摘要
PTEN/MMAC1/TEP1(PTEN)是新近分离到的抑癌基因,在多种肿瘤中存在突变。我们检测了34例人肝细胞癌中PTEN基因第5外显子和第8外显子的突变。采用聚合酶链方法以内含子引物扩增第5和第8外显子,继之以单链构象多态性和测序技术分析PTEN基因突变。有4例肝细胞癌SSCP显示异常条带并经测序证实存在突变。2例发生于第4内含子,突变位点相同;另两例发生于第8外显子,其中1例碱基颠换导致PTEN蛋白产物304位半胱氨酸突变为甘氨酸。
PTEN/MMAC1/TEP1 is a tumor suppressor gene. Its mutation has been found in several different types of human cancers. 34 primary human hepatocellular carcinomas have been examined for mutations in exon 5 and exon 8 of the PTEN gene. Exon 5 and exon 8 were amplified by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) with intron-ic primers and subjected to single strand conformation polymorphism (SSCP) analysis. SSCPs were found in 4 of the 34 hepatocellular carcino-
mas analyzed. Direct sequencing of the PCR products identified single base-pair substitutions in the four tumor DNA samples, two in intron 4 and two in exon 8. One of the base-pair substitution in exon 8 is a missense mutation, which changed codon 304 of PTEN protein from Cys to Gly. These data suggest that PTEN may be involved in the carcinogenesis and development of hepatocellular carcinoma.
出处
《实验生物学报》
CSCD
2000年第3期223-227,共5页
Acta Biologiae Experimentalis Sinica
基金
国家自然科学基金(No.399N338)
高等学校博士学科点专项科研基金
上海市教委重点学科项目基金~~
