Selection of adrenal tumor cells in culture demonstrated by interphase cytogenetics.
Cancer Genet Cytogenet
; 79(1): 36-40, 1995 Jan.
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| ID: mdl-7850749
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.
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01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Aberrações Cromossômicas
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Neoplasias das Glândulas Suprarrenais
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Citogenética
Limite:
Adult
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Female
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Humans
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Cancer Genet Cytogenet
Ano de publicação:
1995
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Brasil
País de publicação:
Estados Unidos