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CELL DEATH AND DIFFERENTIATION
Volume 10, Issue 4, Pages 461-467Publisher
NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP
DOI: 10.1038/sj.cdd.4401193
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Bax; p53; mutation; gastric carcinoma; DNA mismatch repair (MMR) deficiency; microsatellite instability (MSI); prognosis
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Gastric cancer is highly refractory to DNA-damaging therapies. We therefore studied both gene mutation and protein expression of p53 and Bax in a cohort of 116 patients with gastric cancer who underwent R0-resection with a curative intent. Bax mutation was independent from severe microsatellite instability (MSI), that is, global mismatch repair deficiency as determined by analysis of BAT-25/BAT-26 microsatellite markers. Thus, Bax-frameshift mutation is a feature of tumors with low MSI. In contrast and as expected, no p53 mutations were observed in the microsatellite instable tumors. p53 Mutation or p53 overexpression did not have an impact on disease prognosis. p53-Inactivation was, however, associated with an extremely poor prognosis in the subgroup of patients with Bax-mutated tumors. Thus, we show for the first time that the combined mutation of p53 and Bax, two key regulators of the mitochondrial apoptosis pathway, results in an extremely aggressive tumor biology and poor clinical prognosis.
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