Affiliation:
1. From the Institute of Pathology and Division of Medicine, Wuerzburg University, Wuerzburg, Germany.
Abstract
Genetic aberrations associated with the development of extranodal high-grade large B-cell lymphoma originating in the stomach have not been fully identified yet. We analyzed 31 such lymphomas using 73 microsatellite markers for allelic imbalance and microsatellite instability. The highest frequency (42%) of loss of heterozygosity (LOH) was found on the long arm of chromosome 6. We identified 2 LOH hot spots on 6q21-22.1 and 6q23.3-25, flanked by markers D6S246-D6S261 and D6S310-D6S441, respectively, containing putative tumor suppressor genes (TSGs). These 6q aberrations were found to be the sole allelic imbalance in 1 patient only; they were mostly accompanied by additional abnormalities. Several known TSGs, namely, the APC, p15/p16, p53, and DCC genes, were found to suffer frequent LOH during lymphomagenesis. LOH was also detected in regions containing putative TSGs on 7q and 13q14. Frequent amplification of genomic material was found in the 2p, 3q27 at the BCL-6 gene locus, 6p, 7q, 11q23-24 at the MLL gene locus, and 18q regions. Analysis of the pattern of occurrence of these aberrations revealed an association of the amplification of the MLL gene region with LOH at the p53 locus (P = .02). Only low frequency of microsatellite instability (MSI) was detected in these lymphomas and MSI incidence increased with age (P = .01). Karyotypic instability thus plays the main role in the development of gastric high-grade large B-cell lymphoma. Common genetic aberrations responsible for lymphomagenesis are deletions of 6q, loss of p53, and amplification of the 3q27 and the MLL gene regions.
Publisher
American Society of Hematology
Subject
Cell Biology,Hematology,Immunology,Biochemistry
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