title: Mutation of the DR5/TRAIL receptor 2 gene is infrequent in hepatocellular carcinoma.
abstract: Chromosome 8p21-22 is a frequent site of loss of heterozygosity in many types of cancer, including hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). Tumor necrosis factor-related apoptosis-inducing ligand-receptor 2 (TRAIL-R2/DR5), a member of tumor necrosis factor receptor family, is mapped to chromosome 8p21-22. Mutations of TRAIL-R2 have been detected in lung cancer, breast cancer, head and neck cancer, and non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. In this study, we analyzed the entire coding regions and all splicing sites of TRAIL-R2 in 40 HCCs and the death domain region in additional 60 HCCs. We could detect one point mutation in the death domain in only one HCC (1%). Our data suggest that somatic mutations of TRAIL-R2 gene do not play an important role in the carcinogenesis of HCC.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, National Taiwan University Hospital, 7 Chung-Shan South Road, Taipei, Taiwan.
authors.forename: Yung-Ming
authors.initials: YM
authors.lastname: Jeng
authors.forename: Hey-Chi
authors.initials: HC
authors.lastname: Hsu
mesh_terms: D006528:Carcinoma, Hepatocellular / Q000209:etiology / Q000235:genetics*; D016147:Genes, Tumor Suppressor; D006801:Humans; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000209:etiology / Q000235:genetics*; D009154:Mutation; 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