No evidence of INI1hSNF5 (SMARCB1) and PARVG point mutations in oligodendroglial neoplasms.
Allelic losses of chromosome 22 found in oligodendrogliomas suggest that at least one tumor suppressor gene on chromosome 22 is inactivated during the multistep process of tumorigenesis in this glial tumor. INI1hSNF5 (HUGO symbol: SMARCB1), located at 22q11, encodes a component of the ATP-dependent chromatin remodeling hSWI-SNF complex; it is a tumor suppressor gene that is mutated in several malignant tumors. The PARVG gene, located at 22q13, has been found to exhibit reduced expression in some cancer lines. Both genes are thus candidate tumor suppressors, potentially involved in the pathogenesis of gliomas. We performed mutation analyses of INI1hSNF5 and PARVG in a series of 40 oligodendrogliomas, but only sequence polymorphic variations were identified. Accordingly, INI1hSNF5 and PARVG do not seem to be the tumor suppressor genes involved in oligodendroglioma development and progression.
Departamento de Cirugía Experimental, Hospital Universitario La Paz, Paseo Castellana 261, 28046 Madrid, Spain.
M Eva
ME
Alonso
M Josefa
MJ
Bello
Jose M
JM
de Campos
Alberto
A
Isla
Jesús
J
Vaquero
Manuel
M
Gutierrez
Jose L
JL
Sarasa
Juan A
JA
Rey
D000185:Actinin / Q000235:genetics*; D001483:Base Sequence; D002868:Chromosomal Proteins, Non-Histone; D004252:DNA Mutational Analysis; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D018450:Disease Progression; D005091:Exons / Q000235:genetics; D016147:Genes, Tumor Suppressor; D006801:Humans; D007438:Introns / Q000235:genetics; D009837:Oligodendroglioma / Q000235:genetics*; D017354:Point Mutation / Q000235:genetics*; D018807:Polymorphism, Single-Stranded Conformational; D000071796:SMARCB1 Protein; D014157:Transcription Factors
D002868:Chromosomal Proteins, Non-Histone; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; C486593:PARVG protein, human; D000071796:SMARCB1 Protein; C513266:SMARCB1 protein, human; D014157:Transcription Factors; D000185:Actinin