Study of abnormal chromosome regions in esophageal squamous cell carcinoma by comparative genomic hybridization: relationship of lymph node metastasis and distant metastasis to selected abnormal regions
- 1 December 2009
- journal article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Diseases of the Esophagus
- Vol. 23 (5), 415-421
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1442-2050.2009.01026.x
Abstract
Squamous cell carcinoma of the esophagus (ESCC) has a poor prognosis among digestive tract cancers. Lymph node metastasis and distant metastasis are the major factors determining its prognosis. We used comparative genomic hybridization (CGH) to evaluate primary tumor lymph nodes and metastatic areas from ESCC patients in order to determine the relationship between abnormal chromosome regions and outcome. Tumor tissues and lymph nodes were collected from 51 patients with ESCC, and abnormal chromosome regions were detected by CGH. We searched for regions that were significantly more common in patients with lymph nodes metastases (n>/= 6) or distant metastases, and correlated those chromosomal changes with survival. Regions showing amplification in more than 65% of esophageal squamous cell cancers were as follows: 17q12 (90.2%), 17q21 (86.3%), 3q29 (82.4%), 3q28 (78.4%), 8q24.2 (76.5%), 22q12 (76.5%), 3q27 (74.5%), 8q24.3 (74.5%), 1q22 (70.6%), 5p15.3 (70.6%), 22q13 (70.6%), 3q26.3, 8q23, 8q24.1, 9q34, 11q13, 17p12, 17q25, 20q12, 20q13.1 (68.6%), 1q32, 1q42, and 20q13.2 (66.7%). Regions showing deletion in more than 50% of the tumors were as follows: Yp11.3 (62.7%), 3p26 (56.9%), Yq12 (54.9%), 13q21 (52.9%), 4q32 (51.0%), and 13q22 (51.0%). When Fisher's test was used to assess associations of these regions with metastases to lymph nodes, amplification at 2q12-14 (P= 0.012), 3q24-26 (P= 0.005), and 7q21-31 (P= 0.026) were significant. Survival was worse for patients with amplification at all 3 regions. In patients with distant organ metastases, amplification at 7p13-21 was significant (P= 0.008), and survival was worse. Chromosomal amplifications in ESCC at 2q12-14, 3q24-26, and 7q21-31 were associated with lymph node metastasis, while amplification at 7p13-21 was related to distant metastasis. Amplification at these regions correlated with worse survival. Genes involved in the phenotype of ESCC may exist in these regions. Identification of these genes is a theme for future investigation.Keywords
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