Microsatellite instability(MSI) in non-small cell lung cancer(NSCLC) is highly associated with transforming growth factor-beta type II receptor(TGF-beta RII) frameshift mutation.
BACKGROUND
TGF-beta type II receptor (TGF-beta RII) mutations associated with microsatellite instability(MSI) are characteristically frameshift mutations within a 10 bp poly-A tract. These frameshift mutations have been reported to be common in colorectal and gastric cancers with MSI, though, rarely reported in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC).


METHODS
In this study, we analysed MSI and TGF-beta RII frameshift mutations in 7 NSCLC cell lines and 21 surgically resected NSCLC tissues. Determination of MSI in NSCLC was performed using primer sets for BAT-25, BAT-26 and BAT-40. In order to examine the presence of the frameshift mutations of TGF-beta RII in samples with MSI, sequencing for TGF-beta RII poly-A tract was performed.


RESULTS
MSI was observed in 5 out of 7 NSCLC cell lines and 3 out of 21 NSCLC tissues. Six out of 8 samples with MSI(75%) showed frameshift mutations in TGF-beta RII poly-A tract.


CONCLUSIONS
These results suggest that MSI is highly associated with TGF-beta RII frameshift mutations in NSCLC and further support the hypothesis that TGF-beta RII plays an important role in NSCLC carcinogenesis.
Department of Medicine, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
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D002289:Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung / Q000235:genetics*; D004273:DNA, Neoplasm / Q000032:analysis; D016368:Frameshift Mutation; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000235:genetics*; D018895:Microsatellite Repeats / Q000235:genetics*; D017346:Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases; D000077294:Receptor, Transforming Growth Factor-beta Type II; D018125:Receptors, Transforming Growth Factor beta / Q000235:genetics*; D016212:Transforming Growth Factor beta / Q000378:metabolism; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured
D004273:DNA, Neoplasm; D018125:Receptors, Transforming Growth Factor beta; D016212:Transforming Growth Factor beta; D017346:Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases; D000077294:Receptor, Transforming Growth Factor-beta Type II