title: Interphase cytogenetics of gastric carcinoma: fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) applied to cells obtained from formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded tissues.
abstract: The interphase cytogenetics in formalin-fixed and paraffin-embedded gastric cancer tissues were examined by fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) with alpha-satellite DNA probes. Two gastric carcinoma cell lines, TMK-1 and MKN-28, were first analyzed cytogenetically. Of 25 TMK-1 cell karyotypes, chromosome 7 showed trisomy and chromosome 17 showed disomy in 18 cells. Most MKN-28 cells showed disomy of both chromosomes 7 and 17. Suspensions of singly isolated TMK-1 and MKN-7 cells were obtained from the cultured cells, and from paraffin-embedded tissue specimens fixed with formalin for 0, 1, 3 and 5 days obtained from xenotransplanted tumors in nude mice. The numbers of chromosomes 7 and 17 analyzed with the karyotypic preparations coincided well with those determined by FISH, even in the paraffin-embedded specimens. The number of tumor cells showing no signals, however, increased in the specimens after 5 days formalin fixation. In 10 surgically removed gastric carcinomas, the predominant signal number for chromosomes 7 and 17 in the cells of paraffin-embedded tissues was two (disomy), except in one papillary carcinoma, which was trisomic for chromosome 7. Large subpopulations (more than 20%) showing trisomy were found in four cases for chromosome 7 and in five cases for chromosome 17. A higher frequency of trisomy was found in well differentiated than in poorly differentiated carcinomas. These findings suggest that the FISH technique is a useful tool for detecting chromosomal aberrations in gastric adenocarcinoma cells, even in paraffin-embedded specimens, as long as the tissues are fixed with formalin for an appropriate time.
authors.affiliation: First Department of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, Tottori University, Yonago, Japan.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Gomyo
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Andachi
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Nagao
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ikeguchi
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ito
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000235:genetics*; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000818:Animals; D002503:Centromere; D002869:Chromosome Aberrations; D002886:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 17; D002897:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 7; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D017404:In Situ Hybridization, Fluorescence / Q000379:methods*; D007621:Karyotyping; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D008819:Mice, Nude; D008875:Middle Aged; D009368:Neoplasm Transplantation; D016612:Paraffin Embedding; D013274:Stomach Neoplasms / Q000235:genetics*; D016707:Tissue Fixation; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured