title: Expression of heat shock proteins, glutathione peroxidase and catalase in childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia and nephroblastoma.
abstract: In this study we analyzed the mRNA expression of the heat shock proteins 27 and 70, and the expression of the radical scavenging enzymes catalase and glutathione peroxidase (GPX) in childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL, n = 54) and in nephroblastoma (n = 34). We found a significant positive correlation between both heat shock proteins and also between glutathione peroxidase and both heat shock proteins in ALL and nephroblastoma. There was also a significant correlation between catalase and glutathione peroxidase detectable. Furthermore, we investigated whether the expression of the heat shock proteins and the antioxidant enzymes glutathione peroxidase and catalase have implications in the clinical outcome in ALL. However, we found no significant correlation between the expression of these proteins and relapse rate, the relapse free intervals or the overall survival.
authors.affiliation: German Cancer Research Center, Department 0511, Heidelberg, Germany.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Stammler
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Volm
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000971:Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002374:Catalase / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D019008:Drug Resistance, Neoplasm; D005260:Female; D005979:Glutathione Peroxidase / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D018840:HSP70 Heat-Shock Proteins / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D006360:Heat-Shock Proteins / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D054198:Precursor Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000201:enzymology / Q000378:metabolism*; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000378:metabolism; D009396:Wilms Tumor / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000201:enzymology / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D018840:HSP70 Heat-Shock Proteins; D006360:Heat-Shock Proteins; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D002374:Catalase; D005979:Glutathione Peroxidase