Chromosomal instability and APC gene mutations in human sporadic colorectal adenomas

The Journal of Pathology
W GiarettiM Risio

Abstract

The mechanisms by which adenomatous polyposis coli (APC) gene mutations contribute to colorectal tumourigenesis and progression are still not fully understood. Using in vitro mouse embryonic stem cells, APC mutations have been proposed to dysregulate the interactions between kinetochores and microtubules during mitosis, leading to chromosomal instability (CIN) and aneuploidy. A link between APC mutations and aneuploidy in vivo among human sporadic colorectal adenomas has not been reported previously and was therefore investigated in the present series of 61 adenomas. Multi-parameter flow cytometry, based on scattering and fluorescence from the DNA-specific 4,6-diamidino-2-phenylindole-2-hydrochloride (DAPI) dye, which separates epithelial from stromal lymphocyte nuclei, was used to evaluate the DNA index (DI) and to sort epithelial nuclei. Additionally, DNA extracted from these sorted nuclei was used to analyse APC mutations by DNA sequencing. Aneuploidy was present in 20 of 61 adenomas (33%), with 15 of these 20 cases (75%) having a near-diploid DI (DI different from 1 and less than 1.3). APC mutations were detected in 19 adenomas (31%): 12 were within or downstream of the mutation cluster region (MCR), roughly defined by codo...Continue Reading

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