Loss of heterozygosity of tumor suppressor genes in testis cancer.
Cancer Res
; 55(13): 2871-5, 1995 Jul 01.
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ABSTRACT
Little is known of the molecular changes that occur in germ cell tumors (GCT) of the testis. We studied three GCT cell lines and 44 tumors for loss of heterozygosity (LOH) of the tumor suppressor genes APC, MCC, DCC, RB, TP53, and WT-1. We observed that LOH occurred in 55% (21 of 38) of informative cases at DCC, in 28% (10 of 36) of informative cases at APC, in 23% (6 of 26) at MCC, in 30% (13 of 43) at RB, and in 27% (6 of 22) at WT-1. The LOH level in these tumors using anonymous primers mapping to the short and long arms of chromosome 19, which is cytogenetically normal in GCT, revealed LOH of 11 and 5%, respectively. We also observed a LOH of 22% in the TP53 gene, despite the fact that mutations in TP53 do not occur in testis cancer. Since a high frequency of LOH at DCC (18q21.3) occurs equally at all histological subsets in GCT, we conclude that the loss of the function of this gene is an early event in testicular GCTs. However, the observed LOH levels at APC/MCC (5q21), RB (13q14), and WT-1 (11p13) could represent a functional loss of the corresponding tumor suppressor gene in some GCTs or reflect the loss of sequences in the same general chromosome region but involving a different tumor suppressor locus. Therefore, detailed mapping of these chromosomes is required to define the precise locations of maximal LOH in testis cancer.
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Asunto principal:
Neoplasias Testiculares
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Genes Supresores de Tumor
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Eliminación de Gen
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Neoplasias de Células Germinales y Embrionarias
Límite:
Humans
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Male
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En
Revista:
Cancer Res
Año:
1995
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Article