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Heterogeneous genetic profiles in soft tissue myoepitheliomas

Hansén Nord, Karolin LU ; Teixeira, Manuel R. ; Fletcher, Christopher D. M. ; Bizarro, Susana ; Staaf, Johan LU orcid ; Domanski, Henryk LU ; Vult von Steyern, Fredrik LU ; Panagopoulos, Ioannis LU ; Mandahl, Nils LU and Mertens, Fredrik LU (2008) In Modern Pathology 21(11). p.1311-1319
Abstract
Myoepithelioma, mixed tumor and parachordoma are uncommon soft tissue tumors thought to represent morphological variants of a single tumor type. The genetic basis of these neoplasms is poorly understood. However, they morphologically resemble mixed tumor of the salivary glands (also known as pleomorphic adenoma), a tumor characterized by deregulated expression of PLAG1 or HMGA2. To evaluate a possible genetic relationship between these soft tissue and salivary gland tumors, PLAG1 expression levels and the genomic status of PLAG1 and HMGA2 were investigated in five soft tissue myoepitheliomas and one pleomorphic adenoma. In addition, all tumors were cytogenetically investigated and whole genome DNA copy number imbalances were studied in... (More)
Myoepithelioma, mixed tumor and parachordoma are uncommon soft tissue tumors thought to represent morphological variants of a single tumor type. The genetic basis of these neoplasms is poorly understood. However, they morphologically resemble mixed tumor of the salivary glands (also known as pleomorphic adenoma), a tumor characterized by deregulated expression of PLAG1 or HMGA2. To evaluate a possible genetic relationship between these soft tissue and salivary gland tumors, PLAG1 expression levels and the genomic status of PLAG1 and HMGA2 were investigated in five soft tissue myoepitheliomas and one pleomorphic adenoma. In addition, all tumors were cytogenetically investigated and whole genome DNA copy number imbalances were studied in five of them. The genetic profiles were heterogeneous and the only aberration common to all soft tissue myoepitheliomas was a minimally deleted region of 3.55 Mb in chromosome band 19p13. Recurrent deletion of CDKN2A suggests that inactivation of this tumor suppressor gene is pathogenetically important in a subset. Furthermore, PLAG1 rearrangement was found in a soft tissue tumor from a patient previously treated for a salivary pleomorphic adenoma, indicating either metastasis of the salivary gland lesion or that some soft tissue tumors develop through the same mechanisms as their salivary gland counterparts. (Less)
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parachordoma, myoepithelioma, mixed tumor, EWSR1, HMGA2, PLAG1
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Modern Pathology
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11
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1311 - 1319
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Nature Publishing Group
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10.1038/modpathol.2008.124
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  abstract     = {{Myoepithelioma, mixed tumor and parachordoma are uncommon soft tissue tumors thought to represent morphological variants of a single tumor type. The genetic basis of these neoplasms is poorly understood. However, they morphologically resemble mixed tumor of the salivary glands (also known as pleomorphic adenoma), a tumor characterized by deregulated expression of PLAG1 or HMGA2. To evaluate a possible genetic relationship between these soft tissue and salivary gland tumors, PLAG1 expression levels and the genomic status of PLAG1 and HMGA2 were investigated in five soft tissue myoepitheliomas and one pleomorphic adenoma. In addition, all tumors were cytogenetically investigated and whole genome DNA copy number imbalances were studied in five of them. The genetic profiles were heterogeneous and the only aberration common to all soft tissue myoepitheliomas was a minimally deleted region of 3.55 Mb in chromosome band 19p13. Recurrent deletion of CDKN2A suggests that inactivation of this tumor suppressor gene is pathogenetically important in a subset. Furthermore, PLAG1 rearrangement was found in a soft tissue tumor from a patient previously treated for a salivary pleomorphic adenoma, indicating either metastasis of the salivary gland lesion or that some soft tissue tumors develop through the same mechanisms as their salivary gland counterparts.}},
  author       = {{Hansén Nord, Karolin and Teixeira, Manuel R. and Fletcher, Christopher D. M. and Bizarro, Susana and Staaf, Johan and Domanski, Henryk and Vult von Steyern, Fredrik and Panagopoulos, Ioannis and Mandahl, Nils and Mertens, Fredrik}},
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  language     = {{eng}},
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  pages        = {{1311--1319}},
  publisher    = {{Nature Publishing Group}},
  series       = {{Modern Pathology}},
  title        = {{Heterogeneous genetic profiles in soft tissue myoepitheliomas}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/modpathol.2008.124}},
  doi          = {{10.1038/modpathol.2008.124}},
  volume       = {{21}},
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