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. 2011 Feb;458(2):221-9.
doi: 10.1007/s00428-010-1007-4. Epub 2010 Nov 18.

Alterations in the tumor suppressor gene p16(INK4A) are associated with aggressive behavior of penile carcinomas

Micaela Poetsch  1 , Martin Hemmerich, Christoph Kakies, Britta Kleist, Eduard Wolf, Frank vom Dorp, Oliver W Hakenberg, Chris Protzel
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Alterations in the tumor suppressor gene p16(INK4A) are associated with aggressive behavior of penile carcinomas

Micaela Poetsch et al. Virchows Arch. 2011 Feb.

Abstract

Alterations in the p16/cyclinD1/Rb and ARF/Mdm2/p53 pathways are frequent events in the pathogenesis of squamous cell carcinomas. Different mechanisms of p16 regulation have been described for penile carcinomas so far. Therefore, expression of p16 and p53 was immunohistochemically detected with monoclonal antibodies in 52 primary invasive penile squamous cell carcinomas. The carcinomas were analyzed for allelic loss (LOH) in p16(INK4A) and p53, as well as for mutations in the p16(INK4A) and the p53 gene. In addition, we examined the promoter status of p16(INK4A) by methylation-specific PCR. The presence of human papilloma virus (HPV) 6/11, HPV 16 and HPV 18 DNA was analyzed by PCR. Data were compared to clinical data. Concerning p16, 26 (50%) tumors showed positive immunohistochemistry, 32 (62%) tumors showed allelic loss and 22 tumors (42%) showed promoter hypermethylation. All tumors with negative p16 immunohistochemistry showed LOH near the p16(INK4A) locus and/or hypermethylation of the p16(INK4A) promoter. HPV 16 DNA was detected in 17 tumors, ten of them with positive p16 immunostaining. The remaining seven tumors with negative p16 staining showed allelic loss and/or promoter hypermethylation. Evidence of lymph node metastasis was significantly associated with negative p16 immunohistochemistry as well as with combined LOH and promoter hypermethylation (p = 0.003 and p = 0.018, respectively). Allelic loss around p53 was found in 22 tumors (42%), and seven mutations of the p53 gene could be demonstrated in our tumors. No correlations could be found between any p53 alteration and clinical parameters.

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