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Boulay JL, Stiefel U, Taylor E, Dolder B, Merlo A, Hirth F. Loss of heterozygosity of TRIM3 in malignant gliomas. BMC Cancer 2009; 9:71. [PMID: 19250537 PMCID: PMC2653542 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2407-9-71] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/15/2008] [Accepted: 02/27/2009] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Background Malignant gliomas are frequent primary brain tumors associated with poor prognosis and very limited response to conventional chemo- and radio-therapies. Besides sharing common growth features with other types of solid tumors, gliomas are highly invasive into adjacent brain tissue, which renders them particularly aggressive and their surgical resection inefficient. Therefore, insights into glioma formation are of fundamental interest in order to provide novel molecular targets for diagnostic purposes and potential anti-cancer drugs. Human Tripartite motif protein 3 (TRIM3) encodes a structural homolog of Drosophila brain tumor (brat) implicated in progenitor cell proliferation control and cancer stem cell suppression. TRIM3 is located within the loss of allelic heterozygosity (LOH) hotspot of chromosome segment 11p15.5, indicating a potential role in tumor suppression. ... Methods Here we analyze 70 primary human gliomas of all types and grades and report somatic deletion mapping as well as single nucleotide polymorphism analysis together with quantitative real-time PCR of chromosome segment 11p15.5. Results Our analysis identifies LOH in 17 cases (24%) of primary human glioma which defines a common 130 kb-wide interval within the TRIM3 locus as a minimal area of loss. We further detect altered genomic dosage of TRIM3 in two glioma cases with LOH at 11p15.5, indicating homozygous deletions of TRIM3. Conclusion Loss of heterozygosity of chromosome segment 11p15.5 in malignant gliomas suggests TRIM3 as a candidate brain tumor suppressor gene.
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Chunder N, Mandal S, Roy A, Roychoudhury S, Panda CK. Analysis of different deleted regions in chromosome 11 and their interrelations in early- and late-onset breast tumors: association with cyclin D1 amplification and survival. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2005; 13:172-82. [PMID: 15322430 DOI: 10.1097/01.pas.0000124337.49401.0b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Previous studies have shown that younger women exhibit more aggressive pathologic features of breast cancer (BC) in comparison to older women; young age could be an independent predictor of adverse prognosis. In order to find any existing differences in the molecular progression of BC in both younger and older women, chromosome 11 (chr.11) was taken as a tool, due to its frequent deletion and amplification, particularly of CyclinD1 (CCND1) locus in BC. In the present work, the comparative analysis in the frequency of deletion in different regions in chr.11 and CCND1 amplification in BC in the two age groups was studied, as well as the interrelation and prognostic significance of these chromosomal alterations. The chr. 11 alterations were also studied in types of breast lesions other than carcinoma to see the prevalence of the alterations in these diseases. For this purpose, comparative deletion mapping of chr.11 using 17 microsatellite markers and CCND1 amplification was examined in 30 early-onset (</=40 years) and 33 late-onset (>40 years) breast carcinomas, as well as 11 other types of breast lesions. The frequency of deletion and CCND1 amplification was much higher in carcinomas than with other types of breast lesions. A total of six highly deleted regions, namely, 11p15.5, 11p11.2, 11q13.2, 11q22.3-23.1, 11q23.3-24.1, and 11q25, were identified in carcinomas of the two age groups. The 11q13.2 deletion and CCND1 amplification was comparatively higher in the carcinoma of younger women. The following significant associations were observed for (a) LOH at 11q25 with LOH at 11q13.2, 11q22.3-23.1, 11q23.3-24.1 and CCND1 amplification, respectively, and (b) LOH at 11p15.5 with LOH at 11q22.3-23.1 in carcinoma of younger women. On the other hand, the significant associations in older women were (a) LOH at 11q25 with LOH at 11q22.3-23.1, 11q23.3-24.1, respectively, and (b) LOH at 11q22.3-23.1 with LOH at 11q23.3-24.1. Deletion at 11q13.2 was also associated with reduced overall survival in the younger group, indicating its prognostic significance. It is evident from our data that the pattern of chromosomal alterations are not exactly same in the carcinomas in the two age groups. Differential interrelationship of the chromosomal alterations and prognosis in these two age groups indicate that the molecular pathogenesis of the carcinomas is not similar.
