Background: Tuberous sclerosis complex (TSC) is associated with mutations in two likely tumor-suppressor genes (TSC1 and TSC2) and characterized by the development of tumor-like growths (angiofibromas) in a variety of tissues and organs, