title: Clinical and biological significance of forkhead class box O 3a expression in glioma: mediation of glioma malignancy by transcriptional regulation of p27kip1.
abstract: Forkhead box class O 3a (FOXO3a) is an important direct target of the phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase (PI3K)/protein B(Akt) pathway, mediating signal transduction in regulating cell survival and cell-cycle progression. Recent reports have shown that FOXO3a inhibits cell-cycle progression at the G1/S transition by controlling transcription of the cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitor p27(kip1), which is frequently down-regulated in human cancers, including human glioma. In this study we investigated the status of FOXO3a expression and related signaling in human glioma in order to test its potential value as a therapeutic target for this disease. Immunohistochemistry, western blot, RT-PCR, and immunofluorescence staining analysis were performed on specimens from 70 cases of human glioma and on U87MG and T98G glioma cells. Our data showed FOXO3a expression is directly correlated with the malignant grade of glioma. More importantly, low expression of FOXO3a was associated with poor patient outcome. In vitro, FOXO3a modulated the cell cycle by transcriptional regulation of p27(kip1). Administration of the PI3K pharmacological inhibitor LY294002 abrogated this effect by regulating FOXO3a expression and subcellular localization. Our results suggested that FOXO3a may be a favorable independent prognostic indicator of glioma. Gene therapeutic approaches aimed at PI3K or at pharmacological inhibitors of PI3K to down-regulate P-FOXO3a expression could be developed for management of glioma.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Affiliated Huashan Hospital of Fudan University, Shanghai, Peoples' Republic of China.
authors.forename: Jinlong
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Shi
authors.forename: Li
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Aiguo
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Shen
authors.forename: Jianguo
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Yuchan
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Yueming
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Zhao
authors.forename: Lin
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Zou
authors.forename: Qing
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Ke
authors.forename: Fei
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: He
authors.forename: Ping
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Chun
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Cheng
authors.forename: Gongshen
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Shi
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000145:classification / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology; D002453:Cell Cycle / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology; D045744:Cell Line, Tumor; D002867:Chromones / Q000494:pharmacology; D050760:Cyclin-Dependent Kinase Inhibitor p27 / Q000378:metabolism*; D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology; D066246:ErbB Receptors / Q000378:metabolism; D005260:Female; D000071316:Forkhead Box Protein O3; D051858:Forkhead Transcription Factors / Q000378:metabolism*; D015972:Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D005910:Glioma / Q000145:classification / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D053208:Kaplan-Meier Estimate; D019394:Ki-67 Antigen / Q000378:metabolism; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009025:Morpholines / Q000494:pharmacology; D051059:PTEN Phosphohydrolase / Q000378:metabolism; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D013223:Statistics as Topic; D013997:Time Factors; D055815:Young Adult
chemical_list: D002867:Chromones; D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors; C499517:FOXO3 protein, human; D000071316:Forkhead Box Protein O3; D051858:Forkhead Transcription Factors; D019394:Ki-67 Antigen; D009025:Morpholines; D050760:Cyclin-Dependent Kinase Inhibitor p27; C085911:2-(4-morpholinyl)-8-phenyl-4H-1-benzopyran-4-one; C512478:EGFR protein, human; D066246:ErbB Receptors; D051059:PTEN Phosphohydrolase; C494929:PTEN protein, human