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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
2005-2-16
pubmed:abstractText
Recent studies have suggested that formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded (FFPE) tissues can be used for molecular analyses by fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) and RT-PCR. We analyzed 18 cases of ES/PNET for the t(11;22)(q24;q12) and t(21;22)(q22;q12) fusion transcripts by RT-PCR and analyzed for EWS translocation by interphase FISH with a dual color fusion probe to compare these two approaches directly. RT-PCR detected 13 (72%) EWS-FLI-1 fusions (type I=10, type II=3) and 2 (11%) EWS-ERG fusions. Three cases could not be evaluated because the housekeeping gene phosphoglycerate kinase (internal mRNA control) was not amplified. FISH was diagnostic in 15 of 18 cases (83%). There were three discordant cases between RT-PCR and FISH (concordance of 83%). Using a combination of RT-PCR and FISH, the results were complementary. One advantage of RT-PCR analysis was that subtypes of EWS translocation could be determined specifically (type I, type II and ERG). These findings indicate that because of the difficulties and limitations associated with the molecular analysis of FFPE tissues, a combination of RT-PCR and FISH may be a better approach to enhance the sensitivity and accuracy of detecting ES/PNET translocations in FFPE tissues with suboptimally preserved nucleic acids.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Mar
pubmed:issn
1052-9551
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
14
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
23-8
pubmed:dateRevised
2011-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:15714060-Base Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:15714060-Chromosomes, Human, Pair 11, pubmed-meshheading:15714060-Chromosomes, Human, Pair 21, pubmed-meshheading:15714060-Chromosomes, Human, Pair 22, pubmed-meshheading:15714060-DNA, Neoplasm, pubmed-meshheading:15714060-DNA Primers, pubmed-meshheading:15714060-Formaldehyde, pubmed-meshheading:15714060-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:15714060-In Situ Hybridization, Fluorescence, pubmed-meshheading:15714060-Interphase, pubmed-meshheading:15714060-Neuroectodermal Tumors, Primitive, Peripheral, pubmed-meshheading:15714060-Oncogene Proteins, Fusion, pubmed-meshheading:15714060-Paraffin Embedding, pubmed-meshheading:15714060-Proto-Oncogene Protein c-fli-1, pubmed-meshheading:15714060-RNA-Binding Protein EWS, pubmed-meshheading:15714060-Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction, pubmed-meshheading:15714060-Sarcoma, Ewing, pubmed-meshheading:15714060-Sensitivity and Specificity, pubmed-meshheading:15714060-Tissue Fixation, pubmed-meshheading:15714060-Transcription Factors, pubmed-meshheading:15714060-Translocation, Genetic
pubmed:year
2005
pubmed:articleTitle
Molecular diagnosis of Ewing's sarcoma/primitive neuroectodermal tumor in formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded tissues by RT-PCR and fluorescence in situ hybridization.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota 55905, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study