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Loss of Heterozygosity at the α-Inhibin Locus on Chromosome 2q Is Not a Feature of Human Granulosa Cell Tumors
Authors:Richard H. Watson Ph.D.  William J. Roy Jr. M.D.  Michael Davis M.D.  Andrew Hitchcock M.D.  Ian G. Campbell Ph.D.
Affiliation:aObstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Southampton, Princess Anne Hospital, Coxford Road, Southampton, SO16 5YA, United Kingdom;bDepartment of Histopathology, Southampton General Hospital, Southampton, SO16 6YD, United Kingdom
Abstract:The α-inhibin gene has been shown in knockout mouse models to be a suppressor of granulosa tumorigenesis in the mouse. To determine if α-inhibin has the same function in humans, we have assessed the frequency of loss of heterozygosity (LOH) of the α-inhibin gene locus on chromosome 2q in 17 human granulosa cell tumors and 36 epithelial ovarian cancers. LOH was detected in 12 of 36 (33.3%) epithelial tumors but in only 1 of 17 (6%) granulosa cell tumors. These data suggest that in contrast to the suggestions from the mouse model α-inhibin does not function as a granulosa cell tumor suppressor gene in the human. Furthermore, analysis of the TP53 gene in the granulosa cell tumors failed to detect either LOH or point mutations, indicating that they have a developmental pathway distinct from that of epithelial ovarian tumors.
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