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Detection of chromosome aberrations in interphase tumor nuclei by nonradioactive in situ hybridization.

In a blind study, chromosome aberrations in tumor cells were analyzed by conventional cytogenetic techniques (G banding) and nonradioactive in situ hybridization with chromosome-specific probes. The material was obtained directly from patients with hematologic diseases and from colon tumor derived cell lines. The cytogenetic data obtained with G banding were in accord with those obtained by in situ hybridization to metaphase chromosomes. Most importantly, in situ hybridization to interphase nuclei gave reliable results and even allowed detection of cell subpopulations that were not detected by analyzing metaphase chromosomes. Furthermore, in retrospect, even structural aberrations could be detected in interphase nuclei; abnormal cells with either an i(1q) or a translocation der(1)t(1;7) could be identified. Our results show that the application of in situ hybridization in combination with routine cytogenetic techniques offers significant advantages for cytogenetic analysis of solid tumors and hematologic malignancies.

Adenocarcinoma, Mucinous↗

Detection of monosomy in interphase nuclei and identification of marker chromosomes using biotinylated alpha-satellite DNA probes.

Nonradioactive in situ hybridization with chromosome-specific highly repetitive DNA probes is a fast and easy method for the detection of the number of chromosome copies in nonmitotic cells. In this study, we report the use of four biotinylated probes of the human alpha-satellite family recognizing the (peri)centromeric regions of chromosomes 3, 10, 16, and 17. The reliability of the probes was tested by hybridizations to metaphase chromosomes and interphase nuclei of normal blood lymphocytes, which showed a two signal score in 85%-94% and 82%-86% of the cells, respectively. In situ hybridization experiments with nuclei and metaphase spreads derived from the LXFS-650 cell line indicated monosomy for chromosomes 10 and 16 and the presence of two derivative chromosomes 17. These results were in accordance with the cytogenetic data obtained with GTG-banding and confirmed the monoclonality of the cell line. Furthermore, with this method the origin of an unclassified marker chromosome could be identified as a derivative of chromosome 3. Our results show that fluorescence in situ hybridization can be a useful tool in cancer cytogenetics for the detection of numerical aberrations in interphase nuclei and for the classification of marker chromosomes in addition to conventional cytogenetic techniques.

Biotin↗

Interphase cytogenetics of a male breast cancer.

Direct interphase cytogenetic analysis was performed on nuclei from a male breast tumor using fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH). DNA probes specific for repetitive pericentromeric regions on chromosomes 1, 7, 9, 11, 15, 17, 18, X, and Y were used to determine chromosome copy numbers in interphase tumor cells. Copy number distributions varied greatly between chromosomes, showing major tumor populations with on (Y), two (X,9), three (11, 15, 18), and four (1, 7, 17) copies of the pericentromeric targets. The X chromosome was present in two copies in 84.7% of tumor nuclei, with the balance being primarily monosomic. Normal skin fibroblasts cultured from the same patient showed 99% monosomy X. The Y chromosome showed a minor population (12%) with two copies. The DNA index of the tumor was 2.0 as determined by flow cytometry. The proliferative activity of the tumor cells was simultaneously analyzed using detection of in vivo bromodeoxyuridine (BrdU) incorporation. The BrdU labeling index was 13.2%.

Adult↗

Interphase cytogenetics on paraffin sections of malignant pleural mesothelioma. A comparison to conventional karyotyping and flow cytometric studies.

We performed in situ hybridization (ISH) studies of malignant pleural mesotheliomas to detect numerical aberrations of chromosomes 1 and 7 in interphase nuclei of paraffin sections of 13 cases that had been analyzed previously by conventional karyotyping and flow cytometry. The hybridizations were performed with the biotin-labeled probes recognizing repetitive DNA sequences in the (peri)centromeric regions of chromosomes 1 (1q12) and 7(7cen). Application of histologic sections allowed us to analyze the tumor cells only. Comparison of the karyotype and ISH studies showed that the same chromosome copy numbers were detectable by both methods in 13 (chromosome 1) and in 12 (chromosome 7) cases evaluable by ISH. DNA indexes determined in the paraffin-embedded tumor material corresponded with the ISH findings. As compared with karyotype analysis, ISH showed a larger heterogeneity in chromosome copy numbers. The results can be divided into three groups: 1) Monosomy or disomy of chromosomes 1 and 7 was detected by both methods in two cases; 2) in four cases, disomy of both chromosome 1 and 7 was observed in most of the cells by ISH analysis, and karyotype analysis had shown clear polyploidization in three of these cases; 3) in seven cases, supernumerary copies of chromosomes 1 and/or 7 were present in an evident fraction (27-80%) of the cells analyzed by ISH, and karyotype analysis confirmed the aberrant copy numbers in five of these cases. On the other hand, ISH showed copy numbers not detected by karyotype analysis in six of the seven cases. Thus, by combining karyotype and interphase cytogenetic studies, complementary information about chromosomal aberrations in mesothelioma is obtained.

Chromosome Aberrations↗

Selection of adrenal tumor cells in culture demonstrated by interphase cytogenetics.

Solid tumors often consist of an admixture of cell populations with different genome constitutions. Karyotyping of this material is complicated by the low mitotic index. Even when chromosome studies are feasible, altered representation of the original cell populations after cell cultivation is possible. We report a human adrenal carcinoma that exhibited a normal karyotype after cultivation but was shown to be highly aneuploid when investigated by fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) in direct preparations of uncultured cells with six different centromeric probes. The high frequencies of trisomy for the investigated chromosomes in these interphase cells indicate that most of the tumor cells were in the triploid range. Strong selection for disomic cells was detected in interphase preparations after one and two subcultures and was even stronger in the corresponding metaphase preparations. Trisomy for chromosome 15 appeared to be maintained independent of triploidy and might play a role in cultured cell survival. The number of chromosome 17 centromeres was not increased in polyploid cells, suggesting loss of this chromosome in the original cells of the tumor.

Adrenal Gland Neoplasms↗

Nonrandom changes of chromosome 10 in bladder cancer. Detection by FISH to interphase nuclei.

Fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) to interphase nuclei has been a valuable method for examining the chromosome copies in tumor cells in clinical practice. Twelve cases of transitional cell carcinoma (TCC) of the bladder were investigated with a biotin-labeled repetitive DNA probe to detect numerical aberrations of chromosome 10 in interphase nuclei. The cells containing one fluorescent signal were screened in two of seven non-invasive tumors and in four of five invasive tumors. Two patients presented two FISH spots of different sizes. More than two signals were seen in one invasive tumor. The findings suggest that partial or complete loss of a chromosome 10 is a nonrandom aberration in bladder cancer.

Carcinoma, Transitional Cell↗

Demonstration of i(17q) in metaphase and interphase of malignant hematopoietic cells by fluorescence in situ hybridization.

In 10 patients with various hematopoietic disorders, i(17q) has been studied by the technique of fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) both in metaphase and interphase cells using an alpha-satellite centromere-specific probe #17. We observed some minor quantitative differences between metaphase and interphase cells with regard to the incidence of i(17q) in individual cases and considerable heteromorphism of the size of signal of i(17q) among different cases. Our results suggest that formation of i(17q) results from a break in the p-arm proximal to the centromere and that the breakpoints vary from case to case.

Aneuploidy↗

Tetrasomy 8 in a patient with acute nonlymphocytic leukemia: a metaphase and interphase study with fluorescence in situ hybridization.

Tetrasomy 8 constitutes a relatively rare recurring chromosome defect in myeloid disorders. The patient reported here, a 71-year-old man, presented with tetrasomy 8 as the sole chromosome abnormality associated with an acute nonlymphocytic leukemia of the M2 type. He failed to respond to chemotherapy and died one year after diagnosis. Following conventional cytogenetics and fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) with a centromeric probe specific for chromosome 8, tetrasomy 8 was detected in 61% of the metaphases analyzed and trisomy 8 in 39%. FISH analysis of interphase nuclei confirmed the existence of tetrasomic (35%) and trisomic cells (56%) and revealed a number of cells with two chromosomes 8 (8%). This normal population may represent lymphocytes or myeloid cells that escaped conventional analysis due to their inability to divide or to the small number of metaphases available. The relatively higher proportion of tetrasomic cells in metaphase compared with interphase may be attributed to a proliferative advantage of tetrasomic cells in vitro or to the longer duration of their cell cycle. The simultaneous presence of trisomic and tetrasomic cells confirms the hypothesis of a clonal relationship between trisomy 8 and tetrasomy 8. Our case brings further evidence to the specificity of tetrasomy 8 to myeloid disorders and to the association of this chromosome abnormality with a relatively poor prognosis. However, new patients must be studied to further delineate this cytogenetic entity.

Aged↗

Detection of aneuploidy in interphase nuclei from non-small cell lung carcinomas by fluorescence in situ hybridization using chromosome-specific repetitive DNA probes.

Interphase fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) is particularly useful for detecting chromosome changes in tumors exhibiting a low mitotic index, as is the case in many human non-small cell lung carcinomas (NSCLCs). A panel of centromeric DNA probes specific for the autosomes 6, 7, 8, 9, 12, 17, and 18 was used to analyze 17 primary NSCLCs. Evidence for aneuploidy was obtained in all specimens. Gain of part or all of chromosome 7 was especially prominent, occurring in a large population of cells in each of 14 tumors (82%). Extra centromeric copies of chromosomes 6, 12, and 17 were also common, being observed in 9 to 11 cases each. Gain of chromosome 9 was infrequent (three tumors). In two cases, most of the nuclei had only a single chromosome 9 fluorescent signal. Karyotypic findings were available for six cases and were generally consistent with the FISH data. Both methods revealed considerable heterogeneity within individual tumors. NSCLC specimens from 26 males were assayed with a Y-specific centromeric sequence; loss of the Y was observed in 13 cases (50%). These investigations demonstrate the feasibility of interphase FISH for the successful analysis of numerical chromosome changes in NSCLCs.

Aneuploidy↗

Evidence for attachment of interphase chromatin to the nuclear matrix via matrix-bound nucleosomes.

Chromatin structure has been studied in the sites of attachment to the nuclear matrix in interphase mouse liver and spleen nuclei. The patterns of fragmentation of the DNA belonging to these sites (0.3-2% of total DNA in spleen and liver, respectively) with staphylococcal nuclease and DNAase I were very close to those of usual nucleosomal chains. Moreover, the nuclear matrix preparations contained all five major histones, including H1, in almost stoichiometric amounts. The histone/DNA ratios for the matrix were also similar to those found in nuclei. These findings and the size of the matrix-protected DNA indicated that interphase chromatin was attached to the nuclear matrix via matrix-bound nucleosomes and, to a much lesser extent, oligonucleosomes up to 5-6 units long. Two-dimensional electrophoretic separation of the matrix-bound histones revealed that modifications of histone H1 and, probably, of other histones were distinguished from those in bulk chromatin. Study of binding of exogenously added labeled histone octamers or mononucleosomal size DNA to nuclear matrix excluded the possibility of their artifactual trapping during the isolation procedure.

Animals↗

Interphase cytogenetic analysis of gliomas.

Interphase cytogenetics is the application of nonradioactive in situ hybridization with chromosome-specific DNA probes to interphase nuclei. The possibilities and limitations of this new technique for the study of chromosomal aberrations in gliomas are discussed.

Brain Neoplasms↗

Oncocytic papillary renal cell carcinoma: a clinicopathologic, immunohistochemical, ultrastructural, and interphase cytogenetic study of 12 cases.

Papillary renal cell carcinoma (RCC) is subclassified in type 1 displaying cells with scanty pale cytoplasm arranged in a single layer and in type 2 showing pseudostratified cells with eosinophilic cytoplasm. However, the existence of more variants of papillary RCC may be inferred by the recognition of few cases with different morphological features. We report the clinicopathologic, immunohistochemical, ultrastructural, and interphase cytogenetic features of 12 papillary RCC composed by oncocytes. Ten patients were males and their median age was 67 years. The tumors were well demarcated and their median diameter was 7.1 cm. Solid oncocytoma-like areas occurred in 11 cases. The cytoplasm of the neoplastic cells was filled by mitochondria with lamellar cristae. All cases were positive for the antimitochondrial antigen and racemase and showed variable immunoreactivity for cytokeratins (AE1/AE3, CK8-18, CK7, CK19), EMA, CD10, vimentin, and parvalbumin. MIB1 was detected in 0 to 6 cells per 1 high-power field. Fluorescent in situ hybridization analysis on formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded tissue showed three or more signals for chromosome 7 and 17 (for both > or =30% of nuclei in 7 of 12 neoplasms). In males, signals of chromosome Y were absent in more than 80% of the neoplastic nuclei. One patient died of metastases. Interphase cytogenetic analysis by fluorescent in situ hybridization can be a diagnostic tool in cases mimicking an oncocytoma.

Adenoma, Oxyphilic↗

Glucose regulated proteins 78 and 75 bind to the receptor for hyaluronan mediated motility in interphase microtubules.

The receptor for hyaluronan mediated motility (RHAMM), which is a hyaluronan-binding protein, is a centrosomal and microtubal protein. Here, we have identified two RHAMM-binding proteins, glucose regulated protein (GRP) 78 and GRP75, using co-immunoprecipitation analysis. These two proteins directly bound to glutathione-S-transferase-RHAMM fusion proteins. By double immunostaining, GRP78 and GRP75 colocalized with RHAMM in interphase microtubules, but were separated in mitotic spindles. Prevention of microtubule polymerization by TN-16 and vincristine sulfate induced RHAMM overexpression without a significant change in GRP78/75. Taken together, GRP78/75 and RHAMM complexes may stabilize microtubules in the interphase, associated with a downregulation of RHAMM. These results reveal a new biochemical activity of RHAMM.

Cell Line, Tumor↗

Interphase fluorescence in situ hybridization studies for the detection of 9q34 deletions in chronic myelogenous leukemia: a practical approach to clinical diagnosis.

Chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML) is characterized by the Philadelphia chromosome (Ph) in more than 90% of cases. Recent studies using fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) have shown that in a subset of patients with CML, deletions of 9q34 involving the argininosuccinate synthetase region occur at the time of the Philadelphia translocation and are associated with a poor prognosis. We performed interphase FISH studies in 152 cases of CML using a dual-color, dual-fusion probe system with a third probe directed at 9q34. Cytogenetic studies showed a simple (typical) Ph in 124/152 (82%), a cryptic Ph in 11/152 (7%), and a variant Ph chromosome with a complex translocation in 17/152 (11%) of cases. Interphase FISH studies showed single BCR/ABL fusion patterns in 48/152 (32%) of cases. Deletions of 9q34 were observed in 14% of all the cases and were present in 46% of cases with single BCR/ABL fusion pattern. All the 9q34 deletions occurred in cases with single BCR/ABL fusion signal. However, a single-fusion pattern is not specific for 9q34 deletions, and cases should be routinely screened for the presence of this prognostically significant abnormality by using a third probe directed specifically at 9q34.

Chromosome Banding↗

ORC is necessary at the interphase-to-mitosis transition to recruit cdc2 kinase and disassemble RPA foci.

The origin-recognition complex (ORC) has an essential role in defining DNA replication origins and in chromosome segregation. Recent studies in Drosophila orc2 mutants, and in human cells depleted of ORC2, have suggested that this factor is also implicated in mitotic chromosome assembly. We asked whether ORC was required for M phase chromosome assembly independently of its function in DNA replication. We performed depletion assays and reconstitution experiments in Xenopus egg extracts, in conditions of M phase chromosome assembly coupled or uncoupled from DNA replication. We show that, although ORC is dispensable for mitotic chromosome condensation, it is necessary at the interphase-mitosis transition for proper mitotic chromosome assembly to occur in a reaction not strictly dependent on DNA replication. This function involves the recruitment to chromatin of cdc2 kinase and the chromatin disassembly of interphasic replication protein A (RPA) foci. Furthermore, we show that mutations of RPA at the cdc2 kinase site prevents RPA dissociation from chromatin and impairs mitotic chromosome assembly without affecting DNA replication. Our results support the conclusion that in addition to its role in the assembly of prereplication complexes (pre-RCs), at the G1-S transition, ORC is also required for their disassembly at mitotic entry.

Animals↗

Cell cycle regulation of the murine 8-oxoguanine DNA glycosylase (mOGG1): mOGG1 associates with microtubules during interphase and mitosis.

8-Oxoguanine DNA glycosylase (OGG1) is a major DNA repair enzyme in mammalian cells. OGG1 participates in the repair of 8-oxoG, the most abundant known DNA lesion induced by endogenous reactive oxygen species in aerobic organisms. In this study, antibodies directed against purified recombinant human OGG1 (hOGG1) or murine (mOGG1) protein were chemically conjugated to either the photosensitizer Rose Bengal or the fluorescent dye Texas red. These dye-protein conjugates, in combination with binding assays, were used to identify associations between mOGG1 and the cytoskeleton of NIH3T3 fibroblasts. Results from these binding studies showed that mOGG1 associates with the cytoskeleton by specifically binding to the centriole and microtubules radiating from the centrosome at interphase and the spindle assembly at mitosis. Similar results were obtained with hOGG1. Together results reported in this study suggest that OGG1 is a microtubule-associated protein itself or that OGG1 utilizes yet to be identified motor proteins to ride on microtubules as tracks facilitating the movement and redistribution of cytoplasmic OGG1 pools during interphase and mitosis and in response to oxidative DNA damage.

Animals↗

Interphase-FISH study in three patients with tetraploid/diploid mosaicism.

We report tetraploid/diploid mosaicism in a boy and two girls detected by cultured skin fibroblasts. In all these children, interphase-FISH using DXZ1 probe confirmed the original karyotype. Tetraploid mosaicism was also confirmed by alpha-satellite probes from chromosomes 2, 6, 7, 9, 10, 17, 18 and Y in fibroblasts from the boy. The common features in these children are failure to thrive, slight mental deficiency and some degree of body asymmetry. The advantage of using interphase-FISH is the possibility of analysing a great number of cells in short time, thus giving a more precise percentage with regard to abnormal cells.

Abnormalities, Multiple↗

Using BAC clones to characterize unbalanced chromosome abnormalities in interphase cells.

Carriers of balanced translocations usually carry alterations in gene sequences, which lead to dysfunction during early and late embryogenesis. Related spatial rearrangement causes either cumulative delay in cell cycles and/or anomalies in transcription and translation. This has also an important impact at the time of genomic activation, the longest cell cycle of preimplantation development. Carrier patients may be affected either with primary infertility or by repeated miscarriages [Hum. Reprod. 12 (1997) 2019.]. Assuming that a fraction of the germ cells is karyotypically normal, these patients would greatly benefit from efficient procedures for generation and use of breakpoint-specific DNA hybridisation probes in preconception and preimplantation genetic diagnosis (PGD) after polar body or blastomere biopsy of the embryos. The objective of this research was to design an approach of patient-specific probes for preimplantation diagnosis of chromosome translocations and which could be used eventually to select chromosomally normal embryos from balanced or unbalanced interphase cells prior to their transfer to the mother's womb. This approach was used for a couple, where the female partner was a carrier of a balanced translocation 46,XX,t(4;12)(p16.1;q24.31). First, BAC/PAC clones were chosen from specific chromosome bands from the genome sequence that hybridise adjacent to the chromosomal breakpoints or span them. Then, the probes and hybridisation conditions were optimised using unrelated normal amniocytes, lymphoblastoid cells and lymphocytes from the carrier to increase hybridisation signal intensity and decrease background. Finally, the probes were tested on target cells before they were used for mimicking preconception or preimplantation genetic diagnosis. Three slides were analysed blindly from a normal karyotype, an unbalanced and a balanced translocation. A total of 78 cells were analysed of which in the slide A 19/22 (86%) were found to be unbalanced, in slide B 25/31 (81%) were normal and in slide C 21/25 (84%) were balanced. Thus, it was demonstrated that cells with known structural abnormalities could be detected, based on hybridisation of breakpoint spanning bacterial artificial chromosome (BAC) DNA probes in interphase cells.

Adult↗