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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
2007-12-10
pubmed:abstractText
Medulloblastoma is the most common malignant brain tumor of children, and more specific and effective therapeutic management needs to be developed to improve upon existing survival rates and to avoid side-effects from current treatment. Gain of chromosome seven is the most frequent chromosome copy number aberration in medulloblastoma, suggesting that overexpression of genes on chromosome seven might be important for the pathogenesis of medulloblastoma. We used microarrays to identify chromosome seven genes overexpressed in medulloblastoma specimens, and validated using data from published gene expression datasets. The gene encoding the alpha 2 subunit of type I collagen, COL1A2, was overexpressed in all three datasets. Immunohistochemistry of tumor tissues revealed type I collagen in the leptomeninges, and in the extracellular matrix surrounding blood vessels and medulloblastoma cells. Expression of both type I collagen and the beta1 subunit of integrin, a subunit of a known type I collagen receptor, localized to the same area of medulloblastoma. Adherence of D283 medulloblastoma cells to type I collagen matrix in vitro depends on the beta1 subunit of integrin. Because medulloblastoma is characteristic of high vascularity, and because inhibition of type I collagen synthesis has been shown to suppress angiogenesis and tumor growth, our data suggest that type I collagen might be a potential therapeutic target for treating medulloblastoma.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jan
pubmed:issn
0167-594X
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
86
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
133-41
pubmed:dateRevised
2011-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:17653508-Brain, pubmed-meshheading:17653508-Case-Control Studies, pubmed-meshheading:17653508-Cerebellar Neoplasms, pubmed-meshheading:17653508-Child, pubmed-meshheading:17653508-Child, Preschool, pubmed-meshheading:17653508-Chromosomes, Human, Pair 7, pubmed-meshheading:17653508-Collagen, pubmed-meshheading:17653508-Collagen Type I, pubmed-meshheading:17653508-Databases, Genetic, pubmed-meshheading:17653508-Extracellular Matrix, pubmed-meshheading:17653508-Gene Expression Profiling, pubmed-meshheading:17653508-Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic, pubmed-meshheading:17653508-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:17653508-Immunohistochemistry, pubmed-meshheading:17653508-Integrin beta Chains, pubmed-meshheading:17653508-Medulloblastoma, pubmed-meshheading:17653508-Meninges, pubmed-meshheading:17653508-Neuroectodermal Tumors, Primitive, pubmed-meshheading:17653508-Oligonucleotide Array Sequence Analysis, pubmed-meshheading:17653508-RNA, Messenger, pubmed-meshheading:17653508-Reference Values, pubmed-meshheading:17653508-Supratentorial Neoplasms
pubmed:year
2008
pubmed:articleTitle
Type I collagen is overexpressed in medulloblastoma as a component of tumor microenvironment.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Neurological Surgery, Brain Tumor Research Center, University of California-San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA. liangy01@hotmail.com
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't, Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural