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. 1997 Sep 1;57(17):3660-3.

Disruption of the MMAC1/PTEN gene by deletion or mutation is a frequent event in malignant melanoma

P Guldberg  1 , P thor Straten, A Birck, V Ahrenkiel, A F Kirkin, J Zeuthen
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  • PMID: 9288767

Disruption of the MMAC1/PTEN gene by deletion or mutation is a frequent event in malignant melanoma

P Guldberg et al. Cancer Res. .

Abstract

The MMAC1/PTEN gene, located at 10q23.3, is a candidate tumor suppressor commonly mutated in glioma. We have studied the pattern of deletion, mutation, and expression of MMAC1/PTEN in 35 unrelated melanoma cell lines. Nine (26%) of the cell lines showed partial or complete homozygous deletion of the MMAC1/PTEN gene, and another six (17%) harbored a mutation in combination with loss of the second allele. Mutations could also be demonstrated in uncultured tumor specimens from which the cell lines had been established, and cell lines derived from two different metastases from one individual carried the same missense mutation. Collectively, these findings suggest that disruption of MMAC1/PTEN by allelic loss or mutation may contribute to the pathogenesis or neoplastic evolution in a large proportion of malignant melanomas.

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