title: Microsatellite deletion mapping on chromosome 10q and mutation analysis of MMAC1, FAS, and MXI1 in human glioblastoma multiforme.
abstract: Glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) is an end-stage brain tumor of glial origin. Allelic deletions encompassing all or part of chromosome 10q occur frequently in GBMs, indicating that loss of one or more tumor suppressor genes on 10q plays a role in GBM formation. One of these genes is MMAC1 (PTEN), a gene on 10q23 which encodes a dual-specificity protein phosphatase. We carried out a loss of heterozygosity (LOH) analysis of 66 GBM patients using microsatellite markers for 27 loci on 10q. Overall, LOH was detected in 70% of cases, most showing LOH with every informative marker. Eleven patients showed partial 10q deletions, the smallest spanning a 35 cM region distal to D10S187. Sequence analysis of the MMAC1 gene in 45 of these tumors revealed mutations in eleven cases (24%), all with LOH on 10q. None of these mutations was present in normal DNA from the same patients. In addition, we utilized SSCP analysis to test two other candidate genes on 10q: FAS, a cell surface receptor which transduces an apoptotic, cell death signal and MXI1, a transcriptional repressor. The absence of mutations in these genes suggested that FAS and MXI1 are not likely to be tumor suppressor genes physiologically relevant to GBM. These data do support a significant role for MMAC1 in GBM.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, University of Utah Health Sciences Center, 50 N. Medical Drive, Salt Lake City, UT, 84132, USA.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Fults
authors.forename: C A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Pedone
authors.forename: G E
authors.initials: GE
authors.lastname: Thompson
authors.forename: C M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Uchiyama
authors.forename: K L
authors.initials: KL
authors.lastname: Gumpper
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Iliev
authors.forename: V L
authors.initials: VL
authors.lastname: Vinson
authors.forename: S V
authors.initials: SV
authors.lastname: Tavtigian
authors.forename: W L
authors.initials: WL
authors.lastname: Perry
mesh_terms: D051792:Basic Helix-Loop-Helix Proteins; D002874:Chromosome Mapping; D002879:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 10; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D016147:Genes, Tumor Suppressor; D005909:Glioblastoma / Q000235:genetics*; D006801:Humans; D019656:Loss of Heterozygosity; D018895:Microsatellite Repeats; D009154:Mutation; D051059:PTEN Phosphohydrolase; D010744:Phosphoric Monoester Hydrolases; D018807:Polymorphism, Single-Stranded Conformational; D017027:Protein Tyrosine Phosphatases / Q000235:genetics*; D014157:Transcription Factors / Q000235:genetics*; D025521:Tumor Suppressor Proteins; D019014:fas Receptor / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D051792:Basic Helix-Loop-Helix Proteins; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D051059:PTEN Phosphohydrolase; D010744:Phosphoric Monoester Hydrolases; D017027:Protein Tyrosine Phosphatases; D014157:Transcription Factors; D025521:Tumor Suppressor Proteins; D019014:fas Receptor; C079440:MXI1 protein, human; C494929:PTEN protein, human