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- Neelanjana Chunder
- Department of Oncogene Regulation, Chittaranjan National Cancer Institute, Kolkata, India
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Nagahata T, Hirano A, Utada Y, Tsuchiya S, Takahashi K, Tada T, Makita M, Kasumi F, Akiyama F, Sakamoto G, Nakamura Y, Emi M. Correlation of allelic losses and clinicopathological factors in 504 primary breast cancers. Breast Cancer 2003; 9:208-15. [PMID: 12185331 DOI: 10.1007/bf02967591] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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BACKGROUND We have defined 18 chromosomal regions in which allelic losses were frequent among breast cancers. We examined whether specific allelic losses might correlate with any clinicopathological factors. METHODS We tested DNA from matched normal and tumor tissues for loss of heterozygosity (LOH) at 18 microsatellite loci from a cohort of 504 patients who had undergone surgery for breast cancer. RESULTS LOH at 3p14.3 correlated with a larger size of tumor (greater than 2 cm). LOH at 1p22, 3p25.1, 3p14.3, or 17q21.1 correlated with loss of estrogen receptors. LOH at as many as eleven regions correlated with loss of progesterone receptor, suggesting that these represent general phenomena associated with progression of cancer. Above all, allelic losses at 11q23-24, 13q12, 17p13.3, or 22q13 significantly correlated with lymph-node metastasis (11q23-24, p= 0.0042; 13q12, p=0.0207; 17p13.3, p=0.0478; 22q13, p=0.0162). CONCLUSION These results suggest that some clinical characteristics of breast cancers are determined by loss of tumor suppressor genes present at specific chromosome regions. Especially, LOH at 11q23-24, 13q12, 17p13.3, and 22q13 is a significant predictor of lymph-node metastasis for patients who have undergone surgery for breast cancer, and may serve as a negative prognostic indicator.
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MESH Headings
- Adult
- Aged
- Aged, 80 and over
- Alleles
- Biopsy, Needle
- Breast Neoplasms/genetics
- Breast Neoplasms/pathology
- Breast Neoplasms/surgery
- Chromosomes, Human/genetics
- Chromosomes, Human, Pair 11
- Chromosomes, Human, Pair 13
- Chromosomes, Human, Pair 17
- Chromosomes, Human, Pair 22
- Cohort Studies
- Culture Techniques
- DNA, Neoplasm/analysis
- Female
- Genes, BRCA1
- Genetic Markers/genetics
- Genetic Predisposition to Disease
- Humans
- Loss of Heterozygosity/genetics
- Lymph Nodes/pathology
- Lymphatic Metastasis
- Microsatellite Repeats
- Middle Aged
- Neoplasm Staging
- Probability
- Prognosis
- Receptors, Estrogen/analysis
- Receptors, Progesterone/analysis
- Retrospective Studies
- Sensitivity and Specificity
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- Takemitsu Nagahata
- Department of Molecular Biology, Institute of Gerontology, Nippon Medical School, 1-396 Kosugi-cho, Nakahara-ku, Kawasaki 211-8533, Japan
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Utada Y, Haga S, Kajiwara T, Kasumi F, Sakamoto G, Nakamura Y, Emi M. Mapping of target regions of allelic loss in primary breast cancers to 1-cM intervals on genomic contigs at 6q21 and 6q25.3. Jpn J Cancer Res 2000; 91:293-300. [PMID: 10760688 PMCID: PMC5926368 DOI: 10.1111/j.1349-7006.2000.tb00944.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Allelic losses on the long arm of human chromosome 6 are frequently observed in cancers of the ovary, prostate, and breast. To identify the locations of putative tumor suppressor genes on 6q, we examined 192 primary breast cancers for patterns of allelic loss at 16 polymorphic microsatellite loci distributed along this chromosome arm. Allelic losses at one or more loci were observed in 105 (55%) of the tumors examined. Detailed deletion mapping with appropriate yeast artificial chromosome (YAC) contigs identified two distinct commonly deleted regions; one was confined to a 1-cM interval at 6q21 flanked by D6S1040 and D6S262 and the other to a 1-cM interval at 6q25.3 flanked by D6S305 and D6S411. Allelic losses at 6q21 were more frequent in invasive solid tubular and scirrhous carcinomas than in tumors of less aggressive histologic types (P = 0.0006). Allelic loss at 6q25.3 was associated with loss of progesterone receptor (P = 0.0256). Our results suggest the presence of two tumor suppressor genes for breast cancer on 6q that are likely to be associated with tumor progression and / or loss of hormonal dependency.
