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Barrett's oesophagus: Microsatellite analysis provides evidence to support the proposed metaplasia‐dysplasia‐carcinoma sequence
Author(s) -
Gleeson Catherine M.,
Sloan James M.,
McGuigan James A.,
Ritchie Andrew J.,
Weber James L.,
Russell S.E. Hilary
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
genes, chromosomes and cancer
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.754
H-Index - 119
eISSN - 1098-2264
pISSN - 1045-2257
DOI - 10.1002/(sici)1098-2264(199801)21:1<49::aid-gcc7>3.0.co;2-8
Subject(s) - adenocarcinoma , dysplasia , biology , metaplasia , intraepithelial neoplasia , allele , pathology , microsatellite , esophagus , epithelium , carcinoma , genetics , medicine , cancer , gene , prostate , anatomy
The development of adenocarcinoma in Barrett's oesophagus is proposed to occur via a stepwise progression recognised histologically as a metaplasia‐dysplasia‐carcinoma sequence. In order to identify chromosomal loci involved in the malignant transformation of Barrett's epithelium and the development of oesophageal adenocarcinoma, microsatellite analysis was carried out on 17 cases of Barrett's‐associated oesophageal adenocarcinoma. Samples of premalignant Barrett's epithelium adjacent to adenocarcinoma were obtained from seven of these cases. Allelic imbalance was detected in >45% of informative cases of oesophageal adenocarcinoma on chromosome arms 3q (65%), 4q (71%), 5q (59%), 6q (59%), 9p (50%), 9q (47%), 12p (47%), 12q (65%), 17p (76%), and 18q (75%). Allelic imbalance at 4q, 17p, and 18q was significantly higher than the upper 95% confidence interval for background allelic imbalance. Allelic imbalance was detected at several loci in the premalignant epithelium from five of the seven cases studied. These loci included several chromosomal arms that had demonstrated high levels of allelic imbalance in oesophageal adenocarcinoma, namely, 4q (one case), 5q (two cases), 9 (three cases), 12q (five cases), 17p (four cases), and 18q (two cases). Novel microsatellite alleles were detected in both premalignant and malignant Barrett's epithelium. In three cases, dysplastic Barrett's epithelium and adjacent adenocarcinoma demonstrated the same pattern of novel microsatellite alleles at a number of loci. In conclusion, these data indicate chromosomal loci which may be specifically involved in the histological progression of Barrett's epithelium. The detection of shared novel microsatellite alleles in premalignant and malignant Barrett's epithelium is consistent with a process of clonal expansion underlying this progression. Genes Chromosomes Cancer 21:49–60, 1998. © 1998 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.