Chromosomal imbalances are associated with outcome of Helicobacter pylori eradication in t(11;18)(q21;q21) negative gastric mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue lymphomas.
Approximately 70% of gastric mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue (MALT) lymphomas can be successfully treated with H. pylori eradication. The translocation t(11;18)(q21;q21) characteristic of MALT lymphoma is recognized as a marker for H. pylori independency, but this marker is found in only a half of the MALT lymphomas resistant to H. pylori eradication. Detailed analyses of the genomic features of eradication resistant as well as responsive groups are important for understanding their molecular basis. We performed array-based comparative genomic hybridization (array-CGH) for 29 gastric MALT lymphomas treated with H. pylori eradication. These comprised ten cases of t(11;18) positive MALT, nine cases of t(11;18) negative MALT with H. pylori dependency, and ten cases of t(11;18) negative MALT with H. pylori independency. Array-CGH analysis demonstrated that no significant genetic alterations were found in t(11;18) positive MALT lymphomas, but numerous genomic alterations were detected in t(11;18) negative MALT lymphomas. Many of these alterations were similar to those found in diffuse large B-cell lymphoma with trisomy 3 being the most recurrent alteration. Within the t(11;18) negative MALT lymphoma without large cell components group, genomic imbalances occurred more frequently in the H. pylori independent than in the H. pylori dependent group (P = 0.02). Genomic imbalances are associated with H. pylori independency in t(11;18) negative gastric MALT lymphomas. They may thus play an important role in the development of H. pylori independency.
Fukuhara
Noriko
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Division of Molecular Medicine, Aichi Cancer Center Research Institute, Nagoya, Japan.
Nakamura
Tsuneya
T
Nakagawa
Masao
M
Tagawa
Hiroyuki
H
Takeuchi
Ichiro
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Yatabe
Yasushi
Y
Morishima
Yasuo
Y
Nakamura
Shigeo
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Seto
Masao
M
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002869:Chromosome Aberrations; D002880:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 11; D002887:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 18; D005260:Female; D016480:Helicobacter pylori; D006801:Humans; D018442:Lymphoma, B-Cell, Marginal Zone / Q000235:genetics* / Q000821:virology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009693:Nucleic Acid Hybridization; D014178:Translocation, Genetic; D014314:Trisomy