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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
7
pubmed:dateCreated
2003-7-15
pubmed:abstractText
Mixed endocrine-exocrine tumors of the gut are a heterogeneous group of neoplasms with uncertain histogenesis showing different morphologic and clinical features. The aim of this work is to clarify the histogenesis of these tumors by studying the genetic profile of both the endocrine and exocrine components. We performed an allelotyping analysis of five mixed endocrine-exocrine tumors (two gastric and three colonic) and one rectal collision tumor, using 35 polymorphic microsatellite markers covering a total of six chromosomes, including 3, 5q, 6, 11, 17, and 18. The loss of heterozygosity (LOH) analysis showed concurrent losses of the same allele in both the endocrine and exocrine components in all of the five mixed tumors composed by a poorly differentiated endocrine carcinoma or a well differentiated endocrine carcinoma associated with adenocarcinoma or adenoma. Among these tumors an identical LOH pattern was frequently found on chromosomes 17p, 18q, and 5q. Additional allelic losses restricted to the poorly differentiated endocrine carcinoma were often observed. On the contrary, in the only collision tumor composed by a well differentiated endocrine carcinoma associated with adenocarcinoma, completely different allelotypes between the two components were detected. These findings confirm a close genetic relationship between the two distinct histologic components within mixed endocrine-exocrine tumors, supporting the hypothesis that a monoclonal mechanism of tumorigenesis is the most frequent genetic event in mixed exocrine-endocrine tumors. The clonal divergence observed in the only collision tumor, composed by a well differentiated endocrine carcinoma associated with an adenocarcinoma, confirms the existence of double tumors growing next to each other coincidentally but showing different histogenesis and different tumorigenetic pathways.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jul
pubmed:issn
0023-6837
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
83
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
963-71
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:12861036-Adenocarcinoma, pubmed-meshheading:12861036-Adult, pubmed-meshheading:12861036-Aged, pubmed-meshheading:12861036-Carcinoma, Neuroendocrine, pubmed-meshheading:12861036-Clone Cells, pubmed-meshheading:12861036-DNA, Neoplasm, pubmed-meshheading:12861036-Dissection, pubmed-meshheading:12861036-Enteroendocrine Cells, pubmed-meshheading:12861036-Female, pubmed-meshheading:12861036-Gastrointestinal Neoplasms, pubmed-meshheading:12861036-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:12861036-Immunoenzyme Techniques, pubmed-meshheading:12861036-Loss of Heterozygosity, pubmed-meshheading:12861036-Male, pubmed-meshheading:12861036-Micromanipulation, pubmed-meshheading:12861036-Microsatellite Repeats, pubmed-meshheading:12861036-Middle Aged, pubmed-meshheading:12861036-Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia, pubmed-meshheading:12861036-Polymerase Chain Reaction, pubmed-meshheading:12861036-Tumor Markers, Biological
pubmed:year
2003
pubmed:articleTitle
Microallelotyping defines the monoclonal or the polyclonal origin of mixed and collision endocrine-exocrine tumors of the gut.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Clinical and Biological Sciences, University of Insubria, Varese, Italy.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't