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- Y Utada
- Department of Molecular Biology, Institute of Gerontology, Nippon Medical School, Kusugi-cho, Nakahara-ku, Kawasaki 211-8533, Japan
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BACKGROUND: Allelic losses of tumor suppressor genes or the chromosomal regions harboring them in the DNA of tumor cells may become useful postoperative prognostic indicators. METHODS: To examine whether specific allelic losses correlate with postoperative survival in a five-year prospective follow-up, we tested tumors from a cohort of 504 breast cancer patients for allelic loss of 18 microsatellite markers representing either known tumor suppressor genes or regions where genetic alterations are frequent in breast tumors. RESULTS: Patients with allelic loss at 1p34, 3p25, 8p22, 13q12, 17p13.3, or 17q21.1 had a significantly higher risks of postoperative mortality compared withthose whose tumors retained both alleles at those loci (at 1p34, the 5-year mortality rate was 23% among patients with loss vs 10% with retention, p 0.0100; at 3p25, 22% vs 9%, p =0.0014; at 8p22, 24% vs 7%, p =0.0177; at 13q12, 19%vs 8%, p=0.0093; at 17p13.3, 19% vs 9%, p=0.0078; and at 17q21.1, 17% vs 10%, p =0.0475). CONCLUSION: Allelic losses at these loci can serve as negative prognostic indicators to guide post-operative management, especially in the selection of thosewho will benefit from intensive adjuvant therapies.
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Emi M, Yoshimoto M, Sato T, Matsumoto S, Utada Y, Ito I, Minobe K, Iwase T, Katagiri T, Bando K, Akiyama F, Harada Y, Fukino K, Sakamoto G, Matsushima M, Iida A, Tada T, Saito H, Miki Y, Kasumi F, Nakamura Y. Allelic loss at 1p34, 13q12, 17p13.3, and 17q21.1 correlates with poor postoperative prognosis in breast cancer. Genes Chromosomes Cancer 1999. [DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1098-2264(199910)26:2<134::aid-gcc5>3.0.co;2-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022] Open
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Tsukamoto K, Yoshimoto M, Kasumi F, Akiyama F, Sakamoto G, Nakamura Y, Emi M. Frequent multiplication of chromosome 1q in non-invasive and papillotubular carcinoma of the breast. Cancer Lett 1999; 141:21-8. [PMID: 10454239 DOI: 10.1016/s0304-3835(99)00057-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Carcinogenesis is considered to be a multistep process that may involve cumulative genetic alterations; one of these mechanisms, gain of chromosomal material, has the potential to activate tumor-promoting genes in breast carcinogenesis. Using 12 polymorphic microsatellite markers on the long arm of chromosome 1 (1q), we examined 130 sporadic breast carcinomas for abnormalities in the copy numbers of these loci in tumor cells using a differential PCR method. We also sought correlations between alterations on 1q and several clinicopathological parameters. At every locus examined, a 2-3-fold increase in copy number of an allele in tumor material was observed in one third of the tumors (46 of 130, 35%), indicating 'multiplication' of 1q. This multiplication involved the entire long arm in majority of those tumors (43 cases, 93%). The multiplication of 1q was observed more frequently in non-invasive ductal and papillotubular histological types than in solid-tubular and scirrhous types (13/25, 52% vs. 27/90, 30%) (P = 0.041). The predominant chromosomal alterations on 1q in breast carcinomas are found to be multiplications rather than losses. The multiplication represents polysomy of the entire region of 1q, and may confer a growth advantage during development and/or progression of non-invasive ductal and papillotubular histologic types of breast carcinomas.
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- K Tsukamoto
- Department of Molecular Biology, Institute of Gerontology, Nippon Medical School, Kawasaki, Japan
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Yokota T, Yoshimoto M, Akiyama F, Sakamoto G, Kasumi F, Nakamura Y, Emi M. Frequent multiplication of chromosomal region 8q24.1 associated with aggressive histologic types of breast cancers. Cancer Lett 1999; 139:7-13. [PMID: 10408911 DOI: 10.1016/s0304-3835(98)00329-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Carcinogenesis is considered to be a multi-step process that may involve cumulative genetic alterations. One such alteration, gain of chromosomal material, has the potential for activating genes that promote carcinogenesis in breast tissues. Using 14 polymorphic microsatellite markers on the long arm of chromosome 8 (8q), we examined 142 sporadic breast cancers for abnormalities in the copy-numbers of these loci. At each locus examined, a 2- to 3-fold increase in intensities of bands representing single alleles was observed in 57 (40%) of the tumors, indicating that 'multiplication' of the DNA sequence had occurred on 8q. A 16-cM region on 8q24.1 was commonly multiplied among the tumors with partial multiplications. Multiplication on 8q24.1 was observed more frequently in invasive solid-tubular or scirrhous tumors (48/92, 52%) than in less aggressive histologic types (7/25, 28%, P = 0.031). Thus, multiplication of tumor-promoting gene(s) located on 8q24.1 may play a role in the development and/or progression of a substantial proportion of primary breast cancers, particularly those of the invasive histology.
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- T Yokota
- Department of Molecular Biology, Institute of Gerontology, Nippon Medical School, Kawasaki, Japan
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Minobe K, Onda M, Iida A, Kasumi F, Sakamoto G, Nakamura Y, Emi M. Allelic loss on chromosome 9q is associated with lymph node metastasis of primary breast cancer. Jpn J Cancer Res 1998; 89:916-22. [PMID: 9818027 PMCID: PMC5921944 DOI: 10.1111/j.1349-7006.1998.tb00649.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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Frequent allelic losses on chromosome 9 are seen in a wide variety of human tumors; moreover, two genes (P16 and PTC) whose mutant alleles confer predispositions to some inherited cancer syndromes have been identified on this chromosome. Using 15 highly polymorphic microsatellite markers distributed on both arms of chromosome 9, we tested 96 primary breast carcinomas for allelic loss in order to define the locations of genes that might be involved in this type of tumor. Allelic loss was observed in 37 of the tumors (39%) and detailed deletion mapping identified target regions at 9p21, 9q22.3 and 9q33. Losses at 9q22.3 and 9q33 were correlated with the presence of lymph node metastasis, and allelic loss at 9q22.3 was observed more frequently in scirrhous tumors than in less aggressive histologic types. Therefore, inactivation of tumor suppressor genes in 9q22.3 and 9q33 regions might play a role in progression of breast cancers, especially in metastasis to lymph nodes and in development of scirrhous tumors.
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- K Minobe
- Department of Molecular Biology, Institute of Gerontology, Nippon Medical School, Kawasaki
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Emi M, Matsumoto S, Iida A, Tsukamoto K, Nakata T, Yokota T, Akiyama F, Sakamoto G, Yoshimoto M, Kasumi F, Nakamura Y. Correlation of Allelic Losses and Clinicopathological Factors in Primary Breast Cancers. Breast Cancer 1997; 4:243-246. [PMID: 11091607 DOI: 10.1007/bf02966514] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Human breast cancers frequently show allelic loss or loss of heterozygosity (LOH) at apecific chromosomal regions. To understand the possible role of these genetic alterations in tumor development and progression, we examined LOH at loci on chromosomal arms 1p, 3p. 11p, 13q, 16q, 18q, and 22q in 140 to 246 cases of primary breast cancers and compared it with lymph node metastasis, histological type, tumor stage, estrogen receptor (ER) and progesterone receptor (PgR) status. LOH at 1p22-31 correlated with lymph node metastasis and a tumor size of greater than 2 cm. LOH at 13q12-14 and 18q21 were most frequently observed in tumors of the solid-tubular type. LOH at 1p34-36 was more frequent in tumors of the scirrhous and solid-tubular types than in other less aggressive histological types. Furthermore, a significant association was observed between LOH at 3p14-21, 11p11-15 and 13q12-14 and the absence of progesterone receptors. These results suggest that some clinical characteristics of breast cancers are determined by loss of tumor supperssor genes present at specific chromosomal regions.
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- M Emi
- Department of Molecular Biology, Institute of Gerontology, Nippon Medical School, 1-396 Kosugicho, Nakahara-ku, Kawasaki 211, Japan
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