Chromosome 3P Loss of Heterozygosity and Mutation Analysis of the FHIT and Â-Cat Genes in J Clin Pathol: First Published As 10.1136/Jcp.51.7.520 on 1 July 1998
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520 J Clin Pathol 1998;51:520–524 Chromosome 3p loss of heterozygosity and mutation analysis of the FHIT and â-cat genes in J Clin Pathol: first published as 10.1136/jcp.51.7.520 on 1 July 1998. Downloaded from squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck María Victoria González, Marta F Pello, Pilar Ablanedo, Carlos Suárez, Victoria Alvarez, Eliecer Coto Abstract HNSCC is strongly associated with tobacco Aims—To study the loss of heterozygosity and alcohol consumption.3 at the short arm of chromosome 3 in pri- Several genetic alterations have been de- mary tumours from patients with scribed in tumours from HNSCC patients, squamous cell carcinoma of the head and including non-random cytogenetic abnormali- neck; to determine whether the FHIT ties, mutations or overexpression of the H-ras, gene, mapped to 3p14.2 and the CTNNB1 p53, and cyclin D genes, and alterations of the (â-cat) gene, mapped to 3p21, are deleted p16INK4A gene.4–8 Increased expression of epi- or mutated in these tumours. dermal growth factor receptor and mutations Methods—DNA was extracted from fresh at several oncogenes have also been tumours. Loss of heterozygosity was as- reported.910 sessed by microsatellite analysis of the Functional loss of tumour suppressor genes following markers: D3S1283 and D3S1286 is one of the most common genetic alterations (3p24), D3S966 (3p21), and D3S1300 in human neoplasms. Defining chromosomal (3P14.2). Homozygous deletion was deter- regions that harbour biologically important mined by radioactive multiplex polymer- tumour suppressor genes may have practical ase chain reaction of exons 5 and 6 of the implications for the diagnosis and management FHIT gene. The presence of mutations in of these tumours. Cytogenetic studies have FHIT exon 5 and â-cat exon 3 was studied revealed that the short arm of chromosome 3 is by single strand conformation polymor- often altered by chromosomal rearrangements phism. and deletions in several cancer types, including Results—50% of informative cases (25/50) HNSCC.41112These data suggest the presence showed loss of heterozygosity for at least of one or more tumour suppressor genes one of the 3p markers. 3p21 was the region located at 3p, inactivation of which may http://jcp.bmj.com/ with the highest rate of allelic deletion contribute to HNSCC development. Three (63%). No point mutation was found in commonly deleted regions, mapped to 3p24- FHIT exon 5 or â-cat exon 3. No case ter, 3p21.3, and 3p14-cen, have recently been showed homozygous deletion for the FHIT identified by analysis of allelic losses (loss of (exons 5 and 6) or the â-cat exon 3. heterozygosity).13–15 Conclusions—The short arm of chromo- Homozygous deletions are detected at a some 3 is often deleted in the head and much lower frequency than heterozygous dele- neck squamous cell carcinomas. In the on September 27, 2021 by guest. Protected copyright. tions and are usually smaller in size. Therefore remaining alleles of the FHIT or â-cat homozygous deletions may be of considerable genes, no evidence was found for point help in the localisation and identification of mutations or deletions, documented in tumour suppressor genes. A 440 kb ho- other common carcinomas. Inactivation mozygous deletion mapped to the distal part of Hospital Central de could occur by diVerent mechanisms such Asturias, Oviedo, as methylation, or other genes (not stud- 3p21 has been described in a small cell lung Spain ied here) could be target of allelic losses in carcinoma cell line, where a tumour suppressor Laboratorio de gene locus has been proposed.16 17 Genética Molecular squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck. Recently, the fragile histidine triad gene M V González (FHIT) has been mapped to 3p14.2 and V Alvarez (J Clin Pathol 1998;51:520–524) E Coto shown to span a renal carcinoma associated 18 Keywords: squamous cell carcinoma of head and neck; translocation breakpoint. Altered transcripts Servicio de loss of heterozygosity; mutation analysis; FHIT gene; of FHIT were reported in about 80% of cases Otorrinolaringología â-cat gene of small cell lung carcinoma.19 The â-catenin M F Pello gene (CTNNB1) is located at chromosome C Suárez region 3p22-p21.3, where loss of heterozygos- Servicio de Patología Head and neck squamous cell carcinoma ity and homozygous deletion have been P Ablanedo (HNSCC) is one of the most common types of observed.20–22 The â-cat protein binds to cancer in the world. In Western countries it E-cadherin and á-catenin, thus being an essen- Correspondence to: 12 tial component of the cell–cell adhesion Dr Eliecer Coto, Servicio de accounts for up to 5% of all cancers. Despite Inmunología, Hospital eVorts to improve early diagnosis and treat- complex, also critical for intracellular signalling Central de Asturias, 33006 ment of patients with these neoplasms, their pathways.23 24 Downregulation of â-catenin Oviedo, Spain. prognosis remains poor. Its five year survival expression is associated with malignant 25 Accepted for publication rate has not changed in recent years, and is still transformation. â-Catenin has recently been 30 March 1998 one of the lowest among the prevalent cancers. shown to act as an oncoprotein in melanoma Chromosome 3p loss in squamous cell carcinoma of head and neck 521 Telomere moderately diVerentiated, and 11 were poorly diVerentiated tumours. With reference to J Clin Pathol: first published as 10.1136/jcp.51.7.520 on 1 July 1998. Downloaded from tumour stage, two neoplasms were stage I, seven were stage II, 18 were stage III, and 28 were stage IV. D3S1286 3p24.2 D3S1283 FHIT MICROSATELLITE LOSS OF HETEROZYGOSITY exons ANALYSIS Microsatellite markers D3S1286 and 10 D3S1283 (3p24.2), D3S966 (3p21.3), and D3S966 3p21.3 D3S1300 (3p14.2) were analysed to determine the loss of heterozygosity at the short arm of 6 chromosome 3. D3S1300 maps intragenic to D3S1300 the FHIT gene. Figure 1 represents the relative D3S1300 3p14.2 position of these markers. Primers were 5 previously described and are summarised in table 1.13 31 32 Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) was performed in a 15 µl reaction volume con- taining 100 ng genomic DNA, 10 pmol of each 1 primer, 200 µM each of dATP, dGTP, and dTTP, 100 µM dCTP, 2 mM MgCl2, 0.10 µCi [á-32P]dCTP (3000 Ci/mmol, Amersham International, Amersham, Buckinghamshire, Centromere UK), 1 × Ta q buVer, and 0.5 units of Taq-DNA Figure 1 Chromosome 3p map indicating the position of the microsatellite markers used polymerase (Promega, Madison, Wisconsin, (D3S1286, D3S1283, D3S966, D3S1300) and the FHIT gene (filled and empty boxes USA). Conditions consisted of an initial dena- represent coding and non-coding exons, respectively). turing step of five minutes at 98°C, followed by ° and colon cancer cell lines. Small deletions and 25 cycles of 30 seconds at 98 C, one minute at ° ° point mutations aVecting Ser residues on its 58 C, and 20 seconds at 72 C, followed by a 26–28 final extension of five minutes at 75°C. NH2-terminal domain have been described. In this report we investigated loss of hetero- Taq-DNA polymerase was added after the ini- zygosity at several 3p regions in various tial denaturing step. PCR products were mixed HNSCC tumours. In addition, we searched for with one volume of denaturing loading buVer homozygous deletions and mutations at the (95% formamide, 1% xylene cyanol), heated at ° FHIT and â-cat genes. 98 C for five minutes, and electrophoresed on a 6% denaturing polyacrilamide gel (45% urea, 5.7% acrylamide, and 0.3% bis-acrylamide). Methods After electrophoresis the gels were vacuum http://jcp.bmj.com/ PATIENTS AND DNA EXTRACTION dried and autoradiographed at −80°C for 2–24 Paired tumour and blood samples from 55 hours. HNSCC patients were collected. The fresh After densitometric analysis of bands of the tumour tissue was isolated by microdissection, two matched samples, loss of heterozygosity and specimens containing more than 70% was defined as a reduction of at least 75% in neoplastic cells were placed at 37°C for 24 the signal of one allele in tumour DNA. hours in lysis solution containing sodium on September 27, 2021 by guest. Protected copyright. dodecyl sulphate (SDS) and proteinase K. PCR AMPLIFICATION OF THE FHIT, â-CAT, AND DNA was obtained after phenol-chloroform DD1 LOCI extraction and ethanol precipitation.29 DNA Genomic DNA from primary tumours was from leucocytes was obtained according to a simultaneously amplified for exons 5 and 6 of previously described protocol.30 the FHIT gene by multiplex PCR (the sets of The 55 samples were from the pharynx (22), primers for both loci were included in the PCR larynx (30), and floor of the mouth (3). Histo- reaction mixture) under the same conditions as logically, 27 were well diVerentiated, 17 were described for microsatellite analysis. A se- quence mapped to 3p21, designated DD1, was Table 1 Oligonucleotide sequence of microsatellite markers used also amplified, as well as exon 3 of the â-cat Marker Region Oligonucleotide sequence Size† Tm gene. PCR primers for these sequences were ° previously described and are summarised in D3S1286 3p24.2 Fwd GCAGTGACTTCAGAGGGGC 120 bp 58 C 33 34 Rvs ATTGACGGGGCTAGGGC table 1. One microlitre of formamide was D3S1283 3p24.2 Fwd GGCAGTACCACCTGTAGAAATG 120 bp 58°C also added to the PCR reaction mixtures to Rvs GAGTAACAGAGGCATCGTGTAT improve PCR specificity. We also reduced the D3S966 3p21.3 Fwd TACCTCCTCACTGTTTCATATTAG 120 bp 58°C Rvs CACATAGTATGTCTCGGCTAACAG number of PCR cycles to 25 in order to mini- D3S1300 3p14.2 Fwd AGCTCACATTCTAGTCAGCCT 220 bp 57°C mise the masking eVect of “contaminant” Rvs GCCAATTCCCCAGATG Exon 5 FHIT 3p14.2 Fwd TCAACTGTGAGGACATGTCG 140 bp 58°C DNA from non-tumour cells.