Retinoblastoma-related gene RB2/p130 exons 19-22 are rarely mutated in glioblastomas
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- Published online on: September 1, 2002 https://doi.org/10.3892/or.9.5.951
- Pages: 951-954
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Abstract
The retinoblastoma gene family RB1, p107 and RB2/p130 cooperate to regulate cell cycle progression through the G1 phase of the cell cycle. Previous data demonstrated that RB2/p130 inhibits proliferation of the glioblastoma cell line T98G, which is resistant to the growth suppressive effects of both RB1 and p107, and that RB2/p130 gene overexpresion induces astrocyte differentiation. We screened by single-strand conformation polymorphism and sequence analysis the structure of exons 19 trough 22 of the RB2/p130 gene, which encodes the B domain and C terminus, in a series of 42 glioblastomas (32 primary and 10 secondary). Sequence variations were identified in one tumor, suggesting that mutation inactivation of RB2/p130 is a rare event in glioblastoma.
