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. 1999 Apr;90(4):413–418. doi: 10.1111/j.1349-7006.1999.tb00763.x

PTEN/MMAC1 Mutations in Hepatocellular Carcinomas: Somatic Inactivation of Both Alleles in Tumors

Naoki Kawamura 1,2, Hisaki Nagai 1, Koichi Bando 1,3, Masaaki Koyama 1, Satoshi Matsumoto 1,3, Takashi Tajiri 3, Masahiko Onda 3, Jiro Fujimoto 4, Takahiro Ueki 4, Noboru Konishi 5, Tadayoshi Shiba 2, Mitsuru Emi 1,✉
PMCID: PMC5926086  PMID: 10363579

Abstract

Allelic loss of loci on chromosome 10q occurs frequently in hepatocellular carcinomas. Somatic mutations of the PTEN/MMAC1 gene on this chromosome at 10q23 were recently identified in sporadic cancers of the uterus, brain, prostate and breast. To investigate the potential role of PTEN/MMAC1 gene in the genesis of hepatocellular carcinomas, we examined 96 tumors for allelic loss on 10q and also for subtle mutations anywhere within the coding region of PTEN/MMAC1 gene. Allelic loss was identified in 25 of the 89 (27%) tumors that were informative for polymorphic markers in the region. Somatic mutations were identified in five of those tumors: three frameshift mutations, a 1‐bp insertion at codon 83–84 in exon 4 and two 4‐bp deletions, both at codon 318–319 in exon 8; two C‐to‐G transversion mutation, both at ‐9 bp from the initiation codon in the 5’non‐coding region of exon 1. No missense mutation was observed in this panel of tumors. In most of the informative tumors carrying intragenic mutations of one allele, we were able to detect loss of heterozygosity as well. These findings suggest that two alleles of the PTEN/MMAC1 gene may be inactivated by a combination of intragenic point mutation on one allele and loss of chromosomal material on the other allele in some of these tumors.

Keywords: PTEN/MAC1, Hepatocellular carcinoma, Tumor suppressor gene, Somatic mutation, Loss of heterozygosity

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