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. 2002 Oct;55(5):305-9.
doi: 10.1136/mp.55.5.305.

Molecular evidence for putative tumour suppressor genes on chromosome 13q specific to BRCA1 related ovarian and fallopian tube cancer

A P M Jongsma  1 , J M J Piek, R P Zweemer, R H M Verheijen, J W T Klein Gebbinck, G J van Kamp, I J Jacobs, P Shaw, P J van Diest, P Kenemans
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Molecular evidence for putative tumour suppressor genes on chromosome 13q specific to BRCA1 related ovarian and fallopian tube cancer

A P M Jongsma et al. Mol Pathol. 2002 Oct.

Abstract

Background/aims: Loss of heterozygosity (LOH) on chromosome 13q has been reported to occur frequently in human ovarian cancer, and indications have been found that chromosome 13 may also play a specific role in the inherited form of ovarian cancer. The aim of this study was to define regions on chromosome 13 that may harbour additional tumour suppressor genes involved in the tumorigenesis of BRCA1 related ovarian and fallopian tube cancer.

Materials/methods: DNA extracted from paraffin wax blocks of 36 BRCA1 associated ovarian and fallopian tube carcinomas was analysed by LOH polymerase chain reaction using seven highly polymorphic microsatellite markers spanning chromosome 13q.

Results: High LOH frequencies were found on loci 13q11, 13q14, 13q21, 13q22-31, 13q32, and 13q32-4, suggesting the presence of putative tumour suppressor genes on the long arm of chromosome 13 that may play a role in the pathogenesis of BRCA1 related ovarian and fallopian tube cancer. LOH patterns appeared to be independent of the type of BRCA1 mutation, stage, and grade. Although in some cases there were indications for loss of larger parts of chromosome 13, in most cases losses were fairly randomly distributed over chromosome 13 with retained parts in between lost parts. Microsatellite instability was found in six cases.

Conclusion: Several loci on chromosome 13q show high frequencies of LOH in BRCA1 related ovarian and fallopian tube cancer, and may therefore harbour putative tumour suppressor genes involved in the carcinogenesis of this particular type of hereditary cancer.

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Figure 1
Computer representation of the polyacrylamide gel fragment analysis of CY5 labelled PCR products from patient 24 ((A) normal and (B) tumour cells) and patient 23 ((C) normal and (D) tumour cells). The alleles amplified from normal DNA with the D13S271 primer set are represented by two peaks showing heterozygosity in both cases (A and C). DNA obtained from tumour tissue of patient 24 showed both the alleles (B; retention), whereas in the tumour of patient 23 loss of heterozygosity was seen (D).
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