title: Loss of heterozygosity at 11q23.3 in vasculoinvasive and metastatic squamous cell carcinoma of the cervix.
abstract: We have previously demonstrated a strong relationship between loss of heterozygosity (LOH) at chromosome 11q23.3 and the presence of extensive tumor plugs in lymphvascular spaces (LVS) in stage 1B cervical carcinoma, suggesting that genes at this locus may regulate vasculoinvasion. This study examined LOH at 11q23.3 in microdissected tumor plugs within LVS and in metastatic foci in lymph nodes (MFLN), as well as corresponding invasive tumor and adjacent cervical intraepithelial neoplasia (CIN) 3 in stage 1B squamous cell carcinoma. Of 49 invasive carcinomas, 38.8% had LOH at 11q23.3. Of 36 tumor plugs in LVS, 39% had LOH at 11q23.3. Twenty percent of 15 MFLN demonstrated LOH at 11q23.3. Patients with LOH at 11q23.3 are significantly more likely to have disease recurrence than patients without LOH at 11q23.3 (P =.02). Of 10 foci of CIN 3, none showed LOH at 11q23.3. Although unlikely to have an impact early in carcinogenesis, tumor-suppressor genes located in the region of 11q23.3 appear to be important in tumor progression, facilitating lymphvascular space invasion and, by inference, spread to lymph nodes in squamous cell carcinoma of the cervix.
authors.affiliation: Lauren V. Ackerman Laboratory of Surgical Pathology, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Washington University Medical Center, St Louis, MO 63110, USA.
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: O'sullivan
authors.forename: J S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Rader
authors.forename: D S
authors.initials: DS
authors.lastname: Gerhard
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: K M
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Trinkaus
authors.forename: D J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Gersell
authors.forename: P C
authors.initials: PC
authors.lastname: Huettner
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001808:Blood Vessels / Q000473:pathology*; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000235:genetics* / Q000473:pathology; D002880:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 11; D004273:DNA, Neoplasm / Q000032:analysis; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D019656:Loss of Heterozygosity; D008207:Lymphatic Metastasis; D008875:Middle Aged; D009361:Neoplasm Invasiveness; D009362:Neoplasm Metastasis; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local; D044469:Racial Groups; D002583:Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / Q000235:genetics* / Q000473:pathology
chemical_list: D004273:DNA, Neoplasm