title: Presence of two members of c-erbA receptor gene family (c-erbA beta and c-erbA2) in smallest region of somatic homozygosity on chromosome 3p21-p25 in human breast carcinoma.
abstract: The loss of heterozygosity of genes on the short arm of chromosome 3 (3p) in human breast carcinomas occurs in a region involved in other malignancies, including renal cell carcinoma, lung cancers, and von Hippel-Lindau disease. This finding suggests the presence of a gene(s) that plays a crucial role in multiple cancers. In our study of 84 informative (heterozygous) primary breast tumors, 30% showed losses of heterozygosity on chromosome 3. The shortest region of homozygosity in primary human breast tumor is located between the DNF15S2 and RAF1 loci in the 3p21-p25 region on the short arm of chromosome 3. This region includes at least two members of the c-erbA steroid/thyroid hormone receptor family (c-erbA beta and c-erbA2) that may be of special relevance to breast cancer. Furthermore, tumors with a loss of heterozygosity of genes on chromosome 3 were previously reported to have frequent allelic deletions on chromosome 11p and amplification of the c-myc proto-oncogene. These results highlight the occurrence of multiple genetic alterations in breast tumors.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Tumor Immunology and Biology, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD 20892.
authors.forename: I U
authors.initials: IU
authors.lastname: Ali
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Lidereau
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Callahan
mesh_terms: D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000235:genetics*; D002285:Carcinoma, Intraductal, Noninfiltrating / Q000235:genetics*; D002872:Chromosome Deletion; D002874:Chromosome Mapping; D002893:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 3; D004273:DNA, Neoplasm / Q000032:analysis*; D005260:Female; D005838:Genotype; D006801:Humans; D012150:Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length; D000090063:Proto-Oncogene Mas; D011518:Proto-Oncogene Proteins / Q000032:analysis*; D011988:Receptors, Thyroid Hormone
chemical_list: D004273:DNA, Neoplasm; C000715470:MAS1 protein, human; D000090063:Proto-Oncogene Mas; D011518:Proto-Oncogene Proteins; D011988:Receptors, Thyroid Hormone