title: Analysis of loss of heterozygosity in murine hepatocellular tumors.
abstract: Because allelotype analysis of tumors has been important in the identification of new tumor suppressor genes, here we studied loss of heterozygosity (LOH) in a well-defined animal experimental system. We analyzed spontaneous liver tumors from C3HHc x C57BL/6J (B6C3F1) mice and urethane-induced hepatocellular tumors from (C3H/He x Mus spretus) x C57BL/6JBy (HSB) interspecific mice. A total of 95 different genetic markers were tested: 13 in 24 B6C3F1 tumors, 76 in 58 HSB tumors, and six in both groups. Minisatellite finger-printing analysis detected one case of LOH and less than 1% genomic rearrangements in polymorphic and nonpolymorphic bands, respectively. There were no changes at hepatocellular susceptibility loci or at markers homologous to loci frequently lost in human hepatocellular carcinomas. Therefore, our results suggest that LOH and genomic rearrangements are uncommon in mouse hepatocellular tumors.
authors.affiliation: Division of Experimental Oncology A, Istituto Nazionale Tumori, Milan, Italy.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Manenti
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: De Gregorio
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gariboldi
authors.forename: T A
authors.initials: TA
authors.lastname: Dragani
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Pierotti
mesh_terms: D000483:Alleles; D000818:Animals; D002869:Chromosome Aberrations; D025063:Chromosome Disorders; D002874:Chromosome Mapping; D005819:Genetic Markers; D006579:Heterozygote; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000235:genetics*; D008114:Liver Neoplasms, Experimental / Q000235:genetics*; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D008809:Mice, Inbred C3H; D008810:Mice, Inbred C57BL; D009115:Muridae; D012150:Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length; D012091:Repetitive Sequences, Nucleic Acid; D017384:Sequence Deletion
chemical_list: D005819:Genetic Markers