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JOURNAL OF CLINICAL ENDOCRINOLOGY & METABOLISM
Volume 95, Issue 3, Pages 1458-1462Publisher
ENDOCRINE SOC
DOI: 10.1210/jc.2009-2040
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- Fundacao de Amparo a Pesquisa do Estado de Sao Paulo (FAPESP) [05/04726-0, 06/00244-3]
- Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Cientifico e Tecnologico (CNPq) [300209/2008-09, 307951/06-5, 301339/2008-09]
- Fundacao de Amparo a Pesquisa do Estado de Sao Paulo (FAPESP) [06/00244-3] Funding Source: FAPESP
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Background: Steroidogenic factor 1 (SF-1) is a key determinant of endocrine development and function of adrenal cortex. SF-1 overexpression and gene amplification were previously demonstrated in a small group of pediatric adrenocortical tumors. Objective: Our objective was to determine the frequency of SF-1 protein expression and gene amplification in a large cohort of pediatric and adult adrenocortical tumors. Patients: SF-1 protein expression was assessed in a cohort of 103 adrenocortical tumors from 36 children and 67 adults, whereas gene amplification was studied in 38 adrenocortical tumors ( 17 from children). Methods: Tissue microarray, multiplex ligation-dependent probe amplification, and quantitative real-time PCR were used. Results: Astrong nuclear SF-1 expression was detected by tissue microarray in 56% (20 of 36) and 19% (13 of 67) of the pediatric and adult adrenocortical tumors, respectively (P = 0.0004). Increased SF-1 copy number was identified in 47% (eight of 17) and 10% (two of 21) of the pediatric and adult adrenocortical tumors, respectively (P = 0.02). All adrenocortical tumors with SF-1 gene amplification showed a strong SF-1 staining, whereas most of the tumors (61%) without SF-1 amplification displayed a weak or negative staining (P = 0.0008). Interestingly, a strong SF-1 staining was identified in five (29%) pediatric adrenocortical tumors without SF-1 amplification. The frequency of SF-1 overexpression and gene amplification was similar in adrenocortical adenomas and carcinomas. Conclusion: We demonstrated a higher frequency of SF-1 overexpression and gene amplification in pediatric than in adult adrenocortical tumors, suggesting an important role of SF-1 in pediatric adrenocortical tumorigenesis. (J Clin Endocrinol Metab 95: 1458-1462, 2010)
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