Epidermal growth factor receptorgene amplification and expression in disseminated pediatric low-grade gliomas
| Autor: | Gideon Rechavi, Shlomo Constantini, Yaara Dromi, Rina Dvir, Shai Izraeli, Ninette Amariglio, Leonor Leider-Trejo, Amos Toren, Uri Tabori, Shlomit Rienstein, Ayala Aviram, Yoav Burstein |
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| Rok vydání: | 2005 |
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Pathology medicine.medical_specialty Gene Expression Central Nervous System Neoplasms Central nervous system disease Glioma Gene duplication medicine Humans Epidermal growth factor receptor Child In Situ Hybridization Fluorescence Chromosome 7 (human) medicine.diagnostic_test biology business.industry Gene Amplification Infant General Medicine medicine.disease Immunohistochemistry ErbB Receptors Child Preschool Disease Progression biology.protein Hybridization Genetic Female business Chromosomes Human Pair 7 Fluorescence in situ hybridization Comparative genomic hybridization |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Neurosurgery: Pediatrics. 103:357-361 |
| ISSN: | 1933-0707 |
| DOI: | 10.3171/ped.2005.103.4.0357 |
| Popis: | Pediatric low-grade gliomas (LGGs) are the largest group of central nervous system neoplasms in children. Although these tumors are generally benign, 5 to 10% of patients with pediatric LGGs present with leptomeningeal dissemination. The genetic and biological nature of these tumors is poorly understood. The authors looked for certain molecular abnormalities that may differentiate disseminated gliomas from the other pediatric LGGs.Comparative genomic hybridization (CGH) was applied to 18 pediatric LGGs. Six cases featuring disseminated pediatric LGGs were compared with 12 control cases involving nondisseminated pediatric LGGs. Fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) analysis and immunohistochemical analysis were used to highlight further specific genetic targets. The CGH revealed multiple chromosomal abnormalities in five of six cases with disseminated gliomas and in six of 12 control cases. No correlation was found between the number of chromosomal abnormalities and dissemination status. Amplification of chromosome 7 was noted in four of six cases with disseminated gliomas as opposed to one of 12 control cases (p = 0.02). The FISH analysis revealed epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) amplification in one case negative to chromosome 7 amplification by CGH, raising the amplification cases to five of six (p = 0.0038). Immunohistochemical analysis for EGFR was positive in six of six cases and in two of 12 control cases (p = 0.0015). At the end of a mean follow-up period of 7.2 years, all patients with disseminated gliomas are alive with variable but slow disease progression.The high rate of EGFR gene amplification and protein expression in disseminated pediatric LGGs is intriguing and may have implications for our understanding of the role of EGFR in glioma genesis. Targeted therapies may be available for these children. Larger-scale studies are needed to establish further these findings. |
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