Transferrin receptor-1 and ferritin heavy and light chains in astrocytic brain tumors: Expression and prognostic value.
Astrocytic brain tumors are the most frequent primary brain tumors. Treatment with radio- and chemotherapy has increased survival making prognostic biomarkers increasingly important. The aim of the present study was to investigate the expression and prognostic value of transferrin receptor-1 (TfR1)...
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| author | Ann Mari Rosager Mia D Sørensen Rikke H Dahlrot Steinbjørn Hansen David L Schonberg Jeremy N Rich Justin D Lathia Bjarne W Kristensen |
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| description | Astrocytic brain tumors are the most frequent primary brain tumors. Treatment with radio- and chemotherapy has increased survival making prognostic biomarkers increasingly important. The aim of the present study was to investigate the expression and prognostic value of transferrin receptor-1 (TfR1) as well as ferritin heavy (FTH) and light (FTL) chain in astrocytic brain tumors. A cohort of 111 astrocytic brain tumors (grade II-IV) was stained immunohistochemically with antibodies against TfR1, FTH, and FTL and scored semi-quantitatively. Double-immunofluorescence stainings were established to determine the phenotype of cells expressing these markers. We found that TfR1, FTH, and FTL were expressed by tumor cells in all grades. TfR1 increased with grade (p<0.001), but was not associated with prognosis in the individual grades. FTH and FTL were expressed by tumor cells and cells with microglial/macrophage morphology. Neither FTH nor FTL increased with malignancy grade, but low FTH expression by both tumor cells (p = 0.03) and microglia/macrophages (p = 0.01) correlated with shorter survival in patients anaplastic astrocytoma. FTL-positive microglia/macrophages were frequent in glioblastomas, and high FTL levels correlated with shorter survival in the whole cohort (p = 0.01) and in patients with anaplastic astrocytoma (p = 0.02). Double-immunofluorescence showed that TfR1, FTH, and FTL were co-expressed to a limited extent with the stem cell-related marker CD133. FTH and FTL were also co-expressed by IBA-1-positive microglia/macrophages. In conclusion, TfR1 was highly expressed in glioblastomas and associated with shorter survival in the whole cohort, but not in the individual malignancy grades. Low levels of FTH-positive tumor cells and microglia/macrophages were associated with poor survival in anaplastic astrocytomas, while high amounts of FTL-positive microglia/macrophages had a negative prognostic value. The results suggest that regulation of the iron metabolism in astrocytic brain tumors is complex involving both autocrine and paracrine signaling. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-c341d9379b374fc09fe174666de7839f2025-01-18T05:31:09ZengPublic Library of Science (PLoS)PLoS ONE1932-62032017-01-01128e018295410.1371/journal.pone.0182954Transferrin receptor-1 and ferritin heavy and light chains in astrocytic brain tumors: Expression and prognostic value.Ann Mari RosagerMia D SørensenRikke H DahlrotSteinbjørn HansenDavid L SchonbergJeremy N RichJustin D LathiaBjarne W KristensenAstrocytic brain tumors are the most frequent primary brain tumors. Treatment with radio- and chemotherapy has increased survival making prognostic biomarkers increasingly important. The aim of the present study was to investigate the expression and prognostic value of transferrin receptor-1 (TfR1) as well as ferritin heavy (FTH) and light (FTL) chain in astrocytic brain tumors. A cohort of 111 astrocytic brain tumors (grade II-IV) was stained immunohistochemically with antibodies against TfR1, FTH, and FTL and scored semi-quantitatively. Double-immunofluorescence stainings were established to determine the phenotype of cells expressing these markers. We found that TfR1, FTH, and FTL were expressed by tumor cells in all grades. TfR1 increased with grade (p<0.001), but was not associated with prognosis in the individual grades. FTH and FTL were expressed by tumor cells and cells with microglial/macrophage morphology. Neither FTH nor FTL increased with malignancy grade, but low FTH expression by both tumor cells (p = 0.03) and microglia/macrophages (p = 0.01) correlated with shorter survival in patients anaplastic astrocytoma. FTL-positive microglia/macrophages were frequent in glioblastomas, and high FTL levels correlated with shorter survival in the whole cohort (p = 0.01) and in patients with anaplastic astrocytoma (p = 0.02). Double-immunofluorescence showed that TfR1, FTH, and FTL were co-expressed to a limited extent with the stem cell-related marker CD133. FTH and FTL were also co-expressed by IBA-1-positive microglia/macrophages. In conclusion, TfR1 was highly expressed in glioblastomas and associated with shorter survival in the whole cohort, but not in the individual malignancy grades. Low levels of FTH-positive tumor cells and microglia/macrophages were associated with poor survival in anaplastic astrocytomas, while high amounts of FTL-positive microglia/macrophages had a negative prognostic value. The results suggest that regulation of the iron metabolism in astrocytic brain tumors is complex involving both autocrine and paracrine signaling.https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0182954&type=printable |
| spellingShingle | Ann Mari Rosager Mia D Sørensen Rikke H Dahlrot Steinbjørn Hansen David L Schonberg Jeremy N Rich Justin D Lathia Bjarne W Kristensen Transferrin receptor-1 and ferritin heavy and light chains in astrocytic brain tumors: Expression and prognostic value. PLoS ONE |
| title | Transferrin receptor-1 and ferritin heavy and light chains in astrocytic brain tumors: Expression and prognostic value. |
| title_full | Transferrin receptor-1 and ferritin heavy and light chains in astrocytic brain tumors: Expression and prognostic value. |
| title_fullStr | Transferrin receptor-1 and ferritin heavy and light chains in astrocytic brain tumors: Expression and prognostic value. |
| title_full_unstemmed | Transferrin receptor-1 and ferritin heavy and light chains in astrocytic brain tumors: Expression and prognostic value. |
| title_short | Transferrin receptor-1 and ferritin heavy and light chains in astrocytic brain tumors: Expression and prognostic value. |
| title_sort | transferrin receptor 1 and ferritin heavy and light chains in astrocytic brain tumors expression and prognostic value |
| url | https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0182954&type=printable |
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