Analysis of K-ras gene mutation in hyperplastic duct cells of the pancreas without pancreatic disease
- PMID: 8536861
- DOI: 10.1053/gast.1996.v110.pm8536861
Analysis of K-ras gene mutation in hyperplastic duct cells of the pancreas without pancreatic disease
Abstract
Background & aims: We and others have previously shown that the mutation of K-ras codon 12 was found in the majority of pancreatic adenocarcinomas. The mutation has also been identified in the pancreatic duct with mucous cell hyperplasia in association with chronic pancreatitis. Ductal hyperplasia is also frequently found in the pancreas free from pancreatic carcinoma or chronic pancreatitis. The aim of this study was to assess the incidence and types of mutations in hyperplastic foci in these cases.
Methods: The nucleotide sequence of the K-ras gene at codon 12 of the DNA extracted from microdissected hyperplastic epithelium of the pancreatic duct obtained at autopsy in patients without pancreatic adenocarcinoma or chronic pancreatitis was analyzed.
Results: Of 38 patients with 79 hyperplastic foci, 12 patients (with 19 hyperplastic foci) had mutations. None of the 16 normal ducts in 12 specimens had this mutation. The nucleotide sequence of the codon in 53% of ductal hyperplastic foci was TGT or AGT, both of which were not found in 30 cases of adenocarcinoma.
Conclusions: These results suggest that the ras gene mutation occurs frequently in multifocal hyperplastic foci of pancreatic duct and that the mutations may not have direct relevance to the carcinogenesis of pancreatic cancer.
Comment in
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Genetic markers: the key to early diagnosis and improved survival in pancreatic cancer?Gastroenterology. 1996 Jan;110(1):306-10. doi: 10.1053/gast.1996.v110.agast960306. Gastroenterology. 1996. PMID: 8536876 Review. No abstract available.
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Ki-ras mutations in chronic pancreatitis: which relevance?Gastroenterology. 1996 Aug;111(2):566-7. doi: 10.1053/gast.1996.v111.agast961110566. Gastroenterology. 1996. PMID: 8690228 No abstract available.
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