Journal article
ras Gene mutations and expression of Ras signal transduction mediators in gastric adenocarcinomas
Archives of pathology & laboratory medicine (1976), Vol.126(9), pp.1096-1100
09/2002
DOI: 10.5858/2002-126-1096-RGMAEO
PMID: 12204060
Abstract
To investigate ras gene alteration in human gastric adenocarcinomas and its potential relationship to ras signal transduction mediators.
Genomic DNA from 104 gastric tumors were analyzed by sequencing of polymerase chain reaction-amplified products for the presence of ras mutations. All the samples were further investigated with the use of immunohistochemical analysis for ERK1 and ERK2.
Tertiary care teaching hospital.
Seventy patients from a Korean population and 34 from a Midwestern US population composed of white Americans and African Americans.
Fifteen tumors (14%) were positive for either H-ras or K-ras mutation: 9 (13%) of 70 Korean patients and 6 (18%) of 34 US patients. Seven (78%) of the 9 mutated tumors from Korean patients and all 6 (100%) from the US patients were intestinal-type lesions. Either ERK1 and/or ERK2 was overexpressed in 68 samples (65%). No association was established between ras mutations and overexpression of ERK1/2. However, the correlation between ERK1/2 and progression (early vs late) was statistically significant (P =.007).
These data suggest that ras mutations are uncommon in gastric adenocarcinomas and that differing racial and/or geographic mechanisms may not underlie ras gene alteration. Most ras mutations were, however, observed in the group of intestinal-type samples, supporting the different genetic mechanisms of carcinogenesis between the intestinal- and diffuse-type tumors. It is noteworthy that enhanced ERK1/2 activity could be one of the characteristics of tumor invasiveness in gastric cancers.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- ras Gene mutations and expression of Ras signal transduction mediators in gastric adenocarcinomas
- Creators
- Jinyoung Yoo - Department of Pathology, St Vincent's Hospital, Catholic University, Suwon, Kyungkido, South KoreaSonya Y ParkRobert A RobinsonWoong Shick AhnSeok Jin KangChang Suk Kang
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Archives of pathology & laboratory medicine (1976), Vol.126(9), pp.1096-1100
- Publisher
- United States
- DOI
- 10.5858/2002-126-1096-RGMAEO
- PMID
- 12204060
- ISSN
- 0003-9985
- eISSN
- 1543-2165
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 09/2002
- Academic Unit
- Oral Pathology, Radiology and Medicine; Pathology
- Record Identifier
- 9984046826802771
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