title: Detection of chromosome aneuploidy in interphase nuclei from human primary breast tumors using chromosome-specific repetitive DNA probes.
abstract: We have used in situ hybridization with chromosome specific repetitive DNA sequences as a probe to reveal particular chromosomes as distinct spots or clusters of signal within interphase nuclei. Using karyotypically defined cells and cell lines, we show that the number of signals obtained per nucleus correlates with the number of particular chromosomes present in that nucleus. Further, admixtures of karyotypically different cell lines could be detected. In situ hybridization of nuclei and metaphase spreads derived from the breast cancer cell line MCF-7 shows that a deviant number of spots/nucleus indicates a numerical and/or structural chromosomal aberration. In seven primary breast tumors studied, we detected numerical aberrations of the target sites of chromosomes 1 and/or 18. Although all had a single peak in DNA flow measurements, six of the cases appeared to be heterogeneous with respect to their spots/nucleus content.
authors.affiliation: Department of Human Genetics, University of Leiden, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Devilee
authors.forename: R F
authors.initials: RF
authors.lastname: Thierry
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kievits
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Kolluri
authors.forename: A H
authors.initials: AH
authors.lastname: Hopman
authors.forename: H F
authors.initials: HF
authors.lastname: Willard
authors.forename: P L
authors.initials: PL
authors.lastname: Pearson
authors.forename: C J
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Cornelisse
mesh_terms: D000782:Aneuploidy; D001483:Base Sequence; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000235:genetics*; D002460:Cell Line; D002869:Chromosome Aberrations; D002878:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 1; D002898:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 8; D015342:DNA Probes; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007399:Interphase; D007621:Karyotyping; D008297:Male; D009693:Nucleic Acid Hybridization; D012091:Repetitive Sequences, Nucleic Acid
chemical_list: D015342:DNA Probes