Clonal ordering of 17p and 5q allelic losses in Barrett dysplasia and adenocarcinoma

P. L. Blount, S. J. Meltzer, J. Yin, Y. Huang, M. J. Krasna, B. J. Reid

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Abstract

Both 17p and 5q allelic losses appear to be involved in the pathogenesis or progression of many human solid tumors. In colon carcinogenesis, there is strong evidence that the targets of the 17p and 5q allelic losses are TP53, the gene encoding p53, and APC, respectively. It is widely accepted that 5q allelic losses precede 17p allelic losses in the progression to colonic carcinoma. The data, however, supporting this proposed order are largely based on the prevalence of 17p and 5q allelic losses in adenomas and unrelated adenocarcinomas from different patients. We investigated the order in which 17p and 5q allelic losses developed during neoplastic progression in Barrett esophagus by evaluating multiple aneuploid cell populations from the same patient. Using DNA content flow cytometric cell sorting and polymerase chain reaction, 38 aneuploid cell populations from 14 patients with Barrett esophagus who had high grade dysplasia, cancer or both were evaluated for 17p and 5q allelic losses. 17p allelic losses preceded 5q allelic losses in 7 patients, both 17p and 5q allelic losses were present in all aneuploid populations of 4 patients, and only 17p (without 5q) allelic losses were present in the aneuploid populations of 3 patients. In no patient did we find that a 5q allelic loss preceded a 17p allelic loss. Our data suggest that 17p allelic losses typically occur before 5q allelic losses during neoplastic progression in Barrett esophagus.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)3221-3225
Number of pages5
JournalProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
Volume90
Issue number8
DOIs
StatePublished - 1993
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • DNA-content cell sorting
  • tumor suppressor genes

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • General

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