Regional deletion and amplification on chromosome 6 in a uveal melanoma case without abnormalities on chromosomes 1p, 3 and 8
| Autor: | Marjan E. van Til-Berg, Michael M. Verbiest, Emine Kilic, Gregorius P M Luyten, Annelies de Klein, Walter van Gils, Dion Paridaens, Jolanda Vaarwater, Hennie T. Brüggenwirth, Berna Beverloo |
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| Přispěvatelé: | Clinical Genetics, Ophthalmology |
| Rok vydání: | 2008 |
| Předmět: |
Adult
Male Uveal Neoplasms Cancer Research Dermatology Biology Gene duplication medicine Humans Melanoma Gene In Situ Hybridization Fluorescence Genetics Gene Amplification Nucleic Acid Hybridization Chromosome Karyotype medicine.disease Oncology Chromosome 3 Chromosomes Human Pair 1 Karyotyping Chromosomal region Chromosomes Human Pair 6 Chromosomes Human Pair 3 Chromosome Deletion Chromosomes Human Pair 8 Comparative genomic hybridization |
| Zdroj: | Melanoma Research, 18(1), 10-15. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins |
| ISSN: | 0960-8931 |
| Popis: | Uveal melanoma (UM) is the most common primary intraocular malignancy in adults. Loss of the long arm and gain of the short arm of chromosome 6 are frequently observed chromosomal aberrations in UM, together with loss of chromosome 1p36, loss of chromosome 3 and gain of chromosome 8. This suggests the presence of one or more oncogenes on 6p and tumor suppressor genes at 6q that are involved in UM development. Both regions, however, have not been well defined yet. Furthermore in other neoplasms gain of 6p and loss of 6q are frequently occurring events. In this case report, we describe the delineation of a partial gain on chromosome 6p and a partial deletion on 6q in a UM with the objective to pinpoint smaller candidate regions on chromosome 6 involved in UM development. Conventional cytogenetics, comparative genomic hybridization (CGH) and fluorescence in-situ hybridization (FISH) were used to delineate regions of loss and gain on chromosome 6 in this UM patient. With conventional cytogenetics a deleted region was found on chromosome 6q that was further delineated to a region ranging from 6q16.1 to 6q22 using CGH and FISH. A region of gain from 6pter to 6p21.2 was also demarcated with CGH and FISH. No other deletions or amplifications on recurrently involved chromosomes were found in this patient. This study indicates the presence of one or more tumor suppressor genes on chromosomal region 6q16.1-6q22 and the presence of one or more oncogenes on chromosomal region 6pter-6p21.2, which are likely to be important in UM and other tumors. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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