1. Mitochondrial DNA mutations in respiratory complex-I in never-smoker lung cancer patients contribute to lung cancer progression and associated with EGFR gene mutation.
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Dasgupta S, Soudry E, Mukhopadhyay N, Shao C, Yee J, Lam S, Lam W, Zhang W, Gazdar AF, Fisher PB, and Sidransky D
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- Aged, British Columbia epidemiology, Cell Line, Tumor, Cell Movement, Cell Proliferation, Chi-Square Distribution, DNA Mutational Analysis, Disease Progression, Electron Transport Complex I metabolism, Exons, Female, Genetic Predisposition to Disease, Humans, Linear Models, Lung Neoplasms ethnology, Lung Neoplasms metabolism, Lung Neoplasms pathology, Male, Middle Aged, Mitochondrial Proteins metabolism, Neoplasm Invasiveness, Phenotype, Proto-Oncogene Proteins genetics, Proto-Oncogene Proteins p21(ras), Risk Assessment, Risk Factors, Smoking ethnology, Superoxides metabolism, Transfection, ras Proteins genetics, DNA, Mitochondrial, Electron Transport Complex I genetics, ErbB Receptors genetics, Lung Neoplasms genetics, Mitochondrial Proteins genetics, Mutation, Smoking adverse effects
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Mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) mutations were reported in different cancers. However, the nature and role of mtDNA mutation in never-smoker lung cancer patients including patients with epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) and KRAS gene mutation are unknown. In the present study, we sequenced entire mitochondrial genome (16.5 kb) in matched normal and tumors obtained from 30 never-smoker and 30 current-smoker lung cancer patients, and determined the mtDNA content. All the patients' samples were sequenced for KRAS (exon 2) and EGFR (exon 19 and 21) gene mutation. The impact of forced overexpression of a respiratory complex-I gene mutation was evaluated in a lung cancer cell line. We observed significantly higher (P = 0.006) mtDNA mutation in the never-smokers compared to the current-smoker lung cancer patients. MtDNA mutation was significantly higher (P = 0.026) in the never-smoker Asian compared to the current-smoker Caucasian patients' population. MtDNA mutation was significantly (P = 0.007) associated with EGFR gene mutation in the never-smoker patients. We also observed a significant increase (P = 0.037) in mtDNA content among the never-smoker lung cancer patients. The majority of the coding mtDNA mutations targeted respiratory complex-I and forced overexpression of one of these mutations resulted in increased in vitro proliferation, invasion, and superoxide production in lung cancer cells. We observed a higher prevalence and new relationship between mtDNA alterations among never-smoker lung cancer patients and EGFR gene mutation. Moreover, a representative mutation produced strong growth effects after forced overexpression in lung cancer cells. Signature mtDNA mutations provide a basis to develop novel biomarkers and therapeutic strategies for never-smoker lung cancer patients., (Copyright © 2011 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.)
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- 2012
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