Research of PTEN mutation in glioma stem/progenitor cells

Objective More and more attention has been given to the presumption that glioma stem cells (GSCs) originate from neural stem cells (NSCs) with gene mutation, however, there is no enough evidence by now. This paper aims to get evidence of this area. Methods Glioma stem/progenitor cells (GSPCs) and ne...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Yao⁃dong ZHAO, Quan⁃bin ZHANG, Mei⁃qing LOU, Qiang HUANG
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Tianjin Huanhu Hospital 2010-12-01
Series:Chinese Journal of Contemporary Neurology and Neurosurgery
Subjects:
Online Access:http://www.cjcnn.org/index.php/cjcnn/article/view/533
_version_ 1819212178820956160
author Yao⁃dong ZHAO
Quan⁃bin ZHANG
Mei⁃qing LOU
Qiang HUANG
author_facet Yao⁃dong ZHAO
Quan⁃bin ZHANG
Mei⁃qing LOU
Qiang HUANG
author_sort Yao⁃dong ZHAO
collection DOAJ
description Objective More and more attention has been given to the presumption that glioma stem cells (GSCs) originate from neural stem cells (NSCs) with gene mutation, however, there is no enough evidence by now. This paper aims to get evidence of this area. Methods Glioma stem/progenitor cells (GSPCs) and neural stem/progenitor cells (NSPCs) were cultivated in vitro, and were identified before the following studies. Total RNA was isolated and then reverse⁃transcribed into cDNA, with primers specific to phosphatase and tensin homolog deleted onchromosome ten (PTEN), high⁃fidelity Taq polymerase was used for the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) to avoid the incorporation of pseudomutation. After amplification, 10 μl of the reaction mixture was electrophoresed through 1.5% agarose gel, and the rest of the reaction mixture was used for sequencing in both directions. The procedures for the isolation of total RNA to PCR and sequencing were repeated twice, and the sequencing results of both DNA and PTEN peptide chain were analysed with DNAssist 1.0 software and compared to the sequence of wild⁃type Homo Sapiens PTEN in GenBank. Results No mutation happened in the PTEN of NSPCs, but there were many base mutations in the mRNA of PTEN of GSPCs compared with the wild⁃type Homo Sapiens PTEN. Though most of these mutations were same sense mutation, still several mutations were not, including the normal DNA bases of PTEN bases 22 to 42 "ATCGTTAGCAGAAACAAAAGG" in first exon mutated into "CTACGATTGATTTGCATCTTT", base 712 "T" in exon 7 mutated into "C", and base 1192 "A" in exon 9 mutated into "T". Accordingly, for the amino acids (AA) sequence in the peptide chain of PTEN, the mutation included AA from the 8th to the 14th (from "IVSRNKR" to "LRLICIF"), the 238th AA (from "F" to "L"), and the 398th AA (from "T" to "S"). These mutated regions were involved in membrane interaction, particularly the combination with phosphatidylinositol 4, 5⁃biphosphate (PIP2) and maintaining the protein stability of PTEN. Therefore, these mutations not only lead to the rapid degradation of PTEN, but also hinder the cellular function of PTEN to down⁃regulate phosphoinostide 3⁃kinase (PI3K) signaling. Conclusion The mutation of PTEN occurs even in the early stage of malignant transformation, which is probably an initiating agent for the tumorigenesis of gliomas. DOI:10.3969/j.issn.1672-6731.2010.06.014
first_indexed 2024-12-23T06:38:51Z
format Article
id doaj.art-cc5e278f81784a6a8c37fdd18d07cec5
institution Directory Open Access Journal
issn 1672-6731
language English
last_indexed 2024-12-23T06:38:51Z
publishDate 2010-12-01
publisher Tianjin Huanhu Hospital
record_format Article
series Chinese Journal of Contemporary Neurology and Neurosurgery
