Shared Copy Number Variation in Simultaneous Nephroblastoma and Neuroblastoma due to Fanconi Anemia.

Concurrent emergence of nephroblastoma (Wilms Tumor; WT) and neuroblastoma (NB) is rare and mostly observed in patients with severe subtypes of Fanconi anemia (FA) with or without VACTER-L association (VL). We investigated the hypothesis that early consequences of genomic instability result in shared regions with copy number variation in different precursor cells that originate distinct embryonal tumors. We observed a newborn girl with FA and VL (aplasia of the thumbs, cloacal atresia (urogenital sinus), tethered cord at L3/L4, muscular ventricular septum defect, and horseshoe-kidney with a single ureter) who simultaneously acquired an epithelial-type WT in the left portion of the kidney and a poorly differentiated adrenal NB in infancy. A novel homozygous germline frameshift mutation in PALB2 (c.1676_c1677delAAinsG) leading to protein truncation (pGln526ArgfsX1) inherited from consanguineous parents formed the genetic basis of FA-N. Spontaneous and induced chromosomal instability was detected in the majority of cells analyzed from peripheral lymphocytes, bone marrow, and cultured fibroblasts. Bone marrow cells also showed complex chromosome rearrangements consistent with the myelodysplastic syndrome at 11 months of age. Array-comparative genomic hybridization analyses of both WT and NB showed shared gains or amplifications within the chromosomal regions 11p15.5 and 17q21.31-q25.3, including genes that are reportedly implicated in tumor development such as IGF2, H19, WT2, BIRC5, and HRAS.

Interaction of formic and acetic acid with ice surfaces between 187 and 227 K. Investigation of single species- and competitive adsorption.

The physical adsorption of formic (HC(O)OH) and acetic (CH(3)C(O)OH) acid on ice was measured as a function of concentration and temperature. At low concentrations, the gas-ice interaction could be analysed by applying Langmuir adsorption isotherms to determine temperature dependent partition constants, K(Lang). Using temperature independent saturation coverages (N(max)) of (2.2 +/- 0.5) x 10(14) molecule cm(-2) and (2.4 +/- 0.6) x 10(14) molecule cm(-2) for HC(O)OH and CH(3)C(O)OH, respectively, we derive K(Lang)(HC(O)OH) = 1.54 x 10(-24) exp (6150/T) and K(Lang)(CH(3)C(O)OH) = 6.55 x 10(-25) exp (6610/T) cm(3) molecule(-1). Via a van't Hoff analysis, adsorption enthalpies were obtained for HC(O)OH and CH(3)C(O)OH. Experiments in which both acids or HC(O)OH and methanol interacted with the ice surface simultaneously were adequately described by competitive adsorption kinetics. The results are compared to previous measurements and used to calculate the equilibrium partitioning of these trace gases to ice surfaces under conditions relevant to the atmosphere.