Intratumoral genetic heterogeneity in pilocytic astrocytomas revealed by CGH-analysis of microdissected tumor cells and FISH on tumor tissue sections

Pilocytic astrocytomas are the most frequent gliomas of childhood. The majority of cases show cytogenetic normal karyotypes. Although in diffuse gliomas TP53 gene mutations or deletions occur with significant frequency, the role in pilocytic astrocytomas remains unclear. Histomorphologically differe...

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Veröffentlicht in:International journal of oncology 2006-02, Vol.28 (2), p.353-360
Hauptverfasser: WEMMERT, Silke, ROMEIKE, Bernd F. M, KETTER, Ralf, STEUDEL, Wolf-Ingo, ZANG, Klaus D, URBSCHAT, Steffi
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Zusammenfassung:Pilocytic astrocytomas are the most frequent gliomas of childhood. The majority of cases show cytogenetic normal karyotypes. Although in diffuse gliomas TP53 gene mutations or deletions occur with significant frequency, the role in pilocytic astrocytomas remains unclear. Histomorphologically different areas of 14 pilocytic astrocytomas were microdissected and analyzed for genetic aberrations and heterogeneity. CGH analysis revealed gains of chromosome arm 4q and 6q mainly in areas of classic biphasic pattern, whereas pleomorphic areas presented gains of chromosome 6 and 8q. Using two-color fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) the spatial distribution of aneuploidies for chromosomes 7, 8, 17 and the TP53 gene were assessed on parallel sections. FISH analysis revealed a significant percentage of cells with interspersed heterozygous deletions of TP53 in all tumors (14/14), ten cases showed also monosomy 17. Besides gains of chromosomes 7 and 8, losses of these chromosomes were detected in the majority of tumors. In conclusion, pilocytic astrocytomas show a genetic heterogeneity associated with variations of histologic structure as well as an intratumoral heterogeneity observed on single cell level by FISH.
ISSN:1019-6439
1791-2423
DOI:10.3892/ijo.28.2.353