title: High frequency of chromosome 9 deletion in ovarian cancer: evidence for three tumour-suppressor loci.
abstract: We have screened 33 ovarian tumours of various grades and stages for the loss of heterozygosity (LOH) of markers on chromosome 9. LOH was detected in 26 cases (79%). Eleven tumours (33%) showed LOH of all informative markers. The remaining 15 cases had partial deletions. Of these, six (18%) had losses on 9p only, three (9%) had LOH confined to 9q and six (18%) had losses on both chromosome arms, four of which had a retention of hetereozygosity in between. There was no association between tumour grade stage or histopathology and any losses. High-density deletion mapping was carried out in 12 selected cases that had partial deletions of 9p and/or 9q. The deleted region on 9p included the cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitor 2 (CDKN2) locus and one tumour was found to have a homozygous deletion of CDKN2. LOH on 9q extended over a larger region. We found evidence for two regions of deletion on 9q, one at 9q34 and the other encompassing the nevoid basal cell carcinoma (Gorlin) syndrome locus on proximal 9q.
authors.affiliation: Molecular Genetics Laboratory, Marie Curie Institute, Oxted, Surrey, UK.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Devlin
authors.forename: P A
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Elder
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Gabra
authors.forename: C M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Steel
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Knowles
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000235:genetics / Q000473:pathology; D000236:Adenoma / Q000235:genetics / Q000473:pathology; D002352:Carrier Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D002872:Chromosome Deletion; D002874:Chromosome Mapping; D002899:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 9; D019941:Cyclin-Dependent Kinase Inhibitor p16; D017931:DNA Primers; D016889:Endometrial Neoplasms / Q000235:genetics / Q000473:pathology; D005091:Exons; D005260:Female; D016147:Genes, Tumor Suppressor; D006579:Heterozygote; D006801:Humans; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D010051:Ovarian Neoplasms / Q000235:genetics* / Q000473:pathology; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D013724:Teratoma / Q000235:genetics / Q000473:pathology
chemical_list: D002352:Carrier Proteins; D019941:Cyclin-Dependent Kinase Inhibitor p16; D017931:DNA Primers