title: Deletion of chromosome 3p14.2-p25 involving the VHL and FHIT genes in conventional renal cell carcinoma.
abstract: Loss of heterozygosity (LOH) at chromosome 3p and inactivation of the VHL gene are associated with the development of conventional renal cell carcinomas (RCCs). Recently, it was suggested that LOH at the FHIT gene at 3p14.2 is an early event in the development of RCC and is characteristic for all types of RCC. We have analyzed 88 conventional, 30 papillary, and 22 chromophobe RCCs for LOH at the VHL and FHIT regions and at other loci on chromosome 3p. A continuous deletion of 3p14.2-p25 harboring the VHL and FHIT genes occurred in 96% of the conventional RCCs but only in 10% of the papillary RCCs and 18% of the chromophobe RCCs. Our data indicate that LOH at chromosome 3p14.2-p25 is specific for conventional RCC and that loss of one allele of both the VHL and FHIT genes occurs in early stage of tumorigenesis.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Molecular Oncology, Department of Urology, Ruprecht-Karls-University, D-69120 Heidelberg, Germany.
authors.forename: Farkas
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Sükösd
authors.forename: Naoto
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Kuroda
authors.forename: Tamas
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Beothe
authors.forename: Amrit Pal
authors.initials: AP
authors.lastname: Kaur
authors.forename: Gyula
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Kovacs
mesh_terms: D017766:Acid Anhydride Hydrolases; D002291:Carcinoma, Papillary / Q000235:genetics; D002292:Carcinoma, Renal Cell / Q000235:genetics*; D002872:Chromosome Deletion; D002893:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 3 / Q000235:genetics*; D006801:Humans; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000235:genetics*; D008025:Ligases / Q000235:genetics*; D009363:Neoplasm Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D025521:Tumor Suppressor Proteins; D044767:Ubiquitin-Protein Ligases; D051794:Von Hippel-Lindau Tumor Suppressor Protein; D000099170:Bis(5'-adenosyl)triphosphatase
chemical_list: D017766:Acid Anhydride Hydrolases; D008025:Ligases; D009363:Neoplasm Proteins; D025521:Tumor Suppressor Proteins; D044767:Ubiquitin-Protein Ligases; D051794:Von Hippel-Lindau Tumor Suppressor Protein; D000099170:Bis(5'-adenosyl)triphosphatase; C497446:VHL protein, human