与癌症病例相关的生殖系基因组同胞性频率
Guillaume Assié1, Thomas LaFramboise, Petra Platzer
1Genomic Medicine Institute, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio 44195, USA.
JAMA
|March 28, 2008
概括
在特定位点增加的生殖线同胞性与固体瘤中异胞性 (LOH) 丧失的频率更高有关. 这一发现表明生殖线同胞性在癌症倾向和进展中的作用.
科学领域:
- 遗传学 是一个遗传学.
- 在瘤学瘤学.
- 癌症研究 癌症研究
背景情况:
- 癌症是一种复杂的疾病,受遗传因素的影响,包括遗传倾向和获得的突变.
- 异构性丧失 (LOH) 是癌症中常见的一种事件,但事观察表明,生殖线同构性在癌症倾向中可能起作用.
研究的目的:
- 为了研究与健康对照组相比,实体瘤患者的生殖线同胞性频率.
- 为了确定增加的生殖线同卵性是否与癌症组织中的LOH有关.
主要方法:
- 从385名患有乳腺,前列腺和头癌的患者的生殖基因和瘤DNA中,使用全基因组微卫星分析分析了LOH.
- 在癌症患者和对照者之间,在特定的位置比较了生殖线同胞的频率.
- 实体LOH频率被评估在具有高生殖线同胞性位点.
主要成果:
- 与16个常见位点 (P < .001) 的对照组相比,癌症患者观察到生殖线同位素的频率显著更高.
- 在这些位点的生殖线异构的癌症患者中,LOH频率比其他标志物 (50%) (P < .001) 高 (58%).
- 这些关联在一个独立的肺癌数据集和整个基因组中得到了验证.
结论:
- 在特定位点增加的生殖线同胞性是多种固体瘤类型中经常出现的发现.
- 这些高同性位点的生殖线异性与相应的癌症中增加的LOH有关.
- 这些发现凸显了生殖线同卵性在癌症倾向和发展中的潜在作用.
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