spelling doaj.art-cc5e278f81784a6a8c37fdd18d07cec52022-12-21T17:56:43ZengTianjin Huanhu HospitalChinese Journal of Contemporary Neurology and Neurosurgery1672-67312010-12-01106646651532Research of PTEN mutation in glioma stem/progenitor cellsYao⁃dong ZHAOQuan⁃bin ZHANGMei⁃qing LOUQiang HUANGObjective More and more attention has been given to the presumption that glioma stem cells (GSCs) originate from neural stem cells (NSCs) with gene mutation, however, there is no enough evidence by now. This paper aims to get evidence of this area. Methods Glioma stem/progenitor cells (GSPCs) and neural stem/progenitor cells (NSPCs) were cultivated in vitro, and were identified before the following studies. Total RNA was isolated and then reverse⁃transcribed into cDNA, with primers specific to phosphatase and tensin homolog deleted onchromosome ten (PTEN), high⁃fidelity Taq polymerase was used for the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) to avoid the incorporation of pseudomutation. After amplification, 10 μl of the reaction mixture was electrophoresed through 1.5% agarose gel, and the rest of the reaction mixture was used for sequencing in both directions. The procedures for the isolation of total RNA to PCR and sequencing were repeated twice, and the sequencing results of both DNA and PTEN peptide chain were analysed with DNAssist 1.0 software and compared to the sequence of wild⁃type Homo Sapiens PTEN in GenBank. Results No mutation happened in the PTEN of NSPCs, but there were many base mutations in the mRNA of PTEN of GSPCs compared with the wild⁃type Homo Sapiens PTEN. Though most of these mutations were same sense mutation, still several mutations were not, including the normal DNA bases of PTEN bases 22 to 42 "ATCGTTAGCAGAAACAAAAGG" in first exon mutated into "CTACGATTGATTTGCATCTTT", base 712 "T" in exon 7 mutated into "C", and base 1192 "A" in exon 9 mutated into "T". Accordingly, for the amino acids (AA) sequence in the peptide chain of PTEN, the mutation included AA from the 8th to the 14th (from "IVSRNKR" to "LRLICIF"), the 238th AA (from "F" to "L"), and the 398th AA (from "T" to "S"). These mutated regions were involved in membrane interaction, particularly the combination with phosphatidylinositol 4, 5⁃biphosphate (PIP2) and maintaining the protein stability of PTEN. Therefore, these mutations not only lead to the rapid degradation of PTEN, but also hinder the cellular function of PTEN to down⁃regulate phosphoinostide 3⁃kinase (PI3K) signaling. Conclusion The mutation of PTEN occurs even in the early stage of malignant transformation, which is probably an initiating agent for the tumorigenesis of gliomas. DOI:10.3969/j.issn.1672-6731.2010.06.014http://www.cjcnn.org/index.php/cjcnn/article/view/533GliomaNeoplastic stem cellsGenes, tumor suppressorMutationPolymerase chain reaction
spellingShingle Yao⁃dong ZHAO
Quan⁃bin ZHANG
Mei⁃qing LOU
Qiang HUANG
Research of PTEN mutation in glioma stem/progenitor cells
Chinese Journal of Contemporary Neurology and Neurosurgery
Glioma
Neoplastic stem cells
Genes, tumor suppressor
Mutation
Polymerase chain reaction
title Research of PTEN mutation in glioma stem/progenitor cells
title_full Research of PTEN mutation in glioma stem/progenitor cells
title_fullStr Research of PTEN mutation in glioma stem/progenitor cells
title_full_unstemmed Research of PTEN mutation in glioma stem/progenitor cells
title_short Research of PTEN mutation in glioma stem/progenitor cells
title_sort research of pten mutation in glioma stem progenitor cells
topic Glioma
Neoplastic stem cells
Genes, tumor suppressor
Mutation
Polymerase chain reaction
url http://www.cjcnn.org/index.php/cjcnn/article/view/533
work_keys_str_mv AT yaodongzhao researchofptenmutationingliomastemprogenitorcells
AT quanbinzhang researchofptenmutationingliomastemprogenitorcells
AT meiqinglou researchofptenmutationingliomastemprogenitorcells
AT qianghuang researchofptenmutationingliomastemprogenitorcells