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ArticleMolecular oncology2022

The sex-dependent role of the androgen receptor in glioblastoma: results of molecular analyses.

Małgorzata Łysiak, Małgorzata Trybuła, Munila Mudaisi, Charlotte Bratthäll, Michael Strandeus, Peter Milos, Martin Hallbeck, Annika Malmström

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Article in Molecular oncology, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

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8 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Małgorzata ŁysiakDepartment of Biomedical and Clinical Sciences, Linköping University, Sweden.ORCID 0000-0002-0244-759X
Małgorzata TrybułaDepartment of Biomedical and Clinical Sciences, Linköping University, Sweden.
Munila MudaisiDepartment of Oncology, Linköping University Hospital, Sweden.
Charlotte BratthällDepartment of Oncology, District Hospital, Kalmar, Sweden.
Michael StrandeusDepartment of Oncology, Ryhov Hospital, Jönköping, Sweden.
Peter MilosDepartment of Biomedical and Clinical Sciences, Linköping University, Sweden.
Martin HallbeckDepartment of Biomedical and Clinical Sciences, Linköping University, Sweden.
Annika MalmströmDepartment of Biomedical and Clinical Sciences, Linköping University, Sweden.
Linköping University · SELandstinget i Kalmar län · SELinköping University Hospital · SERyhov Hospital Jönköping · SE

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We sought to analyse the androgen receptor (AR) in glioblastoma (GBM) due to the location of the AR gene on chromosome X, often reported with shorter survival and higher prevalence of GBM among males. Copy number (CN) and mRNA expression of AR were tested with droplet digital PCR in 91 fresh-frozen GBM samples and 170 formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded samples collected at Linköping University Hospital. The fresh-frozen cohort was also subjected to pyrosequencing methylation analysis of 17 CpG sites in the AR promoter. Additionally, the gene expression of AR was analysed in the fresh-frozen cohort and The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) cohort of isocitrate dehydrogenase wild-type primary GBM (135 females and 219 males). The association of AR expression and overall survival (OS) was tested with Kaplan-Meier log rank analysis after dichotomisation by maximally selected rank statistics. We found that AR CN alterations were more common in female GBM. AR gene expression correlated with methylation levels of different CpG sites in males and females but there was no difference in expression between sexes. Survival analysis of TCGA cohort revealed the opposite effect of AR overexpression on OS of males and females, with high AR expression correlating with shorter OS in females and longer OS in males. Additional gene set enrichment analysis showed that AR expression correlated with DNA repair response, especially in the male group. In summary, we found that high AR gene expression in GBM exhibits sex-dependent effects on patient survival, which, for males, is linked to DNA repair response.

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Brain NeoplasmsGlioblastomaDNA MethylationFemaleFormaldehydeHumansIsocitrate DehydrogenaseMaleReceptors, AndrogenRNA, MessengerFormaldehydeIsocitrate DehydrogenaseReceptors, AndrogenRNA, Messengerandrogen receptorglioblastomasex differences

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PMID35661403
PMCPMC9533693
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