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Identification of candidate tumour suppressor gene loci for Hodgkin and Reed‐Sternberg cells by characterisation of homozygous deletions in classical Hodgkin lymphoma cell lines
Author(s) -
Giefing Maciej,
Arnemann Joachim,
MartinSubero Jose Ignacio,
Nieländer Inga,
Bug Stefanie,
Hartmann Sylvia,
Arnold Norbert,
Tiacci Enrico,
Frank Matthias,
Hansmann MartinLeo,
Küppers Ralf,
Siebert Reiner
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
british journal of haematology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.907
H-Index - 186
eISSN - 1365-2141
pISSN - 0007-1048
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2141.2008.07262.x
Subject(s) - reed–sternberg cell , lymphoma , gene , suppressor , identification (biology) , biology , cancer research , tumor suppressor gene , classical hodgkin lymphoma , hodgkin lymphoma , genetics , immunology , carcinogenesis , botany
Summary Several tumour suppressor genes (TSG) have been identified as a result of mapping homozygous deletions in cancer cells. To identify putative TSG involved in the pathogenesis of classical Hodgkin lymphoma (cHL), we investigated four cHL cell lines (L428, HDLM2, KMH2, L1236) using four different array‐Comparative Genomic Hybridisation (array‐CGH) platforms and focused on high resolution identification of homozygous deletions. Out of 79 candidate regions of bi‐allelic loss identified by array‐CGH, besides previously described regions, 28 novel regions of homozygous deletions could be verified by polymerase chain reaction. These regions ranged from 13 kb to 619 kb in size. Eleven of the 28 novel bi‐allelic losses were putative copy number polymorphisms. This left 17 regions that might harbour novel tumour suppressors involved in Hodgkin lymphoma. Expression profiling with two different platforms confirmed lack of expression of the majority of the genes located in the homozygous deletions. Furthermore, analysis of ontology annotations of genes located in the homozygously deleted regions indicated an enrichment of genes involved in apoptosis and cell death. In summary, through the mapping of homozygous deletions in cell lines this study identified a series of genes, such as SEPT9 , GNG7 and CYBB, which might encode candidate tumour suppressors involved in the pathogenesis of cHL.