title: Fluorescence in situ hybridization for detecting TP16 MTS1/CDK41 gene deletions in squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck.
abstract: We have previously shown TP16 MTS1/CDK41 gene deletion in more than 50% of a cohort of squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck (SCCHN) patients using polymerase chain reaction (PCR). We have performed fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) on paraffin-embedded SCCHN specimens from the same cohort to identify the deletion of TP16 MTS1/CDK41CDK41gene. Twenty normal and 19 SCCHN specimens were studied. An alpha-satellite DNA probe specific for chromosome 9 and a cosmid probe for the TP16 MTS1/CDK41CDK41gene were used. Of the 19 tumors examined by FISH, 6 had homozygous deletions, 7 were hemizygously deleted, and the remaining 6 showed no evidence of deletion of the TP16 MTS1/CDK41 gene. None of the normal specimens showed TP16 gene deletion. Data obtained from FISH highly correlated with the PCR results for the identification of TP16 MTS1/CDK41 gene deletions. Patients with deletion of the TP16 MTS1/CDK41 gene show a greater tendency toward the development of recurrence and metastasis.
authors.affiliation: Division of Head and Neck Surgery, UCLA School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
authors.forename: Ali
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Namazie
authors.forename: Sassan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Alavi
authors.forename: Neema
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Aghamohammadi
authors.forename: Mazda
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Aghamohammadi
authors.forename: Thomas C
authors.initials: TC
authors.lastname: Calcaterra
authors.forename: Marilene B
authors.initials: MB
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Eri S
authors.initials: ES
authors.lastname: Srivatsan
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002899:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 9 / Q000235:genetics; D005260:Female; D017353:Gene Deletion; D019942:Genes, p16; D006258:Head and Neck Neoplasms / Q000235:genetics* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D017404:In Situ Hybridization, Fluorescence / Q000379:methods*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009362:Neoplasm Metastasis; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local; D018307:Neoplasms, Squamous Cell / Q000235:genetics* / Q000473:pathology; D011379:Prognosis; D012307:Risk Factors