title: Allelic losses at 3p and 11p are detected in both epithelial and stromal components of cervical small-cell neuroendocrine carcinoma.
abstract: Microdissected epithelial and stromal cells from 15 cervical small-cell carcinoma patients and 9 healthy control subjects were assessed for loss of heterozygosity with polymorphic DNA markers at chromosomes 3p and 11p. Among malignant lesions assessed with 7 markers at 3p, 21 allelic losses were detected from 193 informative samples. Of losses, 20 were in epithelial and 1 was in normal-appearing stromal cells. Among losses in epithelial cells, 16 were from 44 samples informative for 3 markers within 3p21.2-p14.2 (0.36 loss/sample), whereas only 4 were from 54 samples informative for 4 markers outside the region (0.09 loss/sample), suggesting a "hot spot" of genetic alterations within 3p21.2-p14.2. Among malignant lesions assessed with 2 markers within 11p14-p12, 15 losses were seen in 52 informative samples. Of losses, 10 were in epithelial and 5 were in normal-appearing stromal cells. Of 10 epithelial samples showing losses within 11p14-p12, 8 also displayed losses within 3p21.2-p14.2, suggesting a concurrent involvement of these loci in tumor development or progression. The five losses in stromal cells were in four cases that showed no loss in epithelial cells with same markers, suggesting that stromal cells might play initiative roles in tumor development.
authors.affiliation: Department of Gynecologic and Breast Pathology, Armed Forces Institute of Pathology and American Registry of Pathology, Washington, District of Columbia 20306-6000, USA. man@afip.osd.mil
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Man
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Mannion
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Kuhls
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Moinfar
authors.forename: G L
authors.initials: GL
authors.lastname: Bratthauer
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Albores-Saavedra
authors.forename: F A
authors.initials: FA
authors.lastname: Tavassoli
mesh_terms: D000483:Alleles; D018278:Carcinoma, Neuroendocrine / Q000209:etiology / Q000235:genetics* / Q000473:pathology; D018288:Carcinoma, Small Cell / Q000209:etiology / Q000235:genetics* / Q000473:pathology; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D002880:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 11; D002893:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 3; D004847:Epithelial Cells / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D005819:Genetic Markers; D006801:Humans; D019656:Loss of Heterozygosity / Q000502:physiology*; D017154:Stromal Cells / Q000473:pathology; D002583:Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / Q000209:etiology / Q000235:genetics / Q000473:pathology*
chemical_list: D005819:Genetic Markers