title: Mutations and reduced expression of the transforming growth factor-beta receptor II gene in rat lung adenocarcinomas induced by N-nitrosobis-(2-hydroxypropyl)amine.
abstract: Mutations and expression of the transforming growth factor-beta receptor type II (TGF-beta RII) gene were investigated in lung adenocarcinomas induced by N-nitrosobis(2-hydroxypropyl)amine (BHP) in rats. Males of the Wistar strain, 6 weeks old, were given 2000 ppm of BHP in their drinking water for 12 weeks and then maintained without further treatment until killed at week 25. Total RNA was extracted from 12 adenocarcinomas and mutations in TGF-beta RII were investigated by RT-PCR-restriction-SSCP analysis followed by sequencing analysis. Two out of 12 adenocarcinomas showed band shifts, indicative of mutations (16.7%). One was a CTG-to-TTG (Leu to Leu) transition at codon 308 without amino acid alteration and the other a frameshift deletion of one of two guanines at nucleotides 1434 to 1435 (codon 477 to 478). Semi-quantitative RT-PCR analysis demonstrated significantly reduced TGF-beta RII expression in adenocarcinomas, as compared with normal lung tissue. These results suggest that TGF-beta RII alterations may play a role in the acquisition of growth advantage by lung adenocarcinomas induced by BHP in rats.
authors.affiliation: Department of Oncological Pathology, Cancer Center, Nara Medical University, 840 Shijo-cho, Kashihara, Nara 634-8521, Japan. ttujiuch@nmu-gw.naramed-u.ac.jp
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Tsujiuchi
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Sasaki
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tsutsumi
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Konishi
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D000818:Animals; D002273:Carcinogens; D015870:Gene Expression / Q000187:drug effects; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D008297:Male; D009154:Mutation; D009602:Nitrosamines; D018807:Polymorphism, Single-Stranded Conformational; D017346:Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D000077294:Receptor, Transforming Growth Factor-beta Type II; D018125:Receptors, Transforming Growth Factor beta / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000235:genetics*; D020133:Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction; D015398:Signal Transduction / Q000502:physiology; D016212:Transforming Growth Factor beta / Q000502:physiology
chemical_list: D002273:Carcinogens; D009602:Nitrosamines; D018125:Receptors, Transforming Growth Factor beta; D016212:Transforming Growth Factor beta; C012457:diisopropanolnitrosamine; D017346:Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases; D000077294:Receptor, Transforming Growth Factor-beta Type II