PMID: 8471756Mar 1, 1993Paper

Tumour suppressor genes and colorectal neoplasia

Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology
D J Koorey, G W McCaughan

Abstract

Two distinct gene classes have been implicated in colorectal carcinogenesis. Tumour promoter genes (oncogenes, dominant oncogenes) produce an excessive positive stimulus to cell proliferation. The ras family of oncogenes are an example. Acquired mutations of the c-k-ras gene are commonly found in colonic adenomas and carcinomas. Tumour suppressor genes (anti-oncogenes, recessive oncogenes) normally constrain or regulate cell proliferation. Loss of this function through gene deletion or mutation is oncogenic. Inherited tumour suppressor gene mutations have now been identified in several of the familial cancer syndromes. Acquired tumour suppressor gene mutations are found in both sporadic and hereditary cancers. Together with the tumour promoter genes they provide the genetic basis for the cellular changes occurring during carcinogenesis. The retinoblastoma gene was the first human tumour suppressor gene to be characterized and exemplifies the class. More recently, linkage studies in the hereditary cancer syndromes and the detection of specific deletions in sporadic tumours have helped to identify several new tumour suppressor genes. At least four of these (MCC, APC, p53 and DCC) apparently contribute to sporadic colorectal carci...Continue Reading

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