Abstract
Frame-shift mutations in a run of 10 adenines (A10) of the transforming growth factor-beta receptor type 2 gene (TGF-beta RII) are commonly seen in inherited and sporadic colonic cancers that exhibit microsatellite instability. A10 mutations and instability also are commonly seen in hereditary nonpolyposis colon cancer-associated adenomas. However, instability is quite rare in sporadic adenomas, and the timing of acquisition of A10 mutations with respect to the sporadic adenoma-carcinoma sequence has not been reported. We evaluated 100 sporadic colorectal cancers and 164 sporadic adenomas for microsatellite instability with a set of 10 tetranucleotide polymerase chain reaction primer sets and for A10 frame-shift mutations. A10 mutations were significantly associated with microsatellite instability in colorectal cancers, being seen in 9 of 11 cancers with 50% or greater instability and in 0 of 89 tumors with less than 50% instability (P < 0.0001). A10 mutations were not detected in any adenomas, only three of which (1.8%) exhibited significant (30% or greater) instability. We conclude that both TGF-beta RII frame-shift mutations and microsatellite instability occur at a relatively late stage of sporadic colorectal tumorigenesis. A10 frame-shift mutations appear to be restricted to sporadic colorectal cancers with extensive microsatellite instability.
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