Allelic imbalance at loci containing FGFR, FGF, c-Met and HGF candidate genes in non-small cell lung cancer sub-types, implication for progression.
Fibroblast growth factors (FGF), hepatocyte growth factor (HGF) and their receptors, FGFR and c-Met, are essential components of the regulatory networks between the epithelium and mesenchyme in embryonic lung, but their respective roles in tumour growth are not clear. We performed allelotyping at loci containing the candidate genes FGFR-1-2-3-4, FGF-1-2-7-10, c-Met and HGF in 36 non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) (20 squamous-cell carcinomas (SQC) and 16 adenocarcinomas (ADC)), by surrounding each locus with two microsatellites (MS), as close as possible to the genes of interest. Unexpectedly, SQC and ADC were frequently altered at all of these loci, and SQC showed more simultaneously altered loci. In ADC, alterations at the 15q13-22 locus (FGF7 candidate gene) were significantly more frequent. Thus, these loci showed different patterns of molecular alterations between SQC and ADC. Finally, alterations at loci containing FGFR and HGF candidate genes were inversely correlated to the lymph node status in SQC and ADC, respectively.
Beau-Faller
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Laboratoire de Biochimie et de Biologie Moléculaire, Hôpital de Hautepierre, Hôpitaux Universitaires de Strasbourg, 67000 Strasbourg, France.
Gaub
M P
MP
Schneider
A
A
Guérin
E
E
Meyer
Nicolas
N
Ducrocq
X
X
Massard
G
G
Gasser
B
B
Kessler
R
R
Weitzenblum
E
E
Wihlm
J M
JM
Quoix
E
E
Oudet
P
P
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D022981:Allelic Imbalance / Q000235:genetics*; D002289:Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung / Q000235:genetics*; D016000:Cluster Analysis; D018450:Disease Progression; D005260:Female; D005346:Fibroblast Growth Factors / Q000235:genetics; D017228:Hepatocyte Growth Factor / Q000235:genetics; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000235:genetics*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011446:Prospective Studies; D019859:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-met / Q000235:genetics; D017468:Receptors, Fibroblast Growth Factor / Q000235:genetics
D017468:Receptors, Fibroblast Growth Factor; D005346:Fibroblast Growth Factors; D017228:Hepatocyte Growth Factor; D019859:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-met