Association of deletion in the chromosomal 8p21.3-23 region with the development of invasive head & neck squamous cell carcinoma in Indian patients

  • N. Bhattacharya
  • , A. Tripathi
  • , S. Dasgupta
  • , Md G. Sabbir
  • , A. Roy
  • , A. Sengupta
  • , B. Roy
  • , S. Roychowdhury
  • , C. K. Panda

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Abstract

Background & objectives: Deletions in chromosome 8 (chr.8) have been shown to be necessary for the development of head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC). Attempts have been made in this study to detect the minimal deleted region in chr.8 associated with the development of HNSCC in Indian patients and to study the association of clinicopathological features with the progression of the disease. Methods: The deletion mapping of chr.8 was done in samples from 10 primary dysplastic lesions and 43 invasive squamous cell carcinomas from the head and neck region of Indian patients to detect allelic alterations (deletion or size alteration) using 12 highly polymorphic microsatellite markers. The association of the highly deleted region was correlated with the tumour node metastasis (TNM) stages, nodal involvement, tobacco habit and human papilloma virus (HPV) infection of the samples. Results: High frequency (49%) of loss of heterozygosity (LOH) was seen within 13.12 megabase (Mb) region of chromosomal 8p21.3-23 region in the HNSCC samples, whereas the dysplastic samples did not show any allelic alterations in this region. The highest frequency (17%) of microsatellite size alterations (MA) was observed in the chr.8p22 region. The loss of short arm or normal copy of chr.8 and rare bi-allelic alterations were seen in the stage II-IV tumours (939,5184,2772,1319 and 598) irrespective of their primary sites. The highly deleted region did not show any significant association with any of the clinical parameters. However, HPV infection was significantly associated (P < 0.05) with the differentiation grades and overall allelic alterations (LOH/MA) of the samples. Interpretation &conclusion: Our data indicate that the 13.12 Mb deleted region in the chromosomal 8p21.3-23 region could harbour candidate tumour suppressor gene(s) (TSGs) associated with the progression and invasion of HNSCC tumours in Indian patients.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)77-85
Number of pages9
JournalIndian Journal of Medical Research
Volume118
Issue numberAUG.
StatePublished - Aug 2003
Externally publishedYes

ASJC Scopus Subject Areas

  • General Medicine

Keywords

  • Chromosome
  • Head and neck cancer
  • Microsatellite
  • Squamous cell carcinoma
  • Tumour suppressor genes

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