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To determine whether p53 alterations, which are frequent in human breast cancers, are also common in rat mammary tumors, we examined 40 tumors from 24 rats treated with 7,12-dimethylbenz[a]anthracene (DMBA) and 34 tumors from 14 rats treated with N-nitroso-N-methylurea (NMU) (an N-nitroso compound). DMBA and NMU are known genotoxic mutagens. The entire coding regions of the p53 and Ha-ras genes were examined for mutations by polymerase chain reaction single-strand conformational polymorphism analysis and by direct sequencing. One of the 40 DMBA-induced mammary tumors had a p53 mutation, a single-base substitution (AGC-->GGC) at codon 307, resulting in an amino-acid change from Ser to Gly. No mutations were found in NMU-induced tumors. The incidence of Ha-ras gene mutation was 79% (27 of 34) at codon 12 in the NMU group and 23% (nine of 40) at codon 61 in the DMBA group. Thus, p53 mutation, in contrast to Ha-ras mutation, did not seem to be a prerequisite for carcinogenesis in chemically induced rat mammary tumors.
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