Abstract |
Osteoarthritis (OA) and pigmented villonodular synovitis (PVNS) are disorders associated with trisomy 7. The aim of the present study was to determine the frequency and distribution of the cells with +7 in vivo by analyzing sections of paraffin-embedded synovia from patients affected by OA, PVNS, other forms of synovitis [hemorragic synovitis (HS) and chronic synovitis (CS)], and from individuals without joint disease. Fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH), using a centromeric probe for chromosome 7, showed that the mean frequency of trisomic nuclei in 5-microm sections was highest in PVNS (9.0%), followed by CS (5.9%), OA (5.6%), and HS (4.6%), whereas trisomic nuclei were rare (0.7%) in normal tissue. When 8-microm sections were studied, the frequencies of trisomic cells in OA and control synovia increased to 6.7% and 1.5%, respectively. Trisomic nuclei were found in all cases, including those for which cytogenetic analysis of short-term cultures had not disclosed any trisomic cells. Overall, the trisomic cells were scattered within the tissue. However, small clusters of cells with +7 were found in three cases. By hematoxylin- eosin staining of the slides used for FISH analysis it could be shown that the clustered trisomic cells were proliferating synoviocytes within villous extensions of the synovial membrane.
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Authors | A Dahlén, K Broberg, H A Domanski, S Toksvig-Larsen, A Lindstrand, N Mandahl, F Mertens |
Journal | Cancer genetics and cytogenetics
(Cancer Genet Cytogenet)
Vol. 131
Issue 1
Pg. 19-24
(Nov 2001)
ISSN: 0165-4608 [Print] United States |
PMID | 11734313
(Publication Type: Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't)
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Topics |
- Adult
- Aged
- Aged, 80 and over
- Cell Count
- Chromosomes, Human, Pair 7
(genetics)
- Data Interpretation, Statistical
- Female
- Humans
- In Situ Hybridization, Fluorescence
- Karyotyping
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Osteoarthritis
(genetics, pathology)
- Synovial Fluid
(metabolism)
- Synovitis, Pigmented Villonodular
(genetics, pathology)
- Trisomy
(genetics)
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