Chromosome 18 deletions are common events in classical midgut carcinoid tumors

Citation
Rm. Lollgen et al., Chromosome 18 deletions are common events in classical midgut carcinoid tumors, INT J CANC, 92(6), 2001, pp. 812-815
Citations number
25
Categorie Soggetti
Onconogenesis & Cancer Research
Journal title
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CANCER
ISSN journal
00207136 → ACNP
Volume
92
Issue
6
Year of publication
2001
Pages
812 - 815
Database
ISI
SICI code
0020-7136(20010615)92:6<812:C1DACE>2.0.ZU;2-C
Abstract
Classical midgut carcinoids are rare intestinal neuroendocrine tumors that often present with metastases at diagnosis. In contrast to foregut carcinoi ds, midgut carcinoids are not related to the multiple endocrine neoplasia t ype I syndrome, and the mechanisms involved in their tumorigenesis are unkn own. Eight classical midgut carcinoids were analyzed by genome-wide screeni ng for loss of heterozygosity, Deletions on chromosome 18 were found in 88% of the tumors. DNA sequencing and immunohistochemical staining for Smad4/D PC4, which often is homozygously mutated in pancreatic and colon carcinomas , revealed no aberrations. In I tumor, a region telomeric to the Smad4/DPC4 /DCC genes at 18q21 was deleted, Other chromosomes were affected in 3 lesio ns only. The high frequency of chromosome 18 deletions strongly indicates a genetic alteration of importance in classical midgut carcinoid tumorigenes is, apparently not involving the Smad4/DPC4 gene. (C) 2001 Wiley-Liss. Inc.