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Towards an understanding of the role of p53 in adrenocortical carcinogenesis

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Wasserman, Jonathan D., Zambetti, Gerard P., Malkin, David·2012·Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology

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Adrenocortical carcinoma (ACC) is recognized to be a component tumor of the Li Fraumeni Syndrome (LFS), a familial cancer predisposition resulting from germline mutations in the p53 tumor-suppressor. p53 activity is tightly regulated by multiple post-translational mechanisms, disruption of which may lead to tumorigenesis. ACC is present in disproportionately high rates among p53-mutation carriers, suggesting tissue-specific manifestations of p53 deficiency. Additionally, p53-associated ACC demonstrates a strong predominance in infants and children. Several of the p53 alleles associated with pediatric ACC, however, retain significant wild-type activity and demonstrate incomplete penetrance, a finding distinct from other LFS-component tumors. In this review, we discuss the relationship between p53 and adrenocortical carcinogenesis, with specific focus on disease-specific alleles, tumorigenesis in the context of adrenal development and potential therapeutic approaches to p53-associated ACC.

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  • A bimodal distribution of ACC incidence was observed in a review of case series and in SEER data.

    “A bimodal distribution was definitely observed in a concise review of case series reported and in the SEER data (13, 14).”

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  • Most TP53 mutations affect the DNA binding and tetramerization domains.

    “Most TP53 mutations affect the DNA binding and tetramerization domains (14).”

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  • The p.R337H mutation is a low-penetrance tetramerization domain mutation in Southern Brazil.

    “One particular hot spot mutation has been described to date, which is the low-penetrance tetramerization domain p.R337H mutation in Southern Brazil (14, 37–39).”

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  • High-grade ACCs are enriched for mutations of TP53 and/or CTNNB1, and these mutations tend to be mutually exclusive.

    “High-grade ACCs are enriched for mutations of TP53 (14, 140–142) and/or CTNNB1 (143–149), and these mutations tend to be mutually exclusive (reviewed in Ref. 150).”

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  1. Herrmann L Heinze B Fassnacht M 2011 TP53 and Adrenocortical Cancer-Analysis of Germline Mutations and Polymorphic Changes in 140 Patients 3rd International Adrenal Cancer Symposium: From Molecular Pathogenesis to Clinical Outcome Wurzburg, Germany

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Authors
Wasserman, J. D., Zambetti, G. P., & Malkin, D.
Affiliations
  • University of Toronto (CA)
  • St. Jude Children's Research Hospital (US)
Corresponding author
Wasserman, Jonathan D.
Venue
Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2012-03
Volume
351
Issue
1
Pages
101-110
ISSN
0303-7207 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2063635264
Cited by
84
References
132
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FWCI
0.81
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (acceptedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
Funders
  • Canadian Institutes of Health Research (MOP-97834)
  • National Cancer Institute (R01CA063230, CA21765, P30CA021765)
  • National Institute of General Medical Sciences (R01GM083159, GM-083159)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Surgery › Adrenal and Paraganglionic Tumors
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Oncology › Cancer-related Molecular Pathways
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Chromatin Remodeling and Cancer
Keywords
p53, adrenocortical carcinoma, Li-Fraumeni syndrome, p53 tumor suppressor, germline mutations, pediatric adrenocortical carcinoma, incomplete penetrance, adrenal development, carcinogenesis, p53-targeted therapy
MeSH terms
Adolescent, Adrenal Cortex Neoplasms, Alleles, Animals, Cell Transformation, Neoplastic, Child, Child, Preschool, Humans, Infant, Organ Specificity, Tumor Suppressor Protein p53, Li-Fraumeni Syndrome, Adrenocortical Carcinoma, Penetrance

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