[Mismatch pair defective phenotype in hereditary nonpolyposis colorectal cancer in the Chinese].
OBJECTIVE
To study the protein expression pattern of DNA mismatch repair genes hMSH(2), hMLH(1) and the microsatellite instability (MSI) status in the tumor tissue from hereditary nonpolyposis colorectal cancer in the Chinese.


METHODS
Fifty-eight families fulfilling different clinical criteria including Amsterdam Criteria (AC) (22/24 families, 38 tumors), Japanese Criteria (JC) (12/15 families, 16 tumors) and Bethesda Guidelines (BG) (12/19 patients, 13 tumors) were studied. Monoclonal antibodies against hMSH(2), hMLH(1) proteins and a panel of microsatellite markers (5 loci) including BAT26, BAT25, D2S123, D5S346 and D17S250 were used for study.


RESULTS
MSI-H was identified in all 22 (100%) AC tumors, with 81.8% (18/22) showing altered hMSH(2) or hMLH(1) expression; in 14/15 (93.8%) JC cancer, 1/1 (100%) JC adenoma, with 45.5% (5/11) showing altered hMSH(2) or hMLH(1) expression; and in 7/13 (53.8%) BG tumors, with 4/7 showing loss of hMSH(2) or hMLH(1) gene expression.


CONCLUSIONS
The frequency of MSI-H and loss of mismatch repair protein are different in the families fulfilling different clinical criteria. Amsterdam Criteria and Japanese Criteria are the two most useful criterion systems for identifying mismatched repair defective tumors. However, Bethesda Guidelines should also be used for detecting more such tumors. The combination of immunohistochemical methods and microsatellite instability analysis is an effective strategy to detect the mismatch repair defective tumors. A close correlation does exist between hMSH(2), hMLH(1) protein expression pattern and MSI status.
Department of Pathology, Cancer Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai 200032, China.
Qi
Q
Cai
Meng-hong
MH
Sun
Hong-fen
HF
Lu
Xiao-li
XL
Xu
Da-liu
DL
Min
Tai-ming
TM
Zhang
Da-ren
DR
Shi
D048868:Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing; D020137:Base Pair Mismatch; D002352:Carrier Proteins; D003123:Colorectal Neoplasms, Hereditary Nonpolyposis / Q000235:genetics*; D004260:DNA Repair; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D006801:Humans; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D018895:Microsatellite Repeats; D000070957:MutL Protein Homolog 1; D051718:MutS Homolog 2 Protein; D009363:Neoplasm Proteins / Q000235:genetics; D009687:Nuclear Proteins; D011518:Proto-Oncogene Proteins / Q000235:genetics
D048868:Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing; D002352:Carrier Proteins; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; C501486:MLH1 protein, human; D009363:Neoplasm Proteins; D009687:Nuclear Proteins; D011518:Proto-Oncogene Proteins; C497172:MSH2 protein, human; D000070957:MutL Protein Homolog 1; D051718:MutS Homolog 2 Protein