Far less frequent mutations in ras genes than in the p53 gene in skin tumors of xeroderma pigmentosum patients
- 1 October 1994
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Molecular Carcinogenesis
- Vol. 11 (2), 98-105
- https://doi.org/10.1002/mc.2940110207
Abstract
Mutations in Ha‐ras, and n‐rasNras genes in squamous and basal cell carcinomas in patients with xeroderma Pigmentosum (XP) were examined by the polymerase chain reaction followed by single‐strand conformation polymorphism analysis and direct base sequencing. No mutation was detected in codons 12, 13, and 61 of the ras genes in XP skin tumors. This was in contrast with previous findings of a high frequency of mutation in the p53 gene in skin tumors in XP patients. A novel mutation in codon 6 of the ki‐ras gene was detected in a squamous cell carcinoma. The mutation was a C→T transtion at a dipyrimidine (5′‐CT) sequence and could have been produced by solar ultraviolet light. The mutated ras gene did not have the ability to transform NIH/3T3 cells. In three tumors, multiple base substitutions were detected in exon 1 of the Ki‐ras and N‐ras genes. These results and our previous work on p53 gene mutations suggest that mutations in ras genes are far less frequent than in the p53 gene in the skin tumors in XP patients and that ras genes are less important in skin tumorigenesis in XP patients that is the p53 gene.Keywords
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