title: Comparative analysis of two thyroid tumor cell lines by fluorescence in situ hybridization and comparative genomic hybridization.
abstract: Tumors and tumor-derived cell lines are typically chromosomally complex and heterogeneous. These features complicate the description of their karyotype. As a first approach to the chromosomal characterization of the two near-triploid thyroid tumor cell lines, BCPAP and FTC133, the techniques of fluorescence in situ hybridization and comparative genomic hybridization were used and compared. Most of the results obtained by the two methods were in good agreement. The follicular-derived cell line FTC133 showed more extensive chromosome variation between cells than the papillary-derived cell line BCPAP. Both cell lines had significant gains in part or whole of chromosomes 1, 11, and 20 and losses in chromosomes 16, 21, and 22. BCPAP cells also had gains in chromosomes 4 and 5 and losses in chromosomes 7, 9, and 10; FTC133 cells had gains in chromosomes 6, 7, 8, 14, 15, and 19. Chromosomes 4 and 5 were the most stable in BCPAP cells; in the FTC133 cells, chromosomes 7 and 19 showed the greatest segregational stability. The results have been discussed in terms of possible karyotype evolution. Moreover, it has been possible to compare the sensitivity limits of the two techniques in the analysis of polyploid tumors.
authors.affiliation: Centre for Molecular Genetics and Toxicology, School of Biological Sciences, University of Wales-Swansea, Swansea SA2 8PP, Wales, UK.
authors.forename: Chiara
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Corso
authors.forename: Hacan
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ulucan
authors.forename: Elizabeth M
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: Parry
authors.forename: James M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Parry
mesh_terms: D002869:Chromosome Aberrations; D002877:Chromosomes, Human / Q000235:genetics; D006801:Humans; D017404:In Situ Hybridization, Fluorescence; D009693:Nucleic Acid Hybridization; D011123:Polyploidy; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D013964:Thyroid Neoplasms / Q000235:genetics*; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured