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- Title
Abundant hypermethylation of SOCS-1 in clinically silent pituitary adenomas.
- Authors
Buslei, Rolf; Kreutzer, Jürgen; Hofmann, Bernd; Schmidt, Verena; Siebzehnrübl, Florian; Hahnen, Eric; Eyupoglu, Ilker; Fahlbusch, Rudolf; Blümcke, Ingmar
- Abstract
Janus kinase (JAK)/signal transducers and activators of transcription (STAT) cascade are required for cytokines, growth factors, G-proteins and hormones (growth hormone and prolactin). Gatekeepers in this pathway are the suppressor of cytokine signalling (SOCS) family of proteins. Their expression level is epigenetically regulated by DNA methylation. We have investigated the CpG island methylation status of SOCS-1 in a cohort of pituitary adenomas (PA; n=57), craniopharyngiomas (CP; n=30) and normal pituitary tissue (NP; n=11) using methylation sensitive single-strand conformation polymorphism analysis (MS-SSCP) and direct sequencing. SOCS-1 hypermethylation was identified in 51% (29/57) of surgical specimens obtained from PA patients. 83% of these tumours were clinically silent. In contrast, no methylation of SOCS-1 was observed in CPs or NPs. Quantitative real-time PCR and western blot analysis confirmed reduced SOCS-1 expression in the majority of pituitary adenomas. The data is compatible with epigenetic silencing of the SOCS-1 gene and constitutive activation of the JAK-STAT pathway in PA. This appears to contribute particularly to those tumours characterized by a hormone-inactive status.
- Subjects
FOCAL adhesion kinase; CYTOKINES; SOMATOTROPIN; METHYLATION; DNA; PITUITARY gland; TUMORS
- Publication
Acta Neuropathologica, 2006, Vol 111, Issue 3, p264
- ISSN
0001-6322
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s00401-005-0009-9