title: Chromosome 6 deletion and candidate tumor suppressor genes in adenoid cystic carcinoma.
abstract: As genomic deletion in chromosome 6 has been implicated in the pathogenesis of adenoid cystic carcinoma (ACC), we assayed 58 paired normal and tumor samples for loss of heterozygosity (LOH) using 38 microsatellite markers spanning chromosome 6. Genetic loss occurred in 57% of cases, with the greatest loss found within a 10cM region flanked by markers D6S471 and D6S1687. Among the heterogeneous histologic subtypes of salivary gland carcinomas, only salivary duct carcinoma had a similar frequency of deletion in this region. This locus contains two major candidate tumor suppressor genes, PLAGL1 and LATS1. We analyzed the sequence of these genes in clinical samples of ACC, but found no tumor-specific mutations. Analysis of gene expression showed no substantial differences between samples of normal salivary gland and ACC, eliminating the most obvious candidate genes in this locus as tumor suppressors in ACC.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, University of Virginia, P.O. Box 800214 Health Sciences Center, Charlottesville VA 22908, USA.
authors.forename: Sue
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Rutherford
authors.forename: Yongtao
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yu
authors.forename: Craig A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Rumpel
authors.forename: Henry F
authors.initials: HF
authors.lastname: Frierson
authors.forename: Christopher A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Moskaluk
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D003528:Carcinoma, Adenoid Cystic / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology; D018797:Cell Cycle Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D002872:Chromosome Deletion; D002896:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 6; D005260:Female; D016147:Genes, Tumor Suppressor; D006801:Humans; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D019656:Loss of Heterozygosity; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D017346:Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D020133:Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction; D018987:Salivary Ducts / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000473:pathology; D012468:Salivary Gland Neoplasms / Q000235:genetics* / Q000473:pathology; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D014157:Transcription Factors / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D025521:Tumor Suppressor Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D018797:Cell Cycle Proteins; C106464:PLAGL1 protein, human; D014157:Transcription Factors; D025521:Tumor Suppressor Proteins; C092745:LATS1 protein, human; D017346:Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases