© 1996 by Oxford University Press
Journal of the National Cancer Institute, Vol. 88, No. 22, 1665-1670,
November 20, 1996
© 1996 Oxford University Press
p53 Tumor Suppressor Gene Status and the Degree of Genomic Instability in Sporadic Colorectal Cancers
Department of Surgical Oncology, Roswell Park Cancer Institute Buffalo, NY
Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Roswell Park Cancer Institute Buffalo, NY
Department of Surgical Oncology and Molecular and Cellular Biology, Roswell Park Cancer Institute Buffalo, NY
Garth R. Anderson, Ph.D., Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo, NY 14263.
BACKGROUND:: Genomic instability reflects the propensity and the susceptibility of the genome to acquire multiple alterations and, in turn, is believed to be a driving force behind multistep carcinogenesis. Although the molecular basis of genomic instability in sporadic colorectal cancers remains largely a mystery, mutation of the p53 tumor suppressor gene (also known as TP53) has been proposed to play an integral role in this process. However, a dilemma exists in that p53 mutation appears to be a late event in the progression of sporadic colorectal tumors, whereas genomic instability, serving as a facilitator of tumor progression, is envisioned as occurring early in this process.
PURPOSE:: We evaluated the relationship between p53 mutation and the major form of genomic instability in sporadic colorectal tumors, namely, that involving DNA breakage, which leads to chromosomal translocations, insertions, deletions, and gene amplification.
METHODS:: Fifty-eight sporadic colorectal tumors that had been previously evaluated for genomic instability were analyzed for p53 mutations. These tumors were from consecutively diagnosed patients. Genomic instability was quantified by use of inter-simple sequence repeat polymerase chain reaction analysis that employed (CA)8RG and (CA)8RY primers (R = purine [A or G]; Y = pyrimidine [C or T]); a genomic instability index (a measure of the number of alterations in tumor DNA in comparison with normal DNA, expressed as a percent) was calculated for each tumor. Mutation of the p53 gene in exons 5–9 was determined by use of single-strand conformational polymorphism-polymerase chain reaction analysis and DNA sequencing. Chi-squared analysis was used to determine the statistical significance of differences between groups of tumors. Reported P values are two-sided.
RESULTS:: p53 mutations were identified in 29 (50%) of the 58 tumors. The median genomic instability index value was 3.3%. Nineteen (65.5%) of the 29 tumors with p53 mutations had genomic instability indices that were less than the median value (range, 0%–2.6%); the remaining 10 (34.5%) tumors had genomic instability indices that were greater than the median (range, 3.9%–13.0%). Eleven (37.9%) of the 29 tumors with wild-type p53 genes had genomic instability indices that were less than the median value (range, 0%–2.6%), whereas the remaining 18 tumors had genomic instability indices above the median (range, 3.9%–11.7%). There was a statistically significant association between a lesser degree of genomic instability and the presence of p53 mutations (P = .032).
CONCLUSIONS AND IMPLICATIONS:: Tumors with no or minimal evidence of genomic instability are more likely to harbor p53 mutations than tumors with evidence of substantial genomic instability. p53 mutations play an important role in the development of cancers but do not appear to initiate or promote genomic instability in sporadic colorectal tumors.
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