Phenylethanolamine N-methyltransferase downregulation is associated with malignant pheochromocytoma/paraganglioma
- Authors
- Lee, Seung Eun; Oh, Ensel; Lee, Boram; Kim, Yu Jin; Oh, Doo-Yi; Jung, Kyungsoo; Choi, Jong-Sun; Kim, Junghan; Kim, Sung Joo; Yang, Jung Wook; An, Jungsuk; Oh, Young Lyun; Choi, Yoon-La
- Issue Date
- 26-Apr-2016
- Publisher
- IMPACT JOURNALS LLC
- Keywords
- pheochromocytoma/paraganglioma; phenylethanolamine N-methyltransferase; biomarker; metastasis; endocrinetumors
- Citation
- ONCOTARGET, v.7, no.17, pp.24141 - 24153
- Journal Title
- ONCOTARGET
- Volume
- 7
- Number
- 17
- Start Page
- 24141
- End Page
- 24153
- URI
- https://scholarworks.bwise.kr/gachon/handle/2020.sw.gachon/8372
- DOI
- 10.18632/oncotarget.8234
- ISSN
- 1949-2553
- Abstract
- Malignant pheochromocytoma/paraganglioma (PCC/PGL) is defined by the presence of metastases at non-chromaffin sites, which makes it difficult to prospectively diagnose malignancy. Here, we performed array CGH (aCGH) and paired gene expression profiling of fresh, frozen PCC/PGL samples (n = 12), including three malignant tumors, to identify genes that distinguish benign from malignant tumors. Most PCC/PGL cases showed few copy number aberrations, regardless of malignancy status, but mRNA analysis revealed that 390 genes were differentially expressed in benign and malignant tumors. Expression of the enzyme, phenylethanolamine N-methyltransferase (PNMT), which catalyzes the methylation of norepinephrine to epinephrine, was significantly lower in malignant PCC/PGL as compared to benign samples. In 62 additional samples, we confirmed that PNMT mRNA and protein levels were decreased in malignant PCC/PGL using quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction and immunohistochemistry. The present study demonstrates that PNMT downregulation correlates with malignancy in PCC/PGL and identifies PNMT as one of the most differentially expressed genes between malignant and benign tumors.
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