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ArticleJournal of neuro-oncology2012

Expression profile of frizzled receptors in human medulloblastomas.

Ettore Salsano, Rosina Paterra, Miriam Figus, Francesca Menghi, Emanuela Maderna, Bianca Pollo, Carlo Lazzaro Solero, Luca Massimi, Gaetano Finocchiaro

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Article in Journal of neuro-oncology, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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9 citing papers in PubMed, 19 citations in OpenAlex.

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9 authors at 3 institutions in 3 countries.

Ettore SalsanoUO Neuro-oncologia Molecolare-Neurologia VIII, Fondazione IRCCS, Istituto Neurologico "C. Besta", Via Celoria 11, 20133 Milan, Italy. ettore.salsano@istituto-besta.it
Rosina Paterra
Miriam Figus
Francesca Menghi
Emanuela Maderna
Bianca Pollo
Carlo Lazzaro Solero
Luca Massimi
Gaetano Finocchiaro
Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Neurologico Carlo Besta · ITAgostino Gemelli University Polyclinic · ITInstitute of Child Health · IN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Secreted WNT proteins signal through ten receptors of the frizzled (FZD) family. Because of the relevance of the WNT/β-catenin (CTNNB1) signaling pathway in medulloblastomas (MBs), we investigated the expression of all ten members of the FZD gene family (FZD1-10) in 17 human MBs, four MB cell lines and in normal human cerebellum, using real-time PCR. We found that FZD2 transcript was over-expressed in all MBs and MB cell lines. Western blot analysis confirmed the expression of FZD2 at the protein level. Moreover, the levels of FZD2 transcript were found to correlate with those of ASPM transcript, a marker of mitosis essential for mitotic spindle function. Accordingly, ASPM mRNA was expressed at a very low level in the adult, post-mitotic, human cerebellum, at higher levels in fetal cerebellum and at highest levels in MB tissues and cell lines. Unlike FZD2, the other FZDs were overexpressed (e.g., FZD1, FZD3 and FZD8) or underexpressed (e.g., FZD7, FZD9 and FZD10) in a case-restricted manner. Interestingly, we did not find any nuclear immuno-reactivity to CTNNB1 in four MBs over-expressing both FZD2 and other FZD receptors, confirming the lack of nuclear CTNNB1 staining in the presence of increased FZD expression, as in other tumor types. Overall, our results indicate that altered expression of FZD2 might be associated with a proliferative status, thus playing a role in the biology of human MBs, and possibly of cerebellar progenitors from which these malignancies arise.

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Adultbeta CateninBiomarkers, TumorBlotting, WesternCerebellar NeoplasmsChildCluster AnalysisFrizzled ReceptorsHumansImmunohistochemistryMedulloblastomaNerve Tissue ProteinsReal-Time Polymerase Chain ReactionReverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain ReactionSignal TransductionASPM protein, humanbeta CateninBiomarkers, TumorCTNNB1 protein, humanFrizzled ReceptorsNerve Tissue Proteins

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PMID21850537
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