title: Allelic loss in ovarian cancer.
abstract: Loss of heterozygosity (LOH) was examined at 86 loci distributed on every chromosomal arm in 50 human ovarian tumors. Frequent allele losses were observed on chromosomes 13q (42%), 17p (42%), 17q (45%), and Xp (41%). Deletion mapping on chromosome 17 revealed a candidate gene on the long arm distal to D17S41/S74 for ovarian cancer which is distant from the locus for early onset breast cancer. LOH on chromosome 17q was found to be concordant with LOH on chromosomes 3p, 13q, 17p and Xp suggesting that it may be an early event in neoplastic development. These findings indicate that multiple tumor-suppressor genes for ovarian cancer possibly exist on chromosomes 13q, 17, and/or Xp and provide the basis for the identification of candidate gene(s) associated with ovarian cancer. The chromosomal mechanisms resulting in allele losses in ovarian cancer include deletion, deletion/duplication, mitotic recombination and monosomy, in concordance with the developed genetic model.
authors.affiliation: Department of Genetics, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT.
authors.forename: T L
authors.initials: TL
authors.lastname: Yang-Feng
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Han
authors.forename: K C
authors.initials: KC
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: S B
authors.initials: SB
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: E B
authors.initials: EB
authors.lastname: Claus
authors.forename: M L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Carcangiu
authors.forename: S K
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Chambers
authors.forename: J T
authors.initials: JT
authors.lastname: Chambers
authors.forename: P E
authors.initials: PE
authors.lastname: Schwartz
mesh_terms: D000483:Alleles; D002872:Chromosome Deletion; D002874:Chromosome Mapping; D002882:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 13; D002886:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 17; D002893:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 3; D004273:DNA, Neoplasm / Q000302:isolation & purification; D005260:Female; D005819:Genetic Markers; D006801:Humans; D009693:Nucleic Acid Hybridization; D010051:Ovarian Neoplasms / Q000235:genetics* / Q000473:pathology; D012150:Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length
chemical_list: D004273:DNA, Neoplasm; D005819:Genetic Markers