Abstract
TP53 is the most commonly mutated tumor suppressor gene in human cancers. The amplification and overexpression of HDM2 plays a role in tumorigenesis via inactivation of p53-dependent cell cycle arrest. p14ARF, an alternate transcript of the INK4A tumor suppressor locus, prevents hdm2-induced transcriptional silencing of p53 by binding hdm2. The role of this p14ARF-hdm2-p53 regulatory pathway in breast carcinoma is unknown. We hypothesized that p14 ARF mutations and HDM2 gene amplification may be alternative mechanisms of p53 inactivation in breast cancer. Mutational analysis of TP53 (exons 5–9) and exon 1β of p14 ARF was performed by PCR-SSCP and putative mutations were confirmed by sequencing. p14ARF mRNA expression was evaluated by RT-PCR and the presence of HDM2 gene amplification by differential PCR. Among the cell lines, 7/14 (50%) harbored TP53 mutations and 2/14 (14%) had a deletion of p14 ARF exon 1β with no detectable p14ARF mRNA. None demonstrated HDM2 gene amplification. TP53 mutations were identified in 7/36 (19%) breast tumors and HDM2 amplification in 2/30 (7%) tumors. All the tumors contained an intact p14 ARF exon 1β with corresponding expression of the mRNA. Alterations in the various components of this regulatory pathway were identified in nine (64%) cell lines and 25% of the 36 breast cancers with TP53 mutation being the predominant aberration. Although p14 ARF mutations and HDM2 gene amplification appear to be uncommon events in breast carcinoma, deregulation of this pathway may occur via alternative mechanisms in breast carcinogenesis.
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Ho, G.H., Calvano, J.E., Bisogna, M. et al. Genetic Alterations of the p14ARF-hdm2-p53 Regulatory Pathway in Breast Carcinoma. Breast Cancer Res Treat 65, 225–232 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1010686518990
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