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  • Loss of heterozygosity of APC and CDH1 genes in laryngeal squamous cell carcinoma
    Pećina-Šlaus, Nives ; Kljaić-Dujić, Milka ; Nikuševa-Martić, Tamara
    The molecular mechanisms involved in the development and progression of laryngeal cancer, specifically squamous cell carcinoma, still need further investigation and elucidation. Twenty-two laryngeal ... squamous cell carcinomas were analyzed in our study regarding genetic changes of two tumor suppressor genes: Adenomatous polyposis coli (APC) and E-cadherin (CDH1). APC gene instability was tested by polymerase chain reaction (PCR)/loss of heterozygosity (LOH) using the restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP) method. The samples were also screened for mutations using the heteroduplex method. E-cadherin gene was analyzed by PCR amplification of tetranucleotide marker (D16S752) linked to E-cadherin gene. The results of our analysis showed three samples with LOH of the APC gene out of 15 heterozygous patients (20%). Only one LOH of the CDH1 gene (5.5%) out of 18 heterozygous patients was discovered. D16S752 marker did not reveal any replication error-positive samples. There were six samples showing heteroduplexes (33%) encompassed in APC's exon 11. Altogether, nine samples (41%) showed alterations of the APC gene. Our results suggest that alterations of APC gene may have a role in squamous cell carcinoma development. Detected LOH of the E-cadherin gene indicates that genetic change sof this gene are not very frequent, but that other components of the wnt signaling cascade may also be involved.
    Vir: Pathology research and practice. - ISSN 0344-0338 (Vol. 201, no. 8-9, 2005, str. 557-563)
    Vrsta gradiva - članek, sestavni del ; neleposlovje za odrasle
    Leto - 2005
    Jezik - angleški
    COBISS.SI-ID - 2216255

vir: Pathology research and practice. - ISSN 0344-0338 (Vol. 201, no. 8-9, 2005, str. 557-563)
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