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. 2000 Jul;6(7):2815-20.

Relationship between chromosomal instability and intratumoral regional DNA ploidy heterogeneity in primary gastric cancers

T Furuya  1 , T Uchiyama, T Murakami, A Adachi, S Kawauchi, A Oga, T Hirano, K Sasaki
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  • PMID: 10914729

Relationship between chromosomal instability and intratumoral regional DNA ploidy heterogeneity in primary gastric cancers

T Furuya et al. Clin Cancer Res. 2000 Jul.

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to elucidate the relationship between intratumoral regional heterogeneity in DNA ploidy and chromosomal instability (CIN) in primary gastric adenocarcinomas. In 45 sporadic gastric adenocarcinomas, we measured DNA ploidy and numerical aberrations for chromosomes 7, 11, 17, and 18 by laser scanning cytometry and fluorescence in situ hybridization, respectively, in small tissue specimens taken from 2 to 6 (on the average 4) different portions of the same tumor. A total of 231 specimens including 45 normal control specimens were examined. All 98 tumor specimens with DNA aneuploidy (DNA index > or = 1.2) showed large intercellular variations in chromosome copy number, indicating CIN. In contrast, 85 tumor specimens with (near) diploidy (1.0 < or = DNA index < 1.2) exhibited much small intercellular variations in chromosome copy number as compared with aneuploid specimens (P < 0.0001). The relationship between DNA ploidy and intercellular variation in chromosome copy number was true for tumors consisting of a mixture of (near) diploid and aneuploid subpopulations. These data indicate that DNA aneuploidy is associated with CIN but that (near) diploidy is not. Intratumoral regional DNA ploidy heterogeneity was conspicuous in 33 (92%) of 36 tumors with regions of DNA aneuploidy, and all aneuploid specimens showed great intercellular variation in chromosome copy number. Diploid regions were predominant in early stage cancers (intramucosal and submucosal cancers), and five of eight early cancers contained only diploid population. In contrast, all tumors without (near) diploid regions were advanced cancers. These observations suggest that CIN is a necessary prerequisite for developing intratumoral DNA ploidy heterogeneity with DNA aneuploidy.

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