Universität zu Köln

Agnihotri, Sameer, Gugel, Isabel, Remke, Marc ORCID: 0000-0002-9404-9993, Bornemann, Antje, Pantazis, Georgios, Mack, Stephen C. ORCID: 0000-0001-9620-4742, Shih, David, Singh, Sanjay K., Sabha, Nesrin, Taylor, Michael D., Tatagiba, Marcos, Zadeh, Gelareh and Krischek, Boris (2014). Gene-expression profiling elucidates molecular signaling networks that can be therapeutically targeted in vestibular schwannoma. J. Neurosurg., 121 (6). S. 1434 - 1446. ROLLING MEADOWS: AMER ASSOC NEUROLOGICAL SURGEONS. ISSN 1933-0693

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Abstract

Object. Vestibular schwannomas (VS) are common benign tumors of the vestibular nerve that cause significant morbidity. The current treatment strategies for VS include surgery or radiation, with each treatment option having associated complications and side effects. The transcriptional landscape of schwannoma remains largely unknown. Methods. In this study the authors performed gene-expression profiling of 49 schwannomas and 7 normal control vestibular nerves to identify tumor-specific gene-expression patterns. They also interrogated whether schwannomas comprise several molecular subtypes using several transcription-based clustering strategies. The authors also performed in vitro experiments testing therapeutic inhibitors of over-activated pathways in a schwannoma cell line, namely the PI3K/AKT/mTOR pathway. Results. The authors identified over 4000 differentially expressed genes between controls and schwannomas with network analysis, uncovering proliferation and anti-apoptotic pathways previously not implicated in VS. Furthermore, using several distinct clustering technologies, they could not reproducibly identify distinct VS subtypes or significant differences between sporadic and germline NF2-associated schwannomas, suggesting that they are highly similar entities. The authors identified overexpression of PI3K/AKT/mTOR signaling networks in their gene-expression study and evaluated this pathway for therapeutic targeting. Testing the compounds BEZ235 and PKI-587, both novel dual inhibitors of PI3K and mTOR, attenuated tumor growth in a preclinical cell line model of schwannoma (HEI-293). In vitro findings demonstrated that pharmacological inhibition of the PI3K/AKT/mTOR pathway with next-generation compounds led to decreased cell viability and increased cell death. Conclusions. These findings implicate aberrant activation of the PI3K/AKT/mTOR pathway as a molecular mechanism of pathogenesis in VS and suggest inhibition of this pathway as a potential treatment strategy.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID ORCID Put Code Agnihotri, Sameer UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Gugel, Isabel UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Remke, Marc UNSPECIFIED orcid.org/0000-0002-9404-9993 UNSPECIFIED Bornemann, Antje UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Pantazis, Georgios UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Mack, Stephen C. UNSPECIFIED orcid.org/0000-0001-9620-4742 UNSPECIFIED Shih, David UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Singh, Sanjay K. UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Sabha, Nesrin UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Taylor, Michael D. UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Tatagiba, Marcos UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Zadeh, Gelareh UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Krischek, Boris UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED
URN:	urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-421979
DOI:	10.3171/2014.6.JNS131433
Journal or Publication Title:	J. Neurosurg.
Volume:	121
Number:	6
Page Range:	S. 1434 - 1446
Date:	2014
Publisher:	AMER ASSOC NEUROLOGICAL SURGEONS
Place of Publication:	ROLLING MEADOWS
ISSN:	1933-0693
Language:	English
Faculty:	Unspecified
Divisions:	Unspecified
Subjects:	no entry
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Keywords Language NEUROFIBROMATOSIS TYPE-2; MTOR COMPLEX; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; TUMOR-SUPPRESSOR; MERLIN; GROWTH; GLIOBLASTOMA; ACTIVATION; PATHWAY; AKT Multiple languages Clinical Neurology; Surgery Multiple languages
URI:	http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/42197