title: High-resolution analysis of 9p loss in human cancer cells using single nucleotide polymorphism-based mapping arrays.
abstract: Single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) mapping arrays were used to perform DNA copy number analysis of five human cancer cell lines (four malignant mesotheliomas; one non-small cell lung carcinoma) to identify and map the end-points of deletions of 9p. All five cell lines exhibited homozygous deletions encompassing the CDKN2A (alias INK4A/ARF) and CDKN2B loci. The DNA analysis profiles demarcated precisely two different, but overlapping, deletions in each mesothelioma cell line, but the lung cancer cells showed two copies of a single deletion. In the latter cell line, allele analysis revealed that virtually all SNPs for chromosome 9 were homozygous, suggestive of uniparental disomy. These findings demonstrate the utility of SNP-based mapping arrays for high-resolution analysis of genomic imbalances in cancer cells.
authors.affiliation: Human Genetics Program, Fox Chase Cancer Center, 333 Cottman Avenue, Philadelphia, PA 19111, USA.
authors.forename: Jianming
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Pei
authors.forename: Warren D
authors.initials: WD
authors.lastname: Kruger
authors.forename: Joseph R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Testa
mesh_terms: D045744:Cell Line, Tumor; D002872:Chromosome Deletion; D002899:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 9; D006801:Humans; D009101:Multiple Myeloma / Q000235:genetics* / Q000473:pathology; D020411:Oligonucleotide Array Sequence Analysis; D020641:Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide