. The variant allele was seen in 11 out of 104 women (10.6%) with ovarian carcinoma. There was no significant difference in the distribution of the variant allele in the women whose tumours had (7/47) or did not have (4/49) TP53 mutations (P = 0.523). It does not appear that the presence of this variant allele of P21CIP1/WAF1 has any aetiological role in ovarian carcinomas. Studies in other tumours support this finding.
authors.affiliation: University of Aberdeen, U.K.
authors.forename: B J
authors.initials: BJ
authors.lastname: Milner
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Hosking
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sun
authors.forename: N E
authors.initials: NE
authors.lastname: Haites
authors.forename: W D
authors.initials: WD
authors.lastname: Foulkes
mesh_terms: D000483:Alleles; D050759:Cyclin-Dependent Kinase Inhibitor p21; D016213:Cyclins / Q000235:genetics*; D004591:Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel; D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors; D005260:Female; D016158:Genes, p53; D006801:Humans; D009363:Neoplasm Proteins / Q000235:genetics; D010051:Ovarian Neoplasms / Q000235:genetics*; D011110:Polymorphism, Genetic
chemical_list: C493956:CDKN1A protein, human; D050759:Cyclin-Dependent Kinase Inhibitor p21; D016213:Cyclins; D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors; D009363:Neoplasm Proteins