Transcriptional profiling reveals coordinated up-regulation of oxidative metabolism genes in thyroid oncocytic tumors.
J Clin Endocrinol Metab
; 89(2): 994-1005, 2004 Feb.
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| ID: mdl-14764826
ABSTRACT
Oncocytomas are large cell tumors characterized by an abnormal proliferation of mitochondria. To investigate this phenomenon in thyroid oncocytomas, we determined gene expression profiles of 87 samples using microarrays of 6720 PCR products from cDNA clones. Samples included 29 thyroid oncocytomas and six papillary carcinomas, the remainder representing other thyroid pathologies or mitochondria-rich tumor samples, normal thyroid samples, and two thyroid cell lines. Hierarchical clustering and supervised analysis identified two specific oncocytic clusters and 163 distinctly regulated genes between oncocytoma and normal thyroid. Differential expression of five selected genes (APOD, BCL-2, COX, CTSB, and MAP2) was confirmed by immunohistochemistry. The two specific oncocytic clusters were rich in mitochondrial genes and revealed coordinated expression of nuclear and mitochondrial respiratory chain genes. We also observed the up-regulation of genes involved in mitochondrial biogenesis, such as nuclear respiratory factor 1 and the endothelial nitric oxide synthase. Several oxidative metabolism genes were overexpressed in oncocytomas, including those from the tricarboxylic acid cycle (MDH1) and cytosolic glycolysis (GAPD, ENO1, and GPI). On the contrary, the lactate dehydrogenase A gene, involved in anaerobic metabolism, was down-regulated. Our results suggest that, unlike a large number of solid tumors, thyroid oncocytomas produce energy through an aerobic pathway.
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01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Transcrição Gênica
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Neoplasias da Glândula Tireoide
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Regulação para Cima
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Adenoma Oxífilo
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Perfilação da Expressão Gênica
Tipo de estudo:
Prognostic_studies
Limite:
Adult
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Aged
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
Idioma:
En
Revista:
J Clin Endocrinol Metab
Ano de publicação:
2004
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
França