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Tools used to assay genomic instability in cancers and cancer meiomitosis. J Cell Commun Signal 2021; 16:159-177. [PMID: 34841477 DOI: 10.1007/s12079-021-00661-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/13/2021] [Accepted: 11/21/2021] [Indexed: 10/19/2022] Open
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Genomic instability is a defining characteristic of cancer and the analysis of DNA damage at the chromosome level is a crucial part of the study of carcinogenesis and genotoxicity. Chromosomal instability (CIN), the most common level of genomic instability in cancers, is defined as the rate of loss or gain of chromosomes through successive divisions. As such, DNA in cancer cells is highly unstable. However, the underlying mechanisms remain elusive. There is a debate as to whether instability succeeds transformation, or if it is a by-product of cancer, and therefore, studying potential molecular and cellular contributors of genomic instability is of high importance. Recent work has suggested an important role for ectopic expression of meiosis genes in driving genomic instability via a process called meiomitosis. Improving understanding of these mechanisms can contribute to the development of targeted therapies that exploit DNA damage and repair mechanisms. Here, we discuss a workflow of novel and established techniques used to assess chromosomal instability as well as the nature of genomic instability such as double strand breaks, micronuclei, and chromatin bridges. For each technique, we discuss their advantages and limitations in a lab setting. Lastly, we provide detailed protocols for the discussed techniques.
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Kreidieh M, Mukherji D, Temraz S, Shamseddine A. Expanding the Scope of Immunotherapy in Colorectal Cancer: Current Clinical Approaches and Future Directions. BIOMED RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2020; 2020:9037217. [PMID: 32090113 PMCID: PMC7008242 DOI: 10.1155/2020/9037217] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/26/2019] [Accepted: 08/16/2019] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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The success of immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) in an increasing range of heavily mutated tumor types such as melanoma has culminated in their exploration in different subsets of patients with metastatic colorectal cancer (mCRC). As a result of their dramatic and durable response rates in patients with chemorefractory, mismatch repair-deficient-microsatellite instability-high (dMMR-MSI-H) mCRC, ICIs have become potential alternatives to classical systemic therapies. The anti-programmed death-1 (PD-1) agents, Pembrolizumab and Nivolumab, have been granted FDA approval for this subset of patients. Unfortunately, however, not all CRC cases with the dMMR-MSI-H phenotype respond well to ICIs, and ongoing studies are currently exploring biomarkers that can predict good response to them. Another challenge lies in developing novel treatment strategies for the subset of patients with the mismatch repair-proficient-microsatellite instability-low (pMMR-MSI-L) phenotype that comprises 95% of all mCRC cases in whom treatment with currently approved ICIs has been largely unsuccessful. Approaches aiming at overcoming the resistance of tumors in this subset of patients are being developed including combining different checkpoint inhibitors with either chemotherapy, anti-angiogenic agents, cancer vaccines, adoptive cell transfer (ACT), or bispecific T-cell (BTC) antibodies. This review describes the rationale behind using immunotherapeutics in CRC. It sheds light on the progress made in the use of immunotherapy in the treatment of patients with dMMR-MSI-H CRC. It also discusses emerging approaches and proposes potential strategies for targeting the immune microenvironment in patients with pMMR-MSI-L CRC tumors in an attempt to complement immune checkpoint inhibition.
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- Malek Kreidieh
- Division of Hematology and Oncology, Department of Internal Medicine, American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon
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- Division of Hematology and Oncology, Department of Internal Medicine, American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon
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- Division of Hematology and Oncology, Department of Internal Medicine, American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon
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- Division of Hematology and Oncology, Department of Internal Medicine, American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon
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Zhang SY, Zhang SQ, Nagaraju GP, El-Rayes BF. Biomarkers for personalized medicine in GI cancers. Mol Aspects Med 2015; 45:14-27. [DOI: 10.1016/j.mam.2015.06.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/27/2015] [Accepted: 06/02/2015] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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PTPLAD2 is a tumor suppressor in esophageal squamous cell carcinogenesis. FEBS Lett 2014; 588:981-9. [DOI: 10.1016/j.febslet.2014.01.058] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/15/2013] [Revised: 01/27/2014] [Accepted: 01/30/2014] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Distribution of residual cancer cells in the bowel wall after neoadjuvant chemoradiation in patients with rectal cancer. Dis Colon Rectum 2013; 56:142-9. [PMID: 23303141 PMCID: PMC4674069 DOI: 10.1097/dcr.0b013e31827541e2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 74] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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BACKGROUND The standard treatment for locally advanced rectal cancer is preoperative chemoradiation and total mesorectal excision. After surgery, tumors are classified according to the depth of tumor invasion, nodal involvement, and tumor regression grade. However, these staging systems do not provide information about the distribution of residual cancer cells within the bowel wall. OBJECTIVE This study aimed to determine the distribution of residual cancer cells in each layer of the bowel wall in rectal cancer specimens. DESIGN This was a secondary analysis of data from a prospective phase II study. SETTING This study was performed in a multi-institutional setting. PATIENTS Included were 153 patients with stage II or stage III rectal cancer. INTERVENTIONS Patients were treated with chemoradiation and surgery. The surgical specimen tumor tissue was analyzed, and the distribution of residual cancer cells in each layer of the bowel wall was determined. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES Statistical analysis was used to examine the correlation of residual cancer cells in each layer of the bowel wall with the clinical/pathologic stage and tumor regression grade. RESULTS Forty-two of 153 (27%) patients had complete response in the bowel wall (ypT0). Of the remaining 111 patients who had residual cancer cells, 5 (3%) were ypTis, 12 (8%) were ypT1, 41 (27%) were ypT2, 50 (33%) were ypT3, and 3 (2%) were ypT4. Of the 94 patients with ypT2-4 tumors, 12 (13%) had cancer cells in the mucosa, and 53 (56%) had cancer cells in the submucosa; 92 (98%) had cancer cells in the muscularis propria. Pretreatment cT correlated with the distribution of residual cancer cells. Tumor regression grade was not associated with the distribution of residual cancer cells after chemoradiation. LIMITATIONS : Patients received different chemotherapy regimens. CONCLUSIONS Residual cancer cells in rectal cancer specimens after chemoradiation are preferentially located close to the invasive front. This should be considered when designing strategies to diagnose complete pathologic response and when investigating the mechanisms of tumor resistance to chemoradiation.
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Wang W, Wang GQ, Sun XW, Chen G, Li YF, Zhang LY, Qiu HB, Huang CY, Zhan YQ, Zhou ZW. Prognostic values of chromosome 18q microsatellite alterations in stage II colonic carcinoma. World J Gastroenterol 2010; 16:6026-34. [PMID: 21157981 PMCID: PMC3007106 DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v16.i47.6026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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AIM: To investigate the prognostic value of chromosome 18q microsatellite alterations (MA) in stage II colon cancer.
METHODS: One hundred and six patients with sporadic stage II colon cancer were enrolled in this study. DNA was extracted from formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded tumor and adjacent normal mucosal tissue samples. MA, including loss of heterozygosity (LOH) and microsatellite instability (MSI), was analyzed by polymerase chain reaction, polyacrylamide gel-electrophoresis and DNA sequencing at 5 microsatellite loci on chromosome 18q (D18S474, D18S55, D18S58, D18S61 and D18S64).
RESULTS: Among the 102 patients eligible for MA information, the overall frequencies of LOH, high and low frequency MSI/microsatellite stable were 49.0%, 17.6% and 82.4%, respectively. The high frequency of 18q-LOH was significantly associated with the poor 5-year overall survival (OS) (P = 0.008) and disease free survival (P = 0.006). High levels of MSI were significantly associated with a longer 5-year OS (P = 0.045) while the higher frequency of 18q-LOH at the loci of D18S474 and D18S61 was significantly associated with a poorer 5-year OS (P = 0.010 and 0.005, respectively). But multivariate analysis showed that only the frequency of 18q-LOH was significantly associated with the prognosis of the disease.
CONCLUSION: High frequency of 18q-LOH is an independent prognostic factor indicating poor prognosis of the patients with stage II colon cancer.
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Knutsen T, Padilla-Nash HM, Wangsa D, Barenboim-Stapleton L, Camps J, McNeil N, Difilippantonio MJ, Ried T. Definitive molecular cytogenetic characterization of 15 colorectal cancer cell lines. Genes Chromosomes Cancer 2010; 49:204-23. [PMID: 19927377 DOI: 10.1002/gcc.20730] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
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In defining the genetic profiles in cancer, cytogenetically aberrant cell lines derived from primary tumors are important tools for the study of carcinogenesis. Here, we present the results of a comprehensive investigation of 15 established colorectal cancer cell lines using spectral karyotyping (SKY), fluorescence in situ hybridization, and comparative genomic hybridization (CGH). Detailed karyotypic analysis by SKY on five of the lines (P53HCT116, T84, NCI-H508, NCI-H716, and SK-CO-1) is described here for the first time. The five lines with karyotypes in the diploid range and that are characterized by defects in DNA mismatch repair had a mean of 4.8 chromosomal abnormalities per line, whereas the 10 aneuploid lines exhibited complex karyotypes and a mean of 30 chromosomal abnormalities. Of the 150 clonal translocations, only eight were balanced and none were recurrent among the lines. We also reviewed the karyotypes of 345 cases of adenocarcinoma of the large intestine listed in the Mitelman Database of Chromosome Aberrations in Cancer. The types of abnormalities observed in the cell lines reflected those seen in primary tumors: there were no recurrent translocations in either tumors or cell lines; isochromosomes were the most common recurrent abnormalities; and breakpoints occurred most frequently at the centromeric/pericentromeric and telomere regions. Of the genomic imbalances detected by array CGH, 87% correlated with chromosome aberrations observed in the SKY studies. The fact that chromosome abnormalities predominantly result in copy number changes rather than specific chromosome or gene fusions suggests that this may be the major mechanism leading to carcinogenesis in colorectal cancer.
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- Turid Knutsen
- Section of Cancer Genomics, Genetics Branch, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD 20892-8010, USA.
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Edwards PAW. Fusion genes and chromosome translocations in the common epithelial cancers. J Pathol 2010; 220:244-54. [PMID: 19921709 DOI: 10.1002/path.2632] [Citation(s) in RCA: 88] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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It has been known for 25 years that fusion genes play a central role in leukaemias and sarcomas but they have been neglected in the common carcinomas, largely because of technical limitations of cytogenetics. In the last few years it has emerged that gene fusions, caused by chromosome translocations, inversions, deletions, etc., are important in the common epithelial cancers, such as prostate and lung carcinoma. Most prostate cancers, for example, have an androgen-regulated fusion of one of the ETS transcription factor gene family. Early results of genome-wide searches for gene fusions in breast and other epithelial cancers suggest that most individual tumours will have several fused genes. Fusion genes are exceptionally powerful mutations. In their simplest form they can turn on expression by promoter insertion but they can also, for example, force dimerization of a protein or change its subcellular location. They are correspondingly important clinically, in classification and management and as targets for therapy. This review surveys what we know of fusion genes in the carcinomas, summarizes the technical advances that now make it possible to search systematically for such genes, and concludes by putting fusion genes into the current picture of mutation in cancers.
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- Paul A W Edwards
- Department of Pathology and Hutchison/MRC Research Centre, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 0XZ, UK.
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Huebner C, Petermann I, Lam WJ, Shelling AN, Ferguson LR. Characterization of single-nucleotide polymorphisms relevant to inflammatory bowel disease in commonly used gastrointestinal cell lines. Inflamm Bowel Dis 2010; 16:282-95. [PMID: 19653290 DOI: 10.1002/ibd.21043] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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BACKGROUND The era of genome-wide association studies (GWAS) has led to the identification of many inflammatory bowel disease (IBD)-associated single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) with unknown function. The next step would be to identify the functional consequences of these polymorphisms in order to target them efficiently for therapeutic purposes. One way to study this type of genetic variation is the use of cell line models. However, to characterize the functional effect of a SNP, it is important to know if the selected cell line model itself carries the studied genetic variation. Here, we genotyped 50 IBD markers across 32 susceptibility genes in 9 commonly used gastrointestinal cell lines. METHODS We used Sequenom, TaqMan, and DNA sequencing for the genotyping. To determine the expression profile of the selected genes, we conducted real-time RT-PCR. RESULTS We found variant SNPs in all analyzed cell lines. Almost every minor allele was carried by at least one of the tested cell lines. We analyzed the effect of 4 SNPs in more detail using quantitative real-time RT-PCR (qRT-PCR) comprising genes ATG16L1, CD14, MDR1, and OCTN2. According to our data, only 2 of the commonly studied SNPs in MDR1 and CD14 have an impact on gene expression. CONCLUSIONS We have identified genotype variants in all analyzed cell lines. Some of them are functional and alter the response to drugs (MDR1) or affect bacterial recognition (TLR4, NOD2). Our results highlight that the genotype should not be neglected in experimental design when using model cell lines.
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- Claudia Huebner
- Discipline of Nutrition, FM&HS, The University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand.
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Wilting SM, Steenbergen RD, Tijssen M, van Wieringen WN, Helmerhorst TJ, van Kemenade FJ, Bleeker MC, van de Wiel MA, Carvalho B, Meijer GA, Ylstra B, Meijer CJ, Snijders PJ. Chromosomal Signatures of a Subset of High-Grade Premalignant Cervical Lesions Closely Resemble Invasive Carcinomas. Cancer Res 2009; 69:647-55. [DOI: 10.1158/0008-5472.can-08-2478] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Frecuencias de las pérdidas de heterocigocidad en la región que codifica para HLA en biopsias de pacientes con cáncer de cuello uterino. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2009. [DOI: 10.1016/s0123-9015(09)70118-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Subtle genomic alterations and genomic instability revealed in diploid cancer cell lines. Cancer Lett 2008; 267:49-54. [DOI: 10.1016/j.canlet.2008.03.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/21/2007] [Revised: 02/27/2008] [Accepted: 03/03/2008] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Howarth KD, Blood KA, Ng BL, Beavis JC, Chua Y, Cooke SL, Raby S, Ichimura K, Collins VP, Carter NP, Edwards PAW. Array painting reveals a high frequency of balanced translocations in breast cancer cell lines that break in cancer-relevant genes. Oncogene 2008; 27:3345-59. [PMID: 18084325 PMCID: PMC2423006 DOI: 10.1038/sj.onc.1210993] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/17/2007] [Revised: 11/13/2007] [Accepted: 11/15/2007] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Chromosome translocations in the common epithelial cancers are abundant, yet little is known about them. They have been thought to be almost all unbalanced and therefore dismissed as mostly mediating tumour suppressor loss. We present a comprehensive analysis by array painting of the chromosome translocations of breast cancer cell lines HCC1806, HCC1187 and ZR-75-30. In array painting, chromosomes are isolated by flow cytometry, amplified and hybridized to DNA microarrays. A total of 200 breakpoints were identified and all were mapped to 1 Mb resolution on bacterial artificial chromosome (BAC) arrays, then 40 selected breakpoints, including all balanced breakpoints, were further mapped on tiling-path BAC arrays or to around 2 kb resolution using oligonucleotide arrays. Many more of the translocations were balanced at 1 Mb resolution than expected, either reciprocal (eight in total) or balanced for at least one participating chromosome (19 paired breakpoints). Second, many of the breakpoints were at genes that are plausible targets of oncogenic translocation, including balanced breaks at CTCF, EP300/p300 and FOXP4. Two gene fusions were demonstrated, TAX1BP1-AHCY and RIF1-PKD1L1. Our results support the idea that chromosome rearrangements may play an important role in common epithelial cancers such as breast cancer.
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- KD Howarth
- Hutchison-MRC Research Centre, Department of Pathology, University of Cambridge, Hills Road, Cambridge CB2 0XZ, U.K
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- Hutchison-MRC Research Centre, Department of Pathology, University of Cambridge, Hills Road, Cambridge CB2 0XZ, U.K
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- Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Hinxton, Cambridge, U.K
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- Hutchison-MRC Research Centre, Department of Pathology, University of Cambridge, Hills Road, Cambridge CB2 0XZ, U.K
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- Hutchison-MRC Research Centre, Department of Pathology, University of Cambridge, Hills Road, Cambridge CB2 0XZ, U.K
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- Hutchison-MRC Research Centre, Department of Pathology, University of Cambridge, Hills Road, Cambridge CB2 0XZ, U.K
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- Hutchison-MRC Research Centre, Department of Pathology, University of Cambridge, Hills Road, Cambridge CB2 0XZ, U.K
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- Division of Molecular Histopathology, Department of Pathology, University of Cambridge, Box 231 Addenbrookes Hospital, Hills Road, Cambridge, U.K
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- Division of Molecular Histopathology, Department of Pathology, University of Cambridge, Box 231 Addenbrookes Hospital, Hills Road, Cambridge, U.K
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- Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Hinxton, Cambridge, U.K
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- Hutchison-MRC Research Centre, Department of Pathology, University of Cambridge, Hills Road, Cambridge CB2 0XZ, U.K
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Quignon F, Rozier L, Lachages AM, Bieth A, Simili M, Debatisse M. Sustained mitotic block elicits DNA breaks: one-step alteration of ploidy and chromosome integrity in mammalian cells. Oncogene 2006; 26:165-72. [PMID: 16832348 DOI: 10.1038/sj.onc.1209787] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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Following prolonged mitotic spindle disruption by microtubule poisons, mammalian cells delay their entry into anaphase, then progressively slip out of mitosis and become tetraploid. Normal cells then stop cycling before S-phase onset, but the mechanisms underlying this arrest are still unclear. Here we show that a double block prevents endo-reduplication. First, cells that exit mitosis without a functional microtubule network are driven toward G0. Reconstitution of the network unmasks a second block that relies on DNA double-strand breaks occurring early in the G1 phase that follows the mitotic block. We propose that a stress signal elicited upon mitotic impairment triggers breakage, which couples the leaky spindle checkpoint to the stringent DNA damage response. Consistent with this finding, cells defective for the damage response continue cycling and acquire, within a single cell cycle, both chromosome rearrangements and abnormal chromosome numbers that remarkably mimic the complex genetic hallmark of tumorigenesis.
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- F Quignon
- Institut Curie, Université Pierre et Marie Curie-Paris 6, CNRS UMR 7147, 26 Rue d'Ulm, 75248, Paris Cédex 05, France
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Pole JCM, Courtay-Cahen C, Garcia MJ, Blood KA, Cooke SL, Alsop AE, Tse DML, Caldas C, Edwards PAW. High-resolution analysis of chromosome rearrangements on 8p in breast, colon and pancreatic cancer reveals a complex pattern of loss, gain and translocation. Oncogene 2006; 25:5693-706. [PMID: 16636668 DOI: 10.1038/sj.onc.1209570] [Citation(s) in RCA: 73] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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The short arm of chromosome 8, 8p, is often rearranged in carcinomas, typically showing distal loss by unbalanced translocation. We analysed 8p rearrangements in 48 breast, pancreatic and colon cancer cell lines by fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) and array comparative genomic hybridization, with a tiling path of 0.2 Mb resolution over 8p12 and 1 Mb resolution over chromosome 8. Selected breast lines (MDA-MB-134, MDA-MB-175, MDA-MB-361, T-47D and ZR-75-1) were analysed further. Most cell lines showed loss of 8p distal to a break that was between 31 Mb (5' to NRG1) and the centromere, but the translocations were accompanied by variable amplifications, deletions and inversions proximal to this break. The 8p12 translocation in T-47D was flanked by an inversion of 4 Mb, with a 100 kb deletion at the proximal end. The dicentric t(8;11) in ZR-75-1 carries multiple rearrangements including interstitial deletions, a triplicated translocation junction between NRG1 and a fragment of 11q (unconnected to CCND1), and two separate amplifications, of FGFR1 and CCND1 . We conclude that if there is a tumour suppressor gene on 8p it may be near 31 Mb, for example WRN; but the complexity of 8p rearrangements suggests that they target various genes proximal to 31 Mb including NRG1 and the amplicon centred around ZNF703/FLJ14299.
