Differential gene expression in ACTH -secreting and non-functioning pituitary tumors
Copyright policy )Differential gene expression in ACTH -secreting and non-functioning pituitary tumors
ObjectiveDifferential expression of several genes between ACTH-secreting pituitary tumors causing Cushing' disease (CD), silent corticotroph adenoma (SCA), and non-functioning pituitary tumors (NFT) was investigated.Design and methodsWe used tissue specimens from 35 pituitary tumors (12 CD, 8 SCA, and 15 NFT). Steady-state mRNA levels of the genes related to proopiomelanocortin (POMC) transcription, synthesis, processing, and secretion, such as neurogenic differentiation 1 (NeuroD1), T-box 19 (Tpit), corticotropin releasing hormone receptor (CRHR), vasopressin receptor 1b (V1bR), prohormone convertase (PC) 1/3 and PC2, 11β-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase (11β-HSD) type 1 and type 2, glucocorticoid receptor α (GRα), annexin A1, histone deacetylase 2 (HDAC2), and BRM/SWI2-related gene 1, were determined by real-time RT-PCR.Results and conclusionPOMC and Tpit mRNA levels were greater in CD and SCA than those in NFT. NeuroD1 mRNA levels were less in CD than those in NFT, but almost comparable between SCA and NFT. PC1/3 mRNA levels were greater in CD, but less in SCA than those in NFT. PC2 mRNA levels in CD and SCA were less than those in NFT. CRHR, V1bR, and 11β-HSD2 mRNA levels in CD were greater than those in SCA and NFT. HDAC2 mRNA levels in CD and SCA were lower than those in NFT. In conclusion, our study demonstrated that the genes related to transcription, synthesis, processing, and secretion of POMC are differentially regulated in ACTH-secreting pituitary tumors causing CD and SCA compared with those in NFT. This may partly explain the development of clinically active and inactive CD.
- Institute of Science Tokyo Japan
- Toranomon Hospital Japan
Feedback, Physiological, Homeodomain Proteins, Male, Receptors, Vasopressin, Pro-Opiomelanocortin, Gene Expression Profiling, Middle Aged, Receptors, Corticotropin-Releasing Hormone, Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic, ACTH-Secreting Pituitary Adenoma, Proprotein Convertase 2, Receptors, Glucocorticoid, Adrenocorticotropic Hormone, Basic Helix-Loop-Helix Transcription Factors, Humans, 11-beta-Hydroxysteroid Dehydrogenases, Female, Pituitary Neoplasms, RNA, Messenger, Pituitary ACTH Hypersecretion
Feedback, Physiological, Homeodomain Proteins, Male, Receptors, Vasopressin, Pro-Opiomelanocortin, Gene Expression Profiling, Middle Aged, Receptors, Corticotropin-Releasing Hormone, Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic, ACTH-Secreting Pituitary Adenoma, Proprotein Convertase 2, Receptors, Glucocorticoid, Adrenocorticotropic Hormone, Basic Helix-Loop-Helix Transcription Factors, Humans, 11-beta-Hydroxysteroid Dehydrogenases, Female, Pituitary Neoplasms, RNA, Messenger, Pituitary ACTH Hypersecretion
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