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Ying-Juan Sun, Department of I Nosocomial Infection Management, Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao UniversityMedical College, Qingdao 266003, Shandong Province, China
Xiao-Feng Wang, Yun Wang, Jian-Ping Sun, Bing Luo, Department of Microbiology, Qingdao University Medical College, Qingdao 266021, Shandong Province, China
Bao-Hua Huang, Department of Pathology, Yuhuangding Hospital, Yantai 264002, Shandong Province, China
Correspondence to: Dr. Bing Luo, Department of Microbiology, Qingdao University Medical College, Qingdao 266021, Shandong Province, China. qdluobing@yahoo.com
Received: September 18, 2004 Revised: September 30, 2004 Accepted: October 11, 2004 Published online: November 15, 2004
AIM: To investigate the role of p53 and mdm2 gene abnormality in oncogenesis and development of Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) -associated gastric carcinoma (EBVaGC) and to explore the relationship between EBV infection and p53 and mdm2 protein expression.
METHODS: p53 gene mutation in exon 5-8 was detected by polymerase chain reaction and single strand conformation polymorphism analysis (PCR-SSCP), and DNA sequencing. p53 and mdm2 protein expression was tested by immunohistochemistry in EBVaGCs (n = 13), EBVnGCs (EBV negative gastric carcinomas, n = 45) with matched clinicopathological parameters and corresponding adjacent tissues of gastric carcinoma (n = 58).
RESULTS: The positive rates of p53 and mdm2 protein in gastric carcinomas were significantly higher than those in corresponding adjacent normal tissues (86.2%, 29.3% vs 0%, 0% respectively; P < 0.01). There were no significant difference between the positive rates of p53 and mdm2 protein in EBVnGCs and EBVaGCs. The overexpression rate of p53 protein was 15.4% (2/13) in EBVaGCs. This was in marked contrast to the rate of 57.8% (26/45) in EBVnGCs (χ2 = 7.2593, P = 0.0 085 < 0.01). There was significant positive correlation between mdm2 expression and p53 overexpression (χ2 = 11.1 839, P = 0.0 008 < 0.01, r = 0.4 391). p53 gene mutation was found in only 2 cases of EBVnGCs and both occurred at exon 5. No p53 gene mutation was detected in 13 cases of EBVaGCs and 58 corresponding adjacent tissues.
CONCLUSION: Abnormal accumulation of p53 protein might not result from p53 gene mutation. mdm2 protein may play an important role in the pathogenesis of gastric carcinoma through suppressing the function of wild type p53 protein. The infection of EBV relates to the abnomal expression of p53 protein, but not to the abnomal expression of mdm2 protein and p53 gene mutation in gastric carcinoma
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