TY - JOUR
T1 - Cytogenetic abnormalities and overexpression of receptors for growth factors in normal bronchial epithelium and tumor samples of lung cancer patients
AU - Sozzi, Gabriella
AU - Miozzo, Monica
AU - Tagliabue, Elda
AU - Calderone, Carla
AU - Lombardi, Luciano
AU - Pilotti, Silvana
AU - Pastorino, Ugo
AU - Pierotti, Marco A.
AU - Della Porta, Giuseppe
PY - 1991/1/1
Y1 - 1991/1/1
N2 - A cytogenetic analysis was performed on direct preparations and short-term cell cultures of lung tumor and normal bronchial epithelium of 19 patients carrying either a first or a second primary lung cancer. In 9 tumors (6 squamous cell carcinomas, 1 adenocarcinoma, 1 mucoepidermoid carcinoma, and 1 small cell lung carcinoma) successfully analyzed, pseudodiploid and hyperdiploid karyotypes were observed with a heterogeneous pattern of chromosome abnormalities but with a consistent involvement (5 cases) of the short or the long arm of chromosome 3. The normal bronchial epithelial cells had a normal karyotype in 11 patients, whereas in 6 patients clonal and nonclonal chromosomal abnormalities were observed. Involvement of chromosome 7 was present in 4 cases. In addition, overexpression of the growth factor receptors, epidermal growth factor receptor and HER-2/neu, was found in 9 of 18 tumors and in 6 of 13 bronchial epithelium samples. These findings suggest that early genetic lesions could be present in the normal bronchial epithelial cells that are the target of further complex and multiple genetic changes occurring during the pathogenesis of lung cancer.
AB - A cytogenetic analysis was performed on direct preparations and short-term cell cultures of lung tumor and normal bronchial epithelium of 19 patients carrying either a first or a second primary lung cancer. In 9 tumors (6 squamous cell carcinomas, 1 adenocarcinoma, 1 mucoepidermoid carcinoma, and 1 small cell lung carcinoma) successfully analyzed, pseudodiploid and hyperdiploid karyotypes were observed with a heterogeneous pattern of chromosome abnormalities but with a consistent involvement (5 cases) of the short or the long arm of chromosome 3. The normal bronchial epithelial cells had a normal karyotype in 11 patients, whereas in 6 patients clonal and nonclonal chromosomal abnormalities were observed. Involvement of chromosome 7 was present in 4 cases. In addition, overexpression of the growth factor receptors, epidermal growth factor receptor and HER-2/neu, was found in 9 of 18 tumors and in 6 of 13 bronchial epithelium samples. These findings suggest that early genetic lesions could be present in the normal bronchial epithelial cells that are the target of further complex and multiple genetic changes occurring during the pathogenesis of lung cancer.
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M3 - Article
C2 - 1670993
AN - SCOPUS:0025968820
VL - 51
SP - 400
EP - 404
JO - Journal of Cancer Research
JF - Journal of Cancer Research
SN - 0008-5472
IS - 1
ER -