Characteristics of chromosome of teratocarcinoma and its influence elements / 中国病理生理杂志

ABSTRACT

AIM: To investigate the characteristics of chromosome of teratocarcinoma and its influence elements. METHODS: We used the methods of G-banded karyotype analysis, DNA basic sequence analysis and Western blot and the others, and studied the chromosome karyotype and the status of p53 gene of teratocarcinoma PA-1 cell line which had been cultured for 407-445 passages for 20 years. RESULTS: More than 80% PA-1 cells still maintained the near-diploid karyotype ,after passage 30 the cells appeared with M1 and M2 chromosomal markers because of a balanced translocation between chromosomes 15 and 20. DNA directional sequence analysis of RP-PCR products revealed that there were both wild and mutated band (p53 codon 239 mutation), Western blot did not detect mutational p53 gene protein,while p21 protein expression lower than that in normal human fibroblasts. CONCLUSION:Missense mutation of one of the p53 allele gene of PA-1 cells in human teratocarcinoma was detected after cultured for more than twenty years, which was not sufficient to induce the instability of the chromosome of cell line.