title: Variations of mitochondrial D-loop region plus downstream gene 1 2S rRNA-tRNA(phe) and gastric carcinomas.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To explore the instabilities, polymorphisms and other variations of mitochondrial D-loop region and downstream gene 12S rRNA-tRNA(phe) in gastric cancers, and to study their relationship with gastric cancer.
  
  
  METHODS
  Three adjacent regions (D-loop, tRNA(phe) and 12S rRNA) were detected for instabilities, polymorphisms and other variations via PCR amplification followed by direct DNA sequencing in 22 matched gastric cancerous tissues and para-cancerous normal tissues.
  
  
  RESULTS
  PolyC or (CA) (n) instabilities were detected in 13/22(59.1 %) gastric cancers and 9/22(40.9 %) in the control (P>0.05). There existed 2/12(16.7 %) and 6/10(60 %) alterations of 12S rRNA-tRNA(phe) in well differentiated gastric cancers and poorly differentiated ones, respectively (P<0.05). Some new variations were found, among which np 318 and np 321 C-T transitions in D-loop region were two of the five bases for H-strand replication primer. np 523 AC-deletion and np 527 C-T transition occurred at mtTF1 binding site (mtTFBS), which were associated with the transcription of downstream mitochondrial genome. Seven samples showed the np 16 182 polyC instabilities, five of which simultaneously showed np 16 189 T-C transitions.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  There is no statistic significance of instabilities and polymorphisms in mitochondrial D-loop region between gastric cancerous and para-cancerous normal tissues, which suggests that the instability might relate to heredity or be dependent on aging. There is a significant correlation between differentiation degree of gastric cancer and variant frequencies of 12S rRNA-tRNA(phe). The poorly differentiated gastric cancers are more prone to 12S rRNA-tRNA(phe) variations, or gastric cancers with 12S rRNA-tRNA(phe) variations are more likely to be poorly differentiated. np 16 189 T-C transition may be one of the important reasons for polyC instability in gastric cancer.
authors.affiliation: Tumor Institute, First Affiliated Hospital, China Medical University, Shenyang, 110001, Liaoning Province, China.
authors.forename: Cheng-Bo
authors.initials: CB
authors.lastname: Han
authors.forename: Fan
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Yu-Jie
authors.initials: YJ
authors.lastname: Zhao
authors.forename: Jia-Ming
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Ma
authors.forename: Dong-Ying
authors.initials: DY
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: Yu-Kui
authors.initials: YK
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Yan
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Xin
mesh_terms: D001483:Base Sequence / Q000235:genetics; D004272:DNA, Mitochondrial / Q000235:genetics*; D014644:Genetic Variation; D006801:Humans; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D017434:Protein Structure, Tertiary / Q000235:genetics; D012335:RNA, Ribosomal / Q000235:genetics*; D012360:RNA, Transfer, Phe / Q000235:genetics*; D013274:Stomach Neoplasms / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D004272:DNA, Mitochondrial; D012335:RNA, Ribosomal; D012360:RNA, Transfer, Phe; C075526:RNA, ribosomal, 12S