title: Exon 8-9 mutations of DNA polymerase β in ovarian carcinoma patients from Haldia, India.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Ovarian cancer is the number one killer among all the gynecological cancers. We undertook association study to identify potential alterations in the genomic DNA of a DNA repair gene, DNA polymerase beta (polβ), involved in base excision repair (BER), in ovarian carcinomas of patients from Haldia, India. Mutations, splice variants have been reported earlier in different tumors other than ovarian tumors.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  In this study we explored the possibility of association of any mutation of pol beta (Exon 8) with prognosis in 152 ovarian cancer samples.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Alteration in the exon 8 region (Exon 8:468, AgC; 15.1%) was noted among fifty seven polymorphism positive samples. Alteration in the intervening sequence 8 (IVS8, -25, AgC; 3.9%) was also noted. All alterations are heterozygous in nature.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  We found no significant association among the samples from serous type, stage IV, and the polβ mutations (P ≤ 0.01). Only a slight tendency of association was evident between IVS8, -25, A to C; and stage III. Further analysis with a larger number of samples is needed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biotechnology, Haldia Institute of Technology, Debhog, Haldia, India.
authors.forename: Kalyani
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Khanra
authors.forename: Kakali
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Panda
authors.forename: A K
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Mitra
authors.forename: Ranug
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Sarkar
authors.forename: Chandan
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Bhattacharya
authors.forename: Nandan
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Bhattacharya
mesh_terms: D018262:Adenocarcinoma, Clear Cell / Q000201:enzymology / Q000235:genetics* / Q000473:pathology; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D018284:Cystadenocarcinoma, Serous / Q000201:enzymology / Q000235:genetics* / Q000473:pathology; D019951:DNA Polymerase beta / Q000235:genetics*; D016889:Endometrial Neoplasms / Q000201:enzymology / Q000235:genetics* / Q000473:pathology; D005091:Exons / Q000235:genetics*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007194:India; D008875:Middle Aged; D009154:Mutation / Q000235:genetics*; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D010051:Ovarian Neoplasms / Q000201:enzymology / Q000235:genetics* / Q000473:pathology; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D018807:Polymorphism, Single-Stranded Conformational; D011379:Prognosis; D055815:Young Adult
chemical_list: D019951:DNA Polymerase beta