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- Title
Heterogenous amplification of myc family oncogenes in small cell lung carcinoma.
- Authors
Noguchi, Masayuki; Hirohashi, Setsuo; Hara, Futoshi; Kojima, Akira; Shimosato, Yukio; Shinkai, Tetsu; Tsuchiya, Ryosuke; Noguchi, M; Hirohashi, S; Hara, F; Kojima, A; Shimosato, Y; Shinkai, T; Tsuchiya, R
- Abstract
One hundred forty-two foci of small cell lung carcinoma (SCLC) from 47 patients were examined for amplification of myc family oncogenes (c-myc, N-myc, and L-myc), by dot blot hybridization using formalin-fixed and paraffin-embedded materials which were resected surgically or obtained at autopsy. Some selected patients were also examined by in situ hybridization. Amplification of myc family genes was detected in 11 patients (23.4%) (c-myc in one, N-myc in five, and L-myc in five). Two of the 11 patients (one with N-myc and one with L-myc) had heterogenously amplified clones. In the patient with N-myc amplification, amplification was detected in metastatic tumors in the pancreas, lung, and pleura, but not in the liver and lymph node metastases. In the primary tumor, areas with and without N-myc amplification were seen. In the patient with L-myc amplification, although amplification was not detected in the surgically resected primary lesion, mediastinal lymph node metastatic lesions obtained at autopsy showed L-myc gene amplification. These two cases, together with previously reported evidence, suggest that myc gene amplification plays an important role in malignant progression, rather than development, of SCLC. In Stage III and IV groups, patients with over ten-fold myc gene amplification were suggested to survive for a shorter time than patients without such amplification (P = 0.06).
- Publication
Cancer (0008543X), 1990, Vol 66, Issue 10, p2053
- ISSN
0008-543X
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.1002/1097-0142(19901115)66:10<2053::AID-CNCR2820661002>3.0.CO;2-K