title: Nonrandom numerical chromosome abnormalities in basal cell carcinomas.
abstract: Clonal chromosome abnormalities were found in 22 of 23 short-term cultured basal cell carcinomas (BCC) of the skin. The karyotypic abnormalities were nonrandom and in several cases included evidence of clonal evolution. Especially in cultures showing an epithelial growth pattern, simple numerical changes, most commonly +18, +9, +20, +7, and +5, predominated and presumably constitute pathogenetically important aberrations present in the neoplastic parenchyma. Also, several structural rearrangements of chromosome arm 9q were seen, which may be of particular interest against the background that a gene for familial BCC (Gorlin syndrome), the PTCH gene, maps to this region. Finally, most of the clonal aberrations detected in predominantly fibroblast-like cultures are likely to reflect changes acquired by cells of the tumor stroma, which raises the question whether mutations also of this tumor component may play a pathogenetic role in BCC development.
authors.affiliation: Department of Genetics, Norwegian Radium Hospital, Oslo, Norway.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Jin
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Mertens
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Persson
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Warloe
authors.forename: H P
authors.initials: HP
authors.lastname: Gullestad
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Salemark
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Jin
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Jonsson
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Risberg
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Mandahl
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Mitelman
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Heim
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002280:Basal Cell Carcinoma / Q000235:genetics* / Q000473:pathology; D002869:Chromosome Aberrations / Q000235:genetics* / Q000473:pathology; D025063:Chromosome Disorders; D005260:Female; D005347:Fibroblasts / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D007621:Karyotyping; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014178:Translocation, Genetic; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured