Osteosarcoma is a rare primary bone tumor, which occurs both in human and mice and is comparable between these species. A method for the detection of tumor suppressor genes is the LOH/AI analysis. Animal models can provide useful data about tumorigenesis, which can be extrapolated to the human species, as was shown for the Tbx 18 gene.
In a previous work from this institute the significance of a LOH/AI locus on chromosome 9 (between D9Mit291 and MS1) in radiogenic murine ostesarcomas was discovered. In the present work the incidence rate of osteosarcomas in p53 +/- and Ptch1 +/- mice was described, furthermore the tumors were analyzed for a LOH/AI of the locus on Chromosome 9, the p53 and the Ptch1 loci.
The tumor incidence rate was 23.07%. The LOH analysis was hampered by the unsuccessful PCR in microdissected cases, however one marker could be used as a hint to the presence of LOH/AI in these cases. None of the microdissected cases displayed a LOH/AI on chromome 9, whereas this was shown for 5/6 deep frozen tumors. Interestingly, the C57Bl/6 allele was lost in 4/5 cases. In a different LOH/AI study of the Tbx 18 gene however, alleles of both parental sides were lost.
Moreover, no retention of heterozygosity was found for the tested markers, which on the one did not allow a narrowing of the LOH, on the other points out to large chromosomal deletions. In total, the LOH on chromosome 9 was confirmed also in the transgene animal model and supports the data on the role of Tbx 18 (or of an other gene, coding in this region) as tumor suppressor gene.
The p53 locus displayed a LOH/AI in 1/6 deep frozen cases. Deletions in p53 and in the examined region on Chromosome 9, seem to be important for the development of both radiation-induced and spontaneous osteosarcomas. A LOH/AI of the Ptch1 locus has not been described in osteosarcomas yet, although Ptch1 is a known tumor suppressor gene and participates in skeletal differentiation processes. A LOH/AI of the Ptch1 locus was not found in any of the six deep frozen cases. Finally, tumor size correlated positively with the presence of LOH.
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Osteosarcoma is a rare primary bone tumor, which occurs both in human and mice and is comparable between these species. A method for the detection of tumor suppressor genes is the LOH/AI analysis. Animal models can provide useful data about tumorigenesis, which can be extrapolated to the human species, as was shown for the Tbx 18 gene.
In a previous work from this institute the significance of a LOH/AI locus on chromosome 9 (between D9Mit291 and MS1) in radiogenic murine ostesarcomas was disc...
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