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. 1996 May;87(5):466–474. doi: 10.1111/j.1349-7006.1996.tb00247.x

Detection of K‐ras Point Mutations at Codon 12 in Pancreatic Juice for the Diagnosis of Pancreatic Cancer by Hybridization Protection Assay: A Simple Method for the Determination of the Types of Point Mutations

Hiroyuki Watanabe 1, Chieko Miyagi 2, Yasushi Yamaguchi 1, Yoshitake Satomura 1, Hideki Ohta 1, Yoshiharu Motoo 1, Takashi Okai 1, Tadashi Yoshimura 2, Yasuhiro Tsuji 2, Norio Sawabu 1,✉
PMCID: PMC5921116  PMID: 8641983

Abstract

The present study was undertaken to detect K‐ras oncogene point mutations at codon 12 in pure pancreatic juice (PPJ) by the hybridization protection assay (HPA) method for the diagnosis of pancreatic cancer (PC). This assay can be carried out within 30 min and can determine not only the presence of a mutation, but also the mutational type of K‐ras at codon 12. The minimal ratio of mutant DNA detectable by the HPA was 5–10% of the total DNA. PPJ was collected through a cannula under duodenal fiberscope control from 20 patients with PC and 20 patients with chronic pancreatitis (CP). Analysis of PPJ by the HPA revealed that the incidence of K‐ras point mutations at codon 12 was 55% (11/20) in patients with PC and 0% (0/20) in those with CP. Mutational types of K‐ras at codon 12 in PC were aspartic acid (Asp) in nine cases, both Asp and cysteine in one case, and arginine in one case. Analysis of K‐ras point mutations at codon 12 in PPJ using the HPA method seems promising as a new genetic test for the diagnosis of PC, because the HPA method is simple, and can easily determine the mutational type.

Keywords: Hybridization protection assay, Acridinium ester, Genetic diagnosis, K‐ras mutation, Pancreatic cancer

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