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JMD 2000, Vol. 2, No. 1
Copyright © 2000 American Society for Investigative Pathology & Association for Molecular Pathology

Multiplex Genotype Analysis of Invasive Carcinoma and Accompanying Proliferative Lesions Microdissected from Breast Tissue

Xiangfeng Cui*, Helen Feiner{dagger}, Zhenwu Lin* and Honghua Li*

From the Coriell Institute for Medical Research, * Camden, New Jersey; and the New York University Medical Center and Kaplan Comprehensive Cancer Center, {dagger} New York, New York

To understand the genetic basis of breast cancer in a comprehensive way, purported precursor lesions need to be analyzed at a large number of genetic marker loci and compared with each other and with the invasive components. However, the microscopic size of most of these lesions and the very small amount of material that can be obtained through microdissection limit the number of loci that can be included in the analysis. To address this issue, a multiplex genotyping approach has been developed. With this approach, polymorphic sequences at 28 marker loci were amplified simultaneously from the microdissected components in 5-µm paraffin-embedded breast tissue sections. The genotypes of the lesions were determined after resolving the amplified allelic products by denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis. Because the material isolated from each lesion in a single 5-µm section was sufficient for several 28-locus assays and several successive tissue sections with the same set of lesions may be prepared, it is possible to determine the genotype of each lesion at hundreds of genetic marker loci that may well cover the human genome. Analyzing a sufficient number of cases may yield information that could be used to understand the genetic basis of breast cancer development in a comprehensive way.




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