Polycomb genes expression as a predictor of poor clinical outcome in children with medulloblastoma
- نوع فایل : کتاب
- زبان : انگلیسی
- مؤلف : Magdalena Zakrzewska & Krzysztof Zakrzewski & Sylwia M. Grešner & Sylwester Piaskowski & Beata Zalewska-Szewczyk & Paweł P. Liberski
- چاپ و سال / کشور: 2010
Description
Introduction Medulloblastoma is the most frequent type of embryonal tumor in the pediatric population, accounting for 20–25% of all brain tumors in children. Recently, the suspected contribution of the Polycomb group (PcG) genes in medulloblastoma development was described. PcG genes play an important role in developmental processes; they are also involved in the self-renewal of hematopoietic and neural stem cells as well as in malignant transformation. Purpose In this study, we evaluated the expression of BMI1and PCGF2, members of family of PcG genes, and their potential target, MYC oncogene, and analyzed their association with demographic and clinical data. Materials and methods Thirty-one children (18 males and 13 females, aged from 0.4 to 17 years) with medulloblastoma were included in this study. The gene’s expression level was measured by quantitative real-time PCR, obtained using the two-color multiplexing technique. Results We found that the higher expression levels of BMI1 and PCGF2 genes were associated with significantly decreased patient survival (p=0.02 and p=0.012, respectively). Significant differences between gender were found, with a higher expression level of the PCGF2 gene observed among females (p=0.02). Conclusion Our analysis showed correlation between BMI1 and PCGF2 gene’s expression and survival in children with medulloblastoma
Childs Nerv Syst (2011) 27:79–86 DOI 10.1007/s00381-010-1260-5 Received: 12 February 2010 / Accepted: 30 July 2010 / Published online: 18 August 2010
