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FRONTIERS IN ONCOLOGY
Volume 11, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
FRONTIERS MEDIA SA
DOI: 10.3389/fonc.2021.590771
Keywords
glioblastoma multiforme; myoglobin; human tissue microarray; lactate dehydrogenase A; carbonic anhydrase IX
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- Zewail City for Science and Technology (internal fund), Giza, Egypt
- Science and Technology Development Fund (STDF), Ministry of Scientific Research, Egypt [12695]
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Myoglobin is expressed in various cancers and is regulated by low oxygen tensions, especially in brain tumors. The expression of myoglobin is positively correlated with tumor grade in brain tumors, suggesting a role in promoting aggressive tumor phenotypes. Enhanced nuclear LDHA expression in GBM also indicates a potential role in tumor aggressiveness.
Background Myoglobin (MB) is increasingly recognized as a key player in cancer growth and metastasis. Low oxygen tensions, commonly associated with highly aggressive and recurrent cancers, have been shown to regulate its expression in several cancers such as lung, neck, prostate and breast cancer. However, it is not yet known whether it contributes to the growth and spread of brain cancers especially Glioblastoma multiforme (GBM). Methods Here we investigate the expression of MB, and its correlation with the hypoxia markers carbonic anhydrase IX (CAIX) and lactate dehydrogenase A (LDHA), in human tissue microarrays of multiple organ tumors, brain tumors, and GBM tumors, and their respective cancer-adjacent normal tissues. Correlation between MB protein expression and tumor grade was also assessed. Results We show that MB protein is expressed in a wide variety of cancers, benign tumors, cancer-adjacent normal tissues, hyperplastic tissue samples and normal brain tissue, and low oxygen tensions modulate MB protein expression in different brain cancers, including GBM. Enhanced nuclear LDHA immune-reactivity in GBM was also observed. Finally, we report for the first time a positive correlation between MB expression and brain tumor grade. Conclusion Our data suggest that hypoxia regulate MB expression in different brain cancers (including GBM) and that its expression is associated with a more aggressive phenotype as indicated by the positive correlation with the brain tumor grade. Additionally, a role for nuclear LDHA in promoting aggressive tumor phenotype is also suggested based on enhanced nuclear expression which was observed only in GBM.
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