Recent Advances in MEN 1 Gene Study for Pituitary Tumor Pathogenesis

Author(s):  
T. Kameya ◽  
T. Tsukada ◽  
K. Yamaguchi
2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (Supplement_1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Luciana Ansaneli Naves ◽  
Lidiana B Santana ◽  
Isabella Santiago M Miranda ◽  
Isabella Naves Rosa ◽  
Pedro G Mesquita ◽  
...  

Abstract Background.Pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors ocurs in 30-80% of patients with MEN-1, and may be non-functioning and hormone secreting tumors. Non-functioning GEP-NETs are increasingly recognised due to advanced imaging modalities such as endoscopic ultrasound thus became the most common type in MEN1 patients. Several mutations MENIN gene were described, although patients with missense mutations are considered as low-impact mutation carriers.Case report.Index case, female, 47 years old, menarche at age of 16yo, amenorrhea until 23yo, when started continuous oral contraceptives. At age of 45 presented dizziness, paresthesia, cramps, had the diagnosis of Hyperparathyroidism related to multinodular parathyroid hyperplasia (Calcium 14mg/dL, PTH 117 pg/mL) and macroprolactinoma (prolactin 235 ng/mL; pituitary tumor 1.2 X 1.0 cm). All siblings and her mother were recruited and one brother, aged 45 years confirmed the diagnosis of hyperparathyroidism and nephrocalcinosis. Their mother, aged 77 years old, presented abdominal pain, and had the diagnosis of aggressivepancreatic tumor compressing bile duct causing intra and extra-pancreatic dilation, associated with metastatic lymph nodes. She was sunmitted to total pancreato-gastrectomy with esophagus jejunum anastomosis. Genetic screening:MEN1genetic screening for mutations was performed in all patients. In these probands, MLPA analysis was performed to detect large deletions of the MEN1gene, using SALSA MLPA probemix kit P017-D1 according to the manufacturer’s instructions (MRC-Holland, Amsterdam, The Netherlands).DNA was extracted from EDTA-Whole blood using MagNA Pure 24 (Roche). Sequencing libraries were qualified/quantified using TapeStation4200 (Agilent). Test method included coding regions ±10bp flanking intronic sequences of 3921 genes enriched using Kappa HyperPlus Library Preparation Kit (Roche) and SeqCap EZ inherited disease panel (Roche) and sequenced (2x75-bp Mid Output V2 Reagent) using NextSeq-500 (Illumina) (estimated mean coverage-100X). Read alignment, variant calling, variant filtration and annotation were performed with Varstation. SNVs and small indels (20bp) with total-read-depth,10X and variant-read-frequency more than20% found on AIP, APC, CDC73, CDKN1B, DICER1, FH, MAX, MEN1, MET, NF1, PRKAR1A, PTEN, RET, SDHA, SDHAF2, SDHB, SDHC, SDHD, TMEM127, TP53, VHL, WRN genes were analyzed.A missense mutation in exon 2, MEN1:c.124G.C:p.(GLY42Arg) was detected. Discussion and conclusion:MEN1-associated GEP-NETs seem to have a low proliferation rate and long survival has been reported, they should be of particular attention, since they are still the principal cause of death in MEN1 patients.Early screening and diagnosis are crucial for MEN-1 phenotypes.


2015 ◽  
Vol 22 (4) ◽  
pp. 481-504 ◽  
Author(s):  
Freya Mertens ◽  
Lies Gremeaux ◽  
Jianghai Chen ◽  
Qiuli Fu ◽  
Christophe Willems ◽  
...  

Pituitary adenomas cause significant endocrine and mass-related morbidity. Little is known about the mechanisms that underlie pituitary tumor pathogenesis. In the present study, we searched for a side population (SP) in pituitary tumors representing cells with high efflux capacity and potentially enriched for tumor stem cells (TSCs). Human pituitary adenomas contain a SP irrespective of hormonal phenotype. This adenoma SP, as well as the purified SP (pSP) that is depleted from endothelial and immune cells, is enriched for cells that express ‘tumor stemness’ markers and signaling pathways, including epithelial–mesenchymal transition (EMT)-linked factors. Pituitary adenomas were found to contain self-renewing sphere-forming cells, considered to be a property of TSCs. These sphere-initiating cells were recovered in the pSP. Because benign pituitary adenomas do not grow in vitro and have failed to expand in immunodeficient mice, the pituitary tumor cell line AtT20 was further used. We identified a SP in this cell line and found it to be more tumorigenic than the non-SP ‘main population’. Of the two EMT regulatory pathways tested, the inhibition of chemokine (C-X-C motif) receptor 4 (CXCR4) signaling reduced EMT-associated cell motility in vitro as well as xenograft tumor growth, whereas the activation of TGFβ had no effect. The human adenoma pSP also showed upregulated expression of the pituitary stem cell marker SOX2. Pituitaries from dopamine receptor D2 knockout (Drd2−/−) mice that bear prolactinomas contain more pSP, Sox2+, and colony-forming cells than WT glands. In conclusion, we detected a SP in pituitary tumors and identified TSC-associated characteristics. The present study adds new elements to the unraveling of pituitary tumor pathogenesis and may lead to the identification of new therapeutic targets.


Endocrine ◽  
2005 ◽  
Vol 28 (1) ◽  
pp. 037-042 ◽  
Author(s):  
Takeo Minematsu ◽  
Shunsuke Miyai ◽  
Hanako Kajiya ◽  
Masanori Suzuki ◽  
Naoko Sanno ◽  
...  

2002 ◽  
Vol 109 (2) ◽  
pp. 277-283 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anthony P. Heaney ◽  
Manory Fernando ◽  
Shlomo Melmed

1994 ◽  
Vol 40 ◽  
pp. 113
Author(s):  
P. Cracco ◽  
F. Dufosse ◽  
N. Trillot ◽  
D. Becuwe ◽  
M.P. Noel ◽  
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1988 ◽  
Vol 132 ◽  
pp. 525-530
Author(s):  
Raffaele G. Gratton

The use CCD detectors has allowed a major progress in abundance derivations for globular cluster stars in the last years. Abundances deduced from high dispersion spectra now correlates well with other abundance indicators. I discuss some problems concerning the derivation of accurate metal abundances for globular clusters using high dispersion spectra from both the old photographic and the most recent CCD data. The discrepant low abundances found by Cohen (1980), from photographic material for M71 giants, are found to be due to the use of too high microturbulences.


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