[Gene profiling of MAPK pathway in human osteosarcoma].
OBJECTIVE
To explore the functional effects of MAPK pathway in the pathogenesis of human osteosarcoma.


METHODS
Gene microarray (Human Genome U133A, Affymetrix) was used to screen the differential expression of genes involved in MAPK pathway between osteosarcoma cell lines and 3 osteoblastic cell lines. KEGG metabolic pathway analysis was performed among significantly increased or decreased genes using the MATLAB software. Immunohistochemical technique was used to detect the expressions of ERK1/2, JNK and p38 proteins among 48 osteosarcoma and benign 24 osteoblastic tumor samples.


RESULTS
Using an entrance limit of > or = 2.0, 18 differentially expressed MAPK pathway-related genes were selected (10 up-regulated, 8 down-regulated) to mapped to the MAPK pathway of KEGG which are all important node genes. The positive rates of ERK1/2, JNK and p38 proteins were 83.3% (40/48), 72.9% (35/48) and 85.4% (41/48) in osteosarcomas,and 12.5% (3/24), 8.3% (2/24) and 16.7% (4/24) in the control group, respectively. The positive rates and expression intensities were statistically different between the 2 groups (P<0.01).


CONCLUSIONS
MAPK pathway plays an important role in the pathogenesis of osteosarcoma. ERK, JNK and p38 form an intercoordinating network and regulate the cell proliferation, differentiation, apoptosis, invasion and migration in osteosarcoma.
Li
Guo-dong
GD
Department of Orthopedics, the 10th People's Hospital Affiliated to Tongji University, Shanghai 200433, China.
Cai
Zheng-dong
ZD
Zhang
Yin-quan
YQ
Gong
Hai-yang
HY
Tang
Hao
H
Zhang
Qiu-lin
QL
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001859:Bone Neoplasms / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology; D045744:Cell Line, Tumor; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D020869:Gene Expression Profiling; D006801:Humans; D048031:JNK Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases / Q000378:metabolism; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D019950:Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase 1 / Q000378:metabolism; D048052:Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase 3 / Q000378:metabolism; D020928:Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases / Q000378:metabolism*; D020411:Oligonucleotide Array Sequence Analysis; D018215:Osteoblastoma / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology; D012516:Osteosarcoma / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology; D015398:Signal Transduction; D055815:Young Adult; D048051:p38 Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases / Q000378:metabolism
D048031:JNK Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases; C535150:MAPK1 protein, human; D019950:Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase 1; D048052:Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase 3; D020928:Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases; D048051:p38 Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases