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Genetic and clinical characterization of sporadic cystic parathyroid tumours
Author(s) -
Villablanca Andrea,
Farnebo Filip,
Teh Bin Tean,
Farnebo LarsOve,
Höög Anders,
Larsson Catharina
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
clinical endocrinology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.055
H-Index - 147
eISSN - 1365-2265
pISSN - 0300-0664
DOI - 10.1046/j.0300-0664.2001.01469.x
Subject(s) - loss of heterozygosity , primary hyperparathyroidism , hyperparathyroidism , parathyroid neoplasm , allele , locus (genetics) , pathology , parathyroid carcinoma , biology , medicine , parathyroid adenoma , endocrinology , gene , genetics
Summary objective The hyperparathyroidism–jaw tumour (HPT–JT) syndrome is one of the familial disorders characterized by primary hyperparathyroidism and has been linked to the chromosomal region of 1q32–q21. The parathyroid tumours related to this syndrome have shown loss of wild‐type alleles at this locus suggesting that inactivation of a tumour suppressor gene might be responsible for the disease. In the majority of these tumours cysts are a prominent feature. By loss of heterozygosity (LOH) studies, we investigated the region of interest in an attempt to clarify its possible role in a series of cystic sporadic parathyroid adenomas. design and subjects A total of 30 patients diagnosed with sporadic hyperparathyroidism were included in the study, genotyped with 17 polymorphic microsatellite markers at chromosome 1q, and additional markers from 1p and 11q13 which are commonly involved in sporadic parathyroid tumours. The cystic parathyroid tumours were characterized clinically, and immunohistochemistry against PTH was carried out to confirm the parathyroid origin of the cysts. results LOH was found in six of 30 tumours (20%) on 1q, six of 30 tumours (20%) on 1p and five of 30 tumours (17%) on 11q13. We found a significant correlation between allelic alterations and the clinical parameters, tumour weight and PTH. Furthermore, we found a significant difference between tumour weight and PTH in cases of cystic parathyroid tumours compared with unselected sporadic cases. conclusions These results suggest that cystic parathyroid tumours might represent a new subgroup among parathyroid tumours based on the genetic and clinical findings. Loss of heterozygosity at 1q further supports the presence of a tumour suppressor gene at this locus.