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Comparison of fluorescence in situ hybridization and flow cytometric DNA ploidy analysis in paraffin-embedded prostatic adenocarcinoma specimens. 1995

B Lifson, and J G Pizzolo, and A A Elhosseiny, and M S Choudhury, and M R Melamed
Department of Urology, New York Medical College, Valhalla 10595, USA.

Cancer cell nuclei extracted from 15 paraffin-embedded radical prostatectomy specimens were examined with fluorescent in situ hybridization (FISH) and flow cytometry (FCM) for DNA ploidy. Repetitive chromosome-specific alpha-satellite DNA probes to centromeres 7 and 10 were used in the FISH assay. Results from FISH and FCM were compared and viewed in relation to clinical experience. Of the 15 tumors examined, 9 were hyperdiploid for at least one chromosome by FISH assay. Seven were aneuploid by FCM, showing a good correlation between the two methods (P = .006). Using either evidence of clinical progression or a postoperative prostate-specific antigen (PSA) level > 0.5 ng/mL by Hybritech assay to indicate the risk of clinical progression, 56% of FISH hyperdiploid tumors had a risk of progression of carcinoma versus 17% of FISH diploid tumors. A preoperative PSA level > 30 ng/mL had a marginal correlation with risk of progression (P = .05). We demonstrate that FISH is a useful tool for chromosomal analysis in paraffin-embedded tumor specimens.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D008297 Male Males
D011003 Ploidies The degree of replication of the chromosome set in the karyotype. Ploidy
D011379 Prognosis A prediction of the probable outcome of a disease based on a individual's condition and the usual course of the disease as seen in similar situations. Prognostic Factor,Prognostic Factors,Factor, Prognostic,Factors, Prognostic,Prognoses
D011471 Prostatic Neoplasms Tumors or cancer of the PROSTATE. Cancer of Prostate,Prostate Cancer,Cancer of the Prostate,Neoplasms, Prostate,Neoplasms, Prostatic,Prostate Neoplasms,Prostatic Cancer,Cancer, Prostate,Cancer, Prostatic,Cancers, Prostate,Cancers, Prostatic,Neoplasm, Prostate,Neoplasm, Prostatic,Prostate Cancers,Prostate Neoplasm,Prostatic Cancers,Prostatic Neoplasm
D002879 Chromosomes, Human, Pair 10 A specific pair of GROUP C CHROMOSOMES of the human chromosome classification. Chromosome 10
D002897 Chromosomes, Human, Pair 7 A specific pair of GROUP C CHROMOSOMES of the human chromosome classification. Chromosome 7
D004247 DNA A deoxyribonucleotide polymer that is the primary genetic material of all cells. Eukaryotic and prokaryotic organisms normally contain DNA in a double-stranded state, yet several important biological processes transiently involve single-stranded regions. DNA, which consists of a polysugar-phosphate backbone possessing projections of purines (adenine and guanine) and pyrimidines (thymine and cytosine), forms a double helix that is held together by hydrogen bonds between these purines and pyrimidines (adenine to thymine and guanine to cytosine). DNA, Double-Stranded,Deoxyribonucleic Acid,ds-DNA,DNA, Double Stranded,Double-Stranded DNA,ds DNA
D005434 Flow Cytometry Technique using an instrument system for making, processing, and displaying one or more measurements on individual cells obtained from a cell suspension. Cells are usually stained with one or more fluorescent dyes specific to cell components of interest, e.g., DNA, and fluorescence of each cell is measured as it rapidly transverses the excitation beam (laser or mercury arc lamp). Fluorescence provides a quantitative measure of various biochemical and biophysical properties of the cell, as well as a basis for cell sorting. Other measurable optical parameters include light absorption and light scattering, the latter being applicable to the measurement of cell size, shape, density, granularity, and stain uptake. Cytofluorometry, Flow,Cytometry, Flow,Flow Microfluorimetry,Fluorescence-Activated Cell Sorting,Microfluorometry, Flow,Cell Sorting, Fluorescence-Activated,Cell Sortings, Fluorescence-Activated,Cytofluorometries, Flow,Cytometries, Flow,Flow Cytofluorometries,Flow Cytofluorometry,Flow Cytometries,Flow Microfluorometries,Flow Microfluorometry,Fluorescence Activated Cell Sorting,Fluorescence-Activated Cell Sortings,Microfluorimetry, Flow,Microfluorometries, Flow,Sorting, Fluorescence-Activated Cell,Sortings, Fluorescence-Activated Cell
D005500 Follow-Up Studies Studies in which individuals or populations are followed to assess the outcome of exposures, procedures, or effects of a characteristic, e.g., occurrence of disease. Followup Studies,Follow Up Studies,Follow-Up Study,Followup Study,Studies, Follow-Up,Studies, Followup,Study, Follow-Up,Study, Followup
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man

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