title: KRAS mutations are not predictive for progression of preneoplastic gastric lesions.
abstract: Individuals with atrophic gastritis (n = 863) were recruited to participate in a chemoprevention trial in Nariño, Columbia. The volunteers were randomly assigned to intervention therapies, which included antibiotic treatment for Helicobacter pylori infection, and then daily dietary supplementation with antioxidant micronutrients in a 2(3) factorial design. Biopsies were obtained according to a specified protocol from designated areas in the stomach for each individual at baseline (before intervention therapy), at year 3, and at year 6. A systematic sample of 160 participants was selected from each of the eight treatment combinations, and the first exon of KRAS was examined for mutations. At year 3, the data indicated that individuals with KRAS mutations in their baseline premalignant stomach biopsies were 3.74 times as likely to progress to a higher premalignant stage than those who lacked baseline mutations (P = 0.04; C. Gong et al., Cancer Epidemiol. Biomark. Prevy. 8:167-171, 1999). However, after 6 years, baseline KRAS mutations failed to predict histological progression. Also, KRAS mutation in 72-month biopsies did not predict histological progression.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans 70112, USA. jhunt@lsuhsc.edu
authors.forename: J D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Hunt
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Mera
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Strimas
authors.forename: A T
authors.initials: AT
authors.lastname: Gillespie
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Ruiz
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Correa
authors.forename: E T
authors.initials: ET
authors.lastname: Fontham
mesh_terms: D000975:Antioxidants / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001706:Biopsy; D002471:Cell Transformation, Neoplastic; D004252:DNA Mutational Analysis; D018450:Disease Progression; D005757:Gastritis, Atrophic / Q000150:complications*; D011905:Genes, ras / Q000235:genetics*; D005819:Genetic Markers; D006801:Humans; D011230:Precancerous Conditions / Q000235:genetics*; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests; D013274:Stomach Neoplasms / Q000517:prevention & control
chemical_list: D000975:Antioxidants; D005819:Genetic Markers