p53 gene mutations in mouse skin tumors induced by DMBA-TPA-MNNG Zhang shiyu*, Guo xu, Andres Klein-Szanto. * Department of pathology, West China University of Medical Sciences, Chengdu 610041
【Abstract】 Objective To investigate the relationship between p53 gene mutations and mouse skin tumors induced by three-step carcinogenesis.Methods The exons 5-8 of p53 gene were examined in 37 DMBA-TPA-MNNG induced mouse skin tumors [including 6 mice with papillomas, 15 mice having well differentiated squamous cell carcinomas (SCCI) and 16 mice with intermediately differentiated squamous cell carcinomas (SCCⅡ)].Results No p53 gene mutation was detected in the papilloma group, whereas 25.8%(8/31) of the SCC group had p53 gene mutations (4/15 of the sCCⅠ mice and 4/16 of the SCCⅡ mice). A total of 9 mutations were found in 8 mice with SCC, of which 7 were located in exon 8 and 7 were G→A transitions.Conclusion The p53 gene mutations occurred during the process of malignant transformation from papilloma to SCC induced by three step carcinogenesis.
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