title: DNA-repeat instability is associated with colorectal cancers presenting minimal chromosome rearrangements.
abstract: The DNA-repeat [(CA)n] instability of colorectal cancer cells was studied relative to our previously defined classification based on chromosome alterations. Of the 23 tumors analyzed, 13 belonged to the "monosomic" type (MT) characterized by simultaneous loss of chromosome 18 and chromosome arm 17p, and many structural rearrangements, 7 to the "trisomic" type (TT) with many chromosome gains but few rearrangements, and 3 had a normal karyotype (NT). (CA)n repeat sequences were examined on chromosomes 2, 5, 11, 13, 18, and 20. We found sequence alterations in 12 tumors at 1 or several loci, 9 of which (1/13 MT, 5/7 TT, and 3/3 NT) exhibited a typical shift in allele size defined as microsatellite instability. Furthermore, a single alteration was observed for the MT tumor, whereas one NT tumor displayed instability on two and all the other tumors on three or more loci. These results suggest an inverse relationship between the occurrence of chromosome structural rearrangements and microsatellite instability, providing another argument for the subdivision of colorectal cancers into groups of distinct oncogenic pathways.
authors.affiliation: CNRS URA 620, Institut Curie, Paris, France.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Remvikos
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Vogt
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Muleris
authors.forename: R J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Salmon
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Malfoy
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Dutrillaux
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002869:Chromosome Aberrations; D002889:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 2; D002893:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 3; D003110:Colonic Neoplasms / Q000235:genetics; D015179:Colorectal Neoplasms / Q000235:genetics*; D003123:Colorectal Neoplasms, Hereditary Nonpolyposis / Q000235:genetics; D004273:DNA, Neoplasm / Q000235:genetics*; D004276:DNA, Satellite / Q000235:genetics; D005260:Female; D020022:Genetic Predisposition to Disease; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012004:Rectal Neoplasms / Q000235:genetics; D012091:Repetitive Sequences, Nucleic Acid
chemical_list: D004273:DNA, Neoplasm; D004276:DNA, Satellite