PMID: 7547637Aug 1, 1995Paper

Genomic DNA and messenger RNA expression alterations of the CDKN2B and CDKN2 genes in esophageal squamous carcinoma cell lines

Genes, Chromosomes & Cancer
X ZhouS J Meltzer

Abstract

The genes CDKN2B (MTS2) and CDKN2 (MTS1) encoding the proteins p15 and p16 are both located on chromosomal band 9p21, a locus at which frequent homozygous and heterozygous deletions occur in many primary human tumors, including esophageal carcinoma. CDKN2 and CDKN2B belong to a family of cyclin-dependent kinase 4 inhibitors (INK41) and control cell proliferation during the G1 phase of the cell cycle. Their inactivation may contribute to uncontrolled growth in human cancers. To investigate whether CDKN2B and CDKN2 are involved in esophageal tumorigenesis, we studied homozygous deletion, intragenic mutation, and messenger RNA (mRNA) expression of CDKN2 and CDKN2B in nine esophageal squamous cancer cell lines. Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) amplification revealed that five of the nine cell lines (55%) manifested homozygous deletions of CDKN2B, CDKN2, and/or flanking loci on chromosomal band 9p21. Reverse transcriptase-PCR (RT-PCR) was used to examine CDKN2 and CDKN2B mRNA in the nine cell lines. Lack of CDKN2 and CDKN2B mRNA correlated perfectly with homozygous deletion involving these genes. No subtle intragenic mutations of CDKN2B or CDKN2 were detected by DNA sequencing of their entire coding sequences in any cell lines lackin...Continue Reading

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