title: P16 UV mutations in human skin epithelial tumors.
abstract: The p16 gene expresses two alternative transcripts (p16alpha and p16beta) involved in tumor suppression via the retinoblastoma (Rb) or p53 pathways. Disruption of these pathways can occur through inactivation of p16 or p53, or activating mutations of cyclin dependant kinase 4 gene (Cdk4). We searched for p16, Cdk4 and p53 gene mutations in 20 squamous cell carcinomas (SSCs), 1 actinic keratosis (AK), and 28 basal cell carcinomas (BCCs), using PCR-SSCP. A deletion and methylation analysis of p16 was also performed. Six different mutations (12%) were detected in exon 2 of p16 (common to p16alpha and p16beta), in five out of 21 squamous lesions (24%) (one AK and four SCCs) and one out of 28 BCCs (3.5%). These included four (66%) ultraviolet (UV)-type mutations (two tandems CC : GG to TT : AA transitions and two C : G to T : A transitions at dipyrimidic site) and two transversions. P53 mutations were present in 18 samples (37%), mostly of UV type. Of these, only two (one BCC and one AK) harboured simultaneously mutations of p16, but with no consequence on p16beta transcript. Our data demonstrate for the first time the presence of p16 UV induced mutations in non melanoma skin cancer, particularly in the most aggressive SCC type, and support that p16 and p53 are involved in two independent pathways in skin carcinogenesis.
authors.affiliation: Institut de Recherche sur la Peau, Inserm U312, Hôpital Saint-Louis, Paris, France.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Soufir
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Molès
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Vilmer
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Moch
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Verola
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Rivet
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Tesniere
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Dubertret
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Basset-Seguin
mesh_terms: D017398:Alternative Splicing; D002280:Basal Cell Carcinoma / Q000235:genetics; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000235:genetics; D051358:Cyclin-Dependent Kinase 4; D019941:Cyclin-Dependent Kinase Inhibitor p16 / Q000235:genetics* / Q000528:radiation effects; D018844:Cyclin-Dependent Kinases / Q000235:genetics; D005091:Exons; D006801:Humans; D007438:Introns; D009154:Mutation / Q000528:radiation effects; D009375:Neoplasms, Glandular and Epithelial / Q000235:genetics*; D009381:Neoplasms, Radiation-Induced / Q000235:genetics*; D011506:Proteins / Q000235:genetics; D011518:Proto-Oncogene Proteins; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000235:genetics*; D025803:Tumor Suppressor Protein p14ARF; D016159:Tumor Suppressor Protein p53 / Q000235:genetics; D014466:Ultraviolet Rays
chemical_list: D019941:Cyclin-Dependent Kinase Inhibitor p16; D011506:Proteins; D011518:Proto-Oncogene Proteins; D025803:Tumor Suppressor Protein p14ARF; D016159:Tumor Suppressor Protein p53; C495900:CDK4 protein, human; D051358:Cyclin-Dependent Kinase 4; D018844:Cyclin-Dependent Kinases