title: Chromosomal aberrations in neuroblastoma cell lines identified by cross species color banding and chromosome painting.
abstract: We have studied cytogenetic rearrangements in karyotypes of five neuroblastoma cell lines [SK-N-AS, SK-N-SH, SH-SY5Y, SK-N-MC, SMS-KCNR] by G-banding, cross species color banding (RxFISH), and fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) with chromosome painting probes. Each neuroblastoma cell line had unique modal karyotypic characteristics and showed a variable number of numerical and structural clonal cytogenetic aberrations. The number of rearranged chromosomes in SK-N-AS, SK-N-SH, SH-SY5Y, SK-N-MC, and SMS-KCNR was 11, 3, 7, 14 (tetraploid, 20-21), and 6, respectively. The origins of abnormal chromosomes were effectively analyzed by RxFISH and FISH with multiple chromosome painting probes. The chromosomal origin of the homogeneously staining region in SH-SY5Y was identified as coamplification of chromosome bands 2p13 and 2p24 by chromosome microdissection and FISH. The non-random rearrangements of chromosomes were determined on 1p34 approximately p36, 6q16 approximately q21, 8q24, 9q34, 11q13 approximately q23, 16q23 approximately q24, 17q21, and 22q31. These results may provide useful information for further molecular characterization of neuroblastoma.
authors.affiliation: Graduate School of Biotechnology, Korea University College of Medicine, 126-1, Anam-Dong 5-Ka, Sungbuk-Ku, Seoul 136-705, South Korea.
authors.forename: G J
authors.initials: GJ
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: S Y
authors.initials: SY
authors.lastname: Park
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Y H
authors.initials: YH
authors.lastname: Chun
authors.forename: S H
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Park
mesh_terms: D002869:Chromosome Aberrations; D002871:Chromosome Banding; D020223:Chromosome Painting; D006801:Humans; D017404:In Situ Hybridization, Fluorescence; D009447:Neuroblastoma / Q000235:genetics*; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured