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A quantitative trait locus responsible for inducing B-cell lymphoblastic lymphoma is a hotspot for microsatellite instability.

Department of Forensic Medicine and Molecular Pathology, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan.
Cancer Science (impact factor: 3.33). 03/2010; 101(3):800-5. DOI:10.1111/j.1349-7006.2009.01437.x pp.800-5
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ABSTRACT While the molecular mechanisms underlying microsatellite instability (MSI) have been exhaustively investigated, identifying the patterns of MSI distribution within diverse cancer genomes has remained an elusive issue. In the present study, we conducted genome-wide MSI screening in B-cell lymphoblastic lymphomas (B-LBL) which spontaneously develop in the SL/Kh strain of mice. Tumor samples harvested from 16 mice were investigated using a framework map consisting of 150 microsatellite markers spaced at increments of roughly 0.5-3.0 centimorgans, spanning the entirety of mouse chromosomes (mus musculus chromosomes [MMU]) 3-6. MMU3 contains a quantitative trait locus (QTL), Bomb1 (bone marrow pre-B1), known to induce an aberrant expansion of pre-B cells in bone marrow prior to the onset of B-LBL in SL/Kh mice. The remaining chromosomes were selected on the basis of those most closely resembling MMU3 in terms of total estimated length (maximum variance 10 Mb). MSI was confirmed at 2<or= markers in DNA derived from tumor tissues in 15 SL/Kh mice (93.7%), while healthy splenic DNA samples screened in parallel were consistently negative for MSI. The overall MSI incidence was significantly higher on MMU3 compared with MMU4-6 (P = 0.031). Additionally, by applying spatial point pattern analysis combined with a 1-D version of Ripley's K-function, we successfully demonstrated the predilection of MSI-susceptible loci to structure a massive cluster within the Bomb1 locus. Our study is the first to suggest that a QTL concomitantly serves as a hotspot for MSI-susceptible loci and sheds new light on somatic cancer genetics.

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Keywords

150 microsatellite markers spaced
 
applying spatial point pattern analysis
 
bone marrow pre-B1
 
diverse cancer genomes
 
genome-wide MSI screening
 
healthy splenic DNA samples
 
maximum variance 10 Mb
 
mouse chromosomes
 
MSI distribution
 
MSI-susceptible loci
 
mus musculus chromosomes [MMU]
 
QTL concomitantly
 
quantitative trait locus
 
remaining chromosomes
 
sheds new light
 
SL/Kh mice
 
SL/Kh strain
 
somatic cancer genetics
 
Tumor samples
 
tumor tissues