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Br J Cancer ; 110(3): 636-47, 2014 Feb 04.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-24346283

ABSTRACT

BACKGROUND: microRNA-9 is a key regulator of neuronal development aberrantly expressed in brain malignancies, including medulloblastoma. The mechanisms by which microRNA-9 contributes to medulloblastoma pathogenesis remain unclear, and factors that regulate this process have not been delineated. METHODS: Expression and methylation status of microRNA-9 in medulloblastoma cell lines and primary samples were analysed. The association of microRNA-9 expression with medulloblastoma patients' clinical outcome was assessed, and the impact of microRNA-9 restoration was functionally validated in medulloblastoma cells. RESULTS: microRNA-9 expression is repressed in a large subset of MB samples compared with normal fetal cerebellum. Low microRNA-9 expression correlates significantly with the diagnosis of unfavourable histopathological variants and with poor clinical outcome. microRNA-9 silencing occurs via cancer-specific CpG island hypermethylation. HES1 was identified as a direct target of microRNA-9 in medulloblastoma, and restoration of microRNA-9 was shown to trigger cell cycle arrest, to inhibit clonal growth and to promote medulloblastoma cell differentiation. CONCLUSIONS: microRNA-9 is a methylation-silenced tumour suppressor that could be a potential candidate predictive marker for poor prognosis of medulloblastoma. Loss of microRNA-9 may confer a proliferative advantage to tumour cells, and it could possibly contribute to disease pathogenesis. Thus, re-expression of microRNA-9 may constitute a novel epigenetic regulation strategy against medulloblastoma.


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Basic Helix-Loop-Helix Transcription Factors/biosynthesis , Brain Neoplasms/genetics , Epigenesis, Genetic , Homeodomain Proteins/biosynthesis , Medulloblastoma/genetics , MicroRNAs/genetics , Adult , Aged , Basic Helix-Loop-Helix Transcription Factors/genetics , Brain Neoplasms/pathology , Cell Differentiation/genetics , Cell Line, Tumor , Cell Proliferation , Cerebellum/metabolism , CpG Islands/genetics , Female , Fetus/metabolism , Gene Silencing , Homeodomain Proteins/genetics , Humans , Male , Medulloblastoma/pathology , MicroRNAs/metabolism , Prognosis , Promoter Regions, Genetic , Transcription Factor HES-1
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Rev cuba anestesiol reanim ; 2(1)ene.-mar.2003. tab, graf
Article in Spanish | CUMED | ID: cum-24237

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La cirugía de cáncer pulmonar exhibe riesgos, pero es el único tratamiento eficaz. Se evalua el comportamiento de la relación reserva de oxígeno pulmonar/consumo de oxígeno, en la resección pulmonar parcial y total. Se determinó el tiempo de apnea que tarda la hemoglobina en desaturarse hasta 95 (por ciento) al comienzo de la intervención (apnea inicial) y por medio de una fórmula que relacionó ese valor con los segmentos funcionantes preoperatorios y los que quedarían posterior al acto quirúrgico para calcular el posible tiempo final de apnea (apnea final calculada). Al finalizar la intervención se midió el tiempo final de apnea (apnea final medida) y se comparó con el calculado. Por último se relacionó con la evolución postoperatoria, en cuanto a la separación del ventilador. Se realizaron 10 resecciones pulmonares totales y 13 parciales. La apnea final medida fue igual o superior a la final calculada en 16 de los 23 pacientes (70 (por ciento), 7 pacientes propuestos para resección parcial (53.8 (por ciento) y 9 de los que se le realizó neumectomías (90 (por ciento). Todos los pacientes se separaron del ventilador sin dificultad. La relación reserva pulmonar/consumo de oxígeno estimada por el tiempo que la hemoglobina tarda en desaturarse hasta 95 (por ciento), podría ser un buen indicador intraoperatorio de operabilidad en la cirugía del cáncer pulmonar, si durante el acto operatorio se decide practicar la neumectomía, en aquellos pacientes con resección parcial planificada(AU)


Subject(s)
Humans , Male , Female , Oxygen Consumption , Lung Neoplasms/surgery , Pneumonectomy , Pulmonary Ventilation
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