PMID- 24710824 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20150707 LR - 20211021 IS - 1532-2807 (Electronic) IS - 1219-4956 (Linking) VI - 20 IP - 4 DP - 2014 Oct TI - Frequency of genetic and epigenetic alterations of p14ARF and p16INK4A in head and neck cancer in a Hungarian population. PG - 923-9 LID - 10.1007/s12253-014-9775-9 [doi] AB - Occurrence of genetic and epigenetic alterations affecting p14ARF and p16INK4A were investigated in tumour samples of 37 oral (OSCC) and 28 laryngeal squamous cell cancer (LSCC) patients, and compared to exfoliated buccal epithelial cells of 68 healthy controls. Presence of deletions and mutations/polymorphisms affecting exons were examined using sequencing. Methylation status of promoters was assessed by methylation-specific PCR. Chi-square and Fisher's exact tests were used to compare frequency of events. Exon deletions were found in four controls, one OSCC and 22 LSCC patients; the latter significantly differed from controls (p < 0.001). Only two mutations (T24610A and C24702A) were in p16 exon 1 of two OSCC patients. Polymorphisms G28575A (Ala140Thr), G31292C (C540G) and G28608A were found in both patient groups. The p14 promoter was unmethylated in 86.7 % of OSCC and in 85.7 % of LSCC patients; for the p16 promoter these rates were 69.0 % and 76.2 % for OSCC and LSCC patients, respectively. Combining the two patient groups, unmethylated promoter was significantly less frequent in case of both p14 and p16 (p = 0.043 and p = 0.001, respectively) compared to the control group. In summary, exon deletion may be important in LSCC, while promoter methylation was relatively frequent in both patient groups. FAU - Kis, Andrea AU - Kis A AD - Department of Medical Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Debrecen, H-4032, Debrecen, Nagyerdei krt. 98, Hungary. FAU - Tatar, Timea Zsofia AU - Tatar TZ FAU - Gall, Tamas AU - Gall T FAU - Boda, Robert AU - Boda R FAU - Tar, Ildiko AU - Tar I FAU - Major, Tamas AU - Major T FAU - Redl, Pal AU - Redl P FAU - Gergely, Lajos AU - Gergely L FAU - Szarka, Krisztina AU - Szarka K LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20140409 PL - Switzerland TA - Pathol Oncol Res JT - Pathology oncology research : POR JID - 9706087 RN - 0 (Cyclin-Dependent Kinase Inhibitor p16) RN - 0 (Tumor Suppressor Protein p14ARF) SB - IM MH - Adult MH - Aged MH - Carcinoma, Squamous Cell/epidemiology/*genetics/mortality MH - Case-Control Studies MH - Cyclin-Dependent Kinase Inhibitor p16/*genetics MH - DNA Methylation MH - Epigenesis, Genetic/*genetics MH - Female MH - Follow-Up Studies MH - *Gene Deletion MH - Gene Silencing MH - Humans MH - Hungary/epidemiology MH - Laryngeal Neoplasms/epidemiology/*genetics/mortality MH - Male MH - Middle Aged MH - Mouth Neoplasms/epidemiology/*genetics/mortality MH - Mutation/genetics MH - Prognosis MH - Promoter Regions, Genetic/genetics MH - Survival Rate MH - Tumor Suppressor Protein p14ARF/*genetics EDAT- 2014/04/09 06:00 MHDA- 2015/07/08 06:00 CRDT- 2014/04/09 06:00 PHST- 2013/10/21 00:00 [received] PHST- 2014/03/27 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2014/04/09 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2014/04/09 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2015/07/08 06:00 [medline] AID - 10.1007/s12253-014-9775-9 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Pathol Oncol Res. 2014 Oct;20(4):923-9. doi: 10.1007/s12253-014-9775-9. Epub 2014 Apr 9.