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Galli R, Lehner F, Richter S, Kirsche K, Meinhardt M, Juratli TA, Temme A, Kirsch M, Warta R, Herold-Mende C, Ricklefs FL, Lamszus K, Sievers P, Sahm F, Eyüpoglu IY, Uckermann O. Prediction of WHO grade and methylation class of aggressive meningiomas: Extraction of diagnostic information from infrared spectroscopic data. Neurooncol Adv 2024; 6:vdae082. [PMID: 39006162 PMCID: PMC11245706 DOI: 10.1093/noajnl/vdae082] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 07/16/2024] Open
Abstract
Background Infrared (IR) spectroscopy allows intraoperative, optical brain tumor diagnosis. Here, we explored it as a translational technology for the identification of aggressive meningioma types according to both, the WHO CNS grading system and the methylation classes (MC). Methods Frozen sections of 47 meningioma were examined by IR spectroscopic imaging and different classification approaches were compared to discern samples according to WHO grade or MC. Results IR spectroscopic differences were more pronounced between WHO grade 2 and 3 than between MC intermediate and MC malignant, although similar spectral ranges were affected. Aggressive types of meningioma exhibited reduced bands of carbohydrates (at 1024 cm-1) and nucleic acids (at 1080 cm-1), along with increased bands of phospholipids (at 1240 and 1450 cm-1). While linear discriminant analysis was able to discern spectra of WHO grade 2 and 3 meningiomas (AUC 0.89), it failed for MC (AUC 0.66). However, neural network classifiers were effective for classification according to both WHO grade (AUC 0.91) and MC (AUC 0.83), resulting in the correct classification of 20/23 meningiomas of the test set. Conclusions IR spectroscopy proved capable of extracting information about the malignancy of meningiomas, not only according to the WHO grade, but also for a diagnostic system based on molecular tumor characteristics. In future clinical use, physicians could assess the goodness of the classification by considering classification probabilities and cross-measurement validation. This might enhance the overall accuracy and clinical utility, reinforcing the potential of IR spectroscopy in advancing precision medicine for meningioma characterization.
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- Roberta Galli
- Faculty of Medicine, Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany
- Else Kroener Fresenius Center for Digital Health, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany
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- Faculty of Medicine, Department of Pathology, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany
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- Division of Experimental Neurosurgery, Department of Neurosurgery, Heidelberg University, Im Neuenheimer Feld 400, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Division of Experimental Neurosurgery, Department of Neurosurgery, Heidelberg University, Im Neuenheimer Feld 400, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Laboratory for Brain Tumor Research, Department of Neurosurgery, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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- Laboratory for Brain Tumor Research, Department of Neurosurgery, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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- Department of Neuropathology, University Hospital Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
- CCU Neuropathology, German Consortium for Translational Cancer Research (DKTK), German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Neuropathology, University Hospital Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
- CCU Neuropathology, German Consortium for Translational Cancer Research (DKTK), German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany
- Else Kroener Fresenius Center for Digital Health, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany
- Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Division of Medical Biology, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany
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Dunn J, Lenis VP, Hilton DA, Warta R, Herold-Mende C, Hanemann CO, Futschik ME. Integration and Comparison of Transcriptomic and Proteomic Data for Meningioma. Cancers (Basel) 2020; 12:E3270. [PMID: 33167358 PMCID: PMC7694371 DOI: 10.3390/cancers12113270] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/09/2020] [Accepted: 11/03/2020] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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Meningioma are the most frequent primary intracranial tumour. Management of aggressive meningioma is complex, and development of effective biomarkers or pharmacological interventions is hampered by an incomplete knowledge of molecular landscape. Here, we present an integrated analysis of two complementary omics studies to investigate alterations in the "transcriptome-proteome" profile of high-grade (III) compared to low-grade (I) meningiomas. We identified 3598 common transcripts/proteins and revealed concordant up- and downregulation in grade III vs. grade I meningiomas. Concordantly upregulated genes included FABP7, a fatty acid binding protein and the monoamine oxidase MAOB, the latter of which we validated at the protein level and established an association with Food and Drug Administration (FDA)-approved drugs. Notably, we derived a plasma signature of 21 discordantly expressed genes showing positive changes in protein but negative in transcript levels of high-grade meningiomas, including the validated genes CST3, LAMP2, PACS1 and HTRA1, suggesting the acquisition of these proteins by tumour from plasma. Aggressive meningiomas were enriched in processes such as oxidative phosphorylation and RNA metabolism, whilst concordantly downregulated genes were related to reduced cellular adhesion. Overall, our study provides the first transcriptome-proteome characterisation of meningioma, identifying several novel and previously described transcripts/proteins with potential grade III biomarker and therapeutic significance.
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- Jemma Dunn
- Faculty of Health: Medicine, Dentistry and Human Sciences, The Institute of Translational and Stratified Medicine, University of Plymouth, The John Bull Building, Plymouth Science Park, Research Way, Plymouth PL6 8BU, UK;
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- School of Health & Life Sciences, Centuria Building, Teesside University, Middlesbrough, Tees Valley TS1 3BX, UK;
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- Cellular and Anatomical Pathology, Plymouth Hospitals NHS Trust, Derriford Road, Plymouth PL6 8BU, UK;
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Division of Experimental Neurosurgery, Heidelberg University Hospital, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany; (R.W.); (C.H.-M.)
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Division of Experimental Neurosurgery, Heidelberg University Hospital, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany; (R.W.); (C.H.-M.)
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- Faculty of Health: Medicine, Dentistry and Human Sciences, The Institute of Translational and Stratified Medicine, University of Plymouth, The John Bull Building, Plymouth Science Park, Research Way, Plymouth PL6 8BU, UK;
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- Faculty of Medicine, School of Public Health, Imperial College London, Medical School, St Mary’s Hospital, Praed Street, London W2 1NY, UK
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Yan PF, Yan L, Zhang Z, Salim A, Wang L, Hu TT, Zhao HY. Accuracy of conventional MRI for preoperative diagnosis of intracranial tumors: A retrospective cohort study of 762 cases. Int J Surg 2016; 36:109-117. [PMID: 27773598 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijsu.2016.10.023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/16/2016] [Revised: 09/30/2016] [Accepted: 10/15/2016] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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BACKGROUND Conventional magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is considered a valuable tool for preoperative diagnosis of intracranial tumors. We assessed its accuracy in the diagnosis of intracranial tumors in usual clinical practice. MATERIALS AND METHODS MRI reports of 762 patients who had undergone conventional brain MRI prior to surgery were retrospectively reviewed. A 4-grade scoring system was devised to establish diagnostic agreement. Each tumor type was compared with the corresponding pathological diagnoses by dichotomization. The sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value (PPV), negative predictive value (NPV), and accuracy were calculated for the overall patient population as well as for each tumor type. RESULTS 664 cases (87.1%) were tumor-positive, and 98 cases (12.9%) were tumor-negative. The most common tumor types were meningiomas, gliomas, pituitary adenomas and schwannomas. These four types together comprised 74.5% of all cases reviewed. Sensitivity and PPV for the overall population were 72.0-90.7% and 91.9-95.4%, respectively. Diagnostic accuracy differed among tumor types. Meningiomas, pituitary adenomas, schwannomas and cholesteatomas were more likely to be diagnosed correctly (sensitivities were 82.6-96.9%, 86.1-96.7%, 88.9-98.2% and 91.3-100.0%, respectively); while some other types like solitary fibrous tumors (SFTs) seemed difficult to identify. Gliomas tended to be confused with metastases, meningiomas with SFTs, and pituitary adenomas with craniopharyngiomas. CONCLUSION The accuracy of conventional MRI for diagnosing intracranial tumors is generally satisfactory but should not be too heavily relied upon, especially for certain tumor types. In cases of discrepancy, neurosurgeons are encouraged to confer with the reporting neuroradiologists to achieve optimal preoperative diagnoses.
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- Peng-Fei Yan
- Department of Neurosurgery, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, 430022, China.
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- Department of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, V6T 1Z3, Canada.
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- Department of Radiology, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, 430022, China.
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- Civil Hospital Karachi, Karachi, 74200, Pakistan.
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, 430022, China.
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, 430022, China.
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, 430022, China.
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Ludwig N, Kim YJ, Mueller SC, Backes C, Werner TV, Galata V, Sartorius E, Bohle RM, Keller A, Meese E. Posttranscriptional deregulation of signaling pathways in meningioma subtypes by differential expression of miRNAs. Neuro Oncol 2015; 17:1250-60. [PMID: 25681310 DOI: 10.1093/neuonc/nov014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/10/2014] [Accepted: 01/16/2015] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
Abstract
BACKGROUND Micro (mi)RNAs are key regulators of gene expression and offer themselves as biomarkers for cancer development and progression. Meningioma is one of the most frequent primary intracranial tumors. As of yet, there are limited data on the role of miRNAs in meningioma of different histological subtypes and the affected signaling pathways. METHODS In this study, we compared expression of 1205 miRNAs in different meningioma grades and histological subtypes using microarrays and independently validated deregulation of selected miRNAs with quantitative real-time PCR. Clinical utility of a subset of miRNAs as biomarkers for World Health Organization (WHO) grade II meningioma based on quantitative real-time data was tested. Potential targets of deregulated miRNAs were discovered with an in silico analysis. RESULTS We identified 13 miRNAs deregulated between different subtypes of benign meningiomas, and 52 miRNAs deregulated in anaplastic meningioma compared with benign meningiomas. Known and putative target genes of deregulated miRNAs include genes involved in epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition for benign meningiomas, and Wnt, transforming growth factor-β, and vascular endothelial growth factor signaling for higher-grade meningiomas. Furthermore, a 4-miRNA signature (miR-222, -34a*, -136, and -497) shows promise as a biomarker differentiating WHO grade II from grade I meningiomas with an area under the curve of 0.75. CONCLUSIONS Our data provide novel insights into the contribution of miRNAs to the phenotypic spectrum in benign meningiomas. By deregulating translation of genes belonging to signaling pathways known to be important for meningioma genesis and progression, miRNAs provide a second in line amplification of growth promoting cellular signals. MiRNAs as biomarkers for diagnosis of aggressive meningiomas might prove useful and should be explored further in a prospective manner.
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- Nicole Ludwig
- Department of Human Genetics Medical School, Saarland University, Homburg/Saar, Germany (N.L., S.C.M., C.B., T.V.W., V.G., E.M.); Institute of Pathology Medical School, Saarland University, Homburg/Saar, Germany (Y.-J.K., E.S., R.M.B.); Chair for Clinical Bioinformatics, Saarland University, University Hospital, Saarbrücken, Germany (S.C.M., C.B., V.G., A.K.)
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- Department of Human Genetics Medical School, Saarland University, Homburg/Saar, Germany (N.L., S.C.M., C.B., T.V.W., V.G., E.M.); Institute of Pathology Medical School, Saarland University, Homburg/Saar, Germany (Y.-J.K., E.S., R.M.B.); Chair for Clinical Bioinformatics, Saarland University, University Hospital, Saarbrücken, Germany (S.C.M., C.B., V.G., A.K.)
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- Department of Human Genetics Medical School, Saarland University, Homburg/Saar, Germany (N.L., S.C.M., C.B., T.V.W., V.G., E.M.); Institute of Pathology Medical School, Saarland University, Homburg/Saar, Germany (Y.-J.K., E.S., R.M.B.); Chair for Clinical Bioinformatics, Saarland University, University Hospital, Saarbrücken, Germany (S.C.M., C.B., V.G., A.K.)
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- Department of Human Genetics Medical School, Saarland University, Homburg/Saar, Germany (N.L., S.C.M., C.B., T.V.W., V.G., E.M.); Institute of Pathology Medical School, Saarland University, Homburg/Saar, Germany (Y.-J.K., E.S., R.M.B.); Chair for Clinical Bioinformatics, Saarland University, University Hospital, Saarbrücken, Germany (S.C.M., C.B., V.G., A.K.)
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- Department of Human Genetics Medical School, Saarland University, Homburg/Saar, Germany (N.L., S.C.M., C.B., T.V.W., V.G., E.M.); Institute of Pathology Medical School, Saarland University, Homburg/Saar, Germany (Y.-J.K., E.S., R.M.B.); Chair for Clinical Bioinformatics, Saarland University, University Hospital, Saarbrücken, Germany (S.C.M., C.B., V.G., A.K.)
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- Department of Human Genetics Medical School, Saarland University, Homburg/Saar, Germany (N.L., S.C.M., C.B., T.V.W., V.G., E.M.); Institute of Pathology Medical School, Saarland University, Homburg/Saar, Germany (Y.-J.K., E.S., R.M.B.); Chair for Clinical Bioinformatics, Saarland University, University Hospital, Saarbrücken, Germany (S.C.M., C.B., V.G., A.K.)
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- Department of Human Genetics Medical School, Saarland University, Homburg/Saar, Germany (N.L., S.C.M., C.B., T.V.W., V.G., E.M.); Institute of Pathology Medical School, Saarland University, Homburg/Saar, Germany (Y.-J.K., E.S., R.M.B.); Chair for Clinical Bioinformatics, Saarland University, University Hospital, Saarbrücken, Germany (S.C.M., C.B., V.G., A.K.)
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- Department of Human Genetics Medical School, Saarland University, Homburg/Saar, Germany (N.L., S.C.M., C.B., T.V.W., V.G., E.M.); Institute of Pathology Medical School, Saarland University, Homburg/Saar, Germany (Y.-J.K., E.S., R.M.B.); Chair for Clinical Bioinformatics, Saarland University, University Hospital, Saarbrücken, Germany (S.C.M., C.B., V.G., A.K.)
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- Department of Human Genetics Medical School, Saarland University, Homburg/Saar, Germany (N.L., S.C.M., C.B., T.V.W., V.G., E.M.); Institute of Pathology Medical School, Saarland University, Homburg/Saar, Germany (Y.-J.K., E.S., R.M.B.); Chair for Clinical Bioinformatics, Saarland University, University Hospital, Saarbrücken, Germany (S.C.M., C.B., V.G., A.K.)
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- Department of Human Genetics Medical School, Saarland University, Homburg/Saar, Germany (N.L., S.C.M., C.B., T.V.W., V.G., E.M.); Institute of Pathology Medical School, Saarland University, Homburg/Saar, Germany (Y.-J.K., E.S., R.M.B.); Chair for Clinical Bioinformatics, Saarland University, University Hospital, Saarbrücken, Germany (S.C.M., C.B., V.G., A.K.)
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