BACKGROUND AND AIMS: Hepatocarcinogenesis is under polygenic control. We analyzed gene expression patterns of dysplastic liver nodules (DNs) and hepatocellular carcinomas (HCCs) chemically-induced in F344 and BN rats, respectively susceptible and resistant to hepatocarcinogenesis. METHODS: Expression profiles were performed by microarray and validated by quantitative RT-PCR and Western blot. RESULTS: Cluster analysis revealed two distinctive gene expression patterns, the first of which included normal liver of both strains and BN nodules, and the second one F344 nodules and HCC of both strains. We identified a signature predicting DN and HCC progression, characterized by highest expression of oncosuppressors Csmd1, Dmbt1, Dusp1, and Gnmt, in DNs, and Bhmt, Dmbt1, Dusp1, Gadd45g, Gnmt, Napsa, Pp2ca, and Ptpn13 in HCCs of resistant rats. Integrated gene expression data revealed highest expression of proliferation-related CTGF, c-MYC, and PCNA, and lowest expression of BHMT, DMBT1, DUSP1, GADD45g, and GNMT, in more aggressive rat and human HCC. BHMT, DUSP1, and GADD45g expression predicted patients' survival. CONCLUSIONS: Our results disclose, for the first time, a major role of oncosuppressor genes as effectors of genetic resistance to hepatocarcinogenesis. Comparative functional genomic analysis allowed discovering an evolutionarily conserved gene expression signature discriminating HCC with different propensity to progression in rat and human.

An expression signature of phenotipic resistance to hepatocellular carcinoma identified by cross-species gene expression analysis / Frau, Maddalena; Simile, Maria Maddalena; Tomasi, Maria L.; Demartis, Maria Ilaria; Daino, Lucia; Seddaiu, Maria Antonietta; Brozzetti, Stefania; Feo, Claudio; Massarelli, Giovannino; Solinas, Maria Giuliana; Feo, Francesco; Lee, Ju Seog; Pascale, Rosa Maria. - In: CELLULAR ONCOLOGY. - ISSN 2211-3428. - 35:3(2012), pp. 163-173. [10.1007/s13402-011-0067-z]

An expression signature of phenotipic resistance to hepatocellular carcinoma identified by cross-species gene expression analysis

SIMILE, Maria Maddalena;DEMARTIS, Maria Ilaria;Daino, Lucia;SEDDAIU, Maria Antonietta;FEO, Claudio;MASSARELLI, Giovannino;SOLINAS, Maria Giuliana;FEO, Francesco;PASCALE, Rosa Maria
2012-01-01

Abstract

BACKGROUND AND AIMS: Hepatocarcinogenesis is under polygenic control. We analyzed gene expression patterns of dysplastic liver nodules (DNs) and hepatocellular carcinomas (HCCs) chemically-induced in F344 and BN rats, respectively susceptible and resistant to hepatocarcinogenesis. METHODS: Expression profiles were performed by microarray and validated by quantitative RT-PCR and Western blot. RESULTS: Cluster analysis revealed two distinctive gene expression patterns, the first of which included normal liver of both strains and BN nodules, and the second one F344 nodules and HCC of both strains. We identified a signature predicting DN and HCC progression, characterized by highest expression of oncosuppressors Csmd1, Dmbt1, Dusp1, and Gnmt, in DNs, and Bhmt, Dmbt1, Dusp1, Gadd45g, Gnmt, Napsa, Pp2ca, and Ptpn13 in HCCs of resistant rats. Integrated gene expression data revealed highest expression of proliferation-related CTGF, c-MYC, and PCNA, and lowest expression of BHMT, DMBT1, DUSP1, GADD45g, and GNMT, in more aggressive rat and human HCC. BHMT, DUSP1, and GADD45g expression predicted patients' survival. CONCLUSIONS: Our results disclose, for the first time, a major role of oncosuppressor genes as effectors of genetic resistance to hepatocarcinogenesis. Comparative functional genomic analysis allowed discovering an evolutionarily conserved gene expression signature discriminating HCC with different propensity to progression in rat and human.
2012
An expression signature of phenotipic resistance to hepatocellular carcinoma identified by cross-species gene expression analysis / Frau, Maddalena; Simile, Maria Maddalena; Tomasi, Maria L.; Demartis, Maria Ilaria; Daino, Lucia; Seddaiu, Maria Antonietta; Brozzetti, Stefania; Feo, Claudio; Massarelli, Giovannino; Solinas, Maria Giuliana; Feo, Francesco; Lee, Ju Seog; Pascale, Rosa Maria. - In: CELLULAR ONCOLOGY. - ISSN 2211-3428. - 35:3(2012), pp. 163-173. [10.1007/s13402-011-0067-z]
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