Genomic heterogeneity and instability in colorectal cancer: spectral karyotyping, glutathione transferase-Ml and ras
| Autor: | Nicholas J. Petrelli, Sei-Ichi Matsui, Daniel L. Stoler, Jeremy D. Bartos, Lyndsay J. Willmott, Helen Swede, Garth R. Anderson, Sheila N.J. Sait |
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| Rok vydání: | 2004 |
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Genome instability
Health Toxicology and Mutagenesis New York Loss of Heterozygosity Minisatellite Repeats Biology medicine.disease_cause Polymerase Chain Reaction Genomic Instability Loss of heterozygosity Exon Genetic Heterogeneity Chromosome instability Genetics medicine Humans Molecular Biology DNA Primers Glutathione Transferase Mutation Genetic heterogeneity Cancer Microsatellite instability Sequence Analysis DNA medicine.disease Molecular biology Genes ras Karyotyping Colorectal Neoplasms |
| Zdroj: | Mutation research. 568(2) |
| ISSN: | 0027-5107 |
| Popis: | Genomic instability in cancer is frequently described as being either chromosomal instability or microsatellite instability, although when events within chromosomes are monitored, extensive intrachromosomal instability is also found. Spectral karyotyping was used to visualize how extensively genomic instability gives rise to intratumor genomic heterogeneity in sporadic colorectal carcinomas. Two factors were then examined which might relate to intrachromosomal instability in colorectal cancers: the presence of the glutathione transferase-Ml gene to detoxify potential carcinogens, and the presence of activated ras which has been associated with chromosomal instability when first expressed. Intrachromosomal genomic instability was previously determined by inter-(simple sequence repeat) PCR (inter-SSR PCR) and by fractional allelic loss rate for 348 markers. GSTM1 status was determined for each of 49 tumors through use of specific PCR, and 28 of the tumors showed the GSTM1 null genotype. A significant association was found between GSTMl-null status and elevated inter-(simple sequence repeat) PCR instability. In contrast, no association was found with fractional allelic loss rate. The first exons of the K-ras and H-ras oncogenes were sequenced in 72 colorectal cancers; 19 of the tumors had a mutation in codon 12 of the K-ras gene (24.5%), but no H-ras mutations were found. A weak correlation (p=0.10) was observed between mutant K-ras and inter-(simple sequence repeat) PCR genomic instability, and no association existed with fractional allelic loss rate. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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