TY - JOUR
T1 - Positive correlation between allelic loss at chromosome 14q24-31 and poor prognosis of patients with renal cell carcinoma
AU - Kaku, Haruki
AU - Ito, Sachio
AU - Ebara, Shin
AU - Ouchida, Mamoru
AU - Nasu, Yasutomo
AU - Tsushima, Tomoyasu
AU - Kumon, Hiromi
AU - Shimizu, Kenji
N1 - Funding Information:
This study was supported by grants-in-aid from the Ministry of Education, Science, Sports and Culture of Japan to K. Shimizu.
PY - 2004/7
Y1 - 2004/7
N2 - Objectives To report our development of a new application of the inter-Alu long polymerase chain reaction (PCR) for genomic scanning to screen for tumor-specific alterations in tumor DNA. Using this method, we detected a rearranged chromosomal region in renal cell carcinomas (RCCs). We then examined tumor-specific allelic loss in this region using microsatellite markers and determined whether a relationship was present between this allelic loss and the clinicopathologic features of the patients. Methods The inter-Alu long PCR genomic scan method was performed using RCC DNA samples and primers specific for a minor subset of the human repeat sequence Alu. We analyzed DNA samples from 42 pairs of matched normal and nonpapillary RCC tissues with seven microsatellite markers. Results The inter-Alu long PCR genomic scan method revealed an altered DNA region on chromosome 14q24-31, which is the location of several putative tumor suppressor genes. At least one of seven microsatellite markers on chromosome 14q24-31 showed loss of heterozygosity in 23 (54.8%) of 42 informative cases of RCC. The prevalent loss region was confined to a 2-Mb region around D14S67. We found a positive correlation between the presence of the loss of heterozygosity on 14q24-31 and tumor stage (P <0.05). We also found that cases with allelic loss at 14q24-31 had a poor prognosis (P = 0.045). Conclusions Our inter-Alu long PCR genomic scan method is a powerful method for the screening of DNA alterations, and our data suggest that the chromosome 14q24-31 region contains likely tumor suppressor genes associated with the progression of RCC.
AB - Objectives To report our development of a new application of the inter-Alu long polymerase chain reaction (PCR) for genomic scanning to screen for tumor-specific alterations in tumor DNA. Using this method, we detected a rearranged chromosomal region in renal cell carcinomas (RCCs). We then examined tumor-specific allelic loss in this region using microsatellite markers and determined whether a relationship was present between this allelic loss and the clinicopathologic features of the patients. Methods The inter-Alu long PCR genomic scan method was performed using RCC DNA samples and primers specific for a minor subset of the human repeat sequence Alu. We analyzed DNA samples from 42 pairs of matched normal and nonpapillary RCC tissues with seven microsatellite markers. Results The inter-Alu long PCR genomic scan method revealed an altered DNA region on chromosome 14q24-31, which is the location of several putative tumor suppressor genes. At least one of seven microsatellite markers on chromosome 14q24-31 showed loss of heterozygosity in 23 (54.8%) of 42 informative cases of RCC. The prevalent loss region was confined to a 2-Mb region around D14S67. We found a positive correlation between the presence of the loss of heterozygosity on 14q24-31 and tumor stage (P <0.05). We also found that cases with allelic loss at 14q24-31 had a poor prognosis (P = 0.045). Conclusions Our inter-Alu long PCR genomic scan method is a powerful method for the screening of DNA alterations, and our data suggest that the chromosome 14q24-31 region contains likely tumor suppressor genes associated with the progression of RCC.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.urology.2004.03.015
DO - 10.1016/j.urology.2004.03.015
M3 - Article
C2 - 15245966
AN - SCOPUS:3042737290
VL - 64
SP - 176
EP - 181
JO - Urology
JF - Urology
SN - 0090-4295
IS - 1
ER -