Multiple CDK/CYCLIND genes are amplified in medulloblastoma and supratentorial primitive neuroectodermal brain tumor
| Autor: | Wan L. Lam, Will Lockwood, Jeremy A. Squire, Maisa Yoshimoto, Cynthia Hawkins, Annie Huang, Hai Yan, Meihua Li, Charles G. Eberhart, Paul A. Northcott, Michael D. Taylor, James T. Rutka, Young Shing Ra, Eric Bouffet, Maria Zielenska |
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| Rok vydání: | 2012 |
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Cancer Research Brain tumor Mice Nude Polymerase Chain Reaction Retinoblastoma Protein Mice Cyclin D1 Cyclin-dependent kinase CCND1 Gene Amplification Cell Line Tumor Cyclin D Gene duplication Genetics medicine Animals Humans Cerebellar Neoplasms neoplasms Molecular Biology Medulloblastoma Comparative Genomic Hybridization Gene knockdown biology Cell Cycle Gene Amplification Supratentorial Neoplasms Cyclin-Dependent Kinase 6 medicine.disease Cyclin-Dependent Kinases Gene Knockdown Techniques biology.protein Cancer research Cyclin-dependent kinase 6 |
| Zdroj: | Cancer Genetics. 205:220-231 |
| ISSN: | 2210-7762 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.cancergen.2012.03.002 |
| Popis: | Embryonal brain tumors, which include medulloblastoma and the more aggressive supratentorial primitive neuroectodermal tumor (sPNET), comprise one of the largest group of malignant pediatric brain tumors. We observed in high resolution array comparative genomic hybridization and polymerase chain reaction analyses that several different components of the CDK/CYCLIND/pRB regulatory complex, including the CDK4 / 6 and CCND1 / 2 loci, are targets of gene amplification in medulloblastoma and sPNET. CDK6 and CCND1 gene amplification were respectively most common and robust, and overall CDK/CYCLIND gene amplification was more commonly observed in sPNET (25%) than medulloblastoma (1–5%). CDK6 overexpression enhanced in vitro and in vivo oncogenicity and endogenous CDK6 or CCND1 knockdown decreased pRB phosphorylation and impaired cell cycle progression in both medulloblastoma and sPNET cell lines. Although animal models implicate the pRB tumor suppressor pathway in medulloblastoma and sPNET, mutations of RB1 or the related INK4 tumor suppressor loci are rare in primary human tumors. Our data suggest that CDK/CYCLIND gene amplification may represent important mechanisms for functional inactivation of pRB in medulloblastoma and sPNET. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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