Mutations in APC, Kirsten-ras, and p53---alternative genetic pathways to colorectal cancer Export

@article{citeulike:1272242, abstract = {Colorectal cancer is one of the most significant causes of cancer death. A genetic model for colorectal cancer has been proposed in which the sequential accumulation of mutations in specific genes, including adenomatous polyposis coli (APC), Kirsten-ras (K-ras), and p53, drives the transition from healthy colonic epithelia through increasingly dysplastic adenoma to colorectal cancer. We have characterized tumor mutation spectra in a large cohort of colorectal cancer patients. In marked contrast to the predictions of the sequential model of mutation accumulation, only 6.6\% of tumors were found to contain mutations in APC, K-ras, and p53, with 38.7\% of tumors containing mutations in only one of these genes. The most common combination of mutations was p53 and APC (27.1\%), whereas mutations in both p53 and K-ras were extremely rare. Statistical analysis (two-sided Fisher's exact test) confirmed that mutations in K-ras and p53 co-occurred less frequently than expected by chance (P < 0.01, Fisher's exact test). This finding suggests that these mutations lie on alternate pathways of colorectal tumor development. The heterogeneous pattern of tumor mutations in our patient cohort suggests that multiple alternative genetic pathways to colorectal cancer exist and that the widely accepted genetic model of cancer development is not representative of the majority of colorectal tumors. 10.1073/pnas.122612899}, author = {Smith, Gillian and Carey, Francis A. and Beattie, Julie and Wilkie, Murray J. and Lightfoot, Tracy J. and Coxhead, Jonathan and Garner, Colin R. and Steele, Robert J. and Wolf, Roland C.}, citeulike-article-id = {1272242}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.122612899}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://www.pnas.org/cgi/content/abstract/99/14/9433}, citeulike-linkout-2 = {http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12093899}, citeulike-linkout-3 = {http://www.hubmed.org/display.cgi?uids=12093899}, day = {9}, doi = {10.1073/pnas.122612899}, journal = {PNAS}, keywords = {apc, cancer, colorectal, genetic, instability, k-ras, p53}, month = {July}, number = {14}, pages = {9433--9438}, posted-at = {2007-05-02 16:15:01}, priority = {2}, title = {Mutations in APC, Kirsten-ras, and p53---alternative genetic pathways to colorectal cancer}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.122612899}, volume = {99}, year = {2002} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:1272242 L3 - citeulike-article-id:1272242 N2 - Colorectal cancer is one of the most significant causes of cancer death. A genetic model for colorectal cancer has been proposed in which the sequential accumulation of mutations in specific genes, including adenomatous polyposis coli (APC), Kirsten-ras (K-ras), and p53, drives the transition from healthy colonic epithelia through increasingly dysplastic adenoma to colorectal cancer. We have characterized tumor mutation spectra in a large cohort of colorectal cancer patients. In marked contrast to the predictions of the sequential model of mutation accumulation, only 6.6% of tumors were found to contain mutations in APC, K-ras, and p53, with 38.7% of tumors containing mutations in only one of these genes. The most common combination of mutations was p53 and APC (27.1%), whereas mutations in both p53 and K-ras were extremely rare. Statistical analysis (two-sided Fisher's exact test) confirmed that mutations in K-ras and p53 co-occurred less frequently than expected by chance (P < 0.01, Fisher's exact test). This finding suggests that these mutations lie on alternate pathways of colorectal tumor development. The heterogeneous pattern of tumor mutations in our patient cohort suggests that multiple alternative genetic pathways to colorectal cancer exist and that the widely accepted genetic model of cancer development is not representative of the majority of colorectal tumors. 10.1073/pnas.122612899 IS - 14 JF - PNAS EP - 9438 TI - Mutations in APC, Kirsten-ras, and p53---alternative genetic pathways to colorectal cancer VL - 99 SP - 9433 KW - apc KW - cancer KW - colorectal KW - genetic KW - instability KW - k-ras KW - p53 AU - Smith, Gillian AU - Carey, Francis AU - Beattie, Julie AU - Wilkie, Murray AU - Lightfoot, Tracy AU - Coxhead, Jonathan AU - Garner, Colin AU - Steele, Robert AU - Wolf, Roland PY - 2002/07/09/ UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.122612899 ER -