Brachyury gene copy number gain and activation of the PI3K/Akt pathway: association with upregulation of oncogenic Brachyury expression in skull base chordoma
- 1 May 2018
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Journal of Neurosurgery Publishing Group (JNSPG) in Journal of Neurosurgery
- Vol. 128 (5), 1428-1437
- https://doi.org/10.3171/2016.12.jns161444
Abstract
OBJECTIVEChordoma is a slow-growing but clinically malignant tumor, and the prognosis remains poor in many cases. There is a strong impetus to develop more effective targeted molecular therapies. On this basis, the authors investigated the potential of Brachyury, a transcription factor involved in notochord development, as a candidate molecular target for the treatment of chordoma.METHODSBrachyury gene copy number and expression levels were evaluated by quantitative polymerase chain reaction in 27 chordoma samples, and the transcriptomes of Brachyury high-expression tumors (n = 4) and Brachyury low-expression tumors (n = 4) were analyzed. A chordoma cell line (U-CH2) was used to investigate the signaling pathways that regulate Brachyury expression.RESULTSAll chordoma specimens expressed Brachyury, and expression levels varied widely. Patients with higher Brachyury expression had significantly shorter progression-free survival (5 months, n = 11) than those with lower expression (13 months, n = 16) (p = 0.0...Keywords
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