Objective: To compare gene expression profiles of nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) tissue with that of control tissue by cDNA Array and to discuss possible reasons of TP53 accumulation in NPC tissue. Methods: (1) hybridization of Atlas Human Cancer cDNA Expression Array 7742-1; (2) analysis of Atlas Arrays using Atlasimage 1.01a; (3) verification of results of array by RT-PCR; (4) verification of protein expression alterations by immuno- histochemistry. Results: (1) Of 588 tumor-related genes, 134 genes were upregulated, 88 downregulated; (2) Of 32 TP53-regulated genes, 13 genes were shown differential expression, 11 upregulated, 2 downregulated; (3) ATM and JNK2 were upregulated; (4) mRNA expression of ubiquitin-conjugating enzyme E2 (M74524) and ubiquitin- conjugating enzyme E2 (L22005) has no evident changes; Conclusion: (1) TP53 dysfunction exists in NPC tissues; (2) ATM and JNK might be the important causes of TP53 accumulation.
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