TY - JOUR
T1 - Papillary renal cell carcinoma
T2 - Quantitation of chromosomes 7 and 17 by FISH, analysis of chromosome 3p for LOH, and DNA ploidy
AU - Corless, Christopher L.
AU - Aburatani, Hiroyuki
AU - Fletcher, Jonathan A.
AU - Housman, David E.
AU - Amin, Mahul B.
AU - Weinberg, David S.
PY - 1996
Y1 - 1996
N2 - Papillary renal cell carcinoma (papillary RCC) is an uncommon histologic variant of RCC with distinct gross, microscopic, and immunohistochemical features. Recent karyotypic analyses suggest that papillary RCC differs from other types of RCC at the genetic level as well. Whereas nonpapillary (clear cell, granular cell) RCC is characterized by deletions in chromosome 3p, papillary tumors reportedly exhibit a pattern of chromosomal trisomies, typically including chromosomes 7 and 17. To further examine the relationship between overrepresentation of these chromosomes and papillary histology, archival material from 36 papillary tumors was subjected to fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) analysis using α-satellite repeat probes specific to 7 and 17. Excess signals for chromosome 17 were detected in 22 of 28 (78%) low-grade papillary tumors (Fuhrman nuclear grades 1 and 2), and in seven of eight (87%) high-grade tumors (grades 3 and 4). Correlation of chromosome 17 FISH signals with karyotypes performed on two low-grade and three high-grade tumors was excellent. Among the cases without evidence of excess chromosome 17 were three unusual papillary tumors with sclerotic and hyalinized fibrovascular cores. In two cases, comparison was made of FISH signals from multiple, separate gross nodules of tumor: concordance for trisomic 17 signals was observed in one case, but not in the other. Chromosome 7 signals were overrepresented in all seven papillary tumors examined. DNA ploidy was determined in 19 of the 36 tumors: a relationship between DNA ploidy and polysomy 7 or 17 was not apparent. To examine the possible role of chromosome 3p deletions in the development of papillary RCC, 11 cases were studied for loss of heterozygosity(LOH) at one or more loci in the region of 3p13-21. Only three of the 11 cases had LOH at these loci. The findings are discussed with respect to the development and progression of papillary RCC.
AB - Papillary renal cell carcinoma (papillary RCC) is an uncommon histologic variant of RCC with distinct gross, microscopic, and immunohistochemical features. Recent karyotypic analyses suggest that papillary RCC differs from other types of RCC at the genetic level as well. Whereas nonpapillary (clear cell, granular cell) RCC is characterized by deletions in chromosome 3p, papillary tumors reportedly exhibit a pattern of chromosomal trisomies, typically including chromosomes 7 and 17. To further examine the relationship between overrepresentation of these chromosomes and papillary histology, archival material from 36 papillary tumors was subjected to fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) analysis using α-satellite repeat probes specific to 7 and 17. Excess signals for chromosome 17 were detected in 22 of 28 (78%) low-grade papillary tumors (Fuhrman nuclear grades 1 and 2), and in seven of eight (87%) high-grade tumors (grades 3 and 4). Correlation of chromosome 17 FISH signals with karyotypes performed on two low-grade and three high-grade tumors was excellent. Among the cases without evidence of excess chromosome 17 were three unusual papillary tumors with sclerotic and hyalinized fibrovascular cores. In two cases, comparison was made of FISH signals from multiple, separate gross nodules of tumor: concordance for trisomic 17 signals was observed in one case, but not in the other. Chromosome 7 signals were overrepresented in all seven papillary tumors examined. DNA ploidy was determined in 19 of the 36 tumors: a relationship between DNA ploidy and polysomy 7 or 17 was not apparent. To examine the possible role of chromosome 3p deletions in the development of papillary RCC, 11 cases were studied for loss of heterozygosity(LOH) at one or more loci in the region of 3p13-21. Only three of the 11 cases had LOH at these loci. The findings are discussed with respect to the development and progression of papillary RCC.
KW - Chromosome 17
KW - Chromosome 3
KW - Chromosome 7
KW - Cytogenetics
KW - DNA ploidy
KW - FISH
KW - Flow cytometry
KW - Loss of heterozygosity
KW - Papillary renal cell carcinoma
KW - Renal neoplasms
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U2 - 10.1097/00019606-199603000-00009
DO - 10.1097/00019606-199603000-00009
M3 - Article
C2 - 8919546
AN - SCOPUS:0030027790
SN - 1052-9551
VL - 5
SP - 53
EP - 64
JO - Diagnostic Molecular Pathology
JF - Diagnostic Molecular Pathology
IS - 1
ER -