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Mutations in the tyrosine kinase domain of the EGFR gene are rare in the Korean Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma

  • Journal of The Korea Society of Computer and Information
  • Abbr : JKSCI
  • 2016, 21(9), pp.101-106
  • Publisher : The Korean Society Of Computer And Information
  • Research Area : Engineering > Computer Science

Lee EunJu 1

1대전보건대학교

Accredited

ABSTRACT

The epidermal growth factor receptor(EGFR) protein kinase signaling is an important pathway in cancer development and recently reported that EGFR and its kinase domain molecules are mutated in various of cancers including head and neck cancer. Functional deregulation of EGFR due to mutations in coding exons and copy number amplification is the most common event in cancers, especially among receptor tyrosine kinases(TK). We have analyzed Korean oral squamous cell carcinomas (OSCC) cell lines for mutations in EGFRTK. Exons encoding the hot-spot regions in the TK domain of EGFR (exons 17 to 23) were amplified by using polymerase chain reaction(PCR) and sequenced directly. EGFR expression was also analyzed in 8 OSCC cell lines using western blotting. Data analysis of the EGFR exons 17 to 23 coding sequences did not show any mutations in the 8 OSCC cell lines that were analyzed. The absence of mutations indicate that protein overexpression might be responsible for activation rather than mutation.

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This paper was written with support from the National Research Foundation of Korea.