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Niederhuber JE, Desiderio SV. New Horizons in the Treatment of Breast Cancer. Breast Cancer 2021. [DOI: 10.1201/9781003210542-22] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Saccanijotti G, Fontanesi M, Bombardieri E, Gabrielli M, Veronesi P, Bianchi M, Becchi G, Bogni A, Tardini A. Preliminary study on oncogene product immunohistochemistry (c-erbB-2, c-myc, ras p21, EGFR) in breast pathology. Int J Biol Markers 2020. [DOI: 10.1177/172460089200700105] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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The expression of oncogene products related to cell growth (c-erbB-2, c-myc, ras p21, EGFR) was investigated in benign (15 cases) and malignant breast lesions (20 cases) by means of immunohistochemistry using the avidin-biotin-peroxidase technique with polyclonal and monoclonal antibodies. The aim of this study was to evaluate the relationship between the staining positivity and various morphological and biological features, such as tumour type, grading, hormone receptor status and cell kinetic parameters. In benign breast lesions, as expected, the kinetic parameters were low, both for Ki-67 and LI. All the specimens showed a diploid condition (the DI being equal to 1) and we found a limited degree of immunoreactivity for all the growth factors and oncogene products. In breast cancer we studied the distribution of immunohistochemical positivity for EGFR, c-erbB-2, c-myc, ras p21 and Ki-67, which was related to age, nodal status, ER and PgR receptor status, LI, DI and histopathological grading. A significant positive correlation was found both between ras p21 espression and nodal status and ERICA positivity. We observed a strong correlation between LI and Ki-67 and an inverse relation between Ki-67 and ER expression. These findings suggest the importance of studying the relationship between prognostic factors which may provide preoperative prediction in the biological behaviour of breast cancer, not only on biopsy specimens, but also on fine needle aspirates.
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- G. Saccanijotti
- Institute of Pathology, University of Parma, School of Medicine, Parma - Italy
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- Institute of Pathology, University of Parma, School of Medicine, Parma - Italy
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- Nuclear Medicine Division, National Cancer Institute, Milano - Italy
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- Institute of Pathology, University of Parma, School of Medicine, Parma - Italy
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- II Surgical Division, S. Raffaele Hospital, Milano - Italy
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- Surgical Division, U. S. L. n. 5, Fidenza - Italy
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- Institute of Pathology, University of Parma, School of Medicine, Parma - Italy
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- Nuclear Medicine Division, National Cancer Institute, Milano - Italy
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- Institute of Pathology, University of Parma, School of Medicine, Parma - Italy
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We review and discuss data on the genetic alterations documented in human breast carcinomas at the molecular level. These alterations may result in: 1) deletion of genetic material (chromosome 11p, 13q, 3p, 1q, 17p); 2) amplification of genes or entire chromosomal segments (c-myc, c-erb-B2, locus DF3/PUM, loci on 11q13); 3) rearrangements (c-myc); 4) point mutations (c-ras). Presently available informations do not allow the development of cohesive pathogenetic models but indicate that the molecular basis of human breast cancer is heterogeneous.
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- R Mariani-Costantini
- Istituto di Patologia Umana e Medicina Sociale, Università G. D'Annunzio, Chieti, Italy
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Myc suppresses tumor invasion and cell migration by inhibiting JNK signaling. Oncogene 2017; 36:3159-3167. [PMID: 28068320 DOI: 10.1038/onc.2016.463] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/26/2015] [Revised: 10/24/2016] [Accepted: 11/07/2016] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Tumor metastasis, but not primary overgrowth, is the leading cause of mortality for cancer patients. During the past decade, Drosophila melanogaster has been well-accepted as an excellent model to address the intrinsic mechanism of different aspects of cancer progression, ranging from tumor initiation to metastasis. In a genetic screen performed in Drosophila, aiming to find novel modulators of tumor invasion, we identified the oncoprotein Myc as a negative regulator. While expression of Myc dramatically blocks tumor invasion and cell migration, loss of Myc promotes cell migration in vivo. The activity of Myc is further enhanced by the co-expression of its transcription partner Max. Mechanistically, we found Myc/Max directly upregulates the transcription of puc, which encodes an inhibitor of JNK signaling crucial for tumor invasion and cell migration. Furthermore, we demonstrated that human cMyc potently suppresses JNK-dependent cell invasion and migration in both Drosophila and lung adenocarcinoma cell lines. These findings provide novel molecular insights into Myc-mediated cancer progression and raise the noteworthy problem in therapeutic strategies as inhibiting Myc might conversely accelerate tumor metastasis.
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Schwab M, Corvi R, Amler LC. N-MYC Oncogene Amplification: A Consequence of Genomic Instability in Human Neuroblastoma. Neuroscientist 2016. [DOI: 10.1177/107385849500100505] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Increase of the dosage of cellular oncogenes by DNA amplification is a frequent genetic alteration of cancer cells and arises as the consequence of genomic instability. The presence of amplified cellular oncogenes is usually signaled by conspicuous chromosomal abnormalities "double minutes," or "homogeneously staining chromosomal regions." Some human cancers carry a specific amplified oncogene at high incidence. In neuroblastomas, which are tumors of the peripheral nervous system that arise from primitive neuroectodermal cells derived from neural crest, the amplification of the gene N-MYC has been associated with aggressively growing cancers and is an indicator for poor prognosis. N-MYC amplification is of predictive value for iden tifying neuroblastoma patients who either require specific therapeutic regimens or who do not benefit from chemotherapy. The Neuroscientist 1:277-285, 1995
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- Manfred Schwab
- German Cancer Research Center Division of Cytogenetics
Heidelberg, Germany
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- German Cancer Research Center Division of Cytogenetics
Heidelberg, Germany
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- German Cancer Research Center Division of Cytogenetics
Heidelberg, Germany
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Aprelikova O, Chen K, El Touny LH, Brignatz-Guittard C, Han J, Qiu T, Yang HH, Lee MP, Zhu M, Green JE. The epigenetic modifier JMJD6 is amplified in mammary tumors and cooperates with c-Myc to enhance cellular transformation, tumor progression, and metastasis. Clin Epigenetics 2016; 8:38. [PMID: 27081402 PMCID: PMC4831179 DOI: 10.1186/s13148-016-0205-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/28/2016] [Accepted: 04/06/2016] [Indexed: 01/23/2023] Open
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Background Oncogene overexpression in primary cells often triggers the induction of a cellular safeguard response promoting senescence or apoptosis. Secondary cooperating genetic events are generally required for oncogene-induced tumorigenesis to overcome these biologic obstacles. We employed comparative genomic hybridization for eight genetically engineered mouse models of mammary cancer to identify loci that might harbor genes that enhance oncogene-induced tumorigenesis. Results Unlike many other mammary tumor models, the MMTV-Myc tumors displayed few copy number variants except for amplification of distal mouse chromosome 11 in 80 % of the tumors (syntenic to human 17q23-qter often amplified in human breast cancer). Analyses of candidate genes located in this region identified JMJD6 as an epigenetic regulatory gene that cooperates with Myc to enhance tumorigenesis. It suppresses Myc-induced apoptosis under varying stress conditions through inhibition of p19ARF messenger RNA (mRNA) and protein, leading to reduced levels of p53. JMJD6 binds to the p19ARF promoter and exerts its inhibitory function through demethylation of H4R3me2a. JMJD6 overexpression in MMTV-Myc cell lines increases tumor burden, induces EMT, and greatly enhances tumor metastasis. Importantly, we demonstrate that co-expression of high levels of JMJD6 and Myc is associated with poor prognosis for human ER+ breast cancer patients. Conclusions A novel epigenetic mechanism has been identified for how JMJD6 cooperates with Myc during oncogenic transformation. Combined high expression of Myc and JMJD6 confers a more aggressive phenotype in mouse and human tumors. Given the pleiotropic pro-tumorigenic activities of JMJD6, it may be useful as a prognostic factor and a therapeutic target for Myc-driven mammary tumorigenesis. Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (doi:10.1186/s13148-016-0205-6) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
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- Olga Aprelikova
- Laboratory of Cancer Biology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Building 37, Room 4054, 37 Convent Dr., Bethesda, MD 20892 USA
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- Laboratory of Cancer Biology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Building 37, Room 4054, 37 Convent Dr., Bethesda, MD 20892 USA
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- Laboratory of Cancer Biology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Building 37, Room 4054, 37 Convent Dr., Bethesda, MD 20892 USA
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- Laboratory of Cancer Biology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Building 37, Room 4054, 37 Convent Dr., Bethesda, MD 20892 USA
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- Laboratory of Cancer Biology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Building 37, Room 4054, 37 Convent Dr., Bethesda, MD 20892 USA
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- Laboratory of Cancer Biology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Building 37, Room 4054, 37 Convent Dr., Bethesda, MD 20892 USA
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- Laboratory of Cancer Biology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Building 37, Room 4054, 37 Convent Dr., Bethesda, MD 20892 USA
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- Laboratory of Cancer Biology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Building 37, Room 4054, 37 Convent Dr., Bethesda, MD 20892 USA
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- Laboratory of Cancer Biology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Building 37, Room 4054, 37 Convent Dr., Bethesda, MD 20892 USA
