TY - JOUR
TI - Expression of heat shock proteins in medulloblastoma: Laboratory investigation
AU - Alexiou, G.A.
AU - Vartholomatos, G.
AU - Stefanaki, K.
AU - Patereli, A.
AU - Dova, L.
AU - Karamoutsios, A.
AU - Lallas, G.
AU - Sfakianos, G.
AU - Moschovi, M.
AU - Prodromou, N.
JO - Journal of Neurosurgery: Pediatrics
PY - 2013
VL - 12
TODO - 5
SP - 452-457
PB - American Association of Neurological Surgeons
SN - 1933-0707, 1933-0715
TODO - 10.3171/2013.7.PEDS1376
TODO - carboplatin;  chaperonin 60;  cisplatin;  cyclophosphamide;  etoposide;  heat shock protein;  heat shock protein 27;  heat shock protein 40;  heat shock protein 70;  heat shock protein 90;  heat shock protein 90 alpha;  methotrexate;  protein bcl 2;  protein kinase B;  protein p53;  unclassified drug;  vincristine, adolescent;  article;  brain surgery;  cancer prognosis;  child;  clinical article;  combination chemotherapy;  craniospinal irradiation;  female;  human;  human tissue;  immunohistochemistry;  male;  medulloblastoma;  preschool child;  priority journal;  protein analysis;  protein expression;  retrospective study;  school child
TODO - Object. Medulloblastoma (MB) is the most common malignant brain tumor in children. Heat shock proteins (HSPs) comprise a superfamily of proteins that serve as molecular chaperones and are overexpressed in a wide range of human cancers. The purpose of the present study was to investigate the expression of HSP27 (pSer82), HSP27 (pSer15), HSP40, HSP60, HSP70, HSP90-α, Akt, and phospho-Akt by multiplex bead array assay of MBs. The results of HSP and Akt expression were correlated with MB subtype; immunohistochemical expression of Ki-67 index, bcl- 2, and p53; and patients' prognosis. Methods. The authors retrospectively evaluated 25 children with MB who underwent surgery. Immunohistochemical analysis of Ki-67, p53, and bcl-2 expression was performed in all cases. By using multiplex bead array assay, a simultaneous detection of HSP27 (pSer82), HSP27 (pSer15), HSP40, HSP60, HSP70, HSP90-α, Akt, and phospho-Akt was performed. Results. Medulloblastoma with extensive nodularity had significantly lower HSP27 (pSer15) expression (p = 0.039) but significantly higher HSP60 expression (p = 0.021) than classic MB. Large-cell MB had significantly higher HSP70 expression (p = 0.028) than classic MB. No significant difference was found between HSP27 (pSer82), HSP40, HSP90-α, Akt, or phospho-Akt expression and MB subtype. Large-cell MBs had significantly higher Ki-67 index compared with classic MBs (p = 0.033). When analyzing all MBs, there was a significant negative correlation between HSP27 (pSer15) and Ki-67 index (r = -0.475, p = 0.016); a significant positive correlation between HSP70 expression and Ki-67 index (r = 0.407, p = 0.043); and a significant positive correlation between HSP70 expression and bcl-2 index (r = 0.491, p = 0.023). Patients with large-cell MB had a worse survival than those with classic MB, but the difference did not reach statistical significance (p = 0.076). Conclusions. A substantial expression of several HSPs in MB was observed. Given that HSPs represent an attractive strategy for anticancer therapy, further studies, involving larger series of patients, are obviously necessary to clarify the relationship of HSPs with tumor aggressiveness and prognosis. © Copyright 1944-2013 American Association of Neurological Surgeons.
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