Alterations of the tumor suppressor genes CDKN2A (p16(INK4a)), p14(ARF), CDKN2B (p15(INK4b)), and CDKN2C (p18(INK4c)) in atypical and anaplastic meningiomas

• Published in: The American journal of pathology Vol. 159; no. 2; pp. 661 - 669
• Main Authors: Boström, J, Meyer-Puttlitz, B, Wolter, M, Blaschke, B, Weber, R G, Lichter, P, Ichimura, K, Collins, V P, Reifenberger, G
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 01-08-2001
• Subjects: Adult; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Base Sequence; Carrier Proteins - genetics; Cell Cycle Proteins; Child; Chromosome Mapping; Chromosomes, Human, Pair 1; Chromosomes, Human, Pair 9; Cyclin-Dependent Kinase Inhibitor p15; Cyclin-Dependent Kinase Inhibitor p16; Cyclin-Dependent Kinase Inhibitor p18; Cyclin-Dependent Kinase Inhibitor p21; Cyclin-Dependent Kinases - antagonists & inhibitors; Cyclins - genetics; Enzyme Inhibitors; Female; Gene Dosage; Genes, Tumor Suppressor; Humans; Loss of Heterozygosity; Male; Meningeal Neoplasms - genetics; Meningeal Neoplasms - pathology; Meningeal Neoplasms - surgery; Meningioma - genetics; Meningioma - pathology; Meningioma - surgery; Microsatellite Repeats; Middle Aged; Molecular Sequence Data; Proteins - genetics; Tumor Suppressor Protein p14ARF; Tumor Suppressor Proteins
• ISSN: 0002-9440
• DOI: 10.1016/s0002-9440(10)61737-3

We investigated 67 meningothelial tumors (20 benign meningiomas, 34 atypical meningiomas, and 13 anaplastic meningiomas) for losses of genetic information from chromosome arms 1p and 9p, as well as for deletion, mutation, and expression of the tumor suppressor genes CDKN2A (p16(INKa)/MTS1), p14(ARF), CDKN2B (p15(INK4b)/MTS2) (all located at 9p21) and CDKN2C (1p32). Comparative genomic hybridization and microsatellite analysis showed losses on 1p in 11 anaplastic meningiomas (85%), 23 atypical meningiomas (68%), and 5 benign meningiomas (25%). One atypical meningioma with loss of heterozygosity on 1p carried a somatic CDKN2C mutation (c.202C>T: R68X). Losses on 9p were found in five anaplastic meningiomas (38%), six atypical meningiomas (18%), and one benign meningioma (5%). Six anaplastic meningiomas (46%) and one atypical meningioma (3%) showed homozygous deletions of the CDKN2A, p14(ARF), and CDKN2B genes. Two anaplastic meningiomas carried somatic point mutations in CDKN2A (c.262G>T: E88X and c.262G>A: E88K) and p14(ARF) (c.305G>T: G102V and c.305G>A: G102E). One anaplastic meningioma, three atypical meningiomas, and one benign meningioma without a demonstrated homozygous deletion or mutation of CDKN2A, p14(ARF), or CDKN2B lacked detectable transcripts from at least one of these genes. Hypermethylation of CDKN2A, p14(ARF), and CDKN2B could be demonstrated in one of these cases. Taken together, our results indicate that CDKN2C is rarely altered in meningiomas. However, the majority of anaplastic meningiomas either show homozygous deletions of CDKN2A, p14(ARF), and CDKN2B, mutations in CDKN2A and p14(ARF), or lack of expression of one or more of these genes. Thus, inactivation of the G(1)/S-phase cell-cycle checkpoint is an important aberration in anaplastic meningiomas.