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1991 Fiscal Year Final Research Report Summary

Analysis of oncogenes and tumor-suppressor genes in oral cancers and the application to diagnosis

Research Project

Project/Area Number 01440075
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for General Scientific Research (A)

Allocation TypeSingle-year Grants
Research Field Morphological basic dentistry
Research InstitutionFaculaty of Dentistry, Tokyo Medical & Dental University

Principal Investigator

TSUCHIDA Nobuo  Oral Microbiology, Prof., 歯学部, 教授 (60089951)

Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) TAKAHASHI Nobuyoshi  Oral Microbiology, Res. Asso., 歯学部, 助手 (90014258)
IKEDA Masaaki  Oral Microbiology, Res. Asso., 歯学部, 助手 (20193211)
ICHO Tateo  Oral Microbiology, Res. Asso., 歯学部, 助手 (80213015)
YAMAMOTO Hajime  Oral Pathology, Prof., 歯学部, 教授 (60005014)
ENOMOTO Shoji  2nd Dept. Oral Surgery, Prof., 歯学部, 教授 (40013940)
Project Period (FY) 1989 – 1991
KeywordsSquamous Cell Carcinoma / Oncogene / Tumor Suppressor Gene / Ras Gene / p53 Gene / PCR (polymerase chain reaction) / SSCP (single strand confomation polymorphysm)
Research Abstract

Human cancers emerge from a normal cell after multiple genetic changes of protooncogenes and tumor suppressor genes by multistep process. In the present research we focused on squamous cell carcinomas (SCC) in the oral cavity and examined abnormalities of ras and erbB1 (EGFR) protooncogenes, and p53 tumor suppressor gene.
ras mutation : 29 tumor lesions of oral SCC were examined for the activational mutations of codons 12, 13, and 61 of N-, H- K-ras genes. Mutations were detected by hybridization of PCR (polymerase chain reaction)-amplified DNA with allele specific oligonucleotide probes or by PCR-SSCP (single strand conformation polymorphysm) analysis. As a result we could not detect mutation except for two cell lines which had mutations of codons 12 (HOC313) and 13 (ZA) of H-ras. Analysis of parafin-embedded sections showed that the tumor sample of HOC313 had the mutation at the time of initial diagnosis. Although the mutation of ZA was detected in the tumor tissue used for the cell l … More ine establishment, the normal epithelium and leukoplakia lesion were negative. From these results frequency of ras mutation in oral SCC is considerablly low compared with those of adenomas, thus suggesting that ras mutation may not important in tumorigenesis of oral SCC.
p53 gene mutation : 15 oral SCC cell lines were examined for the presence of the mutation by cDNA-SSCP and exon-SSCP anlaysis, followed by direct sequencing. As a result, p53 gene mutations were found in 14 cell lines and were localized from cadon 126 to cadon 305. Two mutational hot-spots were found in codon 248 (3 cases) and the spliincg donor sequence of exon 6 (2 cases). Thirteen out of 14 mutations were point mutations including 10 missense mutations.
Analysis of EGFR : increased capacity for EGF binding was observed in all the examined 4 cases of oral SCC.
From these results it is anticipated that p53 gone mutations and increased capacity for EGF binding play important roles in the genesis of oral SCC, thus suggesting that both will be good diagnostic markers for SCC. Less

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  • [Publications] Tadokoro,K.,Ueda,M.,Oshima,T.,Fujita,K.,Rikimaru,K.,Takahashi,N.,Enomoto,S.,and Tsuchida,N.: "Activation of oncogenes in human oral cancer cells; a novel codon 13 mutation of c-H-ras-1 and concurrent amplifications of c-erbB-1 and c-myc." Oncogene. 4. 499-505 (1989)

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  • [Publications] E.Sakai,and N.Tsuchida: "Most human squamous cell carcinomas in the oral cavity contain mutated p53 tumor suppressor genes." Oncogene. (1992)

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  • [Publications] R.Rikimaru,K.Tadokoro,T.Yamamoto,S.Enomoto,and N.Tsuchida: "Gene amplidication and overexpression of epidermal growth factor receptor in squamous cell carcinoma of heads and neck cancer." Head & Neck. 14. 8-13 (1992)

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  • [Publications] 大島 朋子: "ヒト骨肉腫細胞における癌抑制遺伝子の関与" 口腔病学会雑誌. 58(1). 310-328 (1991)

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  • [Publications] 上田 晶義: "口腔腫瘍における癌遺伝子の解析" 日本口腔外科学会雑誌. 36. 2211-2225 (1990)

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  • [Publications] E.Hara,T.Ohshima,T.Ishii,W.Sugino,K.Tsutsui,S.Nakada,N.Tsuchida,and K.oda: "Mechanism of induction of ceilular DNA synthesis by the adenovirus EIA 12S cDNA product." Exp.Cell Res.,. ((1992))

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  • [Publications] Tadokoro, K., Ueda, M., Oshima, T., Fujita, K., Rikimaru, K., Takahashi, N., Enomoto, S., and Tsuchida, N.: "Activation of oncogenes in human oral cancer cells ; a novel codon 13 mutation of c-H-ras-1 and concurrent amplifications of c-erbB-1 and c-myc." Oncogene. 4. 499-505 (1989)

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  • [Publications] Rikimaru, K., Tadokoro, K., Yamamoto, T., Enomoto, S., and Tsuchida, N.: "Gene amplification and overexpression of epidermal growth growth factor receptor in squamous cell carcinoma of head and neck cancer." Head & Neck. 4. 8-13 (1992)

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  • [Publications] Sakai, E. and Tsuchida, N.: "Most human squamous cell carcinomas in the oral cavity contain mutated p53 tumor suppressor genes." Oncogene.

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  • [Publications] Oshima, T.: "Roles of tumor suppressor genes in human osteosarcoma cells." J. Stomatol. Soc. Jpn.58. 111-129 (1991)

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  • [Publications] Ueda, M.: "Studies on oncogenes in human oral tumors" Jpn. J. Oral Maxillofac. Surg.36. 2211-2225 (1990)

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  • [Publications] Hara, H., Ohshima, T., Ishii, W., Sugino, K., Tsutsui, S., Nakada, N., Tsuchida, N., and Oda, K.: "Mechanism of induction of cellular DNA synthesis by the adenovirus E1A 12S cDNA product" Exp. Cell. Res.

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