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- Laboratory of Cancer Biology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Building 37, Room 4054, 37 Convent Dr., Bethesda, MD 20892 USA
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Braoudaki M, Lambrou GI, Giannikou K, Milionis V, Stefanaki K, Birks DK, Prodromou N, Kolialexi A, Kattamis A, Spiliopoulou CA, Tzortzatou-Stathopoulou F, Kanavakis E. Microrna expression signatures predict patient progression and disease outcome in pediatric embryonal central nervous system neoplasms. J Hematol Oncol 2014; 7:96. [PMID: 25551588 PMCID: PMC4342799 DOI: 10.1186/s13045-014-0096-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/20/2014] [Accepted: 12/12/2014] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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Background Although, substantial experimental evidence related to diagnosis and treatment of pediatric central nervous system (CNS) neoplasms have been demonstrated, the understanding of the etiology and pathogenesis of the disease remains scarce. Recent microRNA (miRNA)-based research reveals the involvement of miRNAs in various aspects of CNS development and proposes that they might compose key molecules underlying oncogenesis. The current study evaluated miRNA differential expression detected between pediatric embryonal brain tumors and normal controls to characterize candidate biomarkers related to diagnosis, prognosis and therapy. Methods Overall, 19 embryonal brain tumors; 15 Medulloblastomas (MBs) and 4 Atypical Teratoid/Rabdoid Tumors (AT/RTs) were studied. As controls, 13 samples were used; The First-Choice Human Brain Reference RNA and 12 samples from deceased children who underwent autopsy and were not present with any brain malignancy. RNA extraction was carried out using the Trizol method, whilst miRNA extraction was performed with the mirVANA miRNA isolation kit. The experimental approach included miRNA microarrays covering 1211 miRNAs. Quantitative Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction was performed to validate the expression profiles of miR-34a and miR-601 in all 32 samples initially screened with miRNA microarrays and in an additional independent cohort of 30 patients (21MBs and 9 AT/RTs). Moreover, meta-analyses was performed in total 27 embryonal tumor samples; 19 MBs, 8 ATRTs and 121 control samples. Twelve germinomas were also used as an independent validation cohort. All deregulated miRNAs were correlated to patients’ clinical characteristics and pathological measures. Results In several cases, there was a positive correlation between individual miRNA expression levels and laboratory or clinical characteristics. Based on that, miR-601 could serve as a putative tumor suppressor gene, whilst miR-34a as an oncogene. In general, miR-34a demonstrated oncogenic roles in all pediatric embryonal CNS neoplasms studied. Conclusions Deeper understanding of the aberrant miRNA expression in pediatric embryonal brain tumors might aid in the development of tumor-specific miRNA signatures, which could potentially afford promising biomarkers related to diagnosis, prognosis and patient targeted therapy. Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (doi:10.1186/s13045-014-0096-y) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
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Pedram M, Heidari M, Keikhaei B, Azizi Malamiri R, Poopak B, Fekri K. Impact of N-myc Amplification on Median Survival in Children With Neuroblastoma. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2012. [DOI: 10.17795/compreped-7273] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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MYC suppresses cancer metastasis by direct transcriptional silencing of αv and β3 integrin subunits. Nat Cell Biol 2012; 14:567-74. [PMID: 22581054 PMCID: PMC3366024 DOI: 10.1038/ncb2491] [Citation(s) in RCA: 149] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/23/2011] [Accepted: 03/29/2012] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Over-expression of MYC transforms cells in culture, elicits malignant tumors in experimental animals and is found in many human tumors. We now report the paradoxical finding that this powerful oncogene can also act as a suppressor of cell motility, invasiveness and metastasis. Overexpression of MYC stimulated proliferation of breast cancer cells both in culture and in vivo as expected, but inhibited motility and invasiveness in culture, and lung and liver metastases in xenografted tumors. We show further that MYC represses transcription of both subunits of αvβ3 integrin, and that exogenous expression of β3 integrin in human breast cancer cells that do not express this integrin rescues invasiveness and migration when MYC is downregulated. These data uncover an unexpected function of MYC, provide an explanation for the hitherto puzzling literature on the relationship between MYC and metastasis and reveal a variable that should influence the development of therapeutics that target MYC.
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Zimonjic DB, Popescu NC. Role of DLC1 tumor suppressor gene and MYC oncogene in pathogenesis of human hepatocellular carcinoma: potential prospects for combined targeted therapeutics (review). Int J Oncol 2012; 41:393-406. [PMID: 22580498 PMCID: PMC3583004 DOI: 10.3892/ijo.2012.1474] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/01/2012] [Accepted: 02/17/2012] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is the third leading cause of cancer death, and its incidence is increasing worldwide in an alarming manner. The development of curative therapy for advanced and metastatic HCC is a high clinical priority. The HCC genome is complex and heterogeneous; therefore, the identification of recurrent genomic and related gene alterations is critical for developing clinical applications for diagnosis, prognosis and targeted therapy of the disease. This article focuses on recent research progress and our contribution in identifying and deciphering the role of defined genetic alterations in the pathogenesis of HCC. A significant number of genes that promote or suppress HCC cell growth have been identified at the sites of genomic reorganization. Notwithstanding the accumulation of multiple genetic alterations, highly recurrent changes on a single chromosome can alter the expression of oncogenes and tumor suppressor genes (TSGs) whose deregulation may be sufficient to drive the progression of normal hepatocytes to malignancy. A distinct and highly recurrent pattern of genomic imbalances in HCC includes the loss of DNA copy number (associated with loss of heterozygosity) of TSG-containing chromosome 8p and gain of DNA copy number or regional amplification of protooncogenes on chromosome 8q. Even though 8p is relatively small, it carries an unusually large number of TSGs, while, on the other side, several oncogenes are dispersed along 8q. Compelling evidence demonstrates that DLC1, a potent TSG on 8p, and MYC oncogene on 8q play a critical role in the pathogenesis of human HCC. Direct evidence for their role in the genesis of HCC has been obtained in a mosaic mouse model. Knockdown of DLC1 helps MYC in the induction of hepatoblast transformation in vitro, and in the development of HCC in vivo. Therapeutic interventions, which would simultaneously target signaling pathways governing both DLC1 and MYC functions in hepatocarcinogenesis, could result in progress in the treatment of liver cancer.
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- Drazen B Zimonjic
- Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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DOMÍNGUEZ WENDYGABRIELA, NARDI HÉCTOR, MONTERO HÉCTOR, VINCENT ESTEBAN, CORTE MARÍAMARTA, BALOGH GABRIELAANDREA. HER2/neu protein expression and fine needle breast aspiration from Argentinean patients with non-palpable breast lesions. Exp Ther Med 2010; 1:597-602. [PMID: 22993582 PMCID: PMC3445870 DOI: 10.3892/etm_00000094] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/09/2010] [Accepted: 05/12/2010] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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The objective of this pilot project was to investigate whether the breast fine needle aspiration (FNA) technique is a useful tool for determining the increased risk of breast cancer in patients with non-palpable breast lesions. FNA is a minimally invasive technique that isolates mammary epithelial cells from breast cells in the suspicious region. In this study, two FNA samples were collected from 12 patients. The level of HER2/neu expression at the mRNA level (in serum) was measured in each patient. As gene amplification is characteristic of cancer cells and may assist in diagnosis and prognostic assessment, it is crucial that gene amplification of HER2/neu in patients with non-palpable breast lesions is compared to breast biopsy results. In serum, the level of HER2/neu was determined by ELISA assay. Gene amplification was determined by PCR and confirmed by IHC employing monoclonal ERRB2 in the FNA sample. The results indicate that FNA has a good correlation with breast biopsy. FNA combined with mammographic imaging is a strong tool for determining favorable treatment options for patients.
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- WENDY GABRIELA DOMÍNGUEZ
- Department of Biochemistry and Genetics, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX,
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- CERZOS-CONICET, Centro Científico Tecnológico Bahía Blanca, Bahía Blanca,
Argentina
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- Departamento de Ginecología, Hospital Interzonal Dr. Jose Penna
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- Departamento de Ginecología, Hospital de la Asociación Médica de Bahía Blanca
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Patrushev LI, Minkevich IG. The problem of the eukaryotic genome size. BIOCHEMISTRY (MOSCOW) 2009; 73:1519-52. [PMID: 19216716 DOI: 10.1134/s0006297908130117] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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The current state of knowledge concerning the unsolved problem of the huge interspecific eukaryotic genome size variations not correlating with the species phenotypic complexity (C-value enigma also known as C-value paradox) is reviewed. Characteristic features of eukaryotic genome structure and molecular mechanisms that are the basis of genome size changes are examined in connection with the C-value enigma. It is emphasized that endogenous mutagens, including reactive oxygen species, create a constant nuclear environment where any genome evolves. An original quantitative model and general conception are proposed to explain the C-value enigma. In accordance with the theory, the noncoding sequences of the eukaryotic genome provide genes with global and differential protection against chemical mutagens and (in addition to the anti-mutagenesis and DNA repair systems) form a new, third system that protects eukaryotic genetic information. The joint action of these systems controls the spontaneous mutation rate in coding sequences of the eukaryotic genome. It is hypothesized that the genome size is inversely proportional to functional efficiency of the anti-mutagenesis and/or DNA repair systems in a particular biological species. In this connection, a model of eukaryotic genome evolution is proposed.
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- L I Patrushev
- Shemyakin-Ovchinnikov Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, 117997, Russia.
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Zimonjic DB, Ullmannova-Benson V, Factor VM, Thorgeirsson SS, Popescu NC. Recurrent and nonrandom DNA copy number and chromosome alterations in Myc transgenic mouse model for hepatocellular carcinogenesis: implications for human disease. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2009; 191:17-26. [PMID: 19389504 DOI: 10.1016/j.cancergencyto.2008.12.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/17/2008] [Accepted: 12/30/2008] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Mouse models for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) provide an experimental ground for dissecting the genetic and biological complexities of human liver cancer and contribute to our ability to gain insights into the relevance of candidate cancer genes. We examined, using spectral karyotyping (SKY) and array-based CGH (aCGH), seven cell lines derived from HCC spontaneously developed in transgenic Myc mice (Myc), and four cell lines established from tumors induced in nude mice by inoculation with the original Myc cells (nuMyc). All the cell lines exhibited gain of material from chromosomes 5, 6, 8, 10, 11, 15, and 19 and DNA copy-number loss from chromosomes 2, 4, 7, 9, 12, 14, and X. In addition, several recurrent chromosome reorganizations were found, including del(3), t(3;8), del(4), t(4;11), t(6;5), del(7), del(8), del(9), t(10;14), del(11), and del(16). Chromosome breakpoints underlying rearrangements clustered in the regions previously identified as important for the early stages of Myc-induced hepatocarcinogenesis. The results strongly suggest the importance of recurrent breakage and loss of chromosomes 4, 9, and 14 and gain of chromosomes 15 and 19 in mouse liver neoplasia. Genomic changes observed in Myc HCC cell lines are also recurrent in HCC developed in other transgenic mouse models, in mouse spontaneous HCC and derivative cell lines, and in preneoplastic liver lesions induced with chemical carcinogens. Overall, the present results document selective, nonrandom genomic changes involving chromosomal regions homologous to those implicated in human HCC.
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- Drazen B Zimonjic
- Laboratory of Experimental Carcinogenesis, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, 37 Convent Drive MSC 4262, Building 37, Room 4128B, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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Zhu S, Wurdak H, Wang J, Lyssiotis CA, Peters EC, Cho CY, Wu X, Schultz PG. A Small Molecule Primes Embryonic Stem Cells for Differentiation. Cell Stem Cell 2009; 4:416-26. [DOI: 10.1016/j.stem.2009.04.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 145] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/17/2008] [Revised: 02/24/2009] [Accepted: 04/01/2009] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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Riley LB, Desai DC. The molecular basis of cancer and the development of targeted therapy. Surg Clin North Am 2009; 89:1-15, vii. [PMID: 19186227 DOI: 10.1016/j.suc.2008.09.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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The sequencing of the human genome and the ability to rapidly identify genes and proteins, both normal and mutant, that are involved in tumorigenesis and malignant phenotypes, have changed the ability to understand malignant cells. Understanding and applying this information to the diagnosis and treatment of cancer are facilitated best with a multidisciplinary team. The cancer surgeon plays a pivotal role in this team. This article briefly summarizes: (1) the clinically relevant applications of molecular biology to the cancer surgeon, (2) the current understanding of the molecular basis for cancer, and (3) the current targeted agents and their clinical applications.
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- Lee B Riley
- St. Luke's Hospital and Health Network, 801 Ostrum Street, Bethlehem, PA 18015, USA.
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Snapka RM, Ge S, Trask J, Robertson F. Unbalanced growth in mouse cells with amplified
dhfr
genes. Cell Prolif 2008. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2184.1997.tb00918.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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- R. M. Snapka
- Department of Radiology, The Ohio State University College of Medicine, Columbus, Ohio, USA
- Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, The Ohio State University College of Medicine, Columbus, Ohio, USA
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- Department of Radiology, The Ohio State University College of Medicine, Columbus, Ohio, USA
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- Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, The Ohio State University College of Medicine, Columbus, Ohio, USA
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- Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, The Ohio State University College of Medicine, Columbus, Ohio, USA
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Wasson JC, Brodeur GM. Molecular analysis of gene amplification in tumors. CURRENT PROTOCOLS IN HUMAN GENETICS 2008; Chapter 10:Unit 10.5. [PMID: 18428242 DOI: 10.1002/0471142905.hg1005s02] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Detection of gene amplification in human cancer cells has both clinical and biological importance. Amplified genes can be classified in one of two categoriesas oncogenes or as genes conferring drug resistance. Both types of gene amplification may alter clinical management of the patient. The basic protocol describes preparation and quantitation of DNA from tumor tissue and the use of conventional Southern blot hybridization analysis to detect and quantify gene amplification. The first alternate protocol provides an approach to quickly screen tumor samples for gene amplification using slot blot hybridization analysis. The second alternate protocol describes the use of the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) for analyzing tumors that may be difficult to analyze because of degradation or limited amounts of DNA. A explains the proper methods for obtaining, processing, storing, and shipping tumor tissue for DNA analysis.
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- J C Wasson
- Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, USA
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Choi S, Myers JN. Molecular pathogenesis of oral squamous cell carcinoma: implications for therapy. J Dent Res 2008; 87:14-32. [PMID: 18096889 DOI: 10.1177/154405910808700104] [Citation(s) in RCA: 310] [Impact Index Per Article: 19.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/10/2023] Open
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The development of oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC) is a multistep process requiring the accumulation of multiple genetic alterations, influenced by a patient's genetic predisposition as well as by environmental influences, including tobacco, alcohol, chronic inflammation, and viral infection. Tumorigenic genetic alterations consist of two major types: tumor suppressor genes, which promote tumor development when inactivated; and oncogenes, which promote tumor development when activated. Tumor suppressor genes can be inactivated through genetic events such as mutation, loss of heterozygosity, or deletion, or by epigenetic modifications such as DNA methylation or chromatin remodeling. Oncogenes can be activated through overexpression due to gene amplification, increased transcription, or changes in structure due to mutations that lead to increased transforming activity. This review focuses on the molecular mechanisms of oral carcinogenesis and the use of biologic therapy to specifically target molecules altered in OSCC. The rapid progress that has been made in our understanding of the molecular alterations contributing to the development of OSCC is leading to improvements in the early diagnosis of tumors and the refinement of biologic treatments individualized to the specific characteristics of a patient's tumor.
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- S Choi
- Department of Head and Neck Surgery, University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, 1515 Holcombe Boulevard, Unit 441, [corrected] Houston, TX 77030-4009, USA
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Apoptotic pathways in tumor progression and therapy. ADVANCES IN EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY 2008; 615:47-79. [PMID: 18437891 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4020-6554-5_4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 70] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Apoptosis is a cell suicide program that plays a critical role in development and tissue homeostasis. The ability of cancer cells to evade this programmed cell death (PCD) is a major characteristic that enables their uncontrolled growth. The efficiency of chemotherapy in killing such cells depends on the successful induction of apoptosis, since defects in apoptosis signaling are a major cause of drug resistance. Over the past decades, much progress has been made in our understanding of apoptotic signaling pathways and their dysregulation in cancer progression and therapy. These advances have provided new molecular targets for proapoptotic cancer therapies that have recently been used in drug development. While most of those therapies are still at the preclinical stage, some of them have shown much promise in the clinic. Here, we review our current knowledge of apoptosis regulation in cancer progression and therapy, as well as the new molecular targeted molecules that are being developed to reinstate cancer cell death.
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Monte Carlo simulation of a simple gene network yields new evolutionary insights. J Theor Biol 2007; 250:468-74. [PMID: 18061620 DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2007.10.035] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/30/2007] [Revised: 09/03/2007] [Accepted: 10/26/2007] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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Monte Carlo simulations of a genetic toggle switch show that its behavior can be more complex than analytic models would suggest. We show here that as a result of the interplay between frequent and infrequent reaction events, such a switch can have more stable states than an analytic model would predict, and that the number and character of these states depend to a large extent on the propensity of transcription factors to bind to and dissociate from promoters. The effects of gene duplications differ even more; in analytic models, these seem to result in the disappearance of bi-stability and thus a loss of the switching function, but a Monte Carlo simulation shows that they can result in the appearance of new stable states without the loss of old ones, and thus in an increase of the complexity of the switch's behavior which may facilitate the evolution of new cellular functions. These differences are of interest with respect to the evolution of gene networks, particularly in clonal lines of cancer cells, where the duplication of active genes is an extremely common event, and often seems to result in the appearance of viable new cellular phenotypes.