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- J C M Pole
- Cancer Genomics Program, Department of Pathology, University of Cambridge, Hutchison/MRC Research Centre, Cambridge, UK
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Chang SC, Lin JK, Yang SH, Wang HS, Li AFY, Chi CW. Relationship between genetic alterations and prognosis in sporadic colorectal cancer. Int J Cancer 2006; 118:1721-7. [PMID: 16231316 DOI: 10.1002/ijc.21563] [Citation(s) in RCA: 84] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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Because chromosomal chromosomal instability (CIN) and microsatellite instability (MSI) are important genetic alterations in colorectal cancers, we classified the sporadic colorectal cancers (CRC) on the status of the CIN and MSI and explored their molecular profiles. A total of 213 colorectal tumors were collected for analysis of DNA ploidy, MSI, loss of heterozygosity (LOH), mutation of p53 (exons 5 to 9), Ki-ras (exons 1 and 2) and BRAF (V599E). Relationships between clinicopathological variables and molecular analyses were analyzed with the chi(2) test (Yates' correction). Kaplan-Meier survival curves were compared using log-rank test. Variables with p < 0.1 were entered into the Cox regression hazard model for multivariate analysis. High microsatellite instability (MSI-H) existed in 19 tumors (8.9%), which were more likely to be right-sided (31.6%) with poor differentiation (26.3%). Seventy-one (33.3%) tumors were diploid and 142 (66.7%) were aneuploid. Mutations in p53, Ki-ras and BRAF were found in 45.1%, 41.8% and 4.2% of tumors, respectively. Based on MSI, and CIN, 3 classes were defined: (i) High microsatellite instability MSI-H tumors: young age, high carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA) level, right colon, poorly differentiated, mucin production, high BRAF mutation, lower allelic loss and relatively good prognosis; (ii) Microsatellite stability (MSS) diploid tumors: right colon, poorly differentiated, less infiltrative tumor, mucin production, lower allelic loss and low p53, BRAF mutation; (iii) MSS aneuploid tumors: more infiltrative invasion, greater allelic loss and high p53 mutation. According to multivariate analysis, tumor stage and p53 mutation were significantly associated with disease progression. The MSS diploid and MSS aneuploid CRCs could be subtyped with p53 mutation and had different prognostic outcome and molecular profiles. The 4-year disease-free survival (DFS) of patients with MSS-diploid, wild-type p53 tumors was 67% and significantly higher than those of patients with MSS-diploid, mutant p53 CRC (30%, p = 0.003). The same trend was found in patients with MSS-aneuploid CRC(wild p53 vs. mutant p53, 64% vs. 41%, p = 0.009). We concluded that CIN, MSI and p53 mutation status might be used as a multiple parameter profile for the prognosis of sporadic colorectal cancer.
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- Shih-Ching Chang
- Institute of Clinical Medicine, School of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China
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Masramon L, Vendrell E, Tarafa G, Capellà G, Miró R, Ribas M, Peinado MA. Genetic instability and divergence of clonal populations in colon cancer cells in vitro. J Cell Sci 2006; 119:1477-82. [PMID: 16551697 DOI: 10.1242/jcs.02871] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023] Open
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The accumulation of multiple chromosomal abnormalities is a characteristic of the majority of colorectal cancers and has been attributed to an underlying chromosomal instability. Genetic instability is considered to have a key role in the generation of genetic and phenotypic heterogeneity in cancer cells. To shed light on the dynamics of chromosomal instability in colon cancer cells, we have analyzed genetic divergence in clonal and subclonal derivates of chromosomally unstable (SW480) and stable (HCT116, LoVo) cell lines. Conventional G-banding karyotyping and arbitrarily primed PCR (AP-PCR) fingerprinting were used to calculate genetic distances among clones and parental cells, and to trace tree-type phylogenies among individual cells and clonal cell populations. SW480 cells showed enhanced karyotypic heterogeneity in clones as compared with parental cells. Moreover, genetic clonal divergence was also increased after two consecutive episodes of single-cell cloning, demonstrating that the homogeneity induced by the bottleneck of cloning is disrupted by genetic instability during clonal expansion and, as a consequence, heterogeneity is restored. These results demonstrate genetic drift in clonal populations originated from isolated cells. The generated cell heterogeneity coupled with selection provides the grounds for the reported feasibility of pre-neoplastic and neoplastic cells to generate new phenotypic variants with increased evolutionary potential.
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- Laia Masramon
- IDIBELL-Institut de Recerca Oncològica, L'Hospitalet, 08907 Barcelona, Spain
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Alsop AE, Teschendorff AE, Edwards PAW. Distribution of breakpoints on chromosome 18 in breast, colorectal, and pancreatic carcinoma cell lines. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2006; 164:97-109. [PMID: 16434311 DOI: 10.1016/j.cancergencyto.2005.09.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/08/2005] [Revised: 09/20/2005] [Accepted: 09/22/2005] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Chromosome 18 is frequently rearranged in carcinomas. We explored the distribution of breakpoints affecting chromosome 18 by mapping 56 breakpoints in 26 carcinoma cell lines by fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) using bacterial artificial chromosomes (BACs) and band paints. The distribution of breaks among 18 intervals of chromosome 18 was significantly nonrandom. The interval spanning the centromere contained the greatest number of breaks and had the highest average copy number of any interval. There was a high density of breaks close to the centromere as well as actually within the centromere. A cluster of breaks encompassing SMAD4 was associated with the minimum average copy number, consistent with SMAD4 being a tumor suppressor gene. There may be another cluster of breaks around 18q12. We offer two interpretations of the concentration of breaks near the centromere. It may reflect selection for an oncogene near the centromere, or there may be an underlying bias of breakage toward the centromere. We show that the latter is predicted by a simple model that invokes random breakage following anchorage of some random point on the chromosome, or selection of breaks proximal to one of several tumor suppressor genes.
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- Amber E Alsop
- Cancer Genomics Program, Hutchison-MRC Research Centre, Department of Pathology and Oncology, University of Cambridge, Hills Road, Cambridge CB2 2XZ, United Kingdom
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Kim MS, Kim SH, Kim HJ, Hoang IN, Oh WM, Koh JT, Park HO, Jeong JY, Kim WJ, Lee EJ, Koh JY, Kim BY, Jensen RH. Characterization of the TSU-PR1 cell line by chromosome painting and flow cytometry. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2006; 163:17-22. [PMID: 16271951 DOI: 10.1016/j.cancergencyto.2005.04.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/11/2005] [Revised: 04/07/2005] [Accepted: 04/08/2005] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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TSU-PR1 was originally reported as a prostatic carcinoma cell line derived from a lymph node metastasis. Recently, however, this cell line was reported to be derived from T24 bladder carcinoma cells, and thus further definition of its origin is needed. Conventional cytogenetic study of TSU-PR1 showed aneuploidy, ranging from 65 to 86 chromosome with a modal number of 80, and with 10 marker chromosomes, thus conventional cytogenetics cannot be used to determine which chromosomes or regions of chromosomes are critical in cancer development and progression of this cell line. The present study was conducted to characterize genetic changes of the cell line using comparative genomic hybridization (CGH), fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH), and flow cytometry. CGH results showed that green-to-red fluorescence ratios were within the range of 0.85-1.15, except for a few chromosomes, which reflected near tetraploidy in TSU-PR1. Flow cytometric analysis of TSU-PR1 revealed a DNA index of 3.46n, which is close to the 3.48n calculated from a modal number of 80. The copy numbers of chromosomes 4, 6, 7, 17, and 20 determined by the DNA index and the CGH analyses were 2.85 +/- 0.09, 3.22 +/- 0.77, 3.01 +/- 0.26, 4.05 +/- 0.44, and 4.99 +/- 0.48, respectively. These numbers are also in accordance with the chromosome copy numbers determined with FISH: 2.98 +/- 0.23, 2.91 +/- 0.44, 2.74 +/- 0.44, 3.93 +/- 0.38, and 5.05 +/- 0.78 for chromosomes 4, 6, 7, 17, and 20, respectively (P > 0.05).
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- M S Kim
- Dental Science Research Institute, Department of Oral Anatomy, School of Dentistry, Chonnam National University, Yongbongdong, Gwangju 500-757, Republic of Korea
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Grigorova M, Lyman RC, Caldas C, Edwards PAW. Chromosome abnormalities in 10 lung cancer cell lines of the NCI-H series analyzed with spectral karyotyping. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2005; 162:1-9. [PMID: 16157194 DOI: 10.1016/j.cancergencyto.2005.03.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/27/2004] [Revised: 03/01/2005] [Accepted: 03/04/2005] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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The karyotypes of 10 lung cancer cell lines of the NCI-H series were analyzed with spectral karyotyping (SKY): 7 non-small lung cancer (NSCLC) lines and 3 small cell lung cancer (SCLC) lines. Modal chromosome number ranged from 42 (NCI-H2171) to 72 (NCI-H2126). All lines showed at least six structural abnormalities, and most had amplifications visible as double minutes or homogeneously staining regions (HSRs). Four reciprocal translocations were found: t(1;17)(p10;p10) in NCI-H82, t(3;6)(q24;q21) and t(12;17)(p10;p10) in NCI-H2009, and a complex t(2;6) in NCI-H1437. NCI-H1770 had a striking HSR containing many copies of the NMYC region. Karyotypes showed a wide range of relationship between numerical and structural change. Two of the lines showed little numerical change but many structural rearrangements (NCI-H209 with mode 46, but 12 rearrangements, and NCI-H2009 with mode 48 but 27 rearrangements). A second group had karyotypes that appeared to have evolved by unbalanced translocation leading to proportionate loss of chromosomes, with or without endoreduplication. In other lines, notably NCI-H2122, the structurally abnormal chromosomes appeared to have been added to a near-diploid karyotype. The karyotypes contribute to a full genomic characterization of these lines, almost all of which have matching normal lymphoblastoid cell lines.
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- Mira Grigorova
- Cancer Genomics Program, Hutchison-MRC Research Centre, Departments of Pathology and Oncology, University of Cambridge, Hills Road, Cambridge CB2 2XZ, UK
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Raut CP, Pawlik TM, Rodriguez-Bigas MA. Clinicopathologic features in colorectal cancer patients with microsatellite instability. Mutat Res 2005; 568:275-82. [PMID: 15542114 DOI: 10.1016/j.mrfmmm.2004.05.025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 66] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/29/2003] [Accepted: 05/09/2004] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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The microsatellite instability (MSI) mutational pathway is critical to carcinogenesis in a small but significant proportion of colorectal cancers. While MSI is identified in most cancers in individuals with hereditary non-polyposis colorectal cancer, the majority of MSI tumors are found in individuals with sporadic disease. Colorectal cancers arising as a result of MSI have distinct clinicopathologic features distinguishing them from those with microsatellite stability. MSI colorectal cancers affect a larger percentage of women, are usually localized proximal to the splenic flexure, and have a higher incidence of synchronous and metachronous tumors. They are associated with a mucinous histology, tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes, a Crohn's-like inflammatory response, and a higher grade but lower stage. Overall survival is better in individuals with MSI. The benefit of chemotherapy in MSI colorectal cancers, with and without lymph node metastases, remains unclear.
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- Chandrajit P Raut
- Department of Surgical Oncology, The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX 77030, USA
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Morales C, Ribas M, Aiza G, Peinado MA. Genetic determinants of methotrexate responsiveness and resistance in colon cancer cells. Oncogene 2005; 24:6842-7. [PMID: 16007155 DOI: 10.1038/sj.onc.1208834] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Alternative genetic pathways characterized by specific genetic profiles and exhibiting distinctive biological and clinical features have been proposed in colorectal carcinogenesis. Methotrexate (MTX) is a potent inhibitor of the dihydrofolate reductase (DHFR) enzyme, which is essential for DNA synthesis and cell growth. We have evaluated the association between different genetic features and the capacity to develop MTX resistance in colon cancer cell lines representative of alternative genetic pathways. Three aneuploid cell lines (HT-29, SW480, and SK-CO-1) showed pre-existing amplifications, but only one (HT-29) developed MTX resistance, showing amplification of the DHFR gene at 5q12-14 (>20-fold amplification and presence of extrachromosomal double minutes). Failure to develop resistance was attributed to the absence of two complete chromosomes 5 in SW480 and SK-CO-1 cells. Four near-diploid cell lines (LoVo, HCT116, DLD-1 and KM12C) and two aneuploid KM12C-derived metastases (KM12SM and KM12L4A) developed MTX resistance but none exhibited DHFR amplification. All resistant cells without DHFR gene amplification showed microsatellite instability. We conclude that chemoresistance capacity and the mechanism of chemoresistance are related with the genetic pathway and the karyotypic features of colon cancer cells.
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- Cristina Morales
- IDIBELL-Institut de Recerca Oncològica, Granvia km 2,7, L'Hospitalet, 08907 Barcelona, Spain
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Vendrell E, Morales C, Risques RA, Capellà G, Peinado MA. Genomic determinants of prognosis in colorectal cancer. Cancer Lett 2005; 221:1-9. [PMID: 15797621 DOI: 10.1016/j.canlet.2004.08.023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/20/2004] [Accepted: 08/26/2004] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Colorectal cancer progression is characterized by the sequential acquisition of multiple genetic aberrations. Insights into the biology of cancer cell and the development of novel methodologies have open a new frontier in the search of independent molecular factors to better predict outcome. Besides the generation of a large list of candidate markers, their applicability in routine clinical settings has been hindered by the heterogeneity of the disease. The analysis of cumulated genetic damage offers a more comprehensive measure of the cancer cell's genomic disruption and appears as a gauge of malignant potential. The prognostic application of different determinants of genomic damage is reviewed.
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- Elisenda Vendrell
- IDIBELL-Institut de Recerca Oncològica, Hospital Duran i Reynals, Granvia km 2,7, L'Hospitalet, Barcelona 08907, Spain
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Abdel-Rahman WM, Lohi H, Knuutila S, Peltomäki P. Restoring mismatch repair does not stop the formation of reciprocal translocations in the colon cancer cell line HCA7 but further destabilizes chromosome number. Oncogene 2005; 24:706-13. [PMID: 15580308 DOI: 10.1038/sj.onc.1208129] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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An important anticarcinogenic function of the mismatch repair (MMR) system is its role in preventing recombination between similar, but nonidentical (homeologous) sequences, thus preventing chromosomal rearrangements. We recently identified a novel chromosomal instability (CIN) phenotype in an MMR defective colon cancer cell line (HCA7) characterized by an ongoing tendency to multiple reciprocal chromosomal translocations. To analyse the relation between MMR and chromosomal changes more closely, the HCA7 stem clone was divided into three stocks. The first was stably transfected with MLH1 expression plasmid, the second was regularly exposed to the demethylating agent 5-azacytidin to re-express the hypermethylated MLH1 gene, and the third was an unmanipulated control stock. All stocks were propagated in vitro for 55-80 passages and, furthermore, some of the early passages were irradiated to induce DNA double-strand breaks. Multiplex-fluorescent in situ hybridization (M-FISH) analysis showed that all three stocks acquired varying numbers of reciprocal translocations and other structural changes at some point. Interestingly, the control stock, which is MMR defective, maintained its numerical chromosomal stability, while some of the MMR-proficient clones showed additional numerical instability. Although the control stock was less sensitive to irradiation, its surviving clones showed marked stability of chromosome structure and number compared to the MMR-competent stocks. These results show that restoring MMR does not prevent the development of reciprocal translocations but rather predisposes cells to numerical CIN after irradiation. Thus, the accumulating data suggest that MMR defect may not be necessary for the development of reciprocal chromosomal translocations but might be permissive.
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Gatalica Z, Velagaleti G, Kuivaniemi H, Tromp G, Palazzo J, Graves KM, Guigneaux M, Wood T, Sinha M, Luxon B. Gene expression profile of an adenomyoepithelioma of the breast with a reciprocal translocation involving chromosomes 8 and 16. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2005; 156:14-22. [PMID: 15588851 DOI: 10.1016/j.cancergencyto.2004.04.024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/21/2004] [Revised: 04/28/2004] [Accepted: 04/29/2004] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Myoepithelium is an integral part of the mammary ductal and lobular architecture, positioned between luminal cells and the basement membrane. We describe the first report on cytogenetic findings in an adenomyoepithelioma of the breast with a balanced t(8;16)(p23;q21), and provide gene expression profile using Affymetrix GeneChip U95AV2 (Affymetrix, Santa Clara, CA). Differential analysis identified 857 genes with 2-fold or more mRNA change in comparison to pooled normal breast control; immunohistochemical analysis was used to confirm these results in a limited number of genes. Expression results were grouped based on the chromosomal location of the genes and associated protein function, and identified several potential pathogenetic mechanisms (autocrine and paracrine growth stimuli) in the development of myoepithelial tumors.
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- Zoran Gatalica
- Department of Pathology, Creighton University School of Medicine, 601 North 30th Street, Omaha, NE 68131-2197.
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Adams J, Williams SV, Aveyard JS, Knowles MA. Loss of Heterozygosity Analysis and DNA Copy Number Measurement on 8p in Bladder Cancer Reveals Two Mechanisms of Allelic Loss. Cancer Res 2005. [DOI: 10.1158/0008-5472.66.65.1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Many epithelial tumors show deletion of the short arm of chromosome 8 that is related to aggressive disease or adverse prognosis. In undissected samples of urothelial cell carcinoma of the bladder, at least two regions of loss of heterozygosity (LOH) were identified previously within a small region of 8p11-p12. LOH analysis on a panel of pure tumor DNA samples confirmed this and identified tumors with allelic imbalance, some with clear breakpoints in 8p12. This suggests either that these samples contained genetically distinct subclones or that breakpoints in 8p12 may confer a selective advantage without LOH. To assess the mechanism of LOH and to map breakpoints precisely, a panel of bladder cancer cell lines was examined. Microsatellite analysis of 8p markers identified regions of contiguous homozygosity that coincided with regions of LOH in tumors. Fluorescence in situ hybridization analysis was carried out on seven cell lines predicted to have 8p LOH using a chromosome 8 paint, a chromosome 8 centromeric probe, and a series of single-copy genomic probes. This revealed overall underrepresentation of 8p and overrepresentation of 8q. Several breakpoints and one interstitial deletion were identified in 8p12. Two cell lines with extensive interstitial regions of homozygosity showed no reduction in DNA copy number by fluorescence in situ hybridization analysis, indicating that, in addition to large deletions and rearrangements of 8p, small regions of interstitial LOH on 8p12 may be generated by mitotic recombination. This implicates both major DNA double-strand break repair mechanisms in the generation of 8p alterations.
