Variable imprinting of H19 and IGF2 in fetal cerebellum and medulloblastoma

Journal of Neuropathology and Experimental Neurology
S AlbrechtT Pietsch

Abstract

Only the maternal or paternal allele of an imprinted gene is expressed in somatic cells. The gene for insulin-like growth factor II (IGF2) and the H19 gene (a putative tumor suppressor gene) are imprinted in humans with monoallelic paternal and maternal expression, respectively. Loss of imprinting (LOI) (i.e., biallelic expression) of IGF2 occurs in some tumors and may promote tumor growth. We examined imprinting of IGF2 and H19 in 6 fetal cerebella, 1 adult cerebellum, 15 medulloblastomas, and 7 medulloblastoma cell lines using polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and reverse transcription-PCR of exonic polymorphisms. Loss of imprinting of IGF2 occurred in 2 out of 3 informative fetal cerebella, 3 out of 7 informative medulloblastomas, and 1 out of 4 informative cell lines. Loss of imprinting of H19 occurred in 0 out of 4 informative fetal cerebella, 0 out of 1 informative adult cerebellum, 4 out of 8 informative medulloblastomas, and 1 out of 4 informative cell lines. The biallelic expression of H19 was only partial in two medulloblastomas, however, with one allele being significantly weaker than the other. Loss of imprinting of IGF2 occurs in medulloblastomas or medulloblastoma cell lines but can also occur in normal fetal cerebe...Continue Reading

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