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Schwab M. Suppression of genetic melanoma in the fish Xiphophorus. CIBA FOUNDATION SYMPOSIUM 2007; 142:181-97; discussion 197-8. [PMID: 2743831 DOI: 10.1002/9780470513750.ch12] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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Hybrids between certain species of the teleost Xiphophorus predictably develop melanomas. Classical Mendelian crossing experiments have allowed us to identify genetic loci involved in eliciting and in suppressing tumorigenesis. The overall picture is that melanoma formation results from functional elimination of a suppressor locus allowing abnormal expression of a melanoma locus. Melanoma formation in Xiphophorus behaves like a recessive trait. The fish melanomas consist of incompletely differentiated pigment cells and in many aspects resemble their murine and human counterparts. Cytogenetic studies of cells of the genetic melanomas have provided evidence for chromosomal abnormalities. In particular, cytogenetic manifestations of amplified DNA were detected in a cell line derived from a malignant melanoma. Amplified DNA was isolated and was found to be amplified in a particular type of genetic melanoma. Our results suggest that genetic changes in addition to elimination of suppressor genes contribute to the malignant phenotype of melanoma in Xiphophorus. It is possible that a similar situation occurs in cancers of higher vertebrates, including humans.
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- M Schwab
- Institut für Experimentelle Pathologie, Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum, Heidelberg, FRG
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Stacey SN, Nielsen I, Skouv J, Hansen C, Autrup H. Deregulation in trans or c-myc expression in immortalized human urothelial cells and in T24 bladder carcinoma cells. Mol Carcinog 2006; 3:216-25. [PMID: 1698381 DOI: 10.1002/mc.2940030409] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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The expression of a number of cellular oncogenes was investigated in human urothelial cell lines with different in vitro growth properties. Constitutively elevated levels of expression of c-myc RNA were found in Hu609, an immortalized, nontumorigenic cell line that was derived from normal urothelium, and in the bladder carcinoma cell line T24. Potential mechanisms that might underlie deregulation of c-myc expression in these cells were investigated. It was found that the c-myc gene was apparently intact and not amplified in Hu609 and T24. No increased stability of c-myc RNA was detected. A c-myc-CAT fusion construct containing 2.5 kb of normal c-myc 5' sequences showed levels of expression that paralleled the overexpression of the endogenous gene, indicating that the high constitutive levels of c-myc expression were due, at least in part, to alterations in the activities of cellular trans-acting transcriptional regulators.
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- S N Stacey
- Laboratory of Environmental Carcinogenesis, Danish Cancer Society, Fibiger Institute, Copenhagen
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Arvanitis C, Felsher DW. Conditional transgenic models define how MYC initiates and maintains tumorigenesis. Semin Cancer Biol 2006; 16:313-7. [PMID: 16935001 DOI: 10.1016/j.semcancer.2006.07.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 115] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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MYC is one of the most commonly overexpressed oncogenes in human cancer. The targeted inactivation of MYC is a possible therapy for neoplasia. Conditional transgenic mouse model systems are tractable methods to precisely dissect how and when the inactivation of MYC might be effective in the treatment for human cancer. From these model systems, several general principles emerge. MYC inactivation stereotypically results in the proliferative arrest, differentiation and/or apoptosis of tumor cells. The specific consequences of MYC inactivation appear to depend both on the type of cancer as well as the constellation of genetic events unique to a given tumor. Tumors can escape from dependence upon MYC by acquiring compensatory genetic events. MYC inactivation can uncover the stem cell properties of tumor cells that differentiate into normal appearing cells. In some cases, these differentiated cells are actually dormant tumor cells that recover their neoplastic properties upon MYC reactivation. In other cases, even brief MYC inactivation is sufficient to induce sustained tumor regression. Insights from conditional transgenic mouse models will be useful in the development of therapies that target MYC for the treatment of cancer.
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- Constadina Arvanitis
- Department of Molecular Pharmacology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
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Deng X, Zhang L, Zhang Y, Yan Y, Xu Z, Dong S, Fu S. Double minute chromosomes in mouse methotrexate-resistant cells studied by atomic force microscopy. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2006; 346:1228-33. [PMID: 16806082 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2006.06.041] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/03/2006] [Accepted: 06/06/2006] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Double minute chromosomes (DMs) are acentric, autonomously replicating extra-chromosomes and frequently mediate gene amplification in tumor and drug resistant cells. Atomic force microscopy (AFM) is a powerful tool in microbiology. We used AFM to explore the ultrastructure of DMs in mouse fibroblasts 3T3R500. DMs in various phases of cell cycle were also studied in order to elucidate the mechanisms of their duplication and separation. Metaphase spread and induced premature condensed chromosomes (PCCs) were observed under the AFM. DMs were detected to be composed of two compact spheres linked by fibers. The fibers of DMs directly connected with metaphase chromosomes were observed. Many single-minutes and few DMs were detected in G1 PCCs, while more DMs were detected in S PCCs than in G1 PCCs. Besides, all of the DMs in G2 PCCs were coupled. Our present results suggested that DMs might divide into single-minutes during or before G1-phase, followed by duplication of the single-minutes in S-phase. Moreover, we introduced a new powerful tool to study DMs and got some ideal results.
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- Xinyu Deng
- Laboratory of Medical Genetics, Harbin Medical University, Harbin 150086, China
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Arvanitis C, Felsher DW. Conditionally MYC:insights from novel transgenic models. Cancer Lett 2005; 226:95-9. [PMID: 16039948 DOI: 10.1016/j.canlet.2004.10.043] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/18/2004] [Accepted: 10/22/2004] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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MYC was one of the first oncogenes identified to be associated with chromosomal aberrations and one of the most common oncogenes involved in the pathogenesis of cancer. However, until recently it was not clear if MYC would be a good target for the treatment of cancer. New conditional transgenic models have been used to demonstrate that even the brief inactivation of MYC can reverse tumorigenesis. Here we review results from recent experimental model systems, which demonstrate that the inactivation of MYC may be a specific and effective treatment for many types of cancer.
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- Constadina Arvanitis
- Departments of Medicine and Pathology, Division of Oncology, School of Medicine, Stanford University, CCSR 1105B, 269 Campus Drive, Stanford, CA 94305-5151, USA
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Developmentally regulated gene amplification serves to increase the number of templates for transcription, yielding greatly increased protein and/or RNA product for gene(s) at the amplified loci. It is observed with genes that are very actively transcribed and during narrow windows of developmental time where copious amounts of those particular gene products are required. Amplification results from repeated firing of origins at a few genomic loci, while the rest of the genome either does not replicate, or replicates to a lesser extent. As such, amplification is a striking exception to the once-and-only-once rule of DNA replication and may be informative as to that mechanism. Drosophila amplifies eggshell (chorion) genes in the follicle cells of the ovary to allow for rapid eggshell synthesis. Sciara amplifies multiple genes in larval salivary gland cells that encode proteins secreted in the saliva for the pupal case. Finally, Tetrahymena amplifies its rRNA genes several thousand-fold in the creation of the transcriptionally active macronucleus. Due to the ease of molecular and genetic analysis with these systems, the study of origin regulation has advanced rapidly. Comparisons reveal an evolutionarily conserved trans-regulatory apparatus and a similar organization of sequence-specific cis-regulatory replicator and origin elements. The studies indicate a regulatory role for chromatin structure and transcriptionally active genes near the origins.
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- John Tower
- Molecular and Computational Biology Program, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California 90089-1340, USA.
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Chin D, Boyle GM, Theile DR, Parsons PG, Coman WB. Molecular introduction to head and neck cancer (HNSCC) carcinogenesis. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2004; 57:595-602. [PMID: 15380692 DOI: 10.1016/j.bjps.2004.06.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/14/2004] [Accepted: 06/10/2004] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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Of all human cancers, HNSCC is the most distressing affecting pain, disfigurement, speech and the basic survival functions of breathing and swallowing. Mortality rates have not significantly changed in the last 40 years despite advances in radiotherapy and surgical treatment. Molecular markers are currently being identified that can determine prognosis preoperatively by routine tumour biopsy leading to improved management of HNSCC patients. The approach could help decide which early stage patient should have adjuvant neck dissection and radiotherapy, and whether later stage patients with operable lesions would benefit from resection and reconstructive surgery or adopt a conservative approach to patients with poor prognosis regardless of treatment. In the future, understanding these basic genetic changes in HNSCC would be important for the management of HNSCC.
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- David Chin
- Queensland Institute of Medical Research, Melanoma Genomics Group, Dept of Plastic Surgery and Head and Neck Unit, University of Queensland, Princess Alexandra Hospital, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
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Zimonjic DB, Durkin ME, Keck-Waggoner CL, Park SW, Thorgeirsson SS, Popescu NC. SMAD5 gene expression, rearrangements, copy number, and amplification at fragile site FRA5C in human hepatocellular carcinoma. Neoplasia 2004; 5:390-6. [PMID: 14670176 PMCID: PMC1502609 DOI: 10.1016/s1476-5586(03)80041-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Signaling by the transforming growth factor (TGF)-family members is transduced from the cell surface to the nucleus by the Smad group of intracellular proteins. Because we detected alterations on the long arm of chromosome 5, we examined the status of the SMAD5 gene in human hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) cell lines and primary HCC. In 16 cell lines, chromosome alterations of chromosome 5 were observed in nine cell lines by fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH), and an increase in SMAD5 gene copy number relative to the ploidy level was found in eight lines. The breakpoints in unbalanced translocations and deletions frequently occurred near the SMAD5 locus, but apparently did not cause loss of SMAD5. In one cell line, where comparative genomic hybridization showed DNA copy number gain confined to the region 5q31, we detected by FISH high-level amplification of the SMAD5 gene located within the fragile site FRA5C. Semiquantitative polymerase chain reaction did not reveal changes in SMAD5 DNA levels in 15 of 17 primary HCC specimens. In 17 HCC cell lines, SMAD5 mRNA levels were either maintained or upregulated by an increase in gene dosage or another mechanism. Collectively, our results show that SMAD5 undergoes copy number gain and increased expression, rather than loss of expression, and therefore suggest that this gene does not act as a tumor-suppressor gene in HCC. The Hep-40 HCC cell line with high-level amplification and significant overexpression of SMAD5 may be useful in studying the interaction of SMAD5 with other genes.
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- Drazen B Zimonjic
- Laboratory of Experimental Carcinogenesis, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, NIH, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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Löwenheim H. [Comparative genomic hybridization as cytogenetic tumor diagnosis technique in juvenile angiofibroma]. HNO 2003; 51:959-61. [PMID: 14647923 DOI: 10.1007/s00106-003-0934-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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- H Löwenheim
- Klinik für Hals-Nasen-Ohren-Heilkunde, Universitätsklinikum Tuebingen.
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Nagpal JK, Das BR. Oral cancer: reviewing the present understanding of its molecular mechanism and exploring the future directions for its effective management. Oral Oncol 2003; 39:213-21. [PMID: 12618193 DOI: 10.1016/s1368-8375(02)00162-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 86] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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The present review aims to analyze the information available regarding the molecular mechanisms of Oral Carcinogenesis and explore the future directions where the field of Cancer Biology is venturing. Oncologists have excellently followed the proverb "Necessity is the mother of Invention". The desire to be more precise and comprehensive in their studies has led to the invention of some of the most innovative techniques like laser capture microdissection, comparative genomic hybridization, microarrays, and protein chips etc. Various Biotech companies and Cancer Institutes are on a hunt for anti-cancer drugs and molecular markers for cancers. These revolutionary approaches and the new breed of Oncologists have made the field very exciting and have generated the hope that finally the war against cancer would be won. In the end it is urged that the lead taken in other cancers like colon, breast, leukemia will be emulated in oral cancer. This is expected to provide a molecular blueprint for HNSCC, thus helping to identify suitable markers for the early detection of pre-neoplastic lesions, as well as novel targets for its pharmacological intervention.
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- Jatin K Nagpal
- Molecular Oncology and Medical Biotechnology Division, Institute of Life Sciences, Nalco Square, Chandrasekharpur, Bhubaneswar 751 023, India
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Morel F, Bris MJL, Herry A, Calvez GL, Marion V, Abgrall JF, Berthou C, Braekeleer MD. Double minutes containing amplified bcr-abl fusion gene in a case of chronic myeloid leukemia treated by imatinib. Eur J Haematol 2003; 70:235-9. [PMID: 12656747 DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0609.2003.00046.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Amplification of the bcr-abl fusion gene has recently been associated with resistance to imatinib therapy in chronic myeloid leukemia (CML). A 55-yr-old man was diagnosed with Philadelphia (Ph) chromosome-positive CML. Resistance to interferon treatment and occurrence of blastic phase lead to the decision of imatinib therapy. After two autologous stem cell transplantation, the patient reverted to chronic phase with a decrease in the proportion of Ph chromosome-positive cells under imatinib. A second blastic phase occurred 4 months after transplantation, of which the patient died. Cytogenetic studies, including fluorescent in situ hybridization, showed a (9;22)(q34;q11) translocation and one bcr-abl fusion gene during the whole evolution, but for the last 2 months. Bcr-abl gene amplification (over 25 copies) was noted while banding cytogenetics showed a karyotype of 55-62 chromosomes with multiple double minutes (dmin). To the best of our knowledge, dmin containing amplified bcr-abl gene has never been reported in patients with CML. Therefore, although we cannot exclude that the gene amplification was strictly associated with disease progression, our data may suggest that the amplification resulted in resistance to imatinib.
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MESH Headings
- Aneuploidy
- Antineoplastic Agents/therapeutic use
- Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols/therapeutic use
- Benzamides
- Blast Crisis/genetics
- Blast Crisis/pathology
- Chromosome Aberrations
- Chromosome Painting
- Combined Modality Therapy
- Cytarabine/administration & dosage
- Drug Resistance, Neoplasm/genetics
- Enzyme Inhibitors/therapeutic use
- Fatal Outcome
- Fusion Proteins, bcr-abl/antagonists & inhibitors
- Fusion Proteins, bcr-abl/genetics
- Gene Amplification
- Humans
- Hydroxyurea/administration & dosage
- Imatinib Mesylate
- Interferon-alpha/administration & dosage
- Karyotyping
- Leukemia, Myelogenous, Chronic, BCR-ABL Positive/drug therapy
- Leukemia, Myelogenous, Chronic, BCR-ABL Positive/genetics
- Leukemia, Myelogenous, Chronic, BCR-ABL Positive/pathology
- Leukemia, Myelogenous, Chronic, BCR-ABL Positive/therapy
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Neoplasm Proteins/antagonists & inhibitors
- Neoplasm Proteins/genetics
- Peripheral Blood Stem Cell Transplantation
- Philadelphia Chromosome
- Piperazines/therapeutic use
- Pyrimidines/therapeutic use
- Transplantation, Autologous
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- Frédéric Morel
- Faculté de Médecine, Université de Bretagne Occidentale, Brest
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The organization and replication of DNA render fragile sites (FSs) prone to breakage, recombination as well as becoming preferential targets for mutagens-carcinogens and integration of oncogenic viruses. For many years, attempts to link FSs and cancer generated mostly circumstantial evidence. The discoveries that chromosome translocations, amplification of proto-oncogenes, deletion of tumor suppressor genes, and integration of oncogenic viruses all result from the specific breakage of genomic DNA at FSs, however, have provided compelling support for such a link, further suggesting a causative role for FSs in cancer.
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- Nicholas C Popescu
- Molecular Cytogenetics Section, Laboratory of Experimental Carcinogenesis, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD 20814-4958, USA.
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Smith G, Taylor-Kashton C, Dushnicky L, Symons S, Wright J, Mai S. c-Myc-induced extrachromosomal elements carry active chromatin. Neoplasia 2003; 5:110-20. [PMID: 12659683 PMCID: PMC1502397 DOI: 10.1016/s1476-5586(03)80002-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Murine Pre-B lymphocytes with experimentally activated MycER show both chromosomal and extrachromosomal gene amplification. In this report, we have elucidated the size, structure, and functional components of c-Myc-induced extrachromosomal elements (EEs). Scanning electron microscopy revealed that EEs isolated from MycER-activated Pre-B+ cells are an average of 10 times larger than EEs isolated from non-MycER-activated control Pre-B- cells. We demonstrate that these large c-Myc-induced EEs are associated with histone proteins, whereas EEs of non-MycER-activated Pre B- cells are not. Immunohistochemistry and Western blot analyses using pan-histone-specific, histone H3 phosphorylation-specific, and histone H4 acetylation-specific antibodies indicate that a significant proportion of EEs analyzed from MycER-activated cells harbors transcriptionally competent and/or active chromatin. Moreover, these large, c-Myc-induced EEs carry genes. Whereas the total genetic make-up of these c-Myc-induced EEs is unknown, we found that 30.2% of them contain the dihydrofolate reductase (DHFR) gene, whereas cyclin C (CCNC) was absent. In addition, 50% of these c-Myc-activated Pre-B+ EEs incorporated bromodeoxyuridine (BrdU), identifying them as genetic structures that self-propagate. In contrast, EEs isolated from non-Myc-activated cells neither carry the DHFR gene nor incorporate BrdU, suggesting that c-Myc deregulation generates a new class of EEs.
