title: Identification of novel genes associated with astrocytoma progression using suppression subtractive hybridization and real-time reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction.
abstract: To identify novel genes involved in glioma progression we performed suppression subtractive hybridization combined with cDNA array analysis on 4 patients with primary low-grade gliomas of World Health Organization (WHO) grade II that recurred as secondary glioblastomas (WHO grade IV). Eight genes showing differential expression between primary and recurrent tumors in 3 of the 4 patients were selected for further analysis using real-time reverse transcription-PCR on a series of 10 pairs of primary low-grade and recurrent high-grade gliomas as well as 42 astrocytic gliomas of different WHO grades. These analyses revealed that 5 genes, i.e., AMOG (ATP1B2, 17p13.1), APOD (3q26.2-qter), DMXL1 (5q23.1) DRR1 (TU3A, 3p14.2) and PSD3 (KIAA09428/HCA67/EFA6R, 8p22), were expressed at significantly lower levels in secondary glioblastomas as compared to diffuse astrocytomas of WHO grade II. In addition, AMOG, DRR1 and PSD3 transcript levels were significantly lower in primary glioblastomas than in diffuse astrocytomas. Treatment of glioma cell lines with 5-aza-2'-deoxycytidine and trichostatin A resulted in increased expression of AMOG and APOD transcripts. Sequencing of sodium bisulfite-modified DNA demonstrated AMOG promoter hypermethylation in the glioma cell lines and 1 primary anaplastic astrocytoma with low AMOG expression. Taken together, we identified interesting novel candidate genes that likely contribute to glioma progression and provide first evidence for a role of epigenetic silencing of AMOG in malignant glioma cells.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neuropathology, Heinrich-Heine-University, Düsseldorf, Germany.
authors.forename: Jörg
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: van den Boom
authors.forename: Marietta
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Wolter
authors.forename: Britta
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Blaschke
authors.forename: Christiane B
authors.initials: CB
authors.lastname: Knobbe
authors.forename: Guido
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Reifenberger
mesh_terms: D000251:Adenosine Triphosphatases / Q000235:genetics*; D000964:Antimetabolites, Antineoplastic / Q000494:pharmacology; D001053:Apolipoproteins / Q000235:genetics; D053399:Apolipoproteins D; D001254:Astrocytoma / Q000235:genetics*; D001374:Azacitidine / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000494:pharmacology; D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor / Q000235:genetics; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000235:genetics*; D027682:Cation Transport Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D015816:Cell Adhesion Molecules, Neuronal / Q000235:genetics*; D019175:DNA Methylation; D000077209:Decitabine; D018450:Disease Progression; D020869:Gene Expression Profiling; D015972:Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic; D020868:Gene Silencing / Q000187:drug effects; D016147:Genes, Tumor Suppressor; D006023:Glycoproteins / Q000235:genetics; D020662:Guanine Nucleotide Exchange Factors; D006655:Histone Deacetylases / Q000235:genetics; D006801:Humans; D006877:Hydroxamic Acids / Q000494:pharmacology; D026901:Membrane Transport Proteins / Q000235:genetics; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins / Q000235:genetics; D009687:Nuclear Proteins / Q000235:genetics; D009693:Nucleic Acid Hybridization / Q000379:methods; D020411:Oligonucleotide Array Sequence Analysis; D011500:Protein Synthesis Inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology; D011506:Proteins / Q000235:genetics; D020133:Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction / Q000379:methods; D000099186:Histone Deacetylase 3
chemical_list: D000251:Adenosine Triphosphatases; D000964:Antimetabolites, Antineoplastic; D001053:Apolipoproteins; D053399:Apolipoproteins D; D001374:Azacitidine; D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor; D027682:Cation Transport Proteins; D015816:Cell Adhesion Molecules, Neuronal; D000077209:Decitabine; D006023:Glycoproteins; D020662:Guanine Nucleotide Exchange Factors; D006655:Histone Deacetylases; D006877:Hydroxamic Acids; D026901:Membrane Transport Proteins; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins; D009687:Nuclear Proteins; D011500:Protein Synthesis Inhibitors; D011506:Proteins; D000099186:Histone Deacetylase 3; C024328:APOD protein, human; C504190:ATP1B2 protein, human; C408893:DMXL1 protein, human; C403503:FAM107A protein, human; C109970:PSD protein, human; C012589:trichostatin A