Abstract
Clonality of solitary intraductal papillomas of the breast was analyzed using a method based on restriction fragment length polymorphism of the X-chromosome-linked phosphoglycerokinase (PGK) gene and on random inactivation of the gene by methylation. The application of polymerase chain reaction to this method enabled clonal analysis of such a small intraductal lesion as papilloma. Clonal analysis of DNA samples obtained from the nine solitary intraductal papillomas and adjacent normal breast tissues showed that all of the papillomas were monoclonal and all the normal breast tissues were polyclonal in origin. When DNA samples were obtained from four widely separated sites in the papillomas, clonal analysis showed that all were monoclonal and, in addition, the same allele of PGK gene was inactivated in each case. These results demonstrate that solitary intraductal papilloma arises as a single monoclonal tumor and extends along the ducts rather than occurring as multicentric monoclonal tumors and merging together subsequently. Immunohistochemical staining of smooth muscle alpha-actin, a marker protein of myoepithelial cells, revealed that solitary intraductal papilloma was composed of approximately equal mixtures of luminal epithelial and myoepithelial cells. Since solitary intraductal papillomas were shown to be monoclonal in origin, it was suggested that this disease originates from a common precursor that could differentiate into both luminal epithelial and myoepithelial cells.
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