Comprehensive analysis of the 9p21 region in neuroblastoma suggests a role for genes mapping to 9p21-23 in the biology of favourable stage 4 tumours Journal Article
| Authors: | Mora, J.; Alaminos, M.; de Torres, C.; Illei, P.; Qin, J.; Cheung, N. K. V.; Gerald, W. L. |
| Article Title: | Comprehensive analysis of the 9p21 region in neuroblastoma suggests a role for genes mapping to 9p21-23 in the biology of favourable stage 4 tumours |
| Abstract: | Chromosome 9p21 is frequently deleted in many cancers. Previous reports have indicated that 9p21 LOH is an uncommon finding in neuroblastoma (NB), a tumour of childhood. We have performed an extensive analysis of 9p21 and genes located in this region (cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitor 2A - CDKN2A/p16 INK4a, CDKN2A/p14ARF, CDKN2B/p15INK4b, MTAP, interferon α and β cluster). LOH was detected in 16.4% of 177 NB. The SRO was identified between markers D9S1751 and D9S254, at 9p21-23, a region telomeric to the CDKN2/A and MTAP genes. A significantly better overall and progression-free survival was detected in stage 4 patients displaying 9p21-23 LOH. Hemizygous deletion of the region harbouring the CDKN2A and CDKN2B loci was identified in two tumours by means of fluorescent in situ hybridisation and MTAP was present by immunostaining in all but one tumour analysed. The transcriptional profile of tumours with 9p21-23 LOH was compared to that of NB displaying normal 9p21-23 status by means of oligonucleotide microarrays. Four of the 363 probe sets downregulated in tumours with 9p21-23 LOH were encoded by genes mapping to 9p22-24. The only well-characterised transcript among them was nuclear factor 1-B3. Our results suggest a role for genes located telomeric of 9p21 in good risk NB. © 2004 Cancer Research UK. |
| Keywords: | cancer survival; controlled study; human tissue; survival analysis; unclassified drug; human cell; gene deletion; alpha interferon; cancer staging; neoplasm staging; telomere; in situ hybridization, fluorescence; protein p16; chromosome 9p; gene locus; chromosomes, human, pair 9; childhood cancer; risk assessment; gene expression regulation; gene mapping; dna; transcription regulation; neuroblastoma; disease progression; nucleotide sequence; dna microarray; cyclin dependent kinase inhibitor 2a; cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitor p16; cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitor p21; loss of heterozygosity; cyclins; cyclin dependent kinase inhibitor; beta interferon; gene location; cdkn2a; protein p14; chromosome mapping; microarrays; 5' methylthioadenosine phosphorylase; mtap; humans; human; priority journal; article; protein p15; nuclear factor 1-b3 |
| Journal Title: | British Journal of Cancer |
| Volume: | 91 |
| Issue: | 6 |
| ISSN: | 0007-0920 |
| Publisher: | Nature Publishing Group |
| Date Published: | 2004-09-13 |
| Start Page: | 1112 |
| End Page: | 1118 |
| Language: | English |
| DOI: | 10.1038/sj.bjc.6602094 |
| PROVIDER: | scopus |
| PMCID: | PMC2747697 |
| PUBMED: | 15305192 |
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| Notes: | Br. J. Cancer -- Cited By (since 1996):3 -- Export Date: 16 June 2014 -- CODEN: BJCAA -- Molecular Sequence Numbers: GENBANK: AA278423, AI084974, AI917470, H15396, U70862; -- Source: Scopus |
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