title: [Clinical importance of serum anti-p53 antibodies as tumor markers].
abstract: Anti-p53 antibodies are autoantibodies induced by mutation of p53 cancer-suppressor gene, and are considered to be indirect markers for p53 gene mutations and abnormally high p53 gene levels. We evaluated the usefulness of the measurement of anti-p53 antibodies by enzymed-linked immunosorbent assay using serum samples from patients with various disorders and normal subjects. The anti-p53 antibody concentration was high in patients with lung, esophageal, gastric, hepatocellular, colonic, rectal or ovarian cancer and significantly differed between the group with neoplasms and those with non-neoplastic disorders. Particularly high concentrations were observed in patients with malignant tumors. The mean agreement rate between anti-p53 antibodies and conventional tumor markers was only 47.8% despite slight differences among disorders. The positive rate increased to 63.0% by their combination assay. In addition, anti-p53 antibodies were independent markers, not complimentary to conventional markers. The mean agreement rate between anti-p53 antibodies and tissue p53 was 70.0%. Though the anti-p53 antibody-positive rate was lower than the tissue p53-positive rate, anti-p53 antibodies may be useful new tumor markers because specimens from the affected tissue are not necessary.
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Laboratory, Kyoto National Hospital, Kyoto 612-8555.
authors.forename: Hiroshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Sakai
authors.forename: Eiichi
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Okamoto
mesh_terms: D000912:Antibodies, Neoplasm / Q000097:blood*; D001323:Autoantibodies / Q000097:blood*; D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor / Q000097:blood*; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay; D016158:Genes, p53 / Q000235:genetics* / Q000276:immunology*; D006801:Humans; D009154:Mutation; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000235:genetics
chemical_list: D000912:Antibodies, Neoplasm; D001323:Autoantibodies; D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor