Numeric aberrations of HER-2 and chromosome 17 detected by fluorescence in situ hybridization in urine-exfoliated cells from patients with urothelial carcinoma
Numeric aberrations of HER-2 and chromosome 17 detected by fluorescence in situ hybridization in urine-exfoliated cells from patients with urothelial carcinoma
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DOI:
10.1016/j.urology.2004.05.004
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发表时间:
2004-09-01
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2.1
通讯作者:
Kato, T
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作者:
Inoue, T;Sato, K;Kato, T
Objectives. To elucidate the clinical significance of the HER-2 gene alterations in urine-exfoliated cells detected by fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) in patients with urothelial transitional cell carcinoma.Methods. The relative increase of HER-2 (RI-HER2) and gain of chromosome 17 (G-17) in urine-exfoliated cells were examined using DNA probes for HER-2 and the chromosome 17 centromere in 103 patients. In addition, FISH analysis was performed using corresponding paraffin-embedded tissue sections from 45 cases to compare the results obtained using urine-exfoliated cells and those obtained using paraffin-embedded tissue.Results. RI-HER2 and G-I 7 was found in 23 (22.3%) and 46 (44.6%) of 103 patients, respectively. RI-HER2 was significantly more frequent in tumors with two or more recurrences (40.7% versus 15.8%, P = 0.010) and in those with carcinoma in situ (CIS) (35.4% versus 15.9%, P = 0.029). G-17 was more frequent in high-grade tumors (69.1% versus 16.7%, P = 0.032), invasive tumors (63.6% versus 14.3%, P < 0.001), and in patients with CIS (77.1% versus 29.0%, P < 0.001). The positive rate for FISH (presence of RI-HER2 and/or presence of G-I 7) tended to be more frequent in FISH than in cytology. A comparison of the analyses using urine-exfoliated cells and paraffin-em bedded tissue showed identical results in 36 (80.0%) of 45 cases.Conclusions. Numeric alterations of the chromosome 17 centromere in urine-exfoliated cells detected by FISH may reflect the malignant potential of urothelial carcinoma. In addition, a relative increase in HER-2 was associated with the number of recurrences and the presence of CIS.