Frequent loss of heterozygosity on chromosomes Xp and 13q in human ovarian cancer
- 21 October 1992
- journal article
- Published by Wiley in International Journal of Cancer
- Vol. 52 (4) , 575-580
- https://doi.org/10.1002/ijc.2910520414
Abstract
Loss of heterozygosity (LOH) was examined at 27 loci on chromosomes 3p, 6q, 11p, 13q, 17 and X in 42 human ovarian tumors. LOH was detected in 12 of 26 (46%) and 5 of 12 (42%) informative cases at 2 chromosome 13q loci, D13S32 and D13S34 respectively. On chromosome Xp, tumor‐specific allele loss was observed in 9 out of 15 informative cases (60%) at the ornithine transcarbamylase (OTC) gene locus. Examination of 12 additional Xp and 13q loci has mapped the common deletion regions to Xp21.1 → p11.4 and 13q33 → q34. The observation of significant LOH on Xp represents a strong indication of genetic changes in the X chromosome in a human malignancy. The allele losses on 13q which have been reported for other cancers suggest that chromosome 13, in addition to the retino blastoma gene, may contain other growth‐regulating gene(s) important in the development of several tumor types, including ovarian malignancies.Keywords
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