J. Fernebro, P. Francis, P. Edén, Å. Borg, I. Panagopoulos, F. Mertens, J. Vallon-Christersson, M. Åkerman, N. Mandahl, M. Nilbert Departments of Oncology, Theoretical Physics, Clinical Genetics, and Pathology Lund University, Sweden Gene expression profiles relate to gene fusion type and metastasis in synovial sarcoma
Aims Groups of genes discriminating the monophasic from biphasic have been previously identified (Allander et al., 2002; Nagayama et al., 2002) Do gene expression profiles in synovial sarcoma correlate with: Histopathology Cytogenetics Gene fusion type Metastatic potential
23 synovial sarcoma specimens from 21 patients mean age 46, 12 males, 16 primary tumors, 3 local recurrences, 4 metastases Histopathology monophasic (17) vs biphasic (4) Cytogenetics t(X;18) (4) vs complex karyotype (12) Gene fusion type SS18/SSX1 (12) vs SS18/SSX2 (7) Metastatic potential metastasis (13) vs metastsis-free (5) SS18 SSX Material
Scan Process Image Labelled cDNA hrs incubation at 42 o C Hybridize to microarray slide Reference RNA Tumour RNA Image and Data Analysis cDNA microarray, IMAGE clones distinct reporters unique UniGene clusters Hierarchical clustering based on ~5800 genes - Unsupervised - Supervised Golub scores, random permutation tests Methods
Expression profiles did not relate to histopathology or karyotype Significant discriminators for gene fusion type and metastatic potential Metastasis No Yes Gene fusion type Type 1 Type 2 Supervised clustering
Up SS18/SSX1 - TCF7- LEF1 - RTP801- CKB - NOTCH2- Metallothioneins Up SS18/SSX2 - BENE- MN1 - NEDD4- FRAG1 - MSX2- TIEG Gene fusion type Transcription factors Signalling molecules Multiple metallothioneins Discriminating genes Up metastasis - TYMS- TOP2A - PTTG1- IGFBP2 - BUB1- COL18A1 Up without metastasis - ProSAPiP1- TNNT1 - ICAM1- DDX21 - FRAG1- TCF8 Metastatic potential Cell proliferation Cell cycle progression Transcriptional regulation
45 from top 200 common to both lists Up in metastasis also up in SS18/SSX1 - BSG- FRAG1 - NOTCH2- RGS2 - TCF7- TCF8 Common discriminators Up SS18/SSX1 - TCF7- LEF1 - RTP801- CKB - NOTCH2- Metallothioneins Up SS18/SSX2 - BENE- MN1 - NEDD4- FRAG1 - MSX2- TIEG Gene fusion type Up metastasis - TYMS- TOP2A - PTTG1- IGFBP2 - BUB1- COL18A1 Up without metastasis - ProSAPiP1- TNNT1 - ICAM1- DDX21 - FRAG1- TCF8 Metastatic potential Discriminating genes
Targets for chemotherapeutic drugs Up SS18/SSX1 - TCF7- LEF1 - RTP801- CKB - NOTCH2- Metallothioneins Up SS18/SSX2 - BENE- MN1 - NEDD4- FRAG1 - MSX2- TIEG Gene fusion type Up metastasis - TYMS- TOP2A - PTTG1- IGFBP2 - BUB1- COL18A1 Up without metastasis - ProSAPiP1- TNNT1 - ICAM1- DDX21 - FRAG1- TCF8 Metastatic potential Discriminating genes
Previously reported in synovial sarcoma Up SS18/SSX1 - TCF7- LEF1 - RTP801- CKB - NOTCH2- Metallothioneins Up SS18/SSX2 - BENE- MN1 - NEDD4- FRAG1 - MSX2- TIEG Gene fusion type Up metastasis - TYMS- TOP2A - PTTG1- IGFBP2 - BUB1- COL18A1 Up without metastasis - ProSAPiP1- TNNT1 - ICAM1- DDX21 - FRAG1- TCF8 Metastatic potential Discriminating genes
Previously reported in metastasizing tumors Up SS18/SSX1 - TCF7- LEF1 - RTP801- CKB - NOTCH2- Metallothioneins Up SS18/SSX2 - BENE- MN1 - NEDD4- FRAG1 - MSX2- TIEG Gene fusion type Up metastasis - TYMS- TOP2A - PTTG1- IGFBP2 - BUB1- COL18A1 Up without metastasis - ProSAPiP1- TNNT1 - ICAM1- DDX21 - FRAG1- TCF8 Metastatic potential Discriminating genes
Differentially expressed genes relative to gene fusion type and metastatic potential in synovial sarcoma Signaling molecules, transcription factors and metallothioneins among the fusion type discriminating genes Known targets for chemotherapy (TYMS and TOP2A) upregulated in metastasizing tumors Conclusions