TY - JOUR
T1 - Nestin, PDGFRβ, CXCL12 and VEGF in glioma patients
T2 - Different profiles of (pro-angiogenic) molecule expression are related with tumor grade and may provide prognostic information
AU - Maderna, Emanuela
AU - Salmaggi, Andrea
AU - Calatozzolo, Chiara
AU - Limido, Lucia
AU - Pollo, Bianca
PY - 2007/7
Y1 - 2007/7
N2 - Angiogenesis is a key event in the natural progression of gliomas. Nestin, a marker for multipotential neuroepithelial stem cells, is detected in neuroepithelial tumors and in proliferating endothelial cells (ECs) and is involved in the early stages of lineage commitment, proliferation and differentiation. Nestin expression is correlated with proangiogenic chemokines (CXCL12 and its receptor CXCR4) and growth factors (VEGF, PDGF-B and its receptor PDGFRβ). VEGF expression upregulates CXCR4 on endothelial cells, binding the chemokine SDF1/CXCL12 (Stromal Derived Factor) that has a role on angiogenesis and chemotaxis of endothelial cells; PDGF (platelet-derived growth factor) and PDGFRβ are also crucial by increasing the expression of VEGF. We performed a retrospective study on the presence and role of nestin-expressing cells in 102 patients with glioma, relating the findings to VEGF, CXCL12, PDGFRβ expression and to clinical outcome (time to tumor progression-TTP and survival time-ST). Our results suggest that in gliomas the detection of proliferating ECs expressing nestin correlates to histological malignancy grade and clinical outcome. Also, the expression of CXCL12 in low-grade gliomas was the only factor associated with a significantly shorter TTP, suggesting a role of this chemokine in angiogenic shift and/or disease progression.
AB - Angiogenesis is a key event in the natural progression of gliomas. Nestin, a marker for multipotential neuroepithelial stem cells, is detected in neuroepithelial tumors and in proliferating endothelial cells (ECs) and is involved in the early stages of lineage commitment, proliferation and differentiation. Nestin expression is correlated with proangiogenic chemokines (CXCL12 and its receptor CXCR4) and growth factors (VEGF, PDGF-B and its receptor PDGFRβ). VEGF expression upregulates CXCR4 on endothelial cells, binding the chemokine SDF1/CXCL12 (Stromal Derived Factor) that has a role on angiogenesis and chemotaxis of endothelial cells; PDGF (platelet-derived growth factor) and PDGFRβ are also crucial by increasing the expression of VEGF. We performed a retrospective study on the presence and role of nestin-expressing cells in 102 patients with glioma, relating the findings to VEGF, CXCL12, PDGFRβ expression and to clinical outcome (time to tumor progression-TTP and survival time-ST). Our results suggest that in gliomas the detection of proliferating ECs expressing nestin correlates to histological malignancy grade and clinical outcome. Also, the expression of CXCL12 in low-grade gliomas was the only factor associated with a significantly shorter TTP, suggesting a role of this chemokine in angiogenic shift and/or disease progression.
KW - Angiogenesis
KW - CXCL12
KW - Glioma
KW - Nestin
KW - VEGF
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M3 - Article
C2 - 17611402
AN - SCOPUS:42449103074
VL - 6
SP - 1018
EP - 1024
JO - Cancer Biology and Therapy
JF - Cancer Biology and Therapy
SN - 1538-4047
IS - 7
ER -