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. 1998;77(2):270–276. doi: 10.1038/bjc.1998.43

Allelic loss on chromosome 10q in human lung cancer: association with tumour progression and metastatic phenotype.

S Petersen 1, G Wolf 1, U Bockmühl 1, K Gellert 1, M Dietel 1, I Petersen 1
PMCID: PMC2151238  PMID: 9460998

Abstract

We analysed 78 carcinomas of the lung for allelic losses on chromosome 10q. The tumours were of different stage and grade and comprised 22 small-cell lung carcinomas (SCLC), 40 squamous cell carcinomas (SCC), 11 adenocarcinomas, four large-cell carcinomas and one carcinoid. They were investigated by six polymorphic markers located between 10q21 and 10qter. We observed a high incidence of loss of heterozygosity (LOH) in SCLC (91%) and metastatic SCC (56%). Non-metastatic SCC showed deletions in three cases (14%) and no LOH was found in the other types of non-small-cell lung cancer. The statistical analysis indicated that the presence of LOH correlated significantly with advanced tumour stages in the entire collective and in particular within the SCLC and SCC subgroups. For SCC, a positive association was found between LOH and metastases formation, while in SCLC the number of non-metastatic tumours was too small for a final conclusion. Whereas SCLC was frequently characterized by multiple allelic losses, suggesting the deletion of the entire chromosomal arm, SCC showed interstitial imbalances. A high incidence of allelic loss was observed between the markers D10S677 and D10S1223. The analysis of five informative cases suggested the presence of two non-overlapping regions between the loci D10S677/D10S1237 and D10S1213/D10S1223. In SCLC, we did not find mutations in the putative tumour-suppressor gene MXI1. The data indicate that LOH on chromosome 10q is associated with tumour progression in SCC and SCLC. Thus it may become a useful genetic marker in the assessment of the malignant potential of these tumour types.

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