p53 Mutations in Benzo(a)Pyrene-Exposed Human p53 Knock-in Murine Fibroblasts Correlate with p53 Mutations in Human Lung Tumors

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2005-04-01
DOI
  • 10.1158/0008-5472.can-04-3675
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American Association for Cancer Research (AACR)

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<jats:title>Abstract</jats:title> <jats:p>Human p53 mutation spectra differ significantly from one cancer type to another. One possible reason is that carcinogenic risk factors differ, and these factors elicit distinct mutation patterns. There has been no mammalian assay, however, with which to generate mutation patterns in human p53 sequences experimentally, hampering interpretation of the human tumor spectra. We have designed a new mammalian cell assay using gene targeting technology that selects and scores human p53 gene sequence mutations in human-p53 knock-in (Hupki) murine embryonic fibroblasts (HUF) that have undergone immortalization. With the Hupki assay we examined here whether benzo(a)pyrene (BaP), a major tobacco smoke carcinogen could elicit p53 mutation patterns characterizing the human lung tumor p53 mutation spectrum. We found that, in contrast to unexposed HUFs or HUFs exposed to other carcinogenic agents, HUFs exposed to BaP acquire mutations that display major features of the human lung tumor p53 mutation spectrum: (a) predominance of G-to-T mutations, (b) unequivocal strand bias of the transversions, and (c) a mutation hotspot at codons 157 to 158. These data are consistent with the hypothesis that BaP has a direct role in causing smokers' lung tumor p53 mutations. The assay can be used to examine various hypotheses on the endogenous or exogenous factors responsible for the p53 mutations in human tumors arising in other tissues.</jats:p>

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  • Cancer Research

    Cancer Research 65 (7), 2583-2587, 2005-04-01

    American Association for Cancer Research (AACR)

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