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Prognosis in human glioblastoma based on expression of ligand growth hormone-releasing hormone, pituitary-type growth hormone-releasing hormone receptor, its splicing variant receptors, EGF receptor and PTEN genes

Mezey, Géza and Treszl, Andrea and Schally, Andrew V. and Block, Normann L. and Vízkeleti, Laura and Juhász, Alíz and Klekner, Álmos and Nagy, János and Balázs, Margit and Halmos, Gábor and Bognár, László (2014) Prognosis in human glioblastoma based on expression of ligand growth hormone-releasing hormone, pituitary-type growth hormone-releasing hormone receptor, its splicing variant receptors, EGF receptor and PTEN genes. Journal of Cancer Research and Clinical Oncology, 140 (10). pp. 1641-1649. ISSN 0171-5216

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Abstract

Purpose G lioblastoma (GB) is the most frequent brain tumor. Despite recent improvement in therapeutic strategies, the prognosis of GB remains poor. Growth hormone-releasing hormone (GHRH) may act as a growth factor; antagonists of GHRH have been successfully applied for experimental treatment of different types of tumors. The expression profile of GHRH receptor, its main splice variant SV1 and GHRH have not been investigated in human GB tissue samples. Methods We examined the expression of GHRH, fulllength pituitary-type GHRH receptor (pGHRHR), its functional splice variant SV1 and non-functional SV2 by RTPCR in 23 human GB specimens. Epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) and phosphatase and tensin homolog gene (PTEN) expression levels were also evaluated by quantitative RT-PCR. Correlations between clinico-pathological parameters and gene expressions were analyzed. Results E xpression of GHRH was found to be positive in 61.9 % of samples. pGHRH receptor was not expressed in our sample set, while SV1 could be detected in 17.4 % and SV2 in 8.6 % of the GB tissues. In 65.2 and 78.3 % of samples, significant EGFR over-expression or PTEN under-representation could be detected, respectively. In 47.8 % of cases, EGFR up-regulation and PTEN down-regulation occurred together. Survival was significantly poorer in tumors lacking GHRH expression. This worse prognosis in GHRH negative group remained significant even if SV1 was also expressed. Conclusion Our study shows that GHRH and SV1 genes expressed in human GB samples and their expression patterns are associated with poorer prognosis.

Item Type: Article
Uncontrolled Keywords: GHRH, pGHRHR, Splice variants, SV1, EGFR, PTEN, Human glioblastoma
Subjects: R Medicine / orvostudomány > RC Internal medicine / belgyógyászat > RC0254 Neoplasms. Tumors. Oncology (including Cancer) / daganatok, tumorok, onkológia
Depositing User: Dr. Álmos Klekner
Date Deposited: 17 Nov 2014 07:50
Last Modified: 01 Aug 2016 23:15
URI: http://real.mtak.hu/id/eprint/15798

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