Array comparative genomic hybridization analysis of genomic alterations in breast cancer subtypes.
In this study, we performed high-resolution array comparative genomic hybridization with an array of 4153 bacterial artificial chromosome clones to assess copy number changes in 44 archival breast cancers. The tumors were flow sorted to exclude non-tumor DNA and increase our ability to detect gene copy number changes. In these tumors, losses were more frequent than gains, and gains in 1q and loss in 16q were the most frequent alterations. We compared gene copy number changes in the tumors based on histologic subtype and estrogen receptor (ER) status, i.e., ER-negative infiltrating ductal carcinoma, ER-positive infiltrating ductal carcinoma, and ER-positive infiltrating lobular carcinoma. We observed a consistent association between loss in regions of 5q and ER-negative infiltrating ductal carcinoma, as well as more frequent loss in 4p16, 8p23, 8p21, 10q25, and 17p11.2 in ER-negative infiltrating ductal carcinoma compared with ER-positive infiltrating ductal carcinoma (adjusted P values < or = 0.05). We also observed high-level amplifications in ER-negative infiltrating ductal carcinoma in regions of 8q24 and 17q12 encompassing the c-myc and c-erbB-2 genes and apparent homozygous deletions in 3p21, 5q33, 8p23, 8p21, 9q34, 16q24, and 19q13. ER-positive infiltrating ductal carcinoma showed a higher frequency of gain in 16p13 and loss in 16q21 than ER-negative infiltrating ductal carcinoma. Correlation analysis highlighted regions of change commonly seen together in ER-negative infiltrating ductal carcinoma. ER-positive infiltrating lobular carcinoma differed from ER-positive infiltrating ductal carcinoma in the frequency of gain in 1q and loss in 11q and showed high-level amplifications in 1q32, 8p23, 11q13, and 11q14. These results indicate that array comparative genomic hybridization can identify significant differences in the genomic alterations between subtypes of breast cancer.
Loo
Lenora W M
LW
Division of Human Biology, Division of Public Health Sciences, and Genomics Shared Resource, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Washington 98109, USA.
Grove
Douglas I
DI
Williams
Eleanor M
EM
Neal
Cassandra L
CL
Cousens
Laura A
LA
Schubert
Elizabeth L
EL
Holcomb
Ilona N
IN
Massa
Hillary F
HF
Glogovac
Jeri
J
Li
Christopher I
CI
Malone
Kathleen E
KE
Daling
Janet R
JR
Delrow
Jeffrey J
JJ
Trask
Barbara J
BJ
Hsu
Li
L
Porter
Peggy L
PL
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology; D018270:Carcinoma, Ductal, Breast / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology; D018275:Carcinoma, Lobular / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology; D004273:DNA, Neoplasm / Q000032:analysis / Q000235:genetics; D005260:Female; D005434:Flow Cytometry; D018628:Gene Dosage; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009693:Nucleic Acid Hybridization; D011960:Receptors, Estrogen / Q000096:biosynthesis; D015203:Reproducibility of Results
D004273:DNA, Neoplasm; D011960:Receptors, Estrogen