Clonality of lobular carcinoma in situ and synchronous invasive lobular carcinoma.
BACKGROUND
Lobular carcinoma in situ (LCIS) of the breast is considered a marker for an increased risk of carcinoma in both breasts. However, the frequent association of LCIS with invasive lobular carcinoma (ILC) suggests a precursor-product relation. The possible genomic relation between synchronous LCIS and ILC was analyzed using the technique of array-based comparative genomic hybridization (CGH).


METHODS
Twenty-four samples from the University of California-San Francisco pathology archives that contained synchronous LCIS and ILC were identified. Array CGH was performed using random primer-amplified microdissected DNA. Samples were hybridized onto bacterial artificial chromosome arrays composed of approximately 2400 clones. Patterns of alterations within synchronous LCIS and ILC were compared.


RESULTS
A substantial proportion of the genome was altered in samples of both LCIS and ILC. The most frequent alterations were gain of 1q and loss of 16q, both of which usually occurred as whole-arm changes. Smaller regions of gain and loss were seen on other chromosome arms. Fourteen samples of LCIS were related more to their paired samples of ILC than to any other ILC, as demonstrated by a weighted similarity score.


CONCLUSIONS
LCIS and ILC are neoplastic lesions that demonstrate a range of genomic alterations. In the current study, the genetic relation between synchronous LCIS and ILC suggested clonality in a majority of the paired specimens. These data were consistent with a progression pathway from LCIS to ILC. The authors conclude that LCIS, which is known to be a marker for an environment that is permissive of neoplasia, may itself represent a precursor to invasive carcinoma.
Hwang
E Shelley
ES
Department of Surgery, University of California-San Francisco, San Francisco, California 94115, USA. shelley.hwang@ucsfmedctr.org
Nyante
Sarah J
SJ
Yi Chen
Yunn
Y
Moore
Dan
D
DeVries
Sandy
S
Korkola
James E
JE
Esserman
Laura J
LJ
Waldman
Frederic M
FM
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000235:genetics*; D002278:Carcinoma in Situ / Q000235:genetics*; D018275:Carcinoma, Lobular / Q000235:genetics*; D002869:Chromosome Aberrations; D002872:Chromosome Deletion; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009693:Nucleic Acid Hybridization