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Investigation of marker chromosomes is one of the most challenging areas of clinical cytogenetics, especially in the prenatal scenario. A range of techniques including microdissection/reverse painting, SKY and M-FISH are available for the investigation of larger markers (>3 Mb). All these techniques rely on hybridization of unique, homologous sequences with simultaneous suppression of repeat sequences. In contrast, RxFISH is based on hybridization of cross-species syntenic sequences; repeat sequences do not hybridize due to species divergence. We have used RxFISH to analyse a group of the smallest, i.e. minute, supernumerary marker chromosomes. Our results suggest that even the smallest marker chromosomes often contain conserved pericentric euchromatin. More detailed characterization of pericentric genetic content is needed to assess the clinical significance of minute supernumerary markers.
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PMID:Pericentromeric euchromatin is conserved in minute human supernumerary chromosomes: a study using cross-species colour segmenting (RxFISH). 1290 32

Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) is a ubiquitous viral agent, well known to be associated with lymphoid, epithelial, and smooth-muscle malignancies in immunocompromised individuals. This report describes a 10-year-old patient with an EBV-related liver tumor occurring after kidney transplantation. The neoplasm presented a phenotypic spectrum, ranging from a smooth-muscle tumor to an inflammatory pseudotumor (IPT). The neoplastic cells failed to disclose CD21, CD35, or ALK expression, the latter confirmed by reverse-transcription polymerase chain reaction. Cytogenetic analysis revealed a single clonal cell population showing 46,XY,del (2)(p23),der(3)t (2;3)(p23;q29),der(21) t(Y;21)(q12;p13) karyotype. By metaphase FISH analysis, the neoplastic cells demonstrated the presence of two molecularly different but related aberrant clones, one with the loss of one ALK allele and the second with translocation of the 3'end of ALK kinase domain on the der(3) chromosome. Using FISH with an EBV-specific and 3'end ALK DNA probes, a co-localization of the viral DNA and the ALK sequences was found on the der(3) chromosome. Metaphases with loss of rearranged ALK did not show integrated virus; instead, viral particles together with an associated 3'end ALK domain formed an ex-chromosomal, episomal-like type configuration. The interphase study, using dual-color 5'/3' end ALK FISH assay, revealed 30% of nuclei with only one fused signal, confirming the total loss of one ALK allele in the subset of tumor cells. A combined immunofluorescence and FISH study indicated this separate clonal variant to correspond to desmin-positive smooth-muscle cells. In contrast, desmin-negative myofibroblasts showed the presence of both normal and rearranged ALK alleles. Our results indicate that ALK locus may be a target of EBV integration, a hitherto unreported finding. Although the sustained clonal expansion in EBV-related smooth-muscle tumors/IPTs may depend on functions provided by the EBV oncogenic proteins, the tumor phenotype may be further modified by the secondary genomic rearrangements imposed by the virus during and/or after the integration event. In this respect, the observed phenotypic heterogeneity most likely reflects divergence during neoplastic progression, with the subsequent expansion of morphologically and molecularly distinct but cytogenetically related clones.
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PMID:Complex genomic rearrangement of ALK loci associated with integrated human Epstein-Barr virus in a post-transplant myogenic liver tumor. 1293 32

C-erbB-2 (HER2/neu) protein overexpression or amplification has been noted in some solid tumors a molecular target for tumor suppression. C-erbB-2 protein is localized on the membrane surface and is classified in the EGFR family. Trastuzumab is a humanized monoclonal antibody which binds to the extracellular domain of the c-erbB-2 protein in breast cancer cells. Good responders to trastuzumab may be ICH 2 + and FISH positive breast tumors, and ICH 3 + cancer. The response rate is approximately 15% with single administration of trastuzumab. Combination therapy with paclitaxel for the treatment of patients with metastatic cancer may bring more than 60% response and improve time to disease progression. Congestive heart failure associated with trastuzumab may be severe, and combination therapy which includes anthracyclines increases the incidence and severity of cardiac dysfunction. Other toxicities include infusion reaction.
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PMID:[Clinical implications of trastuzumab]. 1293 63

In this report, we describe an inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor (IMT) of the urinary bladder in a 46-year-old man. Tumor cells presented striking cytoplasmatic ALK immunopositivity. Cytogenetic and FISH analysis, by use of a multicolor chromosome 2 banding probe, revealed a 46,XY,der(2)(2pter-->2p23:2q35-->2q37:2p11-->2q35:2p23-->2p11:2q37-->2qter) karyotype. Subsequent FISH and RT-PCR analysis confirmed the ALK-ATIC chimeric fusion in tumor cells. This is the first evidence of a variant rearrangement involving the ATIC gene in IMT and the first cytogenetic description of an IMT originating from the urinary bladder.
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PMID:ALK-ATIC fusion in urinary bladder inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor. 1293 46

The option to treat patients suffering from ERBB-2 protein-positive invasive duct carcinomas of the breast (IDC) with Herceptin requires a precise determination of the ERBB2 status. The aim of the study was to evaluate the ERBB2 mRNA level, placing emphasis on cases with discordant findings between ERBB-2 protein expression (IHC) and a copy number of the ERBB2 gene (FISH). Thirty-nine IDCs (21 cases IHC and FISH concordant, 15 cases moderately discordant, 3 cases markedly discordant) were investigated. ERBB2 mRNA expression was determined using quantitative real-time RT-PCR (Q-RT-PCR). IDCs with negative ERBB-2 protein and without ERBB2 gene amplification had a low ERBB2 mRNA level. Cases with 3+ overexpression of the protein and with strong gene amplification (> 10 copies/tumor cell) had a significantly increased expression of ERBB2 mRNA. In 13 of 15 IDCs with moderate discrepancies (up to 10 copies of the gene per one tumor cell/negative ERBB-2 protein; without amplification/2+ protein) mRNA was low, comparable to that in cases with negative ERBB-2 protein and without ERBB2 gene amplification. In three cases with markedly discordant findings (the gene amplified/protein negative--one case; protein 3+/no amplification--2 cases), Q-RT-PCR results were within a "normal" limit. Ineffective gene amplification and protein accumulation are suggested explanations. Q-RT-PCR revealed two cases with highly expressed ERBB2 mRNA and discordant FISH and/or IHC findings. Increased effectiveness of transcription (protein 2+/high mRNA/without the gene amplification), and combined dysregulation (protein negative/high mRNA/no amplification) are possible causes of these findings. Q-RT-PCR appears useful in clarifying borderline or discrepant IHC and FISH findings.
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PMID:Relative quantification of ERBB2 mRNA in invasive duct carcinoma of the breast: correlation with ERBB-2 protein expression and ERBB2 gene copy number. 1452 Dec 61

Seventy-two archival specimens of advanced gastric adenocarcinoma were analyzed by fluorescence in situ hybridization and immunohistochemistry for HER2 gene status. Gene amplification and concomitant protein overexpression were detected in 15.2% of cases. Intratumor topographical variability of HER2 amplification was observed, indicative of the late involvement of HER gene in gastric tumorigenesis. No significant correlations were found between HER2 status and histopathologic type, grade of differentiation, and Goseki classification of carcinomas, suggesting that HER2 gene is variably linked with the morphogenesis of gastric adenocarcinoma. A significant decrease of the incidence of HER2 amplified carcinomas in function of the duration of the storage of paraffin blocks was observed: 42-33% for tumor specimens paraffin-embedded in 2002-2001; 8.3%, 15.7%, 11.1% for the years 2000, 1999, 1998, respectively; 0% for cases embedded during 1997. According to these results, the reliability of the FISH and immunohistochemical assays decreases after prolonged storage of paraffin-embedded specimens.
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PMID:HER2 testing in gastric cancer: molecular morphology and storage time-related changes in archival samples. 1453 80

Loci affecting swine intramuscular fat content, backfat thickness, carcass weight, and daily weight gain were assigned to regions of swine chromosome (SSC) 4, which were shown to correspond to human chromosome (HSA) 1p22--> q25 by ZOO-FISH, bidirectional chromosome painting, as well as by the linkage map of genes. In order to select candidate genes responsible for the above traits from the human genome database, precise correspondence between SSC4 and HSA1 is a prerequisite. In the present study, 27 genes, PTGFR, GBP1, GBP2, GFI1, GCLM, ABCD3, EXTL2, KCNA3, ADORA3, KCND3, WNT2B, NRAS, SYCP1, PTGFRN, IGSF2, NOTCH2, S100A10, SHC1, SSR2, LMNA, CCT3, CD5L, PEA15, FCER1G, EAT2, DDR2, and LAMB3, located in the HSA1 region corresponding to SSC4 or possibly SSC4, were assigned to the IMpRH map. The alignment of genes from centromere to telomere in the SSC4 q arm is basically conserved in HSA1p22-->q25 with the direction from the q arm to the p arm, which is in good agreement with results from linkage mapping. In addition, the present study first demonstrated that WNT2B residing in the middle of the HSA1 region was assigned to SSC18 with a high lod score (> 5), and that at least three intrachromosomal rearrangements occurred in the region in the process of swine and human evolution. PTGFR, and LAMB3 localized at both ends of the HSA1 region were assigned to SSC6 and SSC9, respectively, which is consistent with regional correspondence reported earlier. In the course of the above analysis, microsatellite markers were developed in the proximity of eleven genes localized on SSC4, and three genes on other swine chromosomes.
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PMID:Elucidation of correspondence between swine chromosome 4 and human chromosome 1 by assigning 27 genes to the ImpRH map, and development of microsatellites in the proximity of 14 genes. 1457 Nov 42

Anaplastic large cell lymphomas (ALCLs) represent a heterogeneous group of malignant lymphoproliferative diseases. Most of the cases are of T-cell line with a loss of cell surface receptors but with a production of cytotoxic cytoplasmatic granules--immunohistochemically (IHC) positive perforin, granzyme B, and TIA-1. The diagnostics of ALCL is based on morphological findings and results of IHC, which further stratify ALCLs to basic immunophenotypes according to ALK (anaplastic lymphoma kinase) protein expression--ALCL CD30+ ALK+ and ALCL CD30+ ALK+. The morphological investigations are supplemented by karyotyping and/or by a demonstration of breakpoint at 2p23 harboring ALK gene (FISH), and by molecular detection of chimeric genes characteristic of ALK+ lymphomas (NPM-ALK, ATIC-ALK, TPM3-ALK, TFG-ALK, and some even rarer rearrangements). Molecular diagnostics is important in monitoring minimal residual disease. As some of the characteristic molecular changes were demonstrated in healthy individuals and in Hodgkin's disease by quantitative PCR, the validation of these findings demands further studies. ALK protein positive ALCLs affect patients in age categories up to the third decade, whereas ALK protein negative cases occur in older patients with an average age of 60 years. Both subgroups of lymphomas are aggressive but ALK+ lymphomas react well to systemic treatment, and have a more favorable prognosis. Primary skin ALCLs belong to a group of T-cell lymphoproliferative diseases of the skin and have, in the majority of cases, a favorable course without generalization.
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PMID:[Anaplastic large-cell lymphoma: review]. 1463 6

Gliomas with hybrid oligodendroglial/astrocytic features are diagnostically problematic, and our ability to predict tumor behavior is limited. Some likely represent intermingled mixed oligoastrocytomas (MOAs), though precise diagnostic criteria and specific markers for this lesion are lacking. From the files at Washington University (1987-2000), 155 "ambiguous" glioma/intermingled MOA candidates were independently classified and graded by 5 neuropathologists, with consensus-derived pure oligodendrogliomas and astrocytomas excluded from further study. The 90 remaining cases (grades II = 29, III = 44, IV = 17) were analyzed by FISH on formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded sections. Detectable deletions included combined 1p/19q (9%), solitary 19q (22%), PTEN/DMBT1 (26%), and p16 (32%). EGFR amplification was found in 11%. Patients were followed until death (47%) or a median of 3.3 years. Similar to prior glioma series, patient age (p < 0.0001) and tumor grade (p < 0.0001) were strongly associated with survival times. EGFR amplification (p = 0.0007) and deletions of PTEN/ DMBT1 (p = 0.016) or p16 (p = 0.014), either individually or as a group (p = 0.04), portended a shorter median survival compared with tumors lacking these alterations. We conclude that 1) distinct genetic subsets are identifiable by FISH in morphologically ambiguous gliomas, and 2) both histological grading and molecular analysis yield prognostically useful information.
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PMID:Clinical utility of fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) in morphologically ambiguous gliomas with hybrid oligodendroglial/astrocytic features. 1465 70

Paget's disease of the nipple (PDN) is characterized by Paget's cells infiltrating from an underlying breast carcinoma into the epidermis of the nipple. The tumor cells were reported to overexpress ERBB-2 protein. There is no evidence, whether the overexpression is caused by amplification of the ERBB2 gene (as is the case of invasive duct carcinomas) or by other causes. Because the Paget's cells proliferate vividly we were interested also in cyclin D1 expression and in its relation to the number of CCND1 gene copies. To address these issues, we performed a study using fluorescence in situ hybridization on interphasic nuclei (I-FISH) on formalin fixed / paraffin embedded tissue sections from twelve women with PDN. We compared immunohistochemical (IHC) expression of the ERBB-2 protein and cyclin D1 with the copy number of the gene ERBB2 and CCND1, respectively (I-FISH). In all cases of our series we found overexpression of the ERBB-2 protein (3+), and in all of them there was a strong amplification of the ERBB2 gene (more than 10 signals per a nucleus, usually about 20). Keratinocytes of the epidermis had two signals of the gene. IHC and I-FISH revealed comparable findings in successive biopsies in two patients. Cyclin D1 was positive in seven cases. We found a moderate amplification of the CCND1 gene (up to 10 signals per a nucleus) in three patients only. Any correlation between the cyclin D1 overexpression anda copy number of the CCND1 gene was observed. Combined numerical changes of chromosome 17 and of chromosome 11 were found in seven women. It is concluded that in PDN, the ERBB-2 protein overexpression is caused by amplification of the ERBB2 gene. A specific immuno-therapy with trastuzumab (Herceptin) used in patients with invasive duct carcinoma may be also effective in patients with PDN.
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PMID:Paget's disease of the nipple: a copy number of the genes ERBB2 and CCND1 versus expression of the proteins ERBB-2 and cyclin D1. 1468 59


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