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Jenni R, Chikhaoui A, Nabouli I, Zaouak A, Khanchel F, Hammami-Ghorbel H, Yacoub-Youssef H. Differential Expression of ATM, NF-KB, PINK1 and Foxo3a in Radiation-Induced Basal Cell Carcinoma. Int J Mol Sci 2023; 24:ijms24087181. [PMID: 37108343 PMCID: PMC10138907 DOI: 10.3390/ijms24087181] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/22/2023] [Revised: 03/22/2023] [Accepted: 03/27/2023] [Indexed: 04/29/2023] Open
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Research in normal tissue radiobiology is in continuous progress to assess cellular response following ionizing radiation exposure especially linked to carcinogenesis risk. This was observed among patients with a history of radiotherapy of the scalp for ringworm who developed basal cell carcinoma (BCC). However, the involved mechanisms remain largely undefined. We performed a gene expression analysis of tumor biopsies and blood of radiation-induced BCC and sporadic patients using reverse transcription-quantitative PCR. Differences across groups were assessed by statistical analysis. Bioinformatic analyses were conducted using miRNet. We showed a significant overexpression of the FOXO3a, ATM, P65, TNF-α and PINK1 genes among radiation-induced BCCs compared to BCCs in sporadic patients. ATM expression level was correlated with FOXO3a. Based on receiver-operating characteristic curves, the differentially expressed genes could significantly discriminate between the two groups. Nevertheless, TNF-α and PINK1 blood expression showed no statistical differences between BCC groups. Bioinformatic analysis revealed that the candidate genes may represent putative targets for microRNAs in the skin. Our findings may yield clues as to the molecular mechanism involved in radiation-induced BCC, suggesting that deregulation of ATM-NF-kB signaling and PINK1 gene expression may contribute to BCC radiation carcinogenesis and that the analyzed genes could represent candidate radiation biomarkers associated with radiation-induced BCC.
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- Rim Jenni
- Laboratory of Biomedical Genomics and Oncogenetics (LR16IPT05), Institut Pasteur de Tunis, University Tunis El Manar, Tunis1002, Tunisia
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- Laboratory of Biomedical Genomics and Oncogenetics (LR16IPT05), Institut Pasteur de Tunis, University Tunis El Manar, Tunis1002, Tunisia
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- Laboratory of Biomedical Genomics and Oncogenetics (LR16IPT05), Institut Pasteur de Tunis, University Tunis El Manar, Tunis1002, Tunisia
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- Department of Dermatology, Habib Thameur Hospital (LR12SP03), Medicine Faculty, University Tunis El Manar, Tunis 1008, Tunisia
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- Anatomopathology Department, Habib Thameur Hospital (LR12SP03), Medicine Faculty, University Tunis El Manar, Tunis 1008, Tunisia
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- Department of Dermatology, Habib Thameur Hospital (LR12SP03), Medicine Faculty, University Tunis El Manar, Tunis 1008, Tunisia
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- Laboratory of Biomedical Genomics and Oncogenetics (LR16IPT05), Institut Pasteur de Tunis, University Tunis El Manar, Tunis1002, Tunisia
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Evans AC, Setzkorn T, Edmondson DA, Segelke H, Wilson PF, Matthay KK, Granger MM, Marachelian A, Haas-Kogan DA, DuBois SG, Coleman MA. Peripheral Blood Transcript Signatures after Internal 131I-mIBG Therapy in Relapsed and Refractory Neuroblastoma Patients Identifies Early and Late Biomarkers of Internal 131I Exposures. Radiat Res 2022; 197:101-112. [PMID: 34673986 PMCID: PMC8870530 DOI: 10.1667/rade-20-00173.1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/10/2020] [Accepted: 09/23/2021] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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131I-metaiodobenzylguanidine (131I-mIBG) is a targeted radiation therapy developed for the treatment of advanced neuroblastoma. We have previously shown that this patient cohort can be used to predict absorbed dose associated with early 131I exposure, 72 h after treatment. We now expand these studies to identify gene expression differences associated with 131I-mIBG exposure 15 days after treatment. Total RNA from peripheral blood lymphocytes was isolated from 288 whole blood samples representing 59 relapsed or refractory neuroblastoma patients before and after 131I-mIBG treatment. We found that several transcripts predictive of early exposure returned to baseline levels by day 15, however, selected transcripts did not return to baseline. At 72 h, all 17 selected pathway-specific transcripts were differentially expressed. Transcripts CDKN1A (P < 0.000001), FDXR (P < 0.000001), DDB2 (P < 0.000001), and BBC3 (P < 0.000001) showed the highest up-regulation at 72 h after 131I-mIBG exposure, with mean log2 fold changes of 2.55, 2.93, 1.86 and 1.85, respectively. At day 15 after 131I-mIBG, 11 of the 17 selected transcripts were differentially expressed, with XPC, STAT5B, PRKDC, MDM2, POLH, IGF1R, and SGK1 displaying significant up-regulation at 72 h and significant down-regulation at day 15. Interestingly, transcripts FDXR (P = 0.01), DDB2 (P = 0.03), BCL2 (P = 0.003), and SESN1 (P < 0.0003) maintained differential expression 15 days after 131I-mIBG treatment. These results suggest that transcript levels for DNA repair, apoptosis, and ionizing radiation-induced cellular stress are still changing by 15 days after 131I-mIBG treatment. Our studies showcase the use of biodosimetry gene expression panels as predictive biomarkers following early (72 h) and late (15 days) internal 131I exposure. Our findings also demonstrate the utility of our transcript panel to differentiate exposed from non-exposed individuals up to 15 days after exposure from internal 131I.
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- Angela C. Evans
- Department of Radiation Oncology, University of California Davis, Sacramento, California
- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California
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- Technical University of Munich, School of Medicine, Germany
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- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, University of California Davis, Sacramento, California
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of California San Francisco School of Medicine, San Francisco California
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- Department of Pediatrics, Children’s Hospital Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Dana-Farber/Boston Children’s Cancer and Blood Disorders Center, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, University of California Davis, Sacramento, California
- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California
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Abend M, Pfeiffer RM, Port M, Hatch M, Bogdanova T, Tronko MD, Mabuchi K, Azizova T, Unger K, Braselmann H, Ostheim P, Brenner AV. Utility of gene expression studies in relation to radiation exposure and clinical outcomes: thyroid cancer in the Ukrainian-American cohort and late health effects in a MAYAK worker cohort. Int J Radiat Biol 2020; 97:12-18. [PMID: 32310011 DOI: 10.1080/09553002.2020.1748739] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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PURPOSE We herein report on changes in gene expression after radiation exposure to iodine-131 from the Chernobyl accident in the Ukrainian-American thyroid cohort and to external gamma ray or internal plutonium exposure in the Mayak Production Association radiation workers. MATERIALS AND METHODS Taking advantage of access to tissue samples from the thyroid cancer cases in the Ukrainian-American cohort, our group tried to identify candidate genes to discriminate spontaneously occurring thyroid cancers from thyroid cancers caused by radiation exposure. We also examined gene expression changes in normal and cancerous thyroid tissue in relation to iodine-131 dose separately. Gene expression changes in the peripheral blood of radiation exposed Mayak workers were examined to elucidate the dose-to-gene and gene-to-health (e.g. cardiovascular disease) relationships. CONCLUSIONS Results of both projects are discussed under the aspect of dose-response relationships (dose-to-gene) and clinical outcome relationships (gene-to-effect) in light of how mechanistic data can be translated into actionable knowledge for radiation protection or clinical purposes.
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- Michael Abend
- Bundeswehr Institute of Radiobiology, Munich, Germany
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- Biostatistics Branch, Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, Rockville, MD, USA
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- Bundeswehr Institute of Radiobiology, Munich, Germany
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- Radiation Epidemiology Branch, Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, Rockville, MD, USA
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- Radiation Epidemiology Branch, Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, Rockville, MD, USA
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- Southern Urals Biophysics Institute (SUBI), Russian Federation, Ozyorsk, Russia
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- Research Unit of Radiation Cytogenetics, Integrative Biology Group, Helmholtz-Zentrum Muenchen, Neuherberg, Germany
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- Research Unit of Radiation Cytogenetics, Integrative Biology Group, Helmholtz-Zentrum Muenchen, Neuherberg, Germany
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Radiation and Thyroid Cancer. Int J Mol Sci 2017; 18:ijms18050911. [PMID: 28445397 PMCID: PMC5454824 DOI: 10.3390/ijms18050911] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/17/2017] [Revised: 04/11/2017] [Accepted: 04/24/2017] [Indexed: 01/18/2023] Open
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Radiation-induced damage is a complex network of interlinked signaling pathways, which may result in apoptosis, cell cycle arrest, DNA repair, and cancer. The development of thyroid cancer in response to radiation, from nuclear catastrophes to chemotherapy, has long been an object of study. A basic overview of the ionizing and non-ionizing radiation effects of the sensitivity of the thyroid gland on radiation and cancer development has been provided. In this review, we focus our attention on experiments in cell cultures exposed to ionizing radiation, ultraviolet light, and proton beams. Studies on the involvement of specific genes, proteins, and lipids are also reported. This review also describes how lipids are regulated in response to the radiation-induced damage and how they are involved in thyroid cancer etiology, invasion, and migration and how they can be used as both diagnostic markers and drug targets.
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Edmondson DA, Karski EE, Kohlgruber A, Koneru H, Matthay KK, Allen S, Hartmann CL, Peterson LE, DuBois SG, Coleman MA. Transcript Analysis for Internal Biodosimetry Using Peripheral Blood from Neuroblastoma Patients Treated with (131)I-mIBG, a Targeted Radionuclide. Radiat Res 2016; 186:235-44. [PMID: 27556353 DOI: 10.1667/rr14263.1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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Calculating internal dose from therapeutic radionuclides currently relies on estimates made from multiple radiation exposure measurements, converted to absorbed dose in specific organs using the Medical Internal Radiation Dose (MIRD) schema. As an alternative biodosimetric approach, we utilized gene expression analysis of whole blood from patients receiving targeted radiotherapy. Collected blood from patients with relapsed or refractory neuroblastoma who received (131)I-labeled metaiodobenzylguanidine ((131)I-mIBG) at the University of California San Francisco (UCSF) was used to compare calculated internal dose with the modulation of chosen gene expression. A total of 40 patients, median age 9 years, had blood drawn at baseline, 72 and 96 h after (131)I-mIBG infusion. Whole-body absorbed dose was calculated for each patient based on the cumulated activity determined from injected mIBG activity and patient-specific time-activity curves combined with (131)I whole-body S factors. We then assessed transcripts that were the most significant for describing the mixed therapeutic treatments over time using real-time polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR). Modulation was evaluated statistically using multiple regression analysis for data at 0, 72 and 96 h. A total of 10 genes were analyzed across 40 patients: CDKN1A; FDXR; GADD45A; BCLXL; STAT5B; BAX; BCL2; DDB2; XPC; and MDM2. Six genes were significantly modulated upon exposure to (131)I-mIBG at 72 h, as well as at 96 h. Four genes varied significantly with absorbed dose when controlling for time. A gene expression biodosimetry model was developed to predict absorbed dose based on modulation of gene transcripts within whole blood. Three transcripts explained over 98% of the variance in the modulation of gene expression over the 96 h (CDKN1A, BAX and DDB2). To our knowledge, this is a novel study, which uses whole blood collected from patients treated with a radiopharmaceutical, to characterize biomarkers that may be useful for biodosimetry. Our data indicate that transcripts, which have been previously identified as biomarkers of external exposures in ex vivo whole blood and in vivo radiotherapy patients, are also good early indicators of internal exposure. However, for internal sources of radiation, the biokinetics and physical decay of the radionuclide strongly influence the gene expression.
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- David A Edmondson
- a School of Health Sciences, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907
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- b Department of Pediatrics, University of California San Francisco School of Medicine, San Francisco California 94143
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- c Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California 94550
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- c Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California 94550
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- b Department of Pediatrics, University of California San Francisco School of Medicine, San Francisco California 94143
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- b Department of Pediatrics, University of California San Francisco School of Medicine, San Francisco California 94143
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- d Center for Biostatistics, Houston Methodist Research Institute. Houston, Texas 77030; and
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- b Department of Pediatrics, University of California San Francisco School of Medicine, San Francisco California 94143
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- c Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California 94550;,e Department of Radiation Oncology, University of California Davis, School of Medicine, Davis, California 95817
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Bang HS, Choi MH, Kim CS, Choi SJ. Gene expression profiling in undifferentiated thyroid carcinoma induced by high-dose radiation. JOURNAL OF RADIATION RESEARCH 2016; 57:238-49. [PMID: 27006382 PMCID: PMC4915541 DOI: 10.1093/jrr/rrw002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/25/2015] [Accepted: 12/26/2015] [Indexed: 05/07/2023]
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Published gene expression studies for radiation-induced thyroid carcinogenesis have used various methodologies. In this study, we identified differential gene expression in a human thyroid epithelial cell line after exposure to high-dose γ-radiation. HTori-3 cells were exposed to 5 or 10 Gy of ionizing radiation using two dose rates (high-dose rate: 4.68 Gy/min, and low-dose rate: 40 mGy/h) and then implanted into the backs of BALB/c nude mice after 4 (10 Gy) or 5 weeks (5 Gy). Decreases in cell viability, increases in giant cell frequency, anchorage-independent growth in vitro, and tumorigenicity in vivo were observed. Particularly, the cells irradiated with 5 Gy at the high-dose rate or 10 Gy at the low-dose rate demonstrated more prominent tumorigenicity. Gene expression profiling was analyzed via microarray. Numerous genes that were significantly altered by a fold-change of >50% following irradiation were identified in each group. Gene expression analysis identified six commonly misregulated genes, including CRYAB, IL-18, ZNF845, CYP24A1, OR4N4 and VN1R4, at all doses. These genes involve apoptosis, the immune response, regulation of transcription, and receptor signaling pathways. Overall, the altered genes in high-dose rate (HDR) 5 Gy and low-dose rate (LDR) 10 Gy were more than those of LDR 5 Gy and HDR 10 Gy. Thus, we investigated genes associated with aggressive tumor development using the two dosage treatments. In this study, the identified gene expression profiles reflect the molecular response following high doses of external radiation exposure and may provide helpful information about radiation-induced thyroid tumors in the high-dose range.
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- Hyun Soon Bang
- Radiation Health Institute, Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power Co., Ltd., Seoul, 132703, Korea
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- Radiation Health Institute, Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power Co., Ltd., Seoul, 132703, Korea
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- Radiation Health Institute, Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power Co., Ltd., Seoul, 132703, Korea
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- Radiation Health Institute, Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power Co., Ltd., Seoul, 132703, Korea
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Handkiewicz-Junak D, Swierniak M, Rusinek D, Oczko-Wojciechowska M, Dom G, Maenhaut C, Unger K, Detours V, Bogdanova T, Thomas G, Likhtarov I, Jaksik R, Kowalska M, Chmielik E, Jarzab M, Swierniak A, Jarzab B. Gene signature of the post-Chernobyl papillary thyroid cancer. Eur J Nucl Med Mol Imaging 2016; 43:1267-77. [PMID: 26810418 PMCID: PMC4869750 DOI: 10.1007/s00259-015-3303-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/11/2015] [Accepted: 12/29/2015] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Purpose Following the nuclear accidents in Chernobyl and later in Fukushima, the nuclear community has been faced with important issues concerning how to search for and diagnose biological consequences of low-dose internal radiation contamination. Although after the Chernobyl accident an increase in childhood papillary thyroid cancer (PTC) was observed, it is still not clear whether the molecular biology of PTCs associated with low-dose radiation exposure differs from that of sporadic PTC. Methods We investigated tissue samples from 65 children/young adults with PTC using DNA microarray (Affymetrix, Human Genome U133 2.0 Plus) with the aim of identifying molecular differences between radiation-induced (exposed to Chernobyl radiation, ECR) and sporadic PTC. All participants were resident in the same region so that confounding factors related to genetics or environment were minimized. Results There were small but significant differences in the gene expression profiles between ECR and non-ECR PTC (global test, p < 0.01), with 300 differently expressed probe sets (p < 0.001) corresponding to 239 genes. Multifactorial analysis of variance showed that besides radiation exposure history, the BRAF mutation exhibited independent effects on the PTC expression profile; the histological subset and patient age at diagnosis had negligible effects. Ten genes (PPME1, HDAC11, SOCS7, CIC, THRA, ERBB2, PPP1R9A, HDGF, RAD51AP1, and CDK1) from the 19 investigated with quantitative RT-PCR were confirmed as being associated with radiation exposure in an independent, validation set of samples. Conclusion Significant, but subtle, differences in gene expression in the post-Chernobyl PTC are associated with previous low-dose radiation exposure. Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (doi:10.1007/s00259-015-3303-3) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
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- Daria Handkiewicz-Junak
- Department of Nuclear Medicine and Endocrine Oncology, Maria Skłodowska-Curie Memorial Cancer Center and Institute of Oncology, Gliwice Branch, Wybrzeze Armii Krajowej 15, 44-101, Gliwice, Poland
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine and Endocrine Oncology, Maria Skłodowska-Curie Memorial Cancer Center and Institute of Oncology, Gliwice Branch, Wybrzeze Armii Krajowej 15, 44-101, Gliwice, Poland.,Genomic Medicine, Department of General, Transplant and Liver Surgery, Medical University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine and Endocrine Oncology, Maria Skłodowska-Curie Memorial Cancer Center and Institute of Oncology, Gliwice Branch, Wybrzeze Armii Krajowej 15, 44-101, Gliwice, Poland
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine and Endocrine Oncology, Maria Skłodowska-Curie Memorial Cancer Center and Institute of Oncology, Gliwice Branch, Wybrzeze Armii Krajowej 15, 44-101, Gliwice, Poland
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- Institute of Interdisciplinary Research, Université libre de Bruxelles (ULB), Bruxelles, Belgium
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- Institute of Interdisciplinary Research, Université libre de Bruxelles (ULB), Bruxelles, Belgium
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- Human Cancer Studies Group, Division of Surgery and Cancer, Imperial College London Hammersmith Hospital, London, UK.,Research Unit Radiation Cytogenetics, Helmholtz-Zentrum, Munich, Germany
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- Institute of Interdisciplinary Research, Université libre de Bruxelles (ULB), Bruxelles, Belgium
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- Human Cancer Studies Group, Division of Surgery and Cancer, Imperial College London Hammersmith Hospital, London, UK
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- Radiation Protection Institute, Academy of Technological Sciences of Ukraine, Kiev, Ukraine
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- Systems Engineering Group, Faculty of Automatic Control, Electronics and Informatics, Silesian University of Technology, Gliwice, Poland
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine and Endocrine Oncology, Maria Skłodowska-Curie Memorial Cancer Center and Institute of Oncology, Gliwice Branch, Wybrzeze Armii Krajowej 15, 44-101, Gliwice, Poland
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- Department of Tumour Pathology, Maria Skłodowska-Curie Memorial Cancer Center and Institute of Oncology, Gliwice Branch, Gliwice, Poland
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- IIIrd Department of Radiation Therapy, Maria Skłodowska-Curie Memorial Cancer Center and Institute of Oncology, Gliwice Branch, Gliwice, Poland
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- Department of Automatic Control, Silesian University of Technology, Gliwice, Poland
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine and Endocrine Oncology, Maria Skłodowska-Curie Memorial Cancer Center and Institute of Oncology, Gliwice Branch, Wybrzeze Armii Krajowej 15, 44-101, Gliwice, Poland.
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RNA sequencing identifies crucial genes in papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC) progression. Exp Mol Pathol 2015; 100:151-9. [PMID: 26708423 DOI: 10.1016/j.yexmp.2015.12.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/31/2015] [Revised: 12/15/2015] [Accepted: 12/15/2015] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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PURPOSE The study aims to uncover molecular mechanisms of PTC (papillary thyroid carcinoma) progression and provide therapeutic biomarkers. METHODS The paired tumor and control tissues were obtained from 5 PTC patients. RNA was extracted and cDNA libraries were constructed. RNA-sequencing (RNA-seq) was performed on the Illumina HiSeq2000 platform using paired-end method. After preprocessing of the RNA-seq data, gene expression value was calculated by RPKM. Then the differentially expressed genes (DEGs) were identified with edgeR. Functional enrichment and protein-protein interaction (PPI) network analyses were conducted for the DEGs. Module analysis of the PPI network was also performed. Transcription factors (TFs) of DEGs were predicted. RESULTS A cohort of 496 up-regulated DEGs mainly correlating with the ECM degradation pathways, and 440 down-regulated DEGs predominantly enriching in transmembrane transport process were identified. Hub nodes in the PPI network were RRM2 and a set of collagens (COL1A1, COL3A1 and COL5A1), which were also remarkable in module 3 and module 5, respectively. Genes in module 3 were associated with cell cycle pathways, while in module 5 were related to ECM degradation pathways. PLAU, PSG1 and EGR2 were the crucial TFs with higher transcriptional activity in PTC than in control. CONCLUSION Several genes including COL1A1, COL3A1, RRM2, PLAU, and EGR2 might be used as biomarkers of PTC therapy. Among them, COL1A1 and COL3A1 might exert their functions via involving in ECM degradation pathway, while RRM2 through cell cycle pathway. PLAU might be an active TF, whereas EGR2 might be a tumor suppressor.
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Suzuki K, Mitsutake N, Saenko V, Yamashita S. Radiation signatures in childhood thyroid cancers after the Chernobyl accident: possible roles of radiation in carcinogenesis. Cancer Sci 2015; 106:127-33. [PMID: 25483826 PMCID: PMC4399027 DOI: 10.1111/cas.12583] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/27/2014] [Revised: 11/26/2014] [Accepted: 11/30/2014] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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After the Tokyo Electric Power Company Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant accident, cancer risk from low-dose radiation exposure has been deeply concerning. The linear no-threshold model is applied for the purpose of radiation protection, but it is a model based on the concept that ionizing radiation induces stochastic oncogenic alterations in the target cells. As the elucidation of the mechanism of radiation-induced carcinogenesis is indispensable to justify the concept, studies aimed at the determination of molecular changes associated with thyroid cancers among children who suffered effects from the Chernobyl nuclear accident will be overviewed. We intend to discuss whether any radiation signatures are associated with radiation-induced childhood thyroid cancers.
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- Keiji Suzuki
- Department of Radiation Medical Sciences, Atomic Bomb Disease Institute, Nagasaki University, Nagasaki, Japan
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Ory C, Ugolin N, Hofman P, Schlumberger M, Likhtarev IA, Chevillard S. Comparison of transcriptomic signature of post-Chernobyl and postradiotherapy thyroid tumors. Thyroid 2013; 23:1390-400. [PMID: 23521174 DOI: 10.1089/thy.2012.0318] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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BACKGROUND We previously identified two highly discriminating and predictive radiation-induced transcriptomic signatures by comparing series of sporadic and postradiotherapy thyroid tumors (322-gene signature), and by reanalyzing a previously published data set of sporadic and post-Chernobyl thyroid tumors (106-gene signature). The aim of the present work was (i) to compare the two signatures in terms of gene expression deregulations and molecular features/pathways, and (ii) to test the capacity of the postradiotherapy signature in classifying the post-Chernobyl series of tumors and reciprocally of the post-Chernobyl signature in classifying the postradiotherapy-induced tumors. METHODS We now explored if postradiotherapy and post-Chernobyl papillary thyroid carcinomas (PTC) display common molecular features by comparing molecular pathways deregulated in the two tumor series, and tested the potential of gene subsets of the postradiotherapy signature to classify the post-Chernobyl series (14 sporadic and 12 post-Chernobyl PTC), and reciprocally of gene subsets of the post-Chernobyl signature to classify the postradiotherapy series (15 sporadic and 12 postradiotherapy PTC), by using conventional principal component analysis. RESULTS We found that the five genes common to the two signatures classified the learning/training tumors (used to search these signatures) of both the postradiotherapy (seven PTC) and the post-Chernobyl (six PTC) thyroid tumor series as compared with the sporadic tumors (seven sporadic PTC in each series). Importantly, these five genes were also effective for classifying independent series of postradiotherapy (five PTC) and post-Chernobyl (six PTC) tumors compared to independent series of sporadic tumors (eight PTC and six PTC respectively; testing tumors). Moreover, part of each postradiotherapy (32 genes) and post-Chernobyl signature (16 genes) cross-classified the respective series of thyroid tumors. Finally, several molecular pathways deregulated in post-Chernobyl tumors matched those found to be deregulated in postradiotherapy tumors. CONCLUSIONS Overall, our data suggest that thyroid tumors that developed following either external exposure or internal (131)I contamination shared common molecular features, related to DNA repair, oxidative and endoplasmic reticulum stresses, allowing their classification as radiation-induced tumors in comparison with sporadic counterparts, independently of doses and dose rates, which suggests there may be a "general" radiation-induced signature of thyroid tumors.
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- Catherine Ory
- 1 Laboratory of Experimental Oncology, Institute of Cellular and Molecular Radiation Biology (IRCM), Directorate of Life Sciences (DSV), Commission for Atomic Energy and Alternative Energies (CEA), Fontenay-aux-Roses, France
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Abend M, Pfeiffer RM, Ruf C, Hatch M, Bogdanova TI, Tronko MD, Riecke A, Hartmann J, Meineke V, Boukheris H, Sigurdson AJ, Mabuchi K, Brenner AV. Iodine-131 dose dependent gene expression in thyroid cancers and corresponding normal tissues following the Chernobyl accident. PLoS One 2012; 7:e39103. [PMID: 22848350 PMCID: PMC3405097 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0039103] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/20/2012] [Accepted: 05/16/2012] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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The strong and consistent relationship between irradiation at a young age and subsequent thyroid cancer provides an excellent model for studying radiation carcinogenesis in humans. We thus evaluated differential gene expression in thyroid tissue in relation to iodine-131 (I-131) doses received from the Chernobyl accident. Sixty three of 104 papillary thyroid cancers diagnosed between 1998 and 2008 in the Ukrainian-American cohort with individual I-131 thyroid dose estimates had paired RNA specimens from fresh frozen tumor (T) and normal (N) tissue provided by the Chernobyl Tissue Bank and satisfied quality control criteria. We first hybridized 32 randomly allocated RNA specimen pairs (T/N) on 64 whole genome microarrays (Agilent, 4×44 K). Associations of differential gene expression (log2(T/N)) with dose were assessed using Kruskall-Wallis and trend tests in linear mixed regression models. While none of the genes withstood correction for the false discovery rate, we selected 75 genes with a priori evidence or P kruskall/P trend <0.0005 for validation by qRT-PCR on the remaining 31 RNA specimen pairs (T/N). The qRT-PCR data were analyzed using linear mixed regression models that included radiation dose as a categorical or ordinal variable. Eleven of 75 qRT-PCR assayed genes (ACVR2A, AJAP1, CA12, CDK12, FAM38A, GALNT7, LMO3, MTA1, SLC19A1, SLC43A3, ZNF493) were confirmed to have a statistically significant differential dose-expression relationship. Our study is among the first to provide direct human data on long term differential gene expression in relation to individual I-131 doses and to identify a set of genes potentially important in radiation carcinogenesis.
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- Michael Abend
- Bundeswehr Institute of Radiobiology, Munich, Germany.
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A gene expression signature distinguishes normal tissues of sporadic and radiation-induced papillary thyroid carcinomas. Br J Cancer 2012; 107:994-1000. [PMID: 22828612 PMCID: PMC3464765 DOI: 10.1038/bjc.2012.302] [Citation(s) in RCA: 104] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022] Open
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Background: Papillary thyroid cancer (PTC) incidence increased dramatically in children after the Chernobyl accident, providing a unique opportunity to investigate the molecular features of radiation-induced thyroid cancer. In contrast to the previous studies that included age-related confounding factors, we investigated mRNA expression in PTC and in the normal contralateral tissues of patients exposed and non-exposed to the Chernobyl fallout, using age- and ethnicity-matched non-irradiated cohorts. Methods: Forty-five patients were analysed by full-genome mRNA microarrays. Twenty-two patients have been exposed to the Chernobyl fallout; 23 others were age-matched and resident in the same regions of Ukraine, but were born after 1 March 1987, that is, were not exposed to 131I. Results: A gene expression signature of 793 probes corresponding to 403 genes that permitted differentiation between normal tissues from patients exposed and from those who were not exposed to radiation was identified. The differences were confirmed by quantitative RT-PCR. Many deregulated pathways in the exposed normal tissues are related to cell proliferation. Conclusion: Our results suggest that a higher proliferation rate in normal thyroid could be related to radiation-induced cancer either as a predisposition or as a consequence of radiation. The signature allows the identification of radiation-induced thyroid cancers.
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Dinets A, Hulchiy M, Sofiadis A, Ghaderi M, Höög A, Larsson C, Zedenius J. Clinical, genetic, and immunohistochemical characterization of 70 Ukrainian adult cases with post-Chornobyl papillary thyroid carcinoma. Eur J Endocrinol 2012; 166:1049-60. [PMID: 22457234 PMCID: PMC3361791 DOI: 10.1530/eje-12-0144] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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BACKGROUND Increased incidence of papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC) is observed as a consequence of radiation exposure in connection to the Chornobyl nuclear plant accident in 1986. In this study, we report a cohort of adult Ukrainian patients diagnosed with PTC from 2004 to 2008 following exposure at the age of 18 years or younger. METHODS In total, 70 patients were identified and clinically characterized. The common BRAF 1799T>A mutation was assessed by pyrosequencing, the RET/PTC1 and RET/PTC3 (NCOA4) rearrangements by RT-PCR, and the expression of Ki-67 (MIB-1 index), BCL2, cyclin A, and cyclin D1 by immunohistochemistry. RESULTS In total, 46/70 (66%) cases carried a BRAF mutation and/or a RET/PTC rearrangement. A BRAF mutation was detected in 26 tumors, RET/PTC1 in 20 cases, and RET/PTC3 in four cases. In four of these cases, BRAF mutation and RET/PTC rearrangement were coexisting. The BRAF mutation was underrepresented among PTCs with accompanying chronic lymphocytic thyroiditis (CLT) compared with PTCs without this feature (12 vs 44%). MIB-1 proliferation index determined by double staining with leukocyte common antigen was low (mean 0.8%; range 0.05-4.5%). Moreover, increased expression of cyclin A was observed in PTCs with a tumor size >2 cm compared with PTCs ≤2 cm (1.2 vs 0.6%). BCL2 and cyclin D1 showed frequent expression but without associations to clinical characteristics or amplification of the CCND1 locus. CONCLUSIONS Our results suggest that this cohort has frequent BRAF mutation, RET/PTC1 rearrangement, and low proliferation index. Furthermore, BRAF 1799T>A was underrepresented in PTCs with CLT, and cyclin A expression was associated with increased PTC tumor size.
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MESH Headings
- Adult
- Aged
- Biomarkers, Tumor/analysis
- Carcinoma, Papillary/chemistry
- Carcinoma, Papillary/epidemiology
- Carcinoma, Papillary/etiology
- Carcinoma, Papillary/genetics
- Carcinoma, Papillary/pathology
- Chernobyl Nuclear Accident
- Cohort Studies
- Cyclin A/analysis
- Cyclin D1/analysis
- Female
- Gene Rearrangement
- Humans
- Immunohistochemistry
- In Situ Hybridization, Fluorescence
- Ki-67 Antigen/analysis
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Mutation
- Neoplasms, Radiation-Induced/chemistry
- Neoplasms, Radiation-Induced/etiology
- Neoplasms, Radiation-Induced/genetics
- Nuclear Receptor Coactivators/genetics
- Patched Receptors
- Phenotype
- Proto-Oncogene Proteins B-raf/genetics
- Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-bcl-2/analysis
- Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-ret/genetics
- Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction
- Receptors, Cell Surface/genetics
- Sequence Analysis, DNA/methods
- Thyroid Neoplasms/chemistry
- Thyroid Neoplasms/epidemiology
- Thyroid Neoplasms/etiology
- Thyroid Neoplasms/genetics
- Thyroid Neoplasms/pathology
- USSR
- Ukraine/epidemiology
- Up-Regulation
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Affiliation(s)
- Andrii Dinets
- Department of Molecular Medicine and SurgeryKarolinska Institutet, Karolinska University Hospital, CMM, L8:01SE-17176, StockholmSweden
- Center for Molecular MedicineKarolinska University Hospital17176, StockholmSweden
- Kyiv City Teaching Endocrinological Center01034, KyivUkraine
- (Correspondence should be addressed to A Dinets at Department of Molecular Medicine and Surgery, Karolinska Institutet; ; C Larsson at Department of Molecular Medicine and Surgery, Karolinska Institutet; )
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- Kyiv City Teaching Endocrinological Center01034, KyivUkraine
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- Department of Molecular Medicine and SurgeryKarolinska Institutet, Karolinska University Hospital, CMM, L8:01SE-17176, StockholmSweden
- Center for Molecular MedicineKarolinska University Hospital17176, StockholmSweden
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- Department of Oncology-PathologyKarolinska Institutet17176, StockholmSweden
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- Department of Oncology-PathologyKarolinska Institutet17176, StockholmSweden
- Department of Pathology-CytologyKarolinska University Hospital17176, StockholmSweden
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- Department of Molecular Medicine and SurgeryKarolinska Institutet, Karolinska University Hospital, CMM, L8:01SE-17176, StockholmSweden
- Center for Molecular MedicineKarolinska University Hospital17176, StockholmSweden
- (Correspondence should be addressed to A Dinets at Department of Molecular Medicine and Surgery, Karolinska Institutet; ; C Larsson at Department of Molecular Medicine and Surgery, Karolinska Institutet; )
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- Department of Molecular Medicine and SurgeryKarolinska Institutet, Karolinska University Hospital, CMM, L8:01SE-17176, StockholmSweden
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The chernobyl tissue bank - a repository for biomaterial and data used in integrative and systems biology modeling the human response to radiation. Genes (Basel) 2012; 3:278-90. [PMID: 24704918 PMCID: PMC3902794 DOI: 10.3390/genes3020278] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/02/2012] [Revised: 04/26/2012] [Accepted: 04/29/2012] [Indexed: 01/11/2023] Open
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The only unequivocal radiological effect of the Chernobyl accident on human health is the increase in thyroid cancer in those exposed in childhood or early adolescence. In response to the scientific interest in studying the molecular biology of thyroid cancer post Chernobyl, the Chernobyl Tissue Bank (CTB: www.chernobyltissuebank.com) was established in 1998. Thus far it is has collected biological samples from 3,861 individuals, and provided 27 research projects with 11,254 samples. The CTB was designed from its outset as a resource to promote the integration of research and clinical data to facilitate a systems biology approach to radiation related thyroid cancer. The project has therefore developed as a multidisciplinary collaboration between clinicians, dosimetrists, molecular biologists and bioinformaticians and serves as a paradigm for tissue banking in the omics era.
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Ory C, Ugolin N, Schlumberger M, Hofman P, Chevillard S. Discriminating gene expression signature of radiation-induced thyroid tumors after either external exposure or internal contamination. Genes (Basel) 2011; 3:19-34. [PMID: 24704841 PMCID: PMC3899964 DOI: 10.3390/genes3010019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/03/2011] [Revised: 12/06/2011] [Accepted: 12/09/2011] [Indexed: 01/02/2023] Open
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Both external radiation exposure and internal radionuclide contamination are well known risk factors in the development of thyroid epithelial tumors. The identification of specific molecular markers deregulated in radiation-induced thyroid tumors is important for the etiological diagnosis since neither histological features nor genetic alterations can discriminate between sporadic and radiation-induced tumors. Identification of highly discriminating markers in radiation-induced tumors is challenging as it relies on the ability to identify marker deregulation which is associated with a cellular stress that occurred many years before in the thyroid cells. The existence of such a signature is still controversial, as it was not found in several studies while a highly discriminating signature was found in both post-radiotherapy and post-Chernobyl series in other studies. Overall, published studies searching for radiation-induced thyroid tumor specificities, using transcriptomic, proteomic and comparative genomic hybridization approaches, and bearing in mind the analytical constraints required to analyze such small series of tumors, suggest that such a molecular signature could be found. In comparison with sporadic tumors, we highlight molecular similarities and specificities in tumors occurring after high-dose external radiation exposure, such as radiotherapy, and in post-Chernobyl tumors that occurred after internal 131I contamination. We discuss the relevance of signature extrapolation from series of tumors developing after high and low doses in the identification of tumors induced at very low doses of radiation.
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- Catherine Ory
- CEA, DSV, IRCM, SREIT, Laboratoire de Cancérologie Expérimentale, BP6, Fontenay-aux-Roses, F-92265, France.
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- CEA, DSV, IRCM, SREIT, Laboratoire de Cancérologie Expérimentale, BP6, Fontenay-aux-Roses, F-92265, France.
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- Institut Gustave Roussy, Department on Nuclear Medicine and Endocrine Oncology, Villejuif, and University Paris-Sud, F-94800, France.
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- CEA, DSV, IRCM, SREIT, Laboratoire de Cancérologie Expérimentale, BP6, Fontenay-aux-Roses, F-92265, France.
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Rusinek D, Szpak-Ulczok S, Jarzab B. Gene expression profile of human thyroid cancer in relation to its mutational status. J Mol Endocrinol 2011; 47:R91-103. [PMID: 21798995 DOI: 10.1530/jme-11-0023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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This review describes the gene expression profile changes associated with the presence of different mutations that contribute to thyroid cell carcinogenesis. The results are discussed in the context of thyroid cancer biology and of the implications for disease prognosis, while the diagnostic aspect has been omitted. For papillary thyroid cancer (PTC), the most characteristic gene expression profile is associated with the presence of BRAF mutation. BRAF-associated PTC differ profoundly from RET/PTC or RAS-associated cancers. Simultaneously, they retain many characteristic gene expression features common for all PTCs, induced by the alternative mutations activating MAPK pathway. Although the difference between papillary and follicular thyroid cancer (FTC) is significant at the gene expression profile level, surprisingly, the RAS-related signature of FTC is not well specified. PAX8/peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor γ (PPARγ) rearrangements, which occur in FTC as an alternative to the RAS mutation, are associated with specific changes in gene expression. Furthermore, the difference between well-differentiated thyroid cancers and poorly differentiated and anaplastic thyroid cancers is mainly a reflection of tumor degree of differentiation and may not be attributed to the presence of characteristic mutations.
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- Dagmara Rusinek
- Department of Nuclear Medicine and Endocrine Oncology, Maria Sklodowska-Curie Memorial Cancer Center and Institute of Oncology, Gliwice Branch, Wybrzeze Armii Krajowej 15, 44-101 Gliwice, Poland
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Schlumberger M, Chevillard S, Ory K, Dupuy C, Le Guen B, de Vathaire F. Cancer de la thyroïde après exposition aux rayonnements ionisants. Cancer Radiother 2011; 15:394-9. [DOI: 10.1016/j.canrad.2011.05.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/29/2011] [Accepted: 05/04/2011] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Thomas G, Tronko M, Tsyb A, Tuttle R. What Have We Learnt From Chernobyl? What Have We Still To Learn? Clin Oncol (R Coll Radiol) 2011; 23:229-33. [DOI: 10.1016/j.clon.2011.02.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/01/2011] [Accepted: 02/02/2011] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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LiVolsi V, Abrosimov A, Bogdanova T, Fadda G, Hunt J, Ito M, Rosai J, Thomas G, Williams E. The Chernobyl Thyroid Cancer Experience: Pathology. Clin Oncol (R Coll Radiol) 2011; 23:261-7. [DOI: 10.1016/j.clon.2011.01.160] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/22/2010] [Accepted: 01/17/2011] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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