title: A novel clonality assay for the mouse: application to hepatocellular carcinomas induced with diethylnitrosamine.
abstract: A polymerase chain reaction-based clonality assay was developed for mouse tumors and cellular proliferations of the mouse. This assay was based on a polymorphism of the phosphoglucokinase-1 (Pgk-1) gene on the X chromosome between two different mouse subspecies and the different methylation patterns of active and inactive X chromosomes. All 15 tumor cell lines examined showed one of the two allelic bands on gel electrophoresis, which is consistent with the theory that tumor cell lines are monoclonally derived. This suggests that the Pgk-1 system is useful for clonality studies that will give insight into cancer development. With this method, nine hepatocellular carcinomas were examined, and eight showed monoallelic patterns. The remaining tumor exhibited a biallelic pattern, which is suggestive of polyclonal origin; however, other possibilities are discussed.
authors.affiliation: First Department of Biochemistry, Niigata University School of Medicine, Japan.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Tsunashima
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Endo
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Asakura
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kanda
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Nomura
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kitagawa
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Kominami
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D002273:Carcinogens; D002999:Clone Cells; D017931:DNA Primers / Q000737:chemistry; D004273:DNA, Neoplasm / Q000235:genetics; D004052:Diethylnitrosamine; D004303:Dosage Compensation, Genetic; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D008114:Liver Neoplasms, Experimental / Q000473:pathology*; D008745:Methylation; D051379:Mice; D008815:Mice, Inbred Strains; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D017853:Phosphotransferases (Alcohol Group Acceptor) / Q000235:genetics; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction / Q000379:methods; D017384:Sequence Deletion
chemical_list: D002273:Carcinogens; D017931:DNA Primers; D004273:DNA, Neoplasm; D004052:Diethylnitrosamine; D017853:Phosphotransferases (Alcohol Group Acceptor); C046331:phosphoglucokinase