Expressions of 14-3-3 gamma in Human Malignant Brain Tumors

• Main Authors: Chiu-li Kao, 高久理
• Other Authors: Chung-lung Cho
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2004
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/95949132187197833765

碩士 === 國立中山大學 === 生物醫學科學研究所 === 92 === The family of 14-3-3 proteins is crucial for various physiological cellular processes such as signaling, cell growth, division, differentiation, and apoptosis. One of the 14-3-3 proteins members, 14-3-3 gamma, is abundantly expressed in brain and had been detected in the cerebrospinal fluid of patients with different neurological disorders. Although 14-3-3 gamma played critical physiological or pathological role in brain, it has not been reported on brain tumorigenesis. To test expression of 14-3-3 gamma in brain tumor, 3 brain tumor cell lines and 4 normal brain tissues, 24 astrocytoma, 14 glioblastoma mutiform, 2 oligodenroglioma, 1 ependymoma were analyzed using RT-PCR, western blotting, immunohistochemistry, real-time quantitative PCR. The study found that the expressions of 14-3-3 gamma mRNA in all of tumor three cell lines was greater than normal brain tissue, but the 14-3-3 gamma proteins expressed were lower than normal brain tissue. In brain tumor tissues, higher 14-3-3 gamma mRNA expression was detected in 20 of 24 astrocytoma (83%) and higher 14-3-3 gamma protein expression was detected in 9 of 24 astrocytoma (37%). The expression of 14-3-3 gamma mRNA is higher than normal brain tissue in all 14 glioblastoma multiforme (100%), and the 14-3-3 gamma protein was expressed higher in 9 of 14 glioblastoma multiforme than normal brain tissue (64.3%). Besides, the 14-3-3 gamma protein expressed much higher in glioblastoma multiforme than astrocytoma .The copy number of the 14-3-3 gamma gene was higher in astrocytoma and glioblastoma multiforme than normal brain tissue. Thus, this study evidenced that the 14-3-3 gamma protein may play a crucial role during tumorigenesis of brain tumors.