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    c-Ki-ras gene mutations in dysplasia and carcinomas complicating ulcerative colitis.
    Bell, SM ; Kelly, SA ; Hoyle, JA ; Lewis, FA ; Taylor, GR ; Thompson, H ; Dixon, MF ; Quirke, P (Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 1991-07)
    One hundred and nine samples comprising carcinomas, adenomas, dysplastic, inflamed and normal mucosa from patients with sporadic colon cancer and ulcerative colitis (UC) were analysed for c-Ki-ras mutations. DNA was extracted from archival paraffin-embedded material, amplified using the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and the PCR products analysed using restriction enzyme digestion. Forty-two per cent (14/33) of the sporadic carcinoma controls contained Ki-ras codon 12 mutations in contrast to 24% (8/33) of ulcerative colitis carcinomas. A significantly higher c-Ki-ras mutation rate was observed in rectal carcinomas (72%) in comparison to colonic carcinomas (28%) in control patients (P less than 0.04), while the opposite was observed in UC patients. The difference between the incidence of c-Ki-ras mutations in rectal carcinomas in UC (9%) and in sporadic rectal carcinomas (72%) was also significant (P less than 0.01). This lower prevalence rate and different site distribution of c-Ki-ras mutations in UC carcinomas compared to sporadic carcinomas suggests that specific genetic differences may underlie the causation of carcinomas arising in these situations.
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    Rapid detection of allele loss in colorectal tumours using microsatellites and fluorescent DNA technology.
    Cawkwell, L ; Bell, SM ; Lewis, FA ; Dixon, MF ; Taylor, GR ; Quirke, P (Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 1993-06)
    In order to investigate allele loss in colorectal tumours we have developed a rapid technique which overcomes most of the problems associated with radioactive Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphism (RFLP) analysis of allele loss. We utilise microsatellite length polymorphisms which are highly informative and are closely linked to loci of interest. Sequences containing microsatellites can be amplified from normal and tumour DNA pairs by a polymerase chain reaction (PCR) in which one of the primers is fluorescently labelled. This enables us to detect the products on polyacrylamide gels run on an automated DNA sequencer using dedicated software, by which results are automatically quantitated in terms of peak size, height, and area. Using this technique we have analysed 26 normal tissue: cancer pairs for allele loss at two loci linked to the adenomatous polyposis coli (APC) gene on chromosome 5q. Repeated assays yielded identical results for each pair. Allele loss was found in 10 out of 25 informative samples (40%).