Abstract:
Our previous investigation have demonstrated that multiple genes alterations, such as deletion of Rb, p53 and p16 gene, point mutation of H-ras gene were detected in cell line and solid tumor of human gastric cancer. We have transfect-ed the independent construct containing Rb, p53, p16 and expression of H-ras antisense RNA respectively into human gastric cancer cell line, and we have analyzed the biological properties of several independent transfectant cell lines, which express exogenous Rb, p53, p16 and H-ras antisense RNA respectively. The cell growth ability was inhibited by introduction of p53 and H-ras antisense RNA, and tumorigenicity also suppressed significantly by p53, p16 and H-ras antisense RNA. These results indicated that alterations of p53, p16 and H-ras gene were involved in human gastric car-cinogenesis.