p53 protein detected by immunohistochemical staining is not always mutant.
Dis Markers
; 11(5-6): 239-50, 1993 Dec.
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| ID: mdl-8082313
ABSTRACT
The expression of the tumour suppressor gene p53 was analyzed in a variety of human solid tumours by immunohistochemistry and direct DNA sequencing. Positive nuclear staining using a panel of anti-p53 antibodies was used to select tumours for further genetic analysis. Using PCR amplification followed by immobilization onto magnetic beads and direct sequencing, we sequenced exons 5-9 of the p53 gene from 9 melanomas, 8 nasopharyngeal carcinomas, 16 sporadic breast carcinomas and 11 patients from familial breast cancer families. No sequence alterations of the p53 gene were detected in either the melanoma or nasopharyngeal tumours and only 19% of the primary breast carcinomas showed a variant band indicative of a mutation. Our results indicate firstly that p53 mutations are not generally involved in the tumour types studied and secondly the data emphasize the disparity encountered when attempting to correlate p53 immunohistochemical positivity with mutations within the p53 gene.
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Coleções:
01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Imuno-Histoquímica
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Proteína Supressora de Tumor p53
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Mutação
Limite:
Female
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Humans
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Dis Markers
Assunto da revista:
BIOQUIMICA
Ano de publicação:
1993
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Reino Unido