Project description:Previous epidemiological studies have demonstrated elevated susceptibility to ionizing radiation in some families, thus suggesting the presence of genetic components that conferred increased rate of radiation-associated meningioma (RAM). In this study, we exome-sequenced and investigated the segregation pattern of rare deleterious variants in 11 RAM pedigrees. In addition, we performed a rare-variant association analysis in 92 unrelated familial cases of RAM that were ancestry-matched with 88 meningioma-free controls. In the pedigree analysis, we found that each family carried mostly a unique set of rare deleterious variants. A follow-up pathway analysis of the union of the genes that segregated within each of the 11 pedigrees identified a single statistically significant (q value = 7.90E-04) "ECM receptor interaction" set. In the case-control association analysis, we observed no statistically significant variants or genes after multiple testing correction; however, examination of ontological categories of the genes that associated with RAM at nominal P values <0.01 identified biologically relevant pathways such as DNA repair, cell cycle and apoptosis. These results suggest that it is unlikely that a small number of highly penetrant genes are involved in the pathogenesis of RAM. Substantially larger studies are needed to identify genetic risk variants and genes in RAM.
Project description:Genomic profiling of anaplastic meningioma can inform prognostic gene level alterations in lower-grade meningiomas, potentially reflecting evolution of anaplastic meningioma from lowergrade precursor tumours. Larger scale studies in paired primary and recurrent meningiomas are warranted to unravel the evolutionary path to anaplastic meningiomas and prognostic genomic alterations in detail
Project description:This study investigates three radiation exposure scenarios in BALB/c and C57BL/6 mice: (1) low dose (LD) group -- four weekly doses of 7.5 cGy, (2) high dose (HD) group -- four weekly doses of 1.8 Gy, (3) unexposed group -- four weekly sham exposures. We then used comparative expression profiles of the mouse mammary gland and cardiac blood to build a model of candidate tissue functions associated with LD cancer susceptibility in these strains and murine and human knowledgebases to characterize these tissue functions and their relevance to breast cancer.
Project description:This study investigates three radiation exposure scenarios in BALB/c and C57BL/6 mice: (1) low dose (LD) group -- four weekly doses of 7.5 cGy, (2) high dose (HD) group -- four weekly doses of 1.8 Gy, (3) unexposed group -- four weekly sham exposures. We then used comparative expression profiles of the mouse mammary gland and cardiac blood to build a model of candidate tissue functions associated with LD cancer susceptibility in these strains and murine and human knowledgebases to characterize these tissue functions and their relevance to breast cancer. All samples were assessed on Affymetrix MOE 430 A arrays (HT_MG-430A; GPL8759). Mammary gland tissues: 43 samples (2 strains, 3 treatments, 2 timepoints, 2-4 replicates). For Cardiac blood tissue: 8 samples (2 strains, 4 replicates)
Project description:Comparison of the gene expression profiles with meningiomas of different grading. 24 primary meningioma cultures from surgical specimen were maintained to primary meningioma cultures.
Project description:We performed expression profiling of 24 meningioma and two dura controls analyzing 55000 transcripts including 18300 known genes. We compared expression in meningioma vs. dura, expression of low grade (WHO I) vs. higher-grade (WHO II and WHO IIII) tumors and expression of meningothelial and syncytial meningioma vs. fibroblastic meningioma. Gene expression was analysed in 24 meningioma including eight of each WHO grade and two dura controls analyzing 55000 transcripts including 18300 known genes.