Gene and protein expression profiling during differentiation of neuroblastoma cells triggered by 13-cis retinoic acid.
OBJECTIVE
The precise changes in RNA and protein expression that accompany neuroblastoma differentiation remain unknown. The authors used microarray technologies to screen molecules associated with the differentiation of neuroblastoma (NB) cells induced by 13-cis retinoic acid.


METHODS
The authors quantified the expression of 2,061 RNA transcripts related to oncogenesis and of 380 proteins expressed in SK-N-SH and CHP-134 NB cell lines in the presence or absence of 13-cis retinoic acid.


RESULTS
Hierarchical clustering captured gene expression altered during neuroblastoma differentiation induced by 13-cis retinoic acid. Several genes were further abstracted based on P values below 0.0017 or protein chips observed in both NB cell lines. The altered expressions of gene products revealed by both DNA and protein chips were in agreement. The expressions of N-myc, cyclin D3, and Wnt10B were downregulated, whereas those of retinoblastoma (RB) and related genes (p107, RB2/p130, p300/CBP, E2F-1, DP-1) as well as others were upregulated.


CONCLUSIONS
These results suggest that microarray technology can screen for genes that are important in neuroblastoma differentiation.
Yuza
Yuki
Y
Department of Pediatrics, Jikei University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.
Agawa
Miyuki
M
Matsuzaki
Masaharu
M
Yamada
Hisashi
H
Urashima
Mitsuyoshi
M
D000970:Antineoplastic Agents / Q000494:pharmacology*; D002454:Cell Differentiation / Q000187:drug effects / Q000235:genetics; D020869:Gene Expression Profiling; D015972:Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic / Q000187:drug effects*; D006801:Humans; D015474:Isotretinoin / Q000494:pharmacology*; D009363:Neoplasm Proteins / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000235:genetics; D009447:Neuroblastoma / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology; D020411:Oligonucleotide Array Sequence Analysis; D040081:Protein Array Analysis; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000096:biosynthesis; D012334:RNA, Neoplasm / Q000096:biosynthesis; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism
D000970:Antineoplastic Agents; D009363:Neoplasm Proteins; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D012334:RNA, Neoplasm; D015474:Isotretinoin