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- Greg Smith
- Manitoba Institute of Cell Biology, CancerCare Manitoba, the Genomic Center for Cancer Research and Diagnosis Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
- University of Manitoba Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
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- Manitoba Institute of Cell Biology, CancerCare Manitoba, the Genomic Center for Cancer Research and Diagnosis Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
- University of Manitoba Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
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- Canadian Grain Commission, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
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- Manitoba Institute of Cell Biology, CancerCare Manitoba, the Genomic Center for Cancer Research and Diagnosis Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
- University of Manitoba Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
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- Manitoba Institute of Cell Biology, CancerCare Manitoba, the Genomic Center for Cancer Research and Diagnosis Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
- University of Manitoba Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
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Yuan BZ, Zhou X, Zimonjic DB, Durkin ME, Popescu NC. Amplification and overexpression of the EMS 1 oncogene, a possible prognostic marker, in human hepatocellular carcinoma. J Mol Diagn 2003; 5:48-53. [PMID: 12552080 PMCID: PMC1907373 DOI: 10.1016/s1525-1578(10)60451-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/11/2023] Open
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DNA amplification in cancer cells frequently involves oncogenes whose increased expression confers a selective advantage on tumor cell growth. In an attempt to identify novel oncogenes involved in hepatocarcinogenesis, representational difference analysis (RDA) was performed using DNA from a primary human hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) that showed high-level DNA amplifications on chromosomes 1p32 and 11q13 by comparative genomic hybridization. Ten amplification fragments were isolated by RDA, and when used to probe Southern blots of tumor DNA, there was a 5- to 50-fold increase in hybridization intensity relative to normal DNA. The sequence of one amplification product matched that of the EMS1 oncogene, which is located on chromosome 11q13 and is amplified in other cancers. We detected EMS1 amplification in 3 of 17 primary HCC. Overexpression of EMS1 mRNA was observed in 12 of 14 HCC cell lines in the absence of gene amplification or an increased copy-number of the gene. The EMS1 gene encodes cortactin, a cortical actin-associated protein that is a substrate for Src kinase and is involved in cytoskeleton organization. Alterations of the EMS1 gene that lead to overexpression of cortactin may be associated with tumor development in HCC. EMS1 amplification and overexpresion is indicative of unfavorable prognosis in several cancers and may have similar prognostic implications in liver cancer.
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- Bao-Zhu Yuan
- Laboratory of Experimental Carcinogenesis, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, Maryland 20892-4258, USA
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Grover R, Pacifico MD, Wilson GD, Sanders R. Use of oncogene expression as an independent prognostic marker for primary melanoma. Ann Plast Surg 2003; 50:183-7. [PMID: 12567057 DOI: 10.1097/01.sap.0000032308.89737.ea] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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For 25 years, the Breslow depth of primary tumors has remained the most accurate prognostic test of survival for primary melanoma. However a number of studies have indicated that outcome for intermediate-thickness melanomas (0.75-2.49 mm) is often at variance with that predicted by the Breslow depth. This study investigated c-myc oncogene expression in 92 primary tumors of intermediate thickness using flow cytometry. Oncoprotein expression was detected in 87 tumors (95%) with a median positivity of 48% (range, 0%-96%). Survival analysis performed using the Kaplan-Meier method revealed a significant association between oncoprotein positivity and clinical outcome (p < 0.01, log-rank test). Multifactorial analysis of survival using Cox's proportional hazards model revealed c-myc oncoprotein to be an independent prognostic marker more accurate than all other clinicopathological parameters including the Breslow depth (chi(2) = 9.68, p< 0.01). Estimation of c-myc oncoprotein is therefore recommended as a powerful prognostic marker for intermediate-thickness primary melanoma.
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- Rajiv Grover
- RAFT Institute of Plastic Surgery, Mount Vernon Hospital, Northwood, Middlesex HA6 2RN, UK
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Porkka K, Saramäki O, Tanner M, Visakorpi T. Amplification and overexpression of Elongin C gene discovered in prostate cancer by cDNA microarrays. J Transl Med 2002; 82:629-37. [PMID: 12004003 DOI: 10.1038/labinvest.3780457] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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Functional significance of several oncogenes is mediated by overexpression. To identify overexpressed genes in prostate cancer, we analyzed expression of 1081 transcripts in three prostate cancer cell lines (PC-3, DU145, and LNCaP) using cDNA microarray hybridization. The cDNA microarray analyses were validated by quantitative real-time RT-PCR. On average, 64% of the genes were expressed at detectable levels in the cell lines. Next, the expression profiles were combined with the data on DNA sequence copy number alterations in the cell lines obtained by comparative genomic hybridization. The genes for Elongin C and urokinase type plasminogen-activator, both located in the regions of amplification in the PC-3 cell line (8q21 and 10q22, respectively), were found to be overexpressed in the PC-3. Amplification and overexpression of urokinase type plasminogen-activator in prostate cancer has previously been reported. Here, fluorescence in situ hybridization on tissue microarray showed high-level amplification of the Elongin C gene in 8 (23%) of 35 hormone-refractory carcinomas but in none of the untreated prostate carcinomas (n = 35). Finally, it was shown that the Elongin C gene was overexpressed and amplified also in breast cancer cell line SK-Br-3. The results indicate that Elongin C is a putative target gene for 8q amplification.
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- Kati Porkka
- Laboratory of Cancer Genetics, Institute of Medical Technology, University of Tampere and Tampere University Hospital, Tampere, Finland
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The step-wise accumulation of genetic and epigenetic alterations in cancer development includes chromosome rearrangements and viral integration-mediated genetic alterations that frequently involve proto-oncogenes. Proto-oncogenes deregulation lead to unlimited, self-sufficient cell growth and ultimately generates invasive and destructive tumors. C-MYC gene, the cellular homologue of the avian myelocitic leukemia virus, is implicated in a large number of human solid tumors, leukemias and lymphomas as well as in a variety of animal neoplasias. Deregulated MYC expression is a common denominator in cancer. Chromosomal rearrangements and integration of oncogenic viruses frequently target MYC locus, causing structural or functional alterations of the gene. In this article, we illustrate how genomic rearrangements and viruses integration affect MYC locus in certain human lymphomas and solid tumors.
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- N C Popescu
- Laboratory of Experimental Carcinogenesis, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, 37 Convent Drive MSC 4258, Bethesda, Maryland 20892-4258, USA.
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Reddy KS, Parsons L, Mak L, Chan JA. An hsr on chromosome 7 was shown to be an insertion of four copies of the 11q23 MLL gene region in an HIV-related lymphoma. CANCER GENETICS AND CYTOGENETICS 2001; 129:107-11. [PMID: 11566339 DOI: 10.1016/s0165-4608(01)00438-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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A 45-year-old male with AIDS presented with a cecal diffuse large B-cell lymphoma. Cytogenetic and flourescence in situ hybridization (FISH) studies revealed a complex karyotype with multiple aberrations that included a translocation, t(8;14) involving MYC on chromosome 14. This is specific to B-cell lymphomas. There were also frequently observed secondary changes such as chromosome 1 rearrangement leading to trisomy of 1q and loss of tp53 from the deleted chromosome 17. A unique secondary abnormality was an hsr on chromosome 7, which by FISH and SKY investigations was shown to originate from chromosome 11 involving 4 copies of the MLL gene region.
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MESH Headings
- Cecal Neoplasms/complications
- Cecal Neoplasms/genetics
- Cecal Neoplasms/pathology
- Chromosome Aberrations/genetics
- Chromosome Deletion
- Chromosomes, Human, Pair 11/genetics
- Chromosomes, Human, Pair 14/genetics
- Chromosomes, Human, Pair 17/genetics
- Chromosomes, Human, Pair 7/genetics
- Chromosomes, Human, Pair 8/genetics
- DNA-Binding Proteins/genetics
- Gene Dosage
- Genes, myc
- HIV Infections/complications
- Histone-Lysine N-Methyltransferase
- Humans
- Immunophenotyping
- In Situ Hybridization, Fluorescence
- Karyotyping/methods
- Lymphoma, B-Cell/complications
- Lymphoma, B-Cell/genetics
- Lymphoma, B-Cell/pathology
- Lymphoma, Large B-Cell, Diffuse/complications
- Lymphoma, Large B-Cell, Diffuse/genetics
- Lymphoma, Large B-Cell, Diffuse/pathology
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Myeloid-Lymphoid Leukemia Protein
- Proto-Oncogenes
- Transcription Factors
- Translocation, Genetic
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- K S Reddy
- Cytogenetic Department, Quest Diagnostics Inc., 33608 Ortega Highway, San Juan Capistrano, CA, USA.
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Bauer C, Diesinger I, Brass N, Steinhart H, Iro H, Meese EU. Translation initiation factor eIF-4G is immunogenic, overexpressed, and amplified in patients with squamous cell lung carcinoma. Cancer 2001; 92:822-9. [PMID: 11550153 DOI: 10.1002/1097-0142(20010815)92:4<822::aid-cncr1388>3.0.co;2-a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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BACKGROUND Recently, the authors reported identification and cloning of several novel immunogenic antigens in squamous cell lung carcinoma. Of 14 corresponding genes, 9 mapped in an amplified chromosomal region with the gene for eIF-4G that was amplified most frequently. METHODS Recombinant eIF-4G was expressed in E. coli and screened with sera from patients with squamous cell carcinoma of the lung and of the head and neck. Protein extracts from squamous cell carcinoma tissues were analyzed for eIF-4G expression by Western blot analysis. Mutation analysis was performed using an automatic DNA sequencer. RESULTS The authors screened a spectrum of 33 heterologous sera from lung carcinoma patients and detected antibodies against eIF-4G in 5 of these sera (15%). They found no immune response to eIF-4G in 17 sera from squamous cell carcinoma tissues derived from the head and neck. In addition, no antibodies were found to eIF-4G in a group of 17 control sera from individuals without known tumor formation. Sequence analysis of the eIF-4G gave no indication of mutations. To analyze the expression of eIF-4G, a monoclonal antibody was used. Western blot analysis clearly showed overexpression in the tumor tissue compared with the corresponding normal lung tissues. CONCLUSIONS The translation initiation factor eIF-4G is the first protein in which the gene shows amplification, has increased expression in a human tumor, and induces an immune response in patients. eIF-4G lends itself as a marker for the diagnosis of and possibly as a future therapeutic target in patients with squamous cell lung carcinoma.
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- C Bauer
- Department of Human Genetics, Medical School, University of Saarland, 66421 Homburg/Saar, Germany
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Kanda T, Wahl GM. The dynamics of acentric chromosomes in cancer cells revealed by GFP-based chromosome labeling strategies. JOURNAL OF CELLULAR BIOCHEMISTRY. SUPPLEMENT 2001; Suppl 35:107-14. [PMID: 11389539 DOI: 10.1002/1097-4644(2000)79:35+<107::aid-jcb1133>3.0.co;2-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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Autonomous replicons, such as viral episomes and oncogene containing double minute chromosomes (DMs), lack centromeres and consequently should be lost rapidly when the nuclear membrane breaks down at mitosis. Surprisingly, they are not. This raises the important question of the mechanisms that enable their efficient transmission to daughter cells. We review recent developments in GFP-based chromosome labeling strategies that enable real time analyses using high resolution light microscopy to provide insights into this issue. The results reveal that episomes and DMs both adhere to host chromosomes, a process referred to as "chromosome tethering". Such association enables acentric molecules to use the chromosomal centromere in trans, thereby achieving efficient transmission to daughter cells. This unique mechanism of mitotic segregation also raises the possibility of developing a new class of anti-cancer drugs that work by selectively eliminating growth enhancing genes from cancer cells. J. Cell. Biochem. Suppl. 35:107-114, 2000.
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- T Kanda
- Gene Expression Laboratory, The Salk Institute for Biological Studies, 10010 N. Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA
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Saramäki OR, Savinainen KJ, Nupponen NN, Bratt O, Visakorpi T. Amplification of hypoxia-inducible factor 1alpha gene in prostate cancer. CANCER GENETICS AND CYTOGENETICS 2001; 128:31-4. [PMID: 11454426 DOI: 10.1016/s0165-4608(01)00396-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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Hypoxia-inducible factor 1 (HIF-1) is a transcription factor that regulates the expression of genes associated with adaptation to reduced oxygen pressure. Increased expression of HIF-1alpha gene (HIF1A) has been found in the majority of prostate carcinomas. In addition, the PC-3 prostate cancer cell line has been shown to express the gene even under normoxic conditions. By comparative genomic hybridization (CGH), we have earlier shown that the PC-3 cell line contains a high-level amplification in the chromosomal region harboring the HIF1A gene. Here, we first fine mapped the gene to locus 14q23 by fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH). The gene was then shown to be highly amplified in the PC-3 cell line. Subsequently, the copy number of the HIF1A gene was studied in 5 other prostate cancer cell lines (LNCaP, DU-145, NCI-H660, Tsu-Pr, JCA-1) and in 117 prostate tumors representing both hormone-dependent and -refractory disease as well as primary and metastatic lesions. No high-level amplifications of the HIF1A gene were found. Additional copies of the gene were seen in all of the cell lines and in 36% of the tumors. There was no association between the tumor type and the copy number alterations of the gene. In conclusion, high-level amplification of the HIF1A gene may explain the overexpression of the gene in the PC-3 prostate cancer cell line. However, such high-level amplification seems to be very rare in prostate cancer.
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- O R Saramäki
- Laboratory of Cancer Genetics, Institute of Medical Technology, Hospital of the University of Tampere, Tampere, Finland
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Savelyeva L, Schwab M. Amplification of oncogenes revisited: from expression profiling to clinical application. Cancer Lett 2001; 167:115-23. [PMID: 11369131 DOI: 10.1016/s0304-3835(01)00472-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Regulatory or structural alterations of cellular oncogenes have been implicated in the causation of cancers. Amplification represents one of the major molecular pathways by which gene expression is constitutively enhanced above the level of physiologically normal variation. Consequently, the significance of oncogene amplification in tumorigenesis originally had emerged from expression profiling of tumor cells by oncogene arrays. Amplified oncogenes have been found associated with more aggressive tumor variants and in selected settings are clinical markers to determine patient prognosis.
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- L Savelyeva
- Department of Cytogenetics, H0400, Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum Im Neuenheimer Feld 280, D-69120 Heidelberg, Germany
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Kubota H, Nishizaki T, Harada K, Harada K, Oga A, Ito H, Suzuki M, Sasaki K. Identification of recurrent chromosomal rearrangements and the unique relationship between low-level amplification and translocation in glioblastoma. Genes Chromosomes Cancer 2001; 31:125-33. [PMID: 11319800 DOI: 10.1002/gcc.1126] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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To elucidate the structural abnormalities and the relationship between chromosome structural disorders and DNA copy number aberrations in tumor cells, we applied the techniques of spectral karyotyping (SKY), comparative genomic hybridization (CGH), and fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH), using yeast artificial chromosome (YAC) probes for nine human glioblastoma cell lines. One striking finding was that independently derived cell lines had the same recurrent marker chromosomes. Seven recurrent chromosomes were detected by these cytogenetic methods. In particular, cell lines U251, SNB-19, and U373-MG showed very similar karyotypes. It is also interesting that regions of DNA amplification were found translocated and/or inserted at a high rate (91.7%). In all, there were 12 amplified loci in five of the nine cell lines. These amplified chromosomal bands were scattered on the chromosomes, including the normal chromosome, with one exception (7q32-qter in U373-MG). FISH with YAC clones mapping to these chromosomal regions as DNA probes often showed DNA probe signals not only at original chromosomal sites but also in translocated or inserted segments. This form of DNA amplification was characterized by low-level increases (four- to 10-fold) and by translocation or insertion of the relevant chromosomal locus. These studies shed light on typical derivative chromosomes and the relationship between DNA amplification and chromosomal translocation in glioblastoma.
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- H Kubota
- Department of Pathology, Yamaguchi University School of Medicine, Yamaguchi, Japan
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- B P Monia
- Isis Pharmaceuticals, Carlsbad, California, USA.
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Batanian JR, Brink DS, Thorpe CM, Haddad BR. Case of lipoblastoma with two derivative chromosomes 8 containing homogeneously staining-like regions and a review of the literature: lipoblastoma and chromosome 8. CANCER GENETICS AND CYTOGENETICS 2001; 125:10-3. [PMID: 11297761 DOI: 10.1016/s0165-4608(00)00351-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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We report a case of a lipoblastoma in a 10-month-old girl in which the cytogenetic aberration showed a homogeneously staining-like region (hsr) within two derivative chromosomes 8. There was a loss of one normal copy of chromosome 8 and gain of two identical derivative chromosomes 8 with the karyotype designation 47,XX,psu idic(8)(pter-->q12 approximately 13::hsr::q12 approximately 13-->pter),+psu idic (8)(pter-->q12 approximately 13::hsr::q12 approximately 13-->pter). This is the first report of a chromosomal aberration of this type seen in lipoblastoma.
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- J R Batanian
- Department of Pediatrics, St. Louis School of Medicine, Pediatric Research Institute, Cardinal Glennon Children's Hospital, St. Louis, MO, USA.
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Kanda T, Otter M, Wahl GM. Mitotic segregation of viral and cellular acentric extrachromosomal molecules by chromosome tethering. J Cell Sci 2001; 114:49-58. [PMID: 11112689 DOI: 10.1242/jcs.114.1.49] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Mitotic chromosome segregation is mediated by spindle microtubules attached to centromeres. Recent studies, however, revealed that acentric DNA molecules, such as viral replicons and double minute chromosomes, can efficiently segregate into daughter cells by associating with mitotic chromosomes. Based on this similarity between viral and cellular acentric molecules, we introduced Epstein-Barr virus vectors into cells harboring double minute chromosomes and compared their mitotic behaviors. We added lac operator repeats to an Epstein-Barr virus vector, which enabled us to readily identify the transgene in cells expressing a fusion protein between the lac repressor and green fluorescent protein. Unexpectedly, we found that Epstein-Barr virus vectors integrated into the acentric double minute chromosomes, but not into normal chromosomes, in all of the six stably transfected clones examined. While transiently transfected Epstein-Barr virus vectors randomly associated with wheel-shaped prometaphase chromosome rosettes, the chimeras of double minute chromosomes and Epstein-Barr virus vectors in stably transfected clones always attached to the periphery of chromosome rosettes. These chimeric acentric molecules faithfully represented the behavior of native double minute chromosomes, providing a tool for analyzing their behavior in living cells throughout the cell cycle. Further detailed analyses, including real-time observations, revealed that double minute chromosomes appeared to be repelled from the spindle poles at the same time that they attached to the chromosome periphery, while centromeric regions were pulled poleward by the attached microtubules. Disrupting microtubule organization eliminated such peripheral localization of double minute chromosomes, but it did not affect their association with chromosomes. The results suggest a model in which double minute chromosomes, but not Epstein-Barr virus vectors, are subject to the microtubule-mediated antipolar force, while they both employ chromosome tethering strategies to increase their segregation to daughter cells.
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- T Kanda
- Gene Expression Laboratory, The Salk Institute for Biological Studies, La Jolla, California 92037, USA.
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Sattler HP, Lensch R, Rohde V, Zimmer E, Meese E, Bonkhoff H, Retz M, Zwergel T, Bex A, Stoeckle M, Wullich B. Novel amplification unit at chromosome 3q25-q27 in human prostate cancer. Prostate 2000; 45:207-15. [PMID: 11074522 DOI: 10.1002/1097-0045(20001101)45:3<207::aid-pros2>3.0.co;2-h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 75] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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BACKGROUND In prostate carcinoma, amplification of the genes c-MYC, Her2/NEU, and the androgen receptor gene has been documented, with gene amplification being related to progressive tumor growth. Recently, using comparative genomic hybridization (CGH), we provided evidence for DNA copy number gains at chromosome 3q25-q26 in prostate cancer [Sattler et al.: Prostate 39:79-86, 1999]. METHODS In this study, additional prostatic tumors were evaluated by CGH to determine the frequency of DNA overrepresentation at 3q. Comparative PCR and Southern blot analyses were applied to determine whether known genes are involved in DNA copy number gains. RESULTS By CGH, DNA copy number gains, all of which involved chromosome region 3q25-q26, were disclosed in 50% of the prostate tumors analyzed. There was no evidence for high-level amplification. The analysis of 12 genes from 3q25-q27 by comparative PCR revealed amplification in 6 (35.3%) of 17 tumors tested. Amplification was detected for the genes IL12A, MDS1, SLC2A2, and SOX2, with coamplification of three genes in two tumors. IL12A was amplified as single gene in three tumors and in a subline of the DU145 cell line, SLC2A2 in one tumor. CONCLUSIONS Our studies revealed a novel amplification unit at 3q25-q27 in prostate carcinoma, with the genes IL12A, MDS1, SLC2A2, and SOX2 being located within the amplification unit. A common region of amplification was evident spanning the IL12A gene locus at 3q25-q26.2. Possibly, IL12A indicates an adjacent, till now unidentified gene which is important in the development of prostate cancer.
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- H P Sattler
- Clinic of Urology and Pediatric Urology, University of the Saarland, Homburg/Saar, Germany
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PURPOSE To present and evaluate clinical data suggesting that cancer metastasis may be induced by the microenvironment of the primary tumour and to discuss possible mechanisms of microenvironment-induced metastasis, based on a critical review of relevant data from studies of experimental tumours and cells in culture. CONCLUSIONS Low oxygen tension in the primary tumour is associated with metastasis in soft tissue sarcoma, cervix carcinoma and carcinoma of the head and neck. Multiple mechanisms may be involved in hypoxia-induced metastasis. Thus, hypoxia followed by reoxygenation may induce point mutations and DNA strand breakage leading to deletions, amplifications and genomic instability. Hypoxia may also provide a physiological pressure in tumours selecting for metastatic cell phenotypes. Moreover, hypoxia may induce a temporary increase in the expression of gene products involved in the metastatic cascade, either through gene amplifications or through normal physiological processes by activating oxygen sensors, hypoxia signal transduction pathways and DNA transcription factors. Low glucose concentration, high lactate concentration and low extracellular pH may induce metastasis by similar mechanisms as hypoxia. Tumour reoxygenation during radiation therapy may promote microenvironment-induced metastasis by rescuing hypoxic or nutritionally deprived metastatic cells from dying. Ionizing radiation can elicit a stress response in tumour cells similar to that elicited by hypoxia. Radiation therapy may therefore adversely affect the rate of metastasis in patients who do not achieve control of the primary tumour by enhancing the expression of gene products of importance in metastasis.
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- E K Rofstad
- Department of Biophysics, Institute for Cancer Research, The Norwegian Radium Hospital, Oslo.
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Scorilas A, Trangas T, Yotis J, Pateras C, Talieri M. Determination of c-myc amplification and overexpression in breast cancer patients: evaluation of its prognostic value against c-erbB-2, cathepsin-D and clinicopathological characteristics using univariate and multivariate analysis. Br J Cancer 1999; 81:1385-91. [PMID: 10604737 PMCID: PMC2362965 DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6693404] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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C-myc and c-erbB-2 amplification and/or overexpression as well as total cathepsin-D (CD) concentration have been reported to be associated with poor prognosis in breast cancer. The prognostic significance, however, remains somewhat controversial, partly because of discrepancies among the different methodologies used. We determined the amplification and overexpression of c-myc oncogene in 152 breast cancer patients and examined its prognostic value in relation to c-erbB-2 amplification and overexpression, high concentration of CD (> or = 60 pmol mg(-1) protein) and standard clinicopathological prognostic factors of the disease. High CD concentration, as well as c-myc amplification and overexpression, proved to be the best of the new variables examined for prediction of early relapse (ER; before 3 years). After multivariate analysis only CD remained significant, which suggests that the prognostic power of these variables is similar. Using univariate analysis we proved that c-myc amplification and overexpression were highly significant for disease-free survival (DFS) (P = 0.0016 and P = 0.0001 respectively) and overall survival (OS) (P < 0.0001 and P = 0.0095 respectively), although by multivariate analysis c-myc overexpression was statistically significant only for DFS (P = 0.0001) and c-myc amplification only for OS (P = 0.0006). With regard to c-erbB-2, only its overexpression appeared to be significant for DFS and OS, although after multivariate analysis its prognostic power was weaker (P = 0.030 and P = 0.024 respectively). c-myc amplification and overexpression exhibited a tendency for locoregional recurrence (LRR) (P = 0.0024 and P = 0.0075 respectively), however, their prognostic value was lower after multivariate analysis and only CD remained significant.
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- A Scorilas
- Department of Virology, G Papanikolaou Research Center of Oncology, St Savas Hospital, Athens, Greece
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Raggi CC, Bagnoni ML, Tonini GP, Maggi M, Vona G, Pinzani P, Mazzocco K, De Bernardi B, Pazzagli M, Orlando C. Real-Time Quantitative PCR for the Measurement of MYCN Amplification in Human Neuroblastoma with the TaqMan Detection System. Clin Chem 1999. [DOI: 10.1093/clinchem/45.11.1918] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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Background: Neuroblastoma is the most common extracranial malignant solid tumor in children under 5 years and is characterized by a wide clinical and biological heterogeneity, from spontaneously regressive forms to cancers with a rapid and fatal progression. MYCN oncogene amplification is considered the most important prognostic factor to evaluate survival and therapeutic choices in these patients.
Methods: Here we present a new assay for rapid and accurate measurement of MYCN amplification, based on real-time quantitative PCR with the TaqManTM reaction. The degree of MYCN amplification was derived from the ratio of the MYCN oncogene and the single-copy reference gene, β-actin. The absolute abundance of these two genes in tumor sample DNA was obtained by extrapolation on external calibration curves generated with reference DNA.
Results: We found a variable degree of MYCN amplification, from 2 to 29, in 26 of 49 (53%) neuroblastomas. These results were well correlated to those obtained with a competitive PCR assay in the same samples (r = 0.987). MYCN amplification was associated mainly with advanced cancer stages, and the analysis of overall survival confirmed that the measurement of MYCN amplification is a predictor of patient outcome in neuroblastoma. Patients without MYCN amplification had a cumulative survival significantly higher than patients with low (<9; P = 0.02) and high (≥9; P = 0.03) oncogene amplification.
Conclusion: The assay is rapid and reproducible and does not require any post-PCR analytical procedure.
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- Unit of Solid Tumor Biology, Advanced Biotechnology Centre, 16132 Genoa, Italy
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- Andrology Units, Department of Clinical Physiopathology, University of Florence, 50139 Florence, Italy
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- Unit of Solid Tumor Biology, Advanced Biotechnology Centre, 16132 Genoa, Italy
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