title: High resolution analysis of follicular lymphoma genomes reveals somatic recurrent sites of copy-neutral loss of heterozygosity and copy number alterations that target single genes.
abstract: A multiplatform approach, including conventional cytogenetic techniques, BAC array comparative genomic hybridization, and Affymetrix 500K SNP arrays, was applied to the study of the tumor genomes of 25 follicular lymphoma biopsy samples with paired normal DNA samples to characterize balanced translocations, copy number imbalances, and copy-neutral loss of heterozygosity (cnLOH). In addition to the t(14;18), eight unique balanced translocations were found. Commonly reported FL-associated copy number regions were revealed including losses of 1p32-36, 6q, and 10q, and gains of 1q, 6p, 7, 12, 18, and X. The most frequent regions affected by copy-neutral loss of heterozygosity were 1p36.33 (28%), 6p21.3 (20%), 12q21.2-q24.33 (16%), and 16p13.3 (24%). We also identified by SNP analysis, 45 aberrant regions that each affected one gene, including CDKN2A, CDKN2B, FHIT, KIT, PEX14, and PTPRD, which were associated with canonical pathways involved in tumor development. This study illustrates the power of using complementary high-resolution platforms on paired tumor/normal specimens and computational analysis to provide potential insights into the significance of single-gene somatic aberrations in FL tumorigenesis.
authors.affiliation: Center for Lymphoid Cancer, British Columbia Cancer Agency, Vancouver, BC, Canada. kjcheungjr@bccancer.bc.ca
authors.forename: K-John J
authors.initials: KJ
authors.lastname: Cheung
authors.forename: Allen
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Delaney
authors.forename: Susana
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ben-Neriah
authors.forename: Jacquie
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Schein
authors.forename: Tang
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Sohrab P
authors.initials: SP
authors.lastname: Shah
authors.forename: Dorothy
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Cheung
authors.forename: Nathalie A
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authors.lastname: Johnson
authors.forename: Andrew J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Mungall
authors.forename: Adele
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Telenius
authors.forename: Betty
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Lai
authors.forename: Merrill
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Boyle
authors.forename: Joseph M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Connors
authors.forename: Randy D
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authors.lastname: Gascoyne
authors.forename: Marco A
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authors.lastname: Marra
authors.forename: Douglas E
authors.initials: DE
authors.lastname: Horsman
mesh_terms: D022202:Chromosomes, Artificial, Bacterial; D002881:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 12 / Q000235:genetics; D019295:Computational Biology; D020732:Cytogenetic Analysis; D005260:Female; D018628:Gene Dosage; D020869:Gene Expression Profiling; D015894:Genome, Human; D006801:Humans; D019656:Loss of Heterozygosity; D008224:Lymphoma, Follicular / Q000235:genetics* / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009363:Neoplasm Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D020411:Oligonucleotide Array Sequence Analysis; D020641:Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide / Q000235:genetics*; D011446:Prospective Studies
chemical_list: D009363:Neoplasm Proteins