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NEUROLOGIA MEDICO-CHIRURGICA
Volume 47, Issue 8, Pages 341-349Publisher
JAPAN NEUROSURGICAL SOC
DOI: 10.2176/nmc.47.341
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malignant glioma; temozolomide; molecular genetic analysis; loss of heterozygosity; O-6-methylguanine deoxyribonucleic acid methyltransferase; deoxyribonucleic acid methylation
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Promoter methylation of the deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) repair gene, O-6-methylguanine-DNA methyltransferase (MGMT), is associated with improved outcome of patients with glioblastorna mul-tiforme and anaplastic astrocytoma treated with temozolomide (TMZ). Molecular genetic analysis of loss of heterozygosity (LOH) of 1p, 19q, or 10q, p53 mutation, and MGMT promoter methylation was performed in 44 assessable tumor specimens obtained from 46 patients with recurrent malignant gliomas, including 21 with glioblastoma multiforme, 17 with anaplastic astrocytoma, and eight with anaplastic oligoastrocytoma, which have heterogeneous features and variable histological diagnosis, to assess the correlation with the response to TMZ. LOHs of 1p and 19q, and MGMT promoter methylation showed positive correlations with the clinical response to TMZ therapy (p < 0.005, 0.05, and 0.05, respectively; Fisher's exact test). In addition, LOH of 1p and MGMT promoter methylation were associated with longer progression-free survival (p < 0.05 and 0.05, respectively; Cox regression analysis). LOH of 1p in the heterogeneous population of malignant gliomas may be one of the important factors besides MGMT methylation that predict better outcome in patients treated with TMZ.
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