title: Frequent and variable abnormalities in p14 tumor suppressor gene in glioma cell lines.
abstract: Ten glioma cell lines were examined for abnormalities of exon 1beta of the p14 gene and then for abnormalities of the entire p14 gene with the use of previous findings of other exons. Abnormalities of exon 1beta and the entire p14 gene were detected in eight of ten cases: homozygous deletion of the entire gene in six cases, hemizygous deletion of exon 1beta with homozygous deletion of downstream exons in one case, and hemizygous deletion of the entire coding region with a missense mutation (A97V) at the C-terminal nucleolar localization domain in one case. The remaining two cases revealed no such abnormalities. p14 gene expression was observed in the latter two cases and one case with A97V mutation in the hemizygously deleted coding region, but not in the others, including one case with only exon 1beta. In the three cases with p14 gene expression, immunocytochemistry revealed p14 nucleolar staining, suggesting the retention of the functional activity of p14 protein and, in the case with the A97V mutation, an insufficient mutational effect as well. The present findings of the frequent and variable p14 gene abnormalities, including rare-type ones with or without sufficient mutational effect in glioma cell lines, might be of value for better understanding of the p14 gene and its related pathways in glioma carcinogenesis.
authors.affiliation: Molecular Neuropathology, Brain Research Institute, Niigata University, Niigata, Japan.
authors.forename: Yoshiyuki
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Tanaka
authors.forename: Shu-Jing
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Hiroshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Terasaki
authors.forename: Hisashi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Koga
authors.forename: Sumio
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Endo
authors.forename: Hiroshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Usui
authors.forename: Kazuo
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Washiyama
authors.forename: Toshiro
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kumanishi
authors.forename: Yuji
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Uematsu
authors.forename: Toru
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Itakura
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001483:Base Sequence; D015152:Blotting, Northern; D015139:Blotting, Southern; D015153:Blotting, Western; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000235:genetics*; D045744:Cell Line, Tumor; D005260:Female; D015870:Gene Expression; D005910:Glioma / Q000235:genetics*; D006801:Humans; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D017404:In Situ Hybridization, Fluorescence; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D051736:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-mdm2 / Q000235:genetics; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000032:analysis; D020133:Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction; D025803:Tumor Suppressor Protein p14ARF / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D012333:RNA, Messenger; D025803:Tumor Suppressor Protein p14ARF; C497206:MDM2 protein, human; D051736:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-mdm2