Review Article

ING Genes Work as Tumor Suppressor Genes in the Carcinogenesis of Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma

Table 1

ING gene mutation and expression in HNSCC.

INGOriginMethodsMutation type/expression changePositionFrequencyReference

ING1PatientMMLOH13q3420/44(45.5%)[88]
Cell linesSequencingNo mutation0/5
PatientSequencingNo mutation0/20
PatientMMLOH13q33-3423/34(68%)[89]
PatientPCR-SSCPMissensePHD (215)1/23(4.3%)
PatientPCR-SSCPMissensePHD (216)1/23(4.3%)
PatientPCR-SSCPMissenseNLS (192)1/23(4.3%)
PatientRT-PCRDownregulation6/12(50%)[90]
PatientIHCDownregulation37/49(76%)[85]
Cell linesSequencingNo mutation0/3[86]
PatientIHCDownregulation79/214(36.9%)

ING2PatientMMLOH4q35.133/55(54.6%)[82]

ING3PatientMMLOH7q3122/46(48%)[91]
PatientRT-PCRDownregulation20/40(50%)
PatientPCR-SSCPMissenseLZL(20)1/49(2%)
PatientRT-PCRDownregulation37/71(52.1%)[92]
PatientRT-PCRUpregulation15/71(21%)

ING4PatientMMLOH12p1333/50(66%)[87]
PatientSequencingNo mutation0/50
PatientQ-PCRDownregulation38/50(76%)
PatientQ-PCRUpregulation7/50(14%)
Cell linesSequencingNo mutation0/3[93]
PatientIHCDownregulation96/214(44.9%)

ING5PatientRT-PCRDownregulation19/31(61.3%)[94]
PatientSequencingMissenseLZL(33)1/31(3.2%)
PatientSequencingMissenseNCR(68)1/31(3.2%)
PatientSequencingMissenseNCR(74)1/31(3.2%)
Cell linesSequencingNo mutation0/3[80]
PatientIHCDownregulation77/214(36%)

Note: MM, Microsatellite marker; PCR-SSCP, Polymerase chain reaction-single strand conformation polymorphism; RT-PCR, Retrotranscription-polymerase chain reaction; Q-PCR, Quantitative-polymerase chain reaction; IHC, immunohistochemistry.