Gene amplification is a poor prognostic factor in anaplastic oligodendrogliomas.
Various gene amplifications have been observed in gliomas. Prognostic-genomic correlations testing simultaneously all these amplified genes have never been conducted in anaplastic oligodendrogliomas. A set of 38 genes that have been reported to be amplified in gliomas and investigated as the main targets of amplicons were studied in a series of 52 anaplastic oligodendrogliomas using bacterial artificial chromosome-array based comparative genomic hybridization and quantitative polymerase chain reaction. Among the 38 target genes, 15 were found to be amplified in at least one tumor. Overall, 27% of anaplastic oligodendrogliomas exhibited at least one gene amplification. The most frequently amplified genes were epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) and cyclin-dependent kinase 4/sarcoma amplified sequence (CDK4/SAS) in 17% and 8% of anaplastic oligodendrogliomas, respectively. Gene amplification and codeletion of chromosome arms 1p/19q were perfectly exclusive (p = 0.005). In uni- and multivariate analyses, gene amplification was a negative prognostic factor for progression-free survival and overall survival in anaplastic oligodendrogliomas, providing complementary information to the classic prognostic factors identified in anaplastic oligodendrogliomas (extent of surgery, KPS, and chromosome arms 1p/19q status).
Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale, U711, Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Hôpital Pitié-Salpêtrière, Paris, France. ahmed.idbaih@gmail.com
Ahmed
A
Idbaih
Emmanuelle
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Crinière
Yannick
Y
Marie
Audrey
A
Rousseau
Karima
K
Mokhtari
Michèle
M
Kujas
Younas
Y
El Houfi
Catherine
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Carpentier
Sophie
S
Paris
Blandine
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Boisselier
Florence
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Laigle-Donadey
Joëlle
J
Thillet
Marc
M
Sanson
Khê
K
Hoang-Xuan
Jean-Yves
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Delattre
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