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Ottesen AM, Skakkebaek NE, Lundsteen C, Leffers H, Larsen J, Rajpert-De Meyts E. High-resolution comparative genomic hybridization detects extra chromosome arm 12p material in most cases of carcinoma in situ adjacent to overt germ cell tumors, but not before the invasive tumor development. Genes Chromosomes Cancer 2003; 38:117-25. [PMID: 12939739 DOI: 10.1002/gcc.10244] [Citation(s) in RCA: 66] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
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High-resolution comparative genomic hybridization (HR-CGH) analysis was performed on DNA purified from laser-capture microdissected carcinoma in situ (CIS) cells from nine cases of CIS, either from tissue without any invasive tumor or from testicular parenchyma adjacent to seminoma, nonseminoma, or a combined germ cell tumor. Before CGH analysis, DNA was amplified by degenerate oligonucleotide primed PCR (DOP-PCR) and directly labeled with a mixture of FITC-dUTP and FITC-dCTP. CGH analysis revealed extra chromosome arm 12p material in six out of seven cases with CIS adjacent to overt tumors, but only a diminutive gain of 12q was noted in one of the two cases of CIS without invasive elements. In addition, gains of parts of chromosome 8 (3/7) and losses of chromosome 5 (2/7) were demonstrated in CIS adjacent to invasive tumors. Gains of parts of chromosome 7 were found in CIS adjacent to seminoma (4/4), whereas relative gains of chromosome 15 were identified in some cases of CIS adjacent to seminoma and in isolated CIS in comparison to CIS adjacent to nonseminoma. Our data seem to indicate that extra 12p material is not present in the "dormant" CIS cell before development of an invasive tumor. The gain of extra chromosome 12 material may not be an early event in the neoplastic transformation, but is most likely associated with a more malignant progression of the CIS cell.
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- Anne Marie Ottesen
- Department of Growth and Reproduction, Juliane Marie Centre, University Hospital of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark.
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Hostein I, Coindre JM, Derré J, Mariani O, Chibon F, Aurias A. Comparative genomic hybridization study of paraffin-embedded dedifferentiated liposarcoma fixed with Holland Bouin's fluid. DIAGNOSTIC MOLECULAR PATHOLOGY : THE AMERICAN JOURNAL OF SURGICAL PATHOLOGY, PART B 2003; 12:166-73. [PMID: 12960699 DOI: 10.1097/00019606-200309000-00008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Dedifferentiated and differentiated liposarcoma are characterized by 12q15 chromosomal amplification. Comparative genomic hybridization is a powerful tool able to detect DNA copy number changes in the genome. This technique has been widely used in frozen tumors and in some studies in paraffin-embedded tumors fixed with formalin. The purpose of this study was to demonstrate the ability of CGH to detect DNA copy number changes in the genome when the DNA was extracted from tissues fixed with Holland Bouin's fluid. Sixteen liposarcoma tumors both frozen and fixed in Holland Bouin's fluid were characterized by CGH. Eighty-one percent of the main chromosomal alterations detected in the frozen liposarcomas (amp 12q15, amp 6q23, amp 1p32, amp 16q22, +7, +8) were detected in the corresponding fixed tumors. The limitation of this technique when using Holland Bouin's fluid extracted DNA compared with formalin-extracted DNA was the yield of analyzable samples. Eighty-one percent of tumors fixed with Holland Bouin's fluid (13/16) were analyzable compared with 100% of formalin-fixed tumors (4/4). This study demonstrates that comparative genomic hybridization is a useful tool even if only fixed tissues (formalin and Holland Bouin's fluid tissues) are available, and that it allows more tumors to be analyzed in retrospective studies.
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- Isabelle Hostein
- Department of Pathology, Institut Bergonié, Bordeaux cedex, France.
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Hirose Y, Aldape KD, Chang S, Lamborn K, Berger MS, Feuerstein BG. Grade II astrocytomas are subgrouped by chromosome aberrations. CANCER GENETICS AND CYTOGENETICS 2003; 142:1-7. [PMID: 12660025 DOI: 10.1016/s0165-4608(02)00791-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Grade II astrocytoma is defined as a low-grade tumor, yet patients have a wide range of survival and tumors can quickly progress to high-grade astrocytoma/glioblastoma. Previous studies using comparative genomic hybridization (CGH) failed to demonstrate frequent copy number aberrations (CNA) in these tumors. This may be related to technical difficulties because infiltrating astrocytic tumors are often intermixed with normal brain tissue. We developed methods to exclude most normal tissue and use small amounts of DNA for CGH by microdissecting small regions of tumor from paraffin sections and amplifying extracted DNA using degenerate oligonucleotide-primed polymerase chain reaction (DOP-PCR). Using this method, we examined 30 grade II astrocytoma cases. We found CNA in 25 cases (83%), with a mean of two CNA per case. The most frequent CNA were gains on 7q (12 cases), 5p (5 cases), 9 (5 cases), and 19p (3 cases), and losses on 19q (7 cases), 1p (6 cases), and Xp (3 cases). Gain on 7q and losses on 1p/19q were mutually exclusive. This is the first report on the genetic characterization of low-grade astrocytomas using CGH from microdissected and formalin-fixed tissue. The comparatively large number of cases in this study allows us to suggest that these tumors are genetically subgrouped.
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- Yuichi Hirose
- Department of Neurological Surgery, University of California, San Francisco, CA 94115, USA
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Man YG, Burgar A. An Antigen Unmasking Protocol that Satisfies both Immunohistochemistry and Subsequent PCR Amplification. Pathol Res Pract 2003; 199:815-25. [PMID: 14989494 DOI: 10.1078/0344-0338-00501] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Immunohistochemical elucidation of many proteins in formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded tissues requires a prior antigen unmasking treatment, which often damages both the morphology and genetic materials, making subsequent assessments difficult or impossible. This study attempted to develop a method that satisfies both immunohistochemical and genetic analyses. Consecutive sections were made from formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded breast and other tissues, and a set of four adjacent sections from each case were treated with (1) routine H & E staining; (2) our unmasking protocol; (3) microwave oven irradiation; (4) pressure cooker incubation. After immunohistochemical staining, the tissue in each section was scraped off, or the same cell clusters in four sections were separately microdissected for DNA extraction and PCR amplification. Compared to microwave and pressure cooker methods, our protocol showed the following advantages: (1) a better preservation of the morphology; (2) a substantial reduction of tissue detachments from slides; (3) effectiveness on all antibodies tested, including those requiring enzyme digestion or no prior unmasking; (4) higher PCR yields; (5) larger (higher molecular weight) amplified PCR products. Compared to the routine method on untreated tissues, our method consistently produced a comparable quality and quantity of PCR products. Our protocol, however, takes a longer time to yield results.
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- Yan-Gao Man
- Department of Gynecologic and Breast Pathology, Armed Forces Institute of Pathology, and American Registry of Pathology, Washington 20306-6000, USA.
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Jeuken JWM, Sprenger SHE, Wesseling P. Comparative genomic hybridization: practical guidelines. DIAGNOSTIC MOLECULAR PATHOLOGY : THE AMERICAN JOURNAL OF SURGICAL PATHOLOGY, PART B 2002; 11:193-203. [PMID: 12459635 DOI: 10.1097/00019606-200212000-00002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Comparative genomic hybridization (CGH) is a technique used to identify copy number changes throughout a genome. Until now, hundreds of CGH studies have been published reporting chromosomal imbalances in a large variety of human neoplasms. Additionally, technical improvements of specific steps in a CGH experiment and reviews on the technique have appeared. However, full CGH protocols are only occasionally published. In this paper a review of CGH is presented, including technique, pitfalls, and difficulties. Our own protocol is completely described and discussed, including the different optimization experiments used to establish this protocol and points requiring special attention. Although this protocol results in reliable and sensitive CGH experiments in our hands, readers should keep in mind that other laboratories may prefer other protocols. Testing different options, among others, as discussed in the current paper generates the most appropriate protocol. This paper shows the complexity of the CGH technique and may serve as a guideline for starting CGH or as a troubleshooting guide for those who perform CGH.
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- Judith W M Jeuken
- Department of Neurology, University Medical Center Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
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Uneyama C, Shibutani M, Masutomi N, Takagi H, Hirose M. Methacarn fixation for genomic DNA analysis in microdissected, paraffin-embedded tissue specimens. J Histochem Cytochem 2002; 50:1237-45. [PMID: 12185202 DOI: 10.1177/002215540205000911] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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We recently found methacarn to be a versatile fixative for analysis of RNA and protein applicable for microdissected specimens from paraffin-embedded tissue (PET). In this study we investigated the performance of methacarn for genomic DNA analysis using microdissected rat tissues. We found that extensive portions of DNA up to 2.8 kb could be amplified by nested PCR using DNA templates extracted by a simple and rapid extraction procedure from a 1 x 1-mm area of cerebral cortex of a 10-microm-thick section. By nested PCR, a 522-bp fragment from a single cell could be amplified in 20% of cresyl violet-stained Purkinje cells, and the minimal number of cells required, as estimated using hippocampal neurons, was on the order of 10-20. Although tissue staining with hematoxylin and eosin affected the PCR, amplification of a 522-bp fragment was successful, with 150-270 cells by 35 cycles of single-step PCR. Immunostaining resulted in a substantial decrease of yield and degradation of extracted DNA. However, even after immunostaining, a 184-bp DNA fragment could be amplified with 150-270 cells by 35 cycles of PCR. The results thus demonstrate the superior performance of methacarn to that reported with formalin in genomic DNA analysis using microdissected PET specimens.
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- Chikako Uneyama
- Division of Pathology, National Institute of Health Sciences, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo, Japan
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Mellick AS, Day CJ, Weinstein SR, Griffiths LR, Morrison NA. Differential gene expression in breast cancer cell lines and stroma-tumor differences in microdissected breast cancer biopsies revealed by display array analysis. Int J Cancer 2002; 100:172-80. [PMID: 12115566 DOI: 10.1002/ijc.10451] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
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To examine gene-expression patterning in late-stage breast cancer biopsies, we used a microdissection technique to separate tumor from the surrounding breast tissue or stroma. A DD-PCR protocol was then used to amplify expressed products, which were resolved using PAGE and used as probe to hybridize with representative human arrays and cDNA libraries. The probe derived from the tumor-stroma comparison was hybridized with a gene array and an arrayed cDNA library derived from a GCT of bone; 21 known genes or expressed sequence tags were detected, of which 17 showed differential expression. These included factors associated with epithelial to mesenchymal transition (vimentin), the cargo selection protein (TIP47) and the signal transducer and activator of transcription (STAT3). Northern blot analysis was used to confirm those genes also expressed by representative breast cancer cell lines. Notably, 6 genes of unknown function were restricted to tumor while the majority of stroma-associated genes were known. When applied to transformed breast cancer cell lines (MDA-MB-435 and T47D) that are known to have different metastatic potential, DD array analysis revealed a further 20 genes; 17 of these genes showed differential expression. Use of microdissection and the DD-PCR array protocol allowed us to identify factors whose localized expression within the breast may play a role in abnormal breast development or breast carcinogenesis.
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- Albert S Mellick
- Genomics Research Centre, School of Health Science, Gold Coast Campus of Griffith University, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia
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Stoecklein NH, Erbersdobler A, Schmidt-Kittler O, Diebold J, Schardt JA, Izbicki JR, Klein CA. SCOMP is superior to degenerated oligonucleotide primed-polymerase chain reaction for global amplification of minute amounts of DNA from microdissected archival tissue samples. THE AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PATHOLOGY 2002; 161:43-51. [PMID: 12107088 PMCID: PMC1850686 DOI: 10.1016/s0002-9440(10)64155-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 66] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Global genome amplification from formalin-fixed tissues is still problematic when performed with low cell numbers. Here, we tested a recently developed method for whole genome amplification termed "SCOMP" (single cell comparative genomic hybridization) on archival tissues of different ages. We show that the method is very well suited for formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded samples obtained by nuclei extraction or laser microdissection. The polymerase chain reaction (PCR) products can be used for subsequent comparative genomic hybridization, loss of heterozygosity studies, and DNA sequencing. To control for PCR-induced artifacts we amplified genomic DNA isolated from 20 nuclei of archival formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded nonpathological lymph nodes. Subsequent comparative genomic hybridization revealed the expected balanced profiles. For loss of heterozygosity analysis by microsatellite PCR 60 to 160 cells were sufficient. In comparative experiments the approach turned out to be superior to published degenerated oligonucleotide-primed-PCR protocols. The method provides a robust and valuable tool to study very small cell samples, such as the genomes of dysplastic cells or the clonal evolution within heterogeneous tumors.
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- Nikolas H Stoecklein
- Institut für Immunologie, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, München, Germany
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