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Gut 1999;44:826-833 ( June )

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Genetic epidemiology of mutated K-ras proto-oncogene, altered suppressor genes, and microsatellite instability in colorectal adenomas A Rashida, M Zahurakb, S N Goodmanb, S R Hamiltona

a Division of Gastrointestinal/Liver Pathology, Department of Pathology and Oncology Centre, Ross Building Room 632, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 720 Rutland Avenue, Baltimore, MD 21205-2196, USA, b Oncology Biostatistics, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA

Correspondence to: Dr Rashid.

Accepted for publication 13 January 1999

BACKGROUND---The genetic epidemiology of colorectal adenomas has not been studied prospectively in colonoscopy patients without cancer.
AIMS---To study genetic alterations in colorectal adenomas and correlate these with patient demographics and adenoma characteristics.
METHODS---Mutations and allelic deletions in 201 adenomas from 60 patients were compared with demographic features, adenoma characteristics, and family history.
RESULTS---The most common alteration was K-ras proto-oncogene mutation, present in 35% of adenomas and 65% of patients. Patients 65 years of age and older had a decreased probability of K-ras mutations (26% versus 45%). Overexpression of p53 gene product was present in only 6% of adenomas but was more frequent in villous or tubulovillous adenomas (19% versus 3%). Allelic loss of chromosome 18q was present in only 2% of adenomas and was significantly less frequent than p53 overexpression. DNA replication errors (RER) were present in 7% of adenomas and 15% of patients, including multiple adenomas in four patients (two with hereditary non-polyposis colorectal cancer syndrome). Only 36% of RER positive adenomas had alteration of BAT-26 alleles, none had alteration of BAT-25, and only one (8%) had mutation in the transforming growth factor beta  type II receptor gene. RER positive adenomas were more likely to have a K-ras mutation. In patients with multiple adenomas, there was concordance of p53 overexpression and RER but not of K-ras mutations.
CONCLUSIONS---Genetic progression in colorectal adenomas is heterogeneous, involving factors related to patient age and the presence of RER for the occurrence of ras mutations, but different intraindividual characteristics for the occurrence of p53 alterations and RER.


Keywords: K-ras mutation; p53 gene; loss of 18q; microsatellite instability; replication error; TGFbeta RII

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