Loss of heterozygosity for loci on the long arm of chromosome 6 in human malignant melanoma.

Malignant melanoma has been documented to display recurring abnormalities of chromosome 6, particularly the long arm (6q). Restriction fragment length polymorphism analysis was used as a molecular genetic approach to examine loci on chromosome 6q for loss of constitutional heterozygosity (LOH). Five DNA markers that recognize restriction fragment length polymorphisms along 6q and one polymorphic DNA marker for 6p were used to screen 20 autologous pairs of tumor DNA and normal DNA to determine the tumor and constitutional genotypes of each patient. LOH on chromosome 6q was identified at 21 of 53 informative loci (40%). Five patients with more than one informative locus had allele losses consistent with the loss of the entire long arm (or of an entire copy) of chromosome 6, while four other patients demonstrated terminal deletions of 6q. The chromosomal region bearing the highest frequency of 6q allelic loss (60%) is defined by the marker loci c-MYB and ESR (6q22-23 and 6q24-27). In contrast to the frequency of 6q loss, LOH was observed at loci on four other chromosomes (1, 11, 16, 17) in only 5% of cases. These results have led us to conclude that the loss of sequences from the long arm of chromosome 6 is a nonrandom and possibly biologically relevant event in human malignant melanoma.     

LOSS OF HETEROZYGOSITY ON CHROMOSOME 17p13.3 IN OVARIAN CANCER AND CERVICAL CANCER

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卵巢癌及宫颈癌中17p13.3的杂合性丢失

目的探讨染色体１７ｐ１３．３的杂合性丢失（ＬＯＨ）与卵巢癌、宫颈癌发生及发展之间的相关性。方法采用ＰＹＮＺ．２２探针做Ｓｏｕｔｈｅｒｎ印迹技术,检测２４例卵巢癌、９例宫颈癌及１３例妇科非癌患者手术切除组织染色体１７ｐ１３．３的ＬＯＨ。结果１２例卵巢癌（包括１例交界性粘液性囊腺癌）和４例宫颈癌发生１７ｐ１３．３的ＬＯＨ,丢失频率分别为５０．０％和４４．４％。１３例非癌组织中,仅１例（７．７％）发生丢失,该例经病理证实为宫颈上皮内瘤变Ⅲ级,属癌前期病变（Ｐ＜０．０１）。结论染色体１７ｐ１３．３的ＬＯＨ可能与宫颈癌和卵巢癌的发生相关,检测１７ｐ１３．３的杂合性丢失将有助于深入了解卵巢癌和宫颈癌发生及发展的分子基础。     

Loss of heterozygosity at chromosome 1p in human breast cancer

232 human primary invasive breast tumors were analyzed with 13 polymorphic microsatellite markers specific to chromosome 1p. Loss of heterozygosity (LOH) was observed in 126 cases or 54% of the tumors. One marker, D1S496, at the 1p35 region showed the highest LOH, 28%. High frequencies of LOH were also detected by the markers, D1S488, D1S167 and D1S435, at the 1p31 region, 25%, 24% and 26% LOH, respectively. This suggests the presence of tumor suppressor genes at these two regions. Tumors with and without LOH at 1p were tested for association with clinico-pathological features of the tumors such as estrogen- and progesterone-receptor content (ER and PgR), age at diagnosis, tumor size, node status, histological type, S-phase fraction, ploidy, survival and LOH at chromosomes 3p, 6q, 9p, 11p, 11q, 13q, 16q, 17p and 17q. A significant association was found between LOH at chromosome 1p and high S-phase fraction and lower survival rate. Association was also found between LOH at 1p and chromosome regions 3p, 6q, 9p and 17q. A multivariate model including prognostic variables, showed that LOH at 1p is an independent prognostic variable and patients who have breast tumors with LOH at 1p have approximately a two-fold increase in relative risk of death. We conclude that screening for 1p deletions gives additional prognostic information that might be useful in breast cancer treatment.     

Loss of heterozygosity on chromosome 22q and 17p correlates with aggressiveness of meningiomas

According to reported cytogenetic studies, there is a significant association between chromosomal aberrations and aggressiveness in meningiomas. With the method of restriction fragment length polymorphism analysis (RFLP), we examined tumor specific LOH on chromosome 17p and 22q in 30 cases of intracranial meningiomas. There were eight cases of meningiomas with aggressive characteristics, such as invasive meningioma, malignant meningioma, hemangiopericytic meningioma, and multiple meningiomas with central neurofibromatosis. Twenty-five of 30 cases (83%) were constitutionally heterozygous for at least one of the chromosome 22q DNA markers and sixteen of 25 informative cases (64%) displayed loss of heterozygosity (LOH). All of the 8 informative cases (100%) of meningiomas with aggressive characteristics, showed LOH on chromosome 22q whereas non-aggressive cases revealed LOH in eight of 17 informative cases (47%). At the loci on chromosome 17p, only two cases of malignant meningionas showed LOH. Our results suggest that the inactivations of putative tumor suppressor genes on chromosome 22q and 17p may correlate with aggressiveness and malignant transformation of meningiomas.     

Loss of heterozygosity of microsatellite loci on chromosome 9p in astrocytic tumors and its prognostic implications

Summary We analyzed 19 samples of various astrocytic tumors (3 astrocytomas, 5 anaplastic astrocytomas, and 11 glioblastomas) for loss of heterozygosity (LOH) on chromosome 9p at 6 microsatellite loci (D9S54, IFNA, D9S171, D9S104, D9S165, and D9S166). Polymerase chain reaction was performed and the products were electrophoresed on polyacrylamide gel. As many as 16 of the 19 samples (84%) exhibited LOH. Three of the 7 informative loci (43%) showed LOH at D9S54, 7 of 17 (41%) at IFNA, 8 of 14 (57%) at D9S171, 7 of 14 (50%) at D9S104, 4 of 8 (50%) at D9S165, and 2 of 7 (29%) at D9S166. LOH was recognized in 57% of the informative loci in anaplastic astrocytomas and 54% in glioblastomas, while it was seen in only 8% of the astrocytomas. Accumulation of LOH with progression or recurrence of tumor was seen in 2 patients. Although, the survival period of the patients correlated well to the histological types of astrocytic tumors, we could not find any obvious correlations between the presence/absence of LOH and the survival period in these patients. In conclusion, we speculate that LOH on chromosome 9p is involved in malignant progression of astrocytomas, but has no significance in predicting survival period in these patients.     

Loss of heterozygosity on chromosome 1 in human hepatoblastoma

In previous studies we have found loss of heterozygosity (LOH) on chromosome arm 11p in 33% of hepatoblastomas (HBs). In addition, cytogenetic studies have revealed aberrations of chromosome arm 1p in single cases. Therefore, we have used the PCR to amplify 10 microsatellites on the short arm and 7 microsatellites on the long arm of chromosome 1 to assess allelic loss in 32 cases of HB. LOH on chromosome 1 was found in 11 cases. Seven HBs showed LOH on chromosome 1p, 7 cases had LOH on 1q, and 3 tumors had LOH on both 1p and 1q. Six HBs with LOH on 1p had LOH at DIS243 (1p36.3), and one tumor had a loss at DIS80 maintaining heterozygosity at DIS243. A common region of overlap was present at the telomeric chromosomal portion of 1p between DIS80 and DIS243. Of the HBs with LOH on 1q, 4 showed a common region of overlap at 1q31-q32.1, and the other 3 at DIS1609 located more telomerically. The parental origin of the lost allele was of random distribution for chromosome arm 1p and of paternal origin for chromosome arm 1q. Our data suggest that tumor suppressor genes located at the telomeric region of chromosome arm 1p and different regions of chromosome arm 1q may be involved in the pathogenesis of HB. © 1996 Wiley-Liss, Inc.     

Loss of heterozygosity at loci from chromosome arm 22Q in human sporadic breast carcinomas

Forty-four breast carcinomas were studied for loss of heterozygosity (LOH) at 25 microsatellite markers distributed almost evenly along chromosome arm 22q. LOH at at least one marker were observed in 66% tumors, while 6 regions of consistent LOH were identified. The size of each region ranged between 3 and 6 cM, and the distance between each region was estimated to be 8 to 12 cM. Even if not all these regions contain a bona fide tumor-suppressor gene, it is possible that several loci from chromosome arm 22q may be involved in breast carcinogenesis. Int. J. Cancer 75:181–186, 1998. © 1998 Wiley-Liss, Inc.     

Loss of heterozygosity on chromosome 9q and p53 alterations in human bladder cancer

BACKGROUND: Somatic loss of the 9q allele as well as alteration of the tumor suppressor p53 occurs commonly in bladder cancers. Although alteration of p53 has been strongly associated with invasive stage disease, the prognostic significance of 9q loss of heterozygosity (LOH) and the relations between these alterations are less well defined. METHODS: The 9q LOH was examined at five microsatellites and p53 alterations (mutation and persistent immunohistochemical staining) in a population-based case series of 271 newly diagnosed bladder cancer patients. Loss of heterozygosity was scored quantitatively and p53 mutation completed using single-strand conformation polymorphism screening followed by sequencing. RESULTS: Overall, allelic loss at 9q was detected in 74.5% (202/271) of cases and allele loss was associated with invasive disease (P < 0.05). Although based on small numbers, all nine in situ lesions contained 9q LOH. Age, gender, and smoking were not significantly associated with chromosome 9q allele loss. Both intense persistent p53 staining and LOH at 9q were independently associated with invasive disease (P < 10(-14) and P < 0.05, respectively). CONCLUSIONS: These data, using a population-based sample, suggest a relation between 9q LOH and invasive stage bladder cancer, and thereby suggests that a tumor suppressor gene at this loci, in addition to p53, may be important in the development of this more aggressive form of the disease.     

卵巢癌YNZ22位点杂合性丢失的研究

目的 检测卵巢癌ＹＮＺ２２位点有无杂合性丢失以及与临床病理的关系。方法 采用ＰＣＲ技术、聚丙烯酰胺凝胶电泳银染法,对３０例卵巢癌及癌旁组织ＹＮＺ２２位点扩增片段长度多态性进行分析。结果 以癌旁组织提供的信息计算ＹＮＺ２２基因频率、杂合度,３０例卵巢癌中有信息个体２３例,杂合度７６．７％,其中３例观察到ＬＯＨ,频率为１３．０％。结论 卵巢癌组织中存在ＹＮＺ２２位点ＬＯＨ现象,且与肿瘤组织分化程度及临     

Loss of heterozygosity at chromosome 1q loci in rat mammary tumors

To better characterize abnormalities affecting rat chromosome 1 during mammary carcinogenesis, tumors were induced by nitrosomethylurea in F₁ hybrid rats polymorphic at multiple chromosome 1 loci. By means of restriction fragment length polymorphism and microsatellite length polymorphism analyses, we observed loss of heterozygosity or allelic imbalance affecting various loci on the q arm of chromosome 1 in a high percentage of the 49 tumors analyzed. Fifty percent of the tumors showed loss or imbalance affecting the most distal (1q55) INS1 (rat insulin 1 gene) locus. The MT1PA (metallothionein-1 pseudogene a) locus was observed to be affected in 58% of tumors induced in BUF/NCr × ACI/Vsp rats. Most of the losses appeared to have occurred by mitotic recombination. No parental bias was observed on the affected chromosome 1. Tumors were also screened for mutations in codon 12 of the Ha-ras-1 gene, which is located on 1q. We observed an association between the presence of mutation and allelic imbalance. These studies confirm our previous cytogenetic observations of a high level of nonrandom instability affecting rat chromosome 1 during mammary carcinogenesis. The observed loss of heterozygosity may indicate the existence of a putative tumor suppressor gene within the distal half of the 1q arm. These abnormalities, however, could also be related to the early stages of Ha-ras amplification. © 1995 Wiley-Liss Inc.     

p53 mutation and loss of heterozygosity on chromosomes 17 and 10 during human astrocytoma progression.

The human brain tumor, astrocytoma, typically progresses through three histopathologically defined stages with the passage of time: one premalignant stage, low-grade astrocytoma; and two malignant stages, anaplastic astrocytoma and glioblastoma multiforme. We correlated the results of a sequence analysis of the tumor suppressor gene, p53, and a restriction fragment length polymorphism analysis of chromosomes 17 and 10 in 45 patients with cerebral astrocytomas at different stages. To detect p53 mutations in tumor DNA, we analyzed polymerase chain reaction products corresponding to every p53-coding exon for single-strand conformation polymorphisms and confirmed the mutations by sequencing. Loss of heterozygosity (LOH) was determined by Southern transfer analysis of somatic and tumor DNA from these same patients using polymorphic markers for various loci on chromosomes 10 and 17. p53 mutations were found in 7 of 25 glioblastomas (28%), in 5 of 14 anaplastic astrocytomas (36%) but in 0 of 6 low-grade astrocytomas. p53 mutations were found in 62% of patients with LOH on chromosome 17p. These results indicated that p53 inactivation is a common genetic event in astrocytoma progression that may signal the transition from benign to malignant tumor stages. LOH on chromosome 10 was found in 61% of glioblastomas, in 23% of anaplastic astrocytomas, but in 0% of low-grade astrocytomas. LOH on chromosome 10 and p53 mutation were found together only in patients with glioblastoma multiforme (22%), suggesting that these genetic changes may accumulate during astrocytoma progression.     

Loss of heterozygosity at chromosome 1p in different solid human tumours: association with survival

The distal half of chromosome 1p was analysed with 15 polymorphic microsatellite markers in 683 human solid tumours at different locations. Loss of heterozygosity (LOH) was observed at least at one site in 369 cases or 54% of the tumours. LOHs detected ranged from 30-64%, depending on tumour location. The major results regarding LOH at different tumour locations were as follows: stomach, 20/38 (53%); colon and rectum, 60/109 (55%); lung, 38/63 (60%); breast, 145/238 (61%); endometrium, 18/25 (72%); ovary, 17/31 (55%); testis, 11/30 (37%); kidney, 22/73 (30%); thyroid, 4/14 (29%); and sarcomas, 9/14 (64%). High percentages of LOH were seen in the 1p36.3, 1p36.1, 1p35-p34.3, 1p32 and 1p31 regions, suggesting the presence of tumour-suppressor genes. All these regions on chromosome 1p show high LOH in more than one tumour type. However, distinct patterns of LOH were detected at different tumour locations. There was a significant separation of survival curves, with and without LOH at chromosome 1p, in the breast cancer patients. Multivariate analysis showed that LOH at 1p in breast tumours is a better indicator for prognosis than the other variables tested in our model, including nodal metastasis.     

胶质母细胞瘤6号染色体杂合性丢失的初步研究

目的：寻找胶质母细胞瘤（GBM）6号染色体上可能存在肿瘤抑制基因的杂合性丢失（LOH）区域,为发现和定位肿瘤抑制基因（TSG）提供线索和依据。方法：应用聚合酶链反应（PCR）方法,采用荧光标记的引物及377型DNA序列自动分析仪,分析了21例GBM患者6号染色体上20个微卫星多态性标记的LOH。结果：6号染色体总的LOH检出率为47．6％（10／21）,在28．1％（81／288）能提价信息位上检测了LOH。其中,6p和6q的LOH检出率分别是28．6％（6／21）、38．1％（8／21）,在6q^tel上距短臂端粒201．1cM的微卫星位点D6S281检测到较高的LOH率（50％）,6q^16.3上D6S287的LOH率也高达50％,另外,6p^21.1-21.3上D6S276的LOH率也较高（35．3％）。结论：6号染色体分子遗传学异常改变可能在GBM的发生发展中起着重要作用,染色体6q^tel上的D6S281位点,6q^16.3上的D6S287和6p^21.1-21.3的D62S276位点所在的染色体区域可能存在与GBM相关的肿瘤抑制基因。     

Loss of chromosome 17p13 sequences and mutation of p53 in human breast carcinomas

DNAs from ninety seven primary breast carcinoma biopsies have been examined for loss of sequences on 17p13. In addition, immunohistochemical analysis has been carried out on the majority of these cases to determine whether p53 gene expression can be detected. Detection of p53 expression is taken to indicate mutation of p53 leading to stabilisation of the protein and thus detectable levels of p53 in the cell. In 86% of breast carcinoma samples where both allele loss and expression data were available, loss of sequences on 17p13 and/or expression of p53 was detected. Alterations to p53, whether loss of one allele or mutation, are therefore by far the most common changes so far detected in primary human breast tumours. In three cases where expression of p53 could be detected by immunohistochemistry, the precise mutation to p53 was identified. All three mutations fall within the regions which are highly conserved in p53, encoded by exons 5 to 8. Two are single base changes leading to misense mutations, and the third is a single base-pair deletion. The expression of the latter gene would result in production of a truncated protein which should lack normal biological activities.     

Loss of heterozygosity on chromosome 16p and 18q in anaplastic thyroid carcinoma

The aim of this study was to clarify the genetic alterations in anaplastic transformation of the thyroid cancer. A total of 17 thyroid cancers including 7 anaplastic and 10 papillary cancers were analyzed for loss of heterozygosity (LOH) on chromosome 16p and 18q. All the samples from anaplastic cancer showed LOH at one or more loci out of ten markers on 16p, and only two showed one LOH at two loci out of five markers on 18q. No LOH was found on either 16p or 18q in papillary cancers. D16S423, D16S418 and D16s406 on 16p13.3 were the most frequently deleted loci in anaplastic cancers, and the region around these may harbor the putative tumor suppressor gene related to anaplastic transformation of thyroid cancer.     

Loss of heterozygosity of DQ alpha gene in human malignant melanoma

DNAs from human melanoma cells, used at early in vitro passage, were evaluated by Southern blot analysis for somatic loss of heterozygosity at the DQ alpha gene. A total of 7 melanomas, 3 primary and 4 metastatic derived from 5 different patients were studied; in one case (pt 665) cell lines were derived from two anatomically different subcutaneous metastasis, whereas in a second case (pt 9923) both the primary tumor and a lymph node metastasis were available. Restriction length polymorphism (RFLP) analysis, performed on autologous peripheral blood lymphocyte (PBL) DNA digested with different enzymes, showed a pattern of bands compatible with the constitutional heterozygous typing at DQ alpha gene in 4 cases whereas 1 case revealed an homozygous typing. When melanoma DNAs were analysed, 1 out of the 4 informative cases (pt 1007) showed a loss of a diagnostic fragment for DQ alpha gene when digested with both Taq I and Bgl I enzymes. These results indicate that class II allelic losses detectable by RFLP can be found on malignant melanoma and add further complexity on the involvement of chromosome 6 whose cytogenetic abnormality are the most consistent in this human neoplasia.