Aneuploidy is commonly observed in breast cancer and is associated with poor prognosis. One frequent type of aneuploidy, hypertetraploidy, may derive from ploidy duplication of hyperdiploid cells. However, the patholo...Aneuploidy is commonly observed in breast cancer and is associated with poor prognosis. One frequent type of aneuploidy, hypertetraploidy, may derive from ploidy duplication of hyperdiploid cells. However, the pathological consequences of ploidy duplication in breast cancer progression have not been characterized. Here, we present an experimental system demonstrating spontaneous appearance of hypertetraploid cells from organ-specific metastatic variants of the MDA-MB-231 breast cancer cell line through ploidy duplication in vitro and in vivo. The hypertetraploid progenies showed increased metastatic potential to lung and brain, but not to bone, which may be partially explained by the distinct capillary structures in these organs that confer differential lodging advantages to tumor cells with enlarged size. Our results suggest a potential mechanistic link between ploidy duplication and enhancement of metastatic potentials, as was observed in previous clinical studies of breast cancer.展开更多
目的探讨染色体微阵列分析技术(chromosomal microarray analysis,CMA)在流产或死胎原因分析中的应用价值及流产或死胎与染色体异常的关系。方法采用CMA技术对流产绒毛或死胎组织进行全基因组拷贝数变异(copy number variations,CNVs)...目的探讨染色体微阵列分析技术(chromosomal microarray analysis,CMA)在流产或死胎原因分析中的应用价值及流产或死胎与染色体异常的关系。方法采用CMA技术对流产绒毛或死胎组织进行全基因组拷贝数变异(copy number variations,CNVs)检测。结果824例流产或死胎样本检测成功率100%,染色体异常381例(46.2%),其中数目异常312例(81.9%),结构异常66例(17.3%),单亲二倍体(uniparental disomy,UPD)3例(0.8%)。数目异常中占比最大的为非整倍体,共287例(92.0%),以16-三体和Turner综合征最为多见,分别为41例(13.1%)和63例(20.2%)。66例染色体结构异常中,26例(39.4%)发生拷贝数重复,20例(30.3%)发生拷贝数缺失,20例(30.3%)发生拷贝数重复伴缺失,其中33例检出临床致病的可能性大。结论CMA是诊断流产或死胎病因的一种可靠、稳定、高分辨的技术。胚胎染色体数目异常是引起临床流产的主要遗传因素,其中以非整倍体变异最为常见。展开更多
文摘Aneuploidy is commonly observed in breast cancer and is associated with poor prognosis. One frequent type of aneuploidy, hypertetraploidy, may derive from ploidy duplication of hyperdiploid cells. However, the pathological consequences of ploidy duplication in breast cancer progression have not been characterized. Here, we present an experimental system demonstrating spontaneous appearance of hypertetraploid cells from organ-specific metastatic variants of the MDA-MB-231 breast cancer cell line through ploidy duplication in vitro and in vivo. The hypertetraploid progenies showed increased metastatic potential to lung and brain, but not to bone, which may be partially explained by the distinct capillary structures in these organs that confer differential lodging advantages to tumor cells with enlarged size. Our results suggest a potential mechanistic link between ploidy duplication and enhancement of metastatic potentials, as was observed in previous clinical studies of breast cancer.
