title: Alterations of the DR5/TRAIL receptor 2 gene in non-small cell lung cancers.
abstract: Chromosome 8p21-22 is a frequent site of allelic deletions in many types of human tumors, including non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). Tumor necrosis factor-related apoptosis-inducing ligand-receptor 2 (TRAIL-R2) is a cell-surface receptor involved in cell death signaling. The TRAIL-R2 gene recently has been mapped to chromosome 8p21-22. To explore the possibility that the TRAIL-R2 gene might be the relevant gene to the frequent deletion of 8p21-22 in NSCLC, we have analyzed the entire coding region and all splice sites of TRAIL-R2 for the detection of the somatic mutations in a series of 104 NSCLCs. Overall, 11 tumors (10.6%) were found to have TRAIL-R2 gene mutations in the death domain known to be involved in the transduction of an apoptotic signal. Our data indicate that somatic mutation of TRAIL-R2 may play a role in the pathogenesis of some NSCLCs and that the TRAIL-R2 gene is one of the genes relevant to the frequent loss of chromosome 8p21-22 in NSCLC.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul.
authors.forename: S H
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: M S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Shin
authors.forename: H S
authors.initials: HS
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: H K
authors.initials: HK
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: W S
authors.initials: WS
authors.lastname: Park
authors.forename: S Y
authors.initials: SY
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: J H
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: S Y
authors.initials: SY
authors.lastname: Han
authors.forename: J Y
authors.initials: JY
authors.lastname: Park
authors.forename: R R
authors.initials: RR
authors.lastname: Oh
authors.forename: J J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Jang
authors.forename: J Y
authors.initials: JY
authors.lastname: Han
authors.forename: J Y
authors.initials: JY
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: N J
authors.initials: NJ
authors.lastname: Yoo
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000235:genetics; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D002289:Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung / Q000235:genetics*; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000235:genetics; D002898:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 8 / Q000235:genetics*; D006801:Humans; D019656:Loss of Heterozygosity; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000235:genetics*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009154:Mutation / Q000235:genetics*; D020125:Mutation, Missense / Q000235:genetics; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D018807:Polymorphism, Single-Stranded Conformational; D053220:Receptors, TNF-Related Apoptosis-Inducing Ligand; D018124:Receptors, Tumor Necrosis Factor / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D053220:Receptors, TNF-Related Apoptosis-Inducing Ligand; D018124:Receptors, Tumor Necrosis Factor; C505639:TNFRSF10B protein, human