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. 1996 Jun;87(6):595–601. doi: 10.1111/j.1349-7006.1996.tb00265.x

Frequent Microsatellite Instabilities and Analyses of the Related Genes in Familial Gastric Cancers

Yoshimitsu Akiyama 1, Hiromi Nagasaki 1, Zenro Nihei 2, Takeo Iwama 2, Tadashi Nomizu 3, Joji Utsunomiya 4, Yasuhito Yuasa 1,✉
PMCID: PMC5921144  PMID: 8766523

Abstract

Microsatellite instability or replication error seems to be related to defective DNA mismatch repair genes, such as hMSH2, hMLH1, hPMS1 and hPMS2, which have been identified as causative genes of hereditary nonpolyposis colorectal cancers (HNPCC). Recently, it was reported that mutations at the simple repeated sequences in the transforming growth factor‐β type II receptor (TGF‐β RII) gene occurred in replication error‐positive colorectal cancers. To determine genetic alterations in familial gastric cancers (FGC), we examined replication error using eight microsatellite DNA markers, and screened mutations in the hMSH2, hMLH1 and TGF‐β RII genes in six cases from four FGC kindreds. Moreover, hMTH1, a human homolog of the bacterial mutT gene, was also screened. Four of six (67%) cancers showed the replication error‐positive phenotype, indicating that microsatellite instability is highly associated with not only HNPCC, but also FGC. No germline mutation was found in the whole coding sequences of hMSH2 and hMTH1, or in the conservative regions of hMLH1 in any patient, while one cancer DNA showed a somatic mutation at codon 682 (threonine to alanine) in hMSH2. No alteration was found at the small repeated sequences in TGF‐β RII in FGC tumor DNA. These results indicate that the carcinogenetic process of FGC may be different from that of HNPCC.

Keywords: Familial gastric cancer, Microsatellite instability, DNA mismatch repair gene, Replication error

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