Identification of two distinct tumor-suppressor loci on the long arm of chromosome 10 in small cell lung cancer

Se K. Kim, Jae Y. Ro, Bonnie L. Kemp, Jin Soo Lee, Tae Jung Kwon, Waun K. Hong, Li Mao

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Abstract

Recent cytogenetic studies indicated that loss of the long arm of chromosome 10 is a frequent event in small cell lung cancer (SCLC) and that a common region of the deletion is at 10q24-qter, which suggests the presence of a tumor-suppressor gene there. To map precise tumor-suppressor loci on the chromosome arm for further positional cloning efforts, we tested 46 primary SCLCs using microsatellite analysis. By analysing 11 highly polymorphic microsatellite markers located in 10q23-q26, we found that at least 78% (36/46) of the tumors exhibited loss of heterozygosity (LOH) at 10q with at least two distinct minimally deleted regions. LOH at one region (10q24) was found in at least 74% (32/43) of informative cases with a minimally deleted region between D10S198 and D10S192 (about 2 cM); LOH at another region (10q24-q25) was observed in at least 66% (29/44) of informative tumors with a minimally deleted region between D10S221 and D10S587 (about 11 cM). LOH at both regions or across both regions was observed in at least 52% (24/46) of the tumors tested. However, no mutations or homozygous deletions were found in the coding region of MXI1, a candidate tumor suppressor gene at 10q24-q25, in a panel of SCLC cell lines. Our data demonstrate that at least two tumor-suppressor loci exist on 10q and that they may play an important role in SCLC tumorigenesis.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)1749-1753
Number of pages5
JournalOncogene
Volume17
Issue number13
DOIs
StatePublished - Oct 1 1998

Keywords

  • Chromosome 10
  • LOH
  • SCLC
  • Tumor suppressor

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Molecular Biology
  • Cancer Research
  • Genetics

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