Chromosomal imbalances in oral squamous cell carcinoma: examination of 31 cell lines and review of the literature.
Classical and molecular cytogenetic analysis, including fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) and chromosomal comparative genomic hybridization (CGH), were used to examine genetic changes involved in the development and/or progression of oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC). Of 31 OSCC cell lines studied, more than one-third expressed clonal structural abnormalities involving chromosomes 3, 7, 8, 9, and 11. Eleven OSCC cell lines were evaluated using CGH to identify novel genome-wide gains, losses, or amplifications. By CGH, more than half of the cell lines showed loss of 3p, gain of 3q, 8q, and 20q. Further, molecular cytogenetic analyses by FISH of primary tumors showed that the karyotypes of cell lines derived from those tumors correlated with specific gains and losses in the tumors from which they were derived. The most frequent nonrandom aberration identified by both karyotype and CGH analyses was amplification of chromosomal band 11q13 in the form of a homogeneously staining region. Our data suggest that loss of 9p and 11q13 amplification may be of prognostic benefit in the management of OSCC, which is consistent with the literature. The results of this study validate the relationship between these OSCC cell lines and the tumors from which they were derived. The results also emphasize the usefulness of these cell lines as in vitro experimental models and provide important genetic information on these OSCC cell lines that were recently reported in this journal.
Martin
Christa Lese
CL
Department of Human Genetics, University of Pittsburgh, Graduate School of Public Health, 130 DeSoto Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15261, United States.
Reshmi
Shalini C
SC
Ried
Thomas
T
Gottberg
William
W
Wilson
John W
JW
Reddy
Jaya K
JK
Khanna
Poornima
P
Johnson
Jonas T
JT
Myers
Eugene N
EN
Gollin
Susanne M
SM
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000235:genetics* / Q000473:pathology; D002869:Chromosome Aberrations; D002880:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 11 / Q000235:genetics; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D017404:In Situ Hybridization, Fluorescence; D007621:Karyotyping; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009062:Mouth Neoplasms / Q000235:genetics* / Q000473:pathology; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D009693:Nucleic Acid Hybridization; D011379:Prognosis; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured