Analysis of PTEN/MMAC1 alteration in neuroblastoma |
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Authors: | Moritake H Horii Y Kuroda H Sugimoto T |
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Institution: | Department of Pediatrics, Miyazaki Medical College, 200 Kihara, Kiyotake-cho, 889-1692, Miyazaki, Japan. moritake@fc.miyazaki-med.ac.jp |
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Abstract: | Neuroblastoma is the most common extracranial solid tumor in children. Although it has been reported that loss of heterozygosity at various loci, including 10q, frequently occurs in neuroblastoma, a bona fide tumor suppressor gene has not been identified. Recently, a gene mapped to chromosome 10q23, PTEN/MMAC1, was identified as a tumor suppressor gene that inhibits cell survival and cell proliferation by catalyzing the dephosphorylation of phosphatidylinositol 3,4,5-triphosphate. To screen for mutations of this gene in neuroblastoma, we analyzed 11 primary neuroblastoma tumors and 16 neuroblastoma cell lines for PTEN/MMAC1 mutations and deletions. All nine exons of the PTEN/MMAC1 gene were examined using the polymerase chain reaction-single strand conformational polymorphism assay and sequencing. Only one of the cell lines showed a mutation, a 1-bp frameshift deletion in exon 7, and an allelic loss in the opposite allele was revealed by a microsatellite analysis. Our results indicate that the disruption of the PTEN/MMAC1 gene is not a frequent event in neuroblastoma, and suggest that this disruption may be responsible for malignant progression in only a limited proportion of cases of neuroblastoma. |
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