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- Jacqui Adams
- Cancer Research UK Clinical Centre, St. James' University Hospital, Leeds, United Kingdom
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- Cancer Research UK Clinical Centre, St. James' University Hospital, Leeds, United Kingdom
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- Cancer Research UK Clinical Centre, St. James' University Hospital, Leeds, United Kingdom
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- Cancer Research UK Clinical Centre, St. James' University Hospital, Leeds, United Kingdom
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Sarli L, Bottarelli L, Bader G, Iusco D, Pizzi S, Costi R, D'Adda T, Bertolani M, Roncoroni L, Bordi C. Association between recurrence of sporadic colorectal cancer, high level of microsatellite instability, and loss of heterozygosity at chromosome 18q. Dis Colon Rectum 2004; 47:1467-82. [PMID: 15486743 DOI: 10.1007/s10350-004-0628-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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PURPOSE Microsatellite instability and loss of heterozygosity of chromosomes 18q, 8p, and 4p are genetic alterations commonly found in colorectal cancer. We investigated whether these genetic markers allow for the stratification of patients with Stage II to III colorectal cancer into groups with different recurrence risks, and with different prognoses. METHODS Tumors of 113 patients were evaluated for loss of heterozygosity of chromosomes 18q, 8p, and 4p and for microsatellite instability by use of six microsatellite markers. Genetic alterations involving each of these genetic markers were examined for association with disease recurrences and survival. RESULTS Loss of heterozygosity of chromosomes 18q, informative in 96 percent of cases, in Stage III tumors was associated with higher risk of overall recurrence ( P< 0.001), local recurrence ( P< 0.001), distant metastases ( P< 0.001), decreased overall survival ( P= 0.002), and disease-free survival ( P< 0.001). The recurrence rates and survival rates among patients with Stage II colorectal cancer were independent of loss of heterozygosity of chromosome 18q. Stage III and loss of heterozygosity of chromosome 8p also were associated with a higher risk of recurrences when these factors were considered individually. In multivariate analysis, only loss of heterozygosity of chromosome 18q was independently associated with risk of recurrences ( P < 0.001) and with disease-free survival ( P= 0.001). No correlation was observed between microsatellite instability and recurrence rates. However, microsatellite instability was associated with improved overall survival ( P= 0.04) and with a longer disease-free interval ( P= 0.002). Only in five cases (16.7 percent) was it possible to perform resection of recurrences; two of these patients had microsatellite instability tumor. In no cases was it possible to resect recurrence of tumors with loss of heterozygosity of chromosome 18q. CONCLUSIONS Loss of heterozygosity of chromosome 18q is an informative genetic marker, which in resected Stage III colorectal cancer can be used to predict recurrences and survival. Microsatellite instability identified cases that, even in the case of recurrence, have a more favorable prognosis.
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- Leopoldo Sarli
- Department of Surgical Sciences, Section of General Surgical Clinics and Surgical Therapy, Parma University Medical School, Parma, Italy.
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Vogt N, Lefèvre SH, Apiou F, Dutrillaux AM, Cör A, Leuraud P, Poupon MF, Dutrillaux B, Debatisse M, Malfoy B. Molecular structure of double-minute chromosomes bearing amplified copies of the epidermal growth factor receptor gene in gliomas. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2004; 101:11368-73. [PMID: 15269346 PMCID: PMC509208 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0402979101] [Citation(s) in RCA: 119] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Amplification of the epidermal growth factor receptor gene on double minutes is recurrently observed in cells of advanced gliomas, but the structure of these extrachromosomal circular DNA molecules and the mechanisms responsible for their formation are still poorly understood. By using quantitative PCR and chromosome walking, we investigated the genetic content and the organization of the repeats in the double minutes of seven gliomas. It was established that all of the amplicons of a given tumor derive from a single founding extrachromosomal DNA molecule. In each of these gliomas, the founding molecule was generated by a simple event that circularizes a chromosome fragment overlapping the epidermal growth factor receptor gene. In all cases, the fusion of the two ends of this initial amplicon resulted from microhomology-based nonhomologous end-joining. Furthermore, the corresponding chromosomal loci were not rearranged, which strongly suggests that a postreplicative event was responsible for the formation of each of these initial amplicons.
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- Nicolas Vogt
- Instabilité du Génome et Cancer, FRE 2584, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Institut Curie, 26 Rue d'Ulm, 75248 Paris, 5, France
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Camps J, Morales C, Prat E, Ribas M, Capellà G, Egozcue J, Peinado MA, Miró R. Genetic evolution in colon cancer KM12 cells and metastatic derivates. Int J Cancer 2004; 110:869-74. [PMID: 15170669 DOI: 10.1002/ijc.20195] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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So far, CRC cell lines have contributed to descriptions of 2 patterns of genetic instability, affecting either microsatellite sequences or chromosome number and structure. Often, these patterns are mutually exclusive; while near-diploid karyotypes usually appear with MSI and chromosomal stability, near-triploid or tetraploid cells display a high degree of CIN and are stable at the microsatellite level. In the present study, we describe the genomic instability pattern of KM12 CRC cells. KM12C and derived cell lines with different metastatic properties were analyzed by conventional cytogenetics, CGH and M-FISH. Results were compared to 5 cell lines usually used as model of MSI and CIN. Concordance between our results and previously published SKY data are also reviewed. Interestingly, the poorly metastatic KM12C cell line displayed a near-diploid karyotype with high levels of structural chromosome instability and microsatellite instability. The highly metastatic KM12SM and KM12L4A cell lines showed polyploid karyotypes and maintained CIN and MSI. A comparison between karyotypes of poorly and highly metastatic KM12 cell lines allowed us to delineate a cytogenetic evolution pathway. Our results clearly demonstrated that endoreduplication was the origin of the polyploid dosages in the highly metastatic forms following the monosomic model postulated for CRC. Therefore, we demonstrate that KM12C cells and their metastatic derivates, KM12SM and KM12L4A, are a useful model of chromosomal evolution where MSI may coexist with CIN.
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- Jordi Camps
- Laboratori de Citogenètica, Institut de Biotecnologia i de Biomedicina, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 08193 Bellaterra, Barcelona, Spain.
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Steinarsdóttir M, Jónasson JG, Vidarsson H, Júlíusdóttir H, Hauksdóttir H, Ogmundsdóttir HM. Cytogenetic changes in nonmalignant breast tissue. Genes Chromosomes Cancer 2004; 41:47-55. [PMID: 15236316 DOI: 10.1002/gcc.20055] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023] Open
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Cytogenetic changes are common in breast cancer and have also been described in fibroadenomas and fibrocystic disease, but not in histologically normal breast tissue. Cytogenetic analysis was performed on nonmalignant breast tissue from benign breast lumps (n = 8), reduction mammoplasties (n = 31), and grossly nontumorous tissue from cancerous breasts (n = 84), using standard techniques and G-banding. All samples were reviewed histologically. Clonal chromosomal changes were found in three of eight benign breast tumors (38%). Of the reduction mammoplasties, 17 samples contained nonproliferative changes, and three of these (18%) showed a clonal deletion of 3p. No pathology was identified in the other 14 samples, of which one (7%) contained two clonal changes, apparently balanced translocations. Of nontumorous tissues from cancerous breasts, 15 (18%) showed clonal chromosomal abnormalities. Five of these samples were histologically normal. Two clones were identical to those found in the corresponding cancer. In 18 additional samples, single cells were detected with the same change as that seen in clones or single cells in the cancer. Only 4 of these 20 samples contained detectable cancer cells. Clonal abnormalities found in two or more samples included trisomies X, 7, and 20 and monosomies 19 and 18. Clonal changes were not significantly more frequent in proliferative than in nonproliferative lesions. The Icelandic BRCA2 founder mutation, 999del5, was detected in four samples, all histologically normal, two of which had clonal chromosomal abnormalities. In conclusion, clonal chromosomal changes are not infrequent in nonmalignant breast tissue and can be detected even in the absence of histological abnormalities.
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- Margrét Steinarsdóttir
- Chromosome Laboratory, Department of Pathology, Landspitali University Hospital, Reykjavík, Iceland
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Pett MR, Alazawi WOF, Roberts I, Dowen S, Smith DI, Stanley MA, Coleman N. Acquisition of high-level chromosomal instability is associated with integration of human papillomavirus type 16 in cervical keratinocytes. Cancer Res 2004; 64:1359-68. [PMID: 14973079 DOI: 10.1158/0008-5472.can-03-3214] [Citation(s) in RCA: 153] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Whereas two key steps in cervical carcinogenesis are integration of high-risk human papillomavirus (HR-HPV) and acquisition of an unstable host genome, the temporal association between these events is poorly understood. Chromosomal instability is induced when HR-HPV E7 oncoprotein is overexpressed from heterologous promoters in vitro. However, it is not known whether such events occur at the "physiologically" elevated levels of E7 produced by deregulation of the homologous HR-HPV promoter after integration. Indeed, an alternative possibility is that integration in vivo is favored in an already unstable host genome. We have addressed these issues using the unique human papillomavirus (HPV) 16-containing cervical keratinocyte cell line W12, which was derived from a low-grade squamous intraepithelial lesion and thus acquired HPV16 by "natural" infection. Whereas W12 at low passage contains HPV16 episomes only, long-term culture results in the emergence of cells containing integrated HPV16 only. We show that integration of HPV16 in W12 is associated with 3' deletion of the E2 transcriptional repressor, resulting in deregulation of the homologous promoter of the integrant and an increase in E7 protein levels. We further demonstrate that high-level chromosomal instability develops in W12 only after integration and that the forms of instability observed correlate with the physical state of HPV16 DNA and the level of E7 protein. Whereas intermediate E7 levels are associated with numerical chromosomal abnormalities, maximal levels are associated with both numerical and structural aberrations. HR-HPV integration is likely to be a critical event in cervical carcinogenesis, preceding the development of chromosomal abnormalities that drive malignant progression.
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- Mark R Pett
- Medical Research Council Cancer Cell Unit, MRC/Hutchison Research Centre, University of Cambridge, Hills Road, Cambridge CB2 2XZ, United Kingdom
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Virmani A, Rathi A, Sugio K, Sathyanarayana UG, Toyooka S, Kischel FC, Tonk V, Padar A, Takahashi T, Roth JA, Euhus DM, Minna JD, Gazdar AF. Aberrant methylation of TMS1 in small cell, non small cell lung cancer and breast cancer. Int J Cancer 2003; 106:198-204. [PMID: 12800194 DOI: 10.1002/ijc.11206] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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TMS1 (target of methylation-induced silencing) is a CpG island-associated gene that functions in the regulation of apoptosis and encodes a caspase recruitment domain, a recently described motif found in apoptotic signaling molecules. Recent evidence suggests that silencing of genes in the apoptotic pathway contribute to human carcinogenesis. We examined the DNA methylation status of the TMS1 promoter in lung and breast tumor tissues, tumor cell lines and nonmalignant tissues by methylation-specific polymerase chain reaction (MSP) and its mRNA expression by reverse transcription PCR. Aberrant methylation of TMS1 was present in 70% (40 of 57) of small cell lung cancer (SCLC) cell lines and 41% (13 of 32) of SCLC tumor tissues, 48% (29 of 61) of non small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) cell lines and 40% (28 of 70) of NSCLC tumor tissues and 46% (12 of 26) of breast cancer cell lines and 32% (20 of 63) of breast tumor tissues. Methylation was absent in the peripheral blood lymphocytes and buccal epithelium from healthy volunteers, as well as in nonmalignant lung tissues and was rare in nonmalignant breast tissues 7% (2 of 30). DNA methylation was confirmed by sequence analysis and the methylation status correlated inversely with TMS1 RNA expression in 18 cell lines tested. RNA expression was restored by treatment with the demethylating agent 5-aza-2'-deoxycytidine, in 4 of 4 methylated cell lines that lacked the TMS1 transcript. Our results suggest that methylation of TMS1 may play a role in the pathogenesis of small cell and non small lung and breast cancers.
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- Arvind Virmani
- Hamon Center for Therapeutic Oncology Research, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA.
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Forster A, Pannell R, Drynan LF, McCormack M, Collins EC, Daser A, Rabbitts TH. Engineering de novo reciprocal chromosomal translocations associated with Mll to replicate primary events of human cancer. Cancer Cell 2003; 3:449-58. [PMID: 12781363 DOI: 10.1016/s1535-6108(03)00106-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 115] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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The etiology of human tumors often involves chromosomal translocations. Models that emulate translocations are essential to understanding the determinants of frank malignancy, those dictating the restriction of translocations to specific lineages, and as a basis for development of rational therapeutic methods. We demonstrate that developmentally regulated Cre-loxP-mediated interchromosomal recombination between the Mll gene, whose human counterpart is involved in a spectrum of leukemias, and the Enl gene creates reciprocal chromosomal translocations that cause myeloid tumors. There is a rapid onset and high penetrance of leukemogenesis in these translocator mice, and high proportions of cells carrying chromosomal translocations can be found in bone marrow as early as 12 days after birth. This de novo strategy is a direct recapitulation of naturally occurring human cancer-associated translocations.
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- Alan Forster
- MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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Ribas M, Masramon L, Aiza G, Capellà G, Miró R, Peinado MA. The structural nature of chromosomal instability in colon cancer cells. FASEB J 2003; 17:289-91. [PMID: 12475895 DOI: 10.1096/fj.02-0425fje] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Biological and genetic cell heterogeneity is a landmark of most colorectal cancers and provides a frame for tumor progression as an evolutional process. Classical models have hypothesized that increased genetic instability may contribute to modulating and shaping malignant transformation. This is true for the small subset of colorectal cancers displaying microsatellite instability. For the rest of colorectal tumors, numerical and/or structural chromosomal alterations are the most prominent outcome of genetic disruption. These observations have prompted some investigators to hypothesize about the presence of chromosomal instability in these cells. To characterize chromosomal instability in cancer cells, we have analyzed genetic clonal divergence in three colorectal cancer cell lines considered to be archetypes in cancer research (HCT116, LoVo, and SW480). A dynamic setting was designed to allow the calculation of mutation rates. Comprehensive analyses at the chromosomal level revealed distinctive patterns of genetic divergence. Aneuploid SW480 cells displayed high rates of structural alterations (>100-fold) as compared with near diploid LoVo cells. Numerical alterations also occurred more frequently in SW480 cells but at low rates as compared with rearrangements in the chromosomically unstable SW480 cells. These results strengthen the role of structural instability in the generation of genetic heterogeneity in colorectal cancer.
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- Maria Ribas
- Institut de Recerca Oncològica, Hospital Duran i Reynals, Barcelona, Spain
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Adenomatous polyposis coli (APC) is an important tumour suppressor in the human colon, and is conserved in various organisms. Its best understood function is the destabilization of beta-catenin, a key effector of the Wnt signalling pathway. APC proteins are highly motile, and shuttle between several subcellular destinations. These destinations have prompted the discovery of new functions for the APC proteins, and this multitasking of APC might explain why its loss often leads to cancer.
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- Mariann Bienz
- MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Hills Road, Cambridge CB2 2QH, UK.
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Callen DF, Crawford J, Derwas C, Cleton-Jansen AM, Cornelisse CJ, Baker E. Defining regions of loss of heterozygosity of 16q in breast cancer cell lines. CANCER GENETICS AND CYTOGENETICS 2002; 133:76-82. [PMID: 11890994 DOI: 10.1016/s0165-4608(01)00565-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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The loss of heterozygosity (LOH) of chromosome 16 was assessed in 21 breast cancer cell lines and two nontumorigenic breast epithelial cell lines by typing microsatellite markers distributed on this chromosome. In addition, dual-color fluorescence in situ hybridization was used to metaphase spreads of these cell lines using chromosome 16 paint and region specific probes. Eleven of the cell lines had LOH for chromosome 16, two for the entire chromosome, three for the long arm, and six had LOH for restricted regions of the long arm. The results supported evidence that there are two predominant regions of LOH, 16q22.1 and 16q24.3. The cell lines with chromosome 16 LOH can be used for screening candidate tumor suppressor genes at 16q in breast cancer.
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- David F Callen
- Department of Cytogenetics and Molecular Genetics, Women's and Children's Hospital, SA 5006, North Adelaide, Australia.
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Nishizaki T, Harada K, Kubota H, Harada K, Furuya T, Suzuki M, Sasaki K. Chromosome instability in malignant astrocytic tumors detected by fluorescence in situ hybridization. J Neurooncol 2002; 56:159-65. [PMID: 11995817 DOI: 10.1023/a:1014570720843] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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Malignant tumors intrinsically manifest genetic instability, and consequently genetic aberrations successively accumulate in tumor cells as the tumor progresses. However, the relationship of genetic instability and biological behavior still remains to be investigated in malignant tumors. In the present investigation, the relationship between chromosomal instability and patient prognosis was studied in 19 malignant gliomas. Chromosomal instability was estimated by numerical variation in chromosomes 7, 10 and 17 which was measured by fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH), and DNA ploidy was determined by laser scanning cytometry. The mean number of fractions was significantly higher in cases with DNA aneuploidy than in those with DNA diploidy. The tendency toward higher fractions in glioblastomas existed, although it did not reach statistical significance. Kaplan-Meier survival rate analysis demonstrated significantly lower survival rates in patients with higher fractions of chromosome 7 (>5) than others. Our results suggest that DNA aneuploidy in malignant gliomas reflects an underlying chromosomal instability, and that this instability is associated with clinical behavior.
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- Takafumi Nishizaki
- Department of Neurosugery, Yamaguchi University School of Medicine, Japan.
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OBJECTIVES To examine and explore the potential relationships among the following: the incidence/severity of rheumatoid arthritis (RA), the extra-articular manifestations of RA, vascular disease, certain specific malignancies, the p53 tumor suppressor gene, and cigarette smoking. METHODS The medical literature was reviewed from 1985 to 2001 with the assistance of a MEDLINE search using the key words vascular disease, smoking, protein p53, RA, rheumatoid vasculitis, cancer, and malignancies. A qualitative review was performed after all articles were abstracted and new information summarized. RESULTS Cigarette smoking has been increasingly shown in epidemiologic and case-control studies to be an important risk factor for both the incidence and severity of RA, especially in seropositive men. Further, there is evidence of a downward trend in incidence of extra-articular manifestations of RA, especially RA vasculitis, observed with a decrease in worldwide tobacco use and overall improved mortality in RA. The association of cigarette smoking with lung and other cancers and its link to vascular disease (including Buerger's disease) and atherosclerosis appears secure. Mutations or alterations in p53, a suppressor gene that regulates cell growth, have been found in certain cancers, cigarette smokers, and in patients with RA. CONCLUSIONS Cigarette smoking appears to have an undeniable link to the pathogenesis of vascular disease of many types, including the possibility of a strong causal connection to rheumatoid vasculitis. The observations worldwide of decreasing tobacco use along with secular trends of diminished RA vasculitis and extra-articular manifestations, and with improved survival, points to a better outcome for our patients. The example of p53 may be a first step in the discovery of additional links between environmental triggers and phenotypic expression of chronic illness.
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- S A Albano
- Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA 90048, USA
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Marcadores biológicos são componentes celulares, estruturais e bioquímicos, que podem definir alterações celulares e moleculares tanto em células normais quanto aquelas associadas a transformação maligna. Podem ser de dois tipos: 1) marcadores intermediários, que medem alterações celulares e moleculares antes do aparecimento da malignidade; 2) marcadores diagnósticos, presentes em associação com a malignidade. O processo de identificação e validação para uso clínico do marcador tem diversas etapas: identificação inicial feita em linhagens celulares do tumor em questão; teste do marcador em tecido proveniente de biópsias de pacientes com diagnóstico estabelecido do tumor em questão; teste em biópsias de tecidos normais e com processo inflamatório; teste em escarro, sangue ou urina para validação como teste não-invasivo que possa ser usado em população de alto risco. Marcadores biológicos diagnósticos sorológicos e histológicos são componentes celulares, estruturais e bioquímicos, presentes não só em células tumorais como também em células normais, que podem ser medidos quantitativamente por métodos bioquímicos, imunológicos e moleculares nos fluidos ou nos tecidos corporais, respectivamente, associados a neoplasias e possivelmente ao órgão de origem da neoplasia. Marcadores biológicos são estudados em diferentes neoplasias primárias, porém poucos tiveram seu valor clínico definido. O papel dos marcadores biológicos em câncer de pulmão ainda é incerto, pois apenas um pequeno número de marcadores foi avaliado de maneira adequada. O objetivo deste trabalho é entender o papel dos marcadores biológicos sorológicos e diagnósticos no prognóstico e sobrevida de pacientes com câncer de pulmão baseado em uma coletânea de trabalhos realizada pela autora. Apresenta-se também uma perspectiva futura para a detecção precoce do câncer de pulmão baseada no papel dos marcadores biológicos intermediários.
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Dutrillaux B. Why do multiple deletions accumulate during progression in carcinomas? CANCER GENETICS AND CYTOGENETICS 2001; 128:48-9. [PMID: 11458950 DOI: 10.1016/s0165-4608(01)00400-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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Rigola MA, Fuster C, Casadevall C, Bernués M, Caballín MR, Gelabert A, Egozcue J, Miró R. Comparative genomic hybridization analysis of transitional cell carcinomas of the renal pelvis. CANCER GENETICS AND CYTOGENETICS 2001; 127:59-63. [PMID: 11408067 DOI: 10.1016/s0165-4608(00)00426-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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We used comparative genomic hybridization to analyze 10 primary tumor samples from patients with transitional cell carcinoma of the renal pelvis. The most frequent loss was located at 9q, that is, in 50% of the tumors. Gains of DNA sequences were most frequently observed in chromosome regions 1q21 approximately q23, 2p23 approximately p25, 8q21.1 approximately q22 and in the whole chromosome 20. High level amplifications at 1q21 approximately q25, 6p22 approximately p23, 8q21 approximately q22, 8q22 approximately q24.1, 11q13, and 12q14 approximately q21 were detected. Most of these regions have previously been reported to be involved in transitional cell carcinoma of the bladder, thus confirming the importance of an increasing number of chromosome imbalances in the development and progression of this type of tumors.
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- M A Rigola
- Departament de Biologia Cel-lular, Fisiologia, Immunologia, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Bellaterra E-08193, Spain.
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Risques RA, Moreno V, Marcuello E, Petriz J, Cancelas JA, Sancho FJ, Torregrosa A, Capella G, Peinado MA. Redefining the significance of aneuploidy in the prognostic assessment of colorectal cancer. J Transl Med 2001; 81:307-15. [PMID: 11310824 DOI: 10.1038/labinvest.3780239] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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The aberrant content of DNA, or aneuploidy, is a hallmark of tumor cells and may be associated with malignant potential. Based on the hypothesis that aneuploidy, as a form of genetic instability, results in an increased capability to generate cell heterogeneity, we investigated whether a comprehensive assessment of aneuploidy extent and degree might be a reliable indicator of tumor aggressiveness. DNA content was determined by flow cytometry in the infiltrating front of 131 paraffin-embedded primary colorectal carcinomas collected in a prospective design. Enrichment of tumor cells by sample microdissection resulted in neoplastic cell contents above 75%. An estimate of aneuploidy, the aneuploidy index (AI), was calculated as the tumor DNA content adjusted by the percentage of diploid and aneuploid cells in G0/G1. Thirty-nine tumors were diploid, 90 hyperdiploid, and 2 hypodiploid. The mean AI in aneuploid tumors was 1.20+/-0.17 and correlated with Dukes' stage and metastasis (p < 0.05). A high AI (receiver operating characteristic curve cutoff value greater than 1.14) predicted a poorer outcome in univariate (p = 0.004) and multivariate (p = 0.01) analyses. Based on these results, we postulate that aneuploidy is the molecular engine of progression in a subset of colorectal cancers, in which the AI seems to be a sensible and independent gauge of malignant potential. The AI determination may have prognostic application in colorectal cancer, especially in low-grade tumors, which might benefit from coadjuvant therapies.
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- R A Risques
- Institut de Recerca Oncològica, Hospital Duran i Reynals, L'Hospitalet, Barcelona, Spain
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Abdel-Rahman WM, Katsura K, Rens W, Gorman PA, Sheer D, Bicknell D, Bodmer WF, Arends MJ, Wyllie AH, Edwards PA. Spectral karyotyping suggests additional subsets of colorectal cancers characterized by pattern of chromosome rearrangement. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2001; 98:2538-43. [PMID: 11226274 PMCID: PMC30173 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.041603298] [Citation(s) in RCA: 133] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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The abundant chromosome abnormalities in most carcinomas are probably a reflection of genomic instability present in the tumor, so the pattern and variability of chromosome abnormalities will reflect the mechanism of instability combined with the effects of selection. Chromosome rearrangement was investigated in 17 colorectal carcinoma-derived cell lines. Comparative genomic hybridization showed that the chromosome changes were representative of those found in primary tumors. Spectral karyotyping (SKY) showed that translocations were very varied and mostly unbalanced, with no translocation occurring in more than three lines. At least three karyotype patterns could be distinguished. Some lines had few chromosome abnormalities: they all showed microsatellite instability, the replication error (RER)+ phenotype. Most lines had many chromosome abnormalities: at least seven showed a surprisingly consistent pattern, characterized by multiple unbalanced translocations and intermetaphase variation, with chromosome numbers around triploid, 6-16 structural aberrations, and similarities in gains and losses. Almost all of these were RER-, but one, LS411, was RER+. The line HCA7 showed a novel pattern, suggesting a third kind of genomic instability: multiple reciprocal translocations, with little numerical change or variability. This line was also RER+. The coexistence in one tumor of two kinds of genomic instability is to be expected if the underlying defects are selected for in tumor evolution.
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- W M Abdel-Rahman
- Department of Pathology, University of Cambridge, Tennis Court Road, Cambridge, CB2 1QP, United Kingdom
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Davidson JM, Gorringe KL, Chin SF, Orsetti B, Besret C, Courtay-Cahen C, Roberts I, Theillet C, Caldas C, Edwards PA. Molecular cytogenetic analysis of breast cancer cell lines. Br J Cancer 2000; 83:1309-17. [PMID: 11044355 PMCID: PMC2408781 DOI: 10.1054/bjoc.2000.1458] [Citation(s) in RCA: 77] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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The extensive chromosome rearrangements of breast carcinomas must contribute to tumour development, but have been largely intractable to classical cytogenetic banding. We report here the analysis by 24-colour karyotyping and comparative genomic hybridization (CGH) of 19 breast carcinoma cell lines and one normal breast epithelial cell line, which provide model examples of karyotype patterns and translocations present in breast carcinomas. The CGH was compared with CGH of 106 primary breast cancers. The lines varied from perfectly diploid to highly aneuploid. Translocations were very varied and over 98% were unbalanced. The most frequent in the carcinomas were 8;11 in five lines; and 8;17, 1;4 and 1;10 in four lines. The most frequently involved chromosome was 8. Several lines showed complex multiply-translocated chromosomes. The very aneuploid karyotypes appeared to fall into two groups that evolved by different routes: one that steadily lost chromosomes and at one point doubled their entire karyotype; and another that steadily gained chromosomes, together with abnormalities. All karyotypes fell within the range seen in fresh material and CGH confirmed that the lines were broadly representative of fresh tumours. The karyotypes provide a resource for the cataloguing and analysis of translocations in these tumours, accessible at http://www.path.cam.ac.uk/ approximately pawefish.
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- J M Davidson
- Department of Pathology, University of Cambridge, Tennis Court Road, Cambridge, CB2 1QP
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Masramon L, Ribas M, Cifuentes P, Arribas R, García F, Egozcue J, Peinado MA, Miró R. Cytogenetic characterization of two colon cell lines by using conventional G-banding, comparative genomic hybridization, and whole chromosome painting. CANCER GENETICS AND CYTOGENETICS 2000; 121:17-21. [PMID: 10958935 DOI: 10.1016/s0165-4608(00)00219-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/16/2023]
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The heterogeneous nature of genetic alterations in cancer cells handicaps the full characterization of its occurrence and the analysis of their molecular bases and relation to biological processes. Although many cancer cells are highly aneuploid, in other cases, as in a subset of colorectal carcinomas displaying microsatellite instability, chromosomal aberrations are scarce. The aim of this study was to fully characterize both qualitatively and quantitatively, the karyotypes of two established colon carcinoma cell lines (LoVo and HCT 116) previously reported as being near diploid. An array of complementary cytogenetic techniques were used: G-banding, comparative genome hybridization (CGH), and whole-chromosome painting (WCP). Combinations of these techniques provided an accurate karyotype for the two cell lines: LoVo cells showed 49,XY,t(2;12)(q13;p11.2),+5,+7,+12,i(15)(q10) and HCT 116 cells showed 45,X,-Y,dup(10)(q24q26),der(16)t(8;16)(q13;p13), der(18)t(17;18)(q21;p11.3). Heterogeneity was also observed in both cell lines as shown by G-banding. Chromosomal unbalances determined by CGH (many of them related to structural reorganizations) were characterized by WCP, allowing the reliable identification of those chromosome markers that could not be completely identified by G-banding. We show that combined analysis with classical and molecular cytogenetic techniques provides an accurate map of chromosomal aberrations in these two cell lines not identified in previous investigations.
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- L Masramon
- Department of Cancer and Metastasis, Institut de Recerca Oncològica, Hospital Duran i Reynals, L'Hospitalet, Barcelona, Spain
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Courtay-Cahen C, Morris JS, Edwards PA. Chromosome translocations in breast cancer with breakpoints at 8p12. Genomics 2000; 66:15-25. [PMID: 10843800 DOI: 10.1006/geno.2000.6178] [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: 11/22/2022]
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Unbalanced chromosome translocations with breakpoints around 8p12, resulting in loss of distal 8p, are common in carcinomas. We have mapped the 8p12 breakpoints in three breast cancer cell lines, T-47D, MDA-MB-361, and ZR-75-1, using YACs and PACs between D8S540 and D8S255 by fluorescence in situ hybridization. All three lines had a breakpoint close to D8S505, proximal to HGL. Each breakpoint was distinct, but all were within 0.5 to 1.5 Mb of each other. The T-47D cell line had a straightforward translocation, but in MDA-MB-361 and ZR-75-1 the translocations were accompanied by local rearrangements of surprising complexity. Small regions of 8p from close to the breakpoint were duplicated or amplified as inserts in the attached chromosome fragment. ZR-75-1 also had retained a separate fragment of about 1 Mb, from the region 1 to 3 Mb telomeric to the common breakpoint, that included HGL. This line also had an interstitial deletion several megabases more centromeric. The data suggest that breakpoints on 8p12 are clustered in a small region and show that translocations breaking there may be accompanied by additional rearrangements.
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- C Courtay-Cahen
- Department of Pathology, University of Cambridge, Tennis Court Road, Cambridge, CB2 1QP, United Kingdom
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Chauveinc L, Dutrillaux AM, Validire P, Padoy E, Sabatier L, Couturier J, Dutrillaux B. Cytogenetic study of eight new cases of radiation-induced solid tumors. CANCER GENETICS AND CYTOGENETICS 1999; 114:1-8. [PMID: 10526528 DOI: 10.1016/s0165-4608(99)00038-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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Radiation-induced tumors were selected according to the criteria defined by Cahan (1948) for sarcomas. Cell cultures and/or xenografts in nude mice were performed with biopsies obtained from second primary tumors. Karyotypes of eight tumors were established after R-banding. After comparison with literature data on 15 other cases, two distinct cytogenetic patterns could be distinguished. One was characterized by polyclonal karyotypes, of which a large proportion were simple and carriers of balanced translocations. Another one was characterized by monoclonal chromosome alterations observed in highly aneuploid and complex karyotypes, in which many deletions were observed. These two different patterns could be related to the modality of metaphase harvesting. Polyclonal karyotypes were preferentially observed after long-term cultures, and monoclonal karyotypes after short-term cultures or xenografts. The following scheme of radiation oncogenesis is proposed: a) induction of recessive gene mutations including that of tumor suppressor genes; b) accumulation of genomic alterations in the irradiated tissue with aging, including deletions or mutations of normal alleles from mutated tumor suppressor genes; and c) loss of tumor suppressor gene function and initiation of a multistage tumor development and progression. Polyclonal abnormalities are assumed to exist in noncancerous cells which acquired radiation-induced chromosome aberrations.
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- L Chauveinc
- Service de Radiothérapie A, CNRS-Institut Curie LRC No. 4 CEA, Paris, France
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Feenstra M, Veltkamp M, van Kuik J, Wiertsema S, Slootweg P, van den Tweel J, de Weger R, Tilanus M. HLA class I expression and chromosomal deletions at 6p and 15q in head and neck squamous cell carcinomas. TISSUE ANTIGENS 1999; 54:235-45. [PMID: 10519360 DOI: 10.1034/j.1399-0039.1999.540304.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 69] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Loss at the chromosomal region 6p21.3 is a frequent event in head and neck squamous cell carcinomas (HNSCC). Since the human leukocyte antigen (HLA) complex is located at 6p21.3, loss of heterozygosity (LOH) of this region may provide tumour cells with an immune-escape tumour phenotype. In the present study, we have studied the correlation of HLA class I, TAP1 and TAP2 expression and LOH at 6p21.3. HLA class I and TAP1 and TAP2 protein expression was analysed by immunohistochemical procedures. A panel of 41 HNSCC with downregulated HLA class I expression was selected for LOH studies using 5 microsatellite markers located at 6p21.3 (D6S105, D6S265, D6S276, D6S273, D6S291) and 2 markers located at the chromosome 6 centromere (D6S473) and the 6p telomere (D6S277). In addition, LOH of the beta-2-nmicroglobulin (beta2m) gene was studied using 2 microsatellite markers flanking the beta2m gene (D15S126 and D15S153) and was correlated with beta2m and HLA class I expression. In 20/41 (49%) of the HNSCC, allelic loss for at least one locus at 6p21.3 was found. Loss at 15q was found in 4/10 (40%) HNSCC with downregulated beta2m expression and in 12/41 (29%) HNSCC with downregulated HLA class I expression. Our data show that downregulation of HLA class I expression is correlated with loss of chromosomal regions at 6p21.3 in HNSCC. In addition, LOH at 6p21.3 and 15q in 10 paired samples of DNA derived from the primary HNSCC, the lymph node metastases and from peripheral blood lymphocytes (PBLs) was studied. Five (5/10) primary tumours contained the same deletion as the corresponding lymph node metastases. The other cases contained deletions either in the primary tumour (3 cases) or in the lymph node metastases (1 case) or no deletions at all (1 case).
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MESH Headings
- ATP Binding Cassette Transporter, Subfamily B, Member 2
- ATP Binding Cassette Transporter, Subfamily B, Member 3
- ATP-Binding Cassette Transporters/genetics
- Carcinoma, Squamous Cell/chemistry
- Carcinoma, Squamous Cell/genetics
- Chromosome Deletion
- Chromosome Mapping
- Chromosomes, Human, Pair 15
- Chromosomes, Human, Pair 6
- Cytoplasm/chemistry
- DNA, Neoplasm
- HLA Antigens/biosynthesis
- HLA-A Antigens/biosynthesis
- HLA-A Antigens/genetics
- Head and Neck Neoplasms/chemistry
- Head and Neck Neoplasms/genetics
- Histocompatibility Antigens Class I/biosynthesis
- Humans
- Immunohistochemistry
- Loss of Heterozygosity/genetics
- Lymph Nodes
- Lymphatic Metastasis
- Major Histocompatibility Complex
- Microsatellite Repeats
- Trinucleotide Repeat Expansion
- beta 2-Microglobulin/genetics
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- M Feenstra
- Department of Pathology, University Hospital, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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Halling KC, French AJ, McDonnell SK, Burgart LJ, Schaid DJ, Peterson BJ, Moon-Tasson L, Mahoney MR, Sargent DJ, O'Connell MJ, Witzig TE, Farr GH, Goldberg RM, Thibodeau SN. Microsatellite instability and 8p allelic imbalance in stage B2 and C colorectal cancers. J Natl Cancer Inst 1999; 91:1295-303. [PMID: 10433618 DOI: 10.1093/jnci/91.15.1295] [Citation(s) in RCA: 310] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Microsatellite instability (MSI) and allelic imbalance involving chromosome arms 5q, 8p, 17p, and 18q are genetic alterations commonly found in colorectal cancer. We investigated whether the presence or absence of these genetic alterations would allow stratification of patients with Astler-Coller stage B2 or C colorectal cancer into favorable and unfavorable prognostic groups. METHODS Tumors from 508 patients were evaluated for MSI and allelic imbalance by use of 11 microsatellite markers located on chromosome arms 5q, 8p, 15q, 17p, and 18q. Genetic alterations involving each of these markers were examined for associations with survival and disease recurrence. All P values are two-sided. RESULTS In univariate analyses, high MSI (MSI-H), i.e., MSI at 30% or more of the loci examined, was associated with improved survival (P =.02) and time to recurrence (P =.01). The group of patients whose tumors exhibited allelic imbalance at chromosome 8p had decreased survival (P =.02) and time to recurrence (P =.004). No statistically significant associations with survival or time to recurrence were observed for markers on chromosome arms 5q, 15q, 17p, or 18q. In multivariate analyses, MSI-H was an independent predictor of improved survival (hazard ratio [HR] = 0.51; 95% confidence interval [CI] = 0.31-0.82; P =.006) and time to recurrence (HR = 0.42; 95% CI = 0.24-0.74; P =.003), and 8p allelic imbalance was an independent predictor of decreased survival (HR = 1.89; 95% CI = 1.25-2.83; P =. 002) and time to recurrence (HR = 2.07; 95% CI = 1.32-3.25; P =.002). CONCLUSIONS Patients whose tumors exhibited MSI-H had a favorable prognosis, whereas those with 8p allelic imbalance had a poor prognosis; both alterations served as independent prognostic factors. To our knowledge, this is the first report of an association between 8p allelic imbalance and survival in patients with colorectal cancer.
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Affiliation(s)
- K C Halling
- Departments of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Mayo Foundation, Rochester, MN 55905, USA
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Tórtola S, Marcuello E, Risques RA, González S, Aiza G, Capellà G, Peinado MA. Overall deregulation in gene expression as a novel indicator of tumor aggressiveness in colorectal cancer. Oncogene 1999; 18:4383-7. [PMID: 10439046 DOI: 10.1038/sj.onc.1202757] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Malignant transformation of the cell is accompanied and characterized by disruption of genetic material and aberrant expression of multiple genes. Systematic analysis of differential gene expression in human tumor samples may provide an estimate of the degree of genetic and epigenetic deregulation in neoplastic cells. We have assessed, by means of a RNA differential display technique, the overall gene expression deregulation in a prospectively collected series of 68 human colorectal carcinomas. An index of differential expression has been calculated for each case. A similar proportion of the displayed sequences (23%) was under- and over-represented in the tumor in respect of the normal tissue. An increased variation in the expression profile was observed in advanced Dukes' stages (P < 0.02) and correlated with lymph node invasion (P < 0.05). Furthermore, a diminished overall survival was associated to increased rates of deregulation (Log-rank, P < 0.02) and especially down-regulation (P < 0.001). When Cox multivariate analysis was performed in front of Dukes' stage, both indexes of differential expression were independent indicators of a worse outcome (P = 0.05 and P < 0.01 respectively). We conclude that estimation of the fraction of differentially displayed tags by RNA fingerprinting may have relevant applications in the prognostic assessment of colorectal cancer.
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- S Tórtola
- Department of Cancer & Metastasis, Hospital Duran i Reynals, Barcelona, Spain
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