title: Semiautomated assessment of loss of heterozygosity and replication error in tumors.
abstract: Loss of heterozygosity (LOH) and replication error (RER) are important phenomena in tumor development, with diagnostic and prognostic relevance. Therefore, screening for LOH and RER is a desirable first step in the molecular analysis of tumors. We used semiautomated procedures based on multicolor fluorescently labeled microsatellite markers and an automated sequencer for PCR amplification, electrophoresis of PCR products, and allele detection with a set of 16 microsatellites in 56 colorectal tumors. We improved existing software for computer-assisted assessment of LOH and RER. A comparison of these results with those of a conventional, radioactive technique and visual interpretation shows a high degree of correlation between the two methods. The detection rates of LOH and RER are similar to those reported previously. The main advantages of the semiautomated fluorescence-based typing are in the objective, observer-unrelated, easy, and rapid computer-based scoring, and the resulting quantitative assessment of RER.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical Genetics, Haartman Institute, University of Helsinki, Finland.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Canzian
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Salovaara
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Hemminki
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Kristo
authors.forename: R B
authors.initials: RB
authors.lastname: Chadwick
authors.forename: L A
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Aaltonen
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: de la Chapelle
mesh_terms: D001331:Automation; D001483:Base Sequence; D015179:Colorectal Neoplasms / Q000235:genetics*; D004252:DNA Mutational Analysis / Q000379:methods*; D017931:DNA Primers / Q000737:chemistry; D004261:DNA Replication; D004273:DNA, Neoplasm / Q000235:genetics*; D005819:Genetic Markers; D006579:Heterozygote; D006801:Humans; D018895:Microsatellite Repeats; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction / Q000379:methods; D017384:Sequence Deletion
chemical_list: D017931:DNA Primers; D004273:DNA, Neoplasm; D005819:Genetic Markers