K-RAS and P53 mutations in association with COX-2 and hTERT expression and clinico-pathological status of NSCLC patients

Dis Markers. 2008;25(2):97-106. doi: 10.1155/2008/232743.

Abstract

We evaluated the occurrence of mutations in P53, K-RAS, COX-2, expression of COX-2 and hTERT and relations among clinicopathological signs. P53 mutations were identified in 34.4% of tumours, the majority of them occurring in SCC (squamous cell carcinoma, 55.6%). K-RAS was mutated in 12.2% of NSCLC tumours, the majority of the mutations being found in ADC (adenocarcinoma, 27.0%). Mutational screening detected three different COX-2 mutations and five different P53 mutations, published for the first time. With RT-PCR we observed that the expression of the tested genes, hTERT and COX-2, was highly significant for ADC (p<0.01) and SCC (p<0.05). Statistical analysis of the combined results revealed significant correlation between expression of COX-2 and hTERT (p<0.001), hTERT expression and staging (p<0.05) and survival (p<0.01). A positive correlation between COX-2 expression and K-RAS mutation (p<0.05) was also observed. This study provides insight into associations between the analysed biomarkers and the clinical-pathological data of the patients.

Publication types

  • Comparative Study
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Adenocarcinoma / genetics
  • Adenocarcinoma / secondary
  • Aged
  • Aged, 80 and over
  • Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung / genetics*
  • Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung / secondary
  • Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / genetics
  • Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / secondary
  • Cyclooxygenase 2 / genetics*
  • DNA Mutational Analysis
  • Female
  • Genes, ras / genetics*
  • Humans
  • Lung Neoplasms / genetics*
  • Lung Neoplasms / pathology
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Mutation / genetics*
  • Prognosis
  • Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction
  • Survival Rate
  • Telomerase / genetics*
  • Tumor Suppressor Protein p53 / genetics*

Substances

  • Tumor Suppressor Protein p53
  • Cyclooxygenase 2
  • PTGS2 protein, human
  • TERT protein, human
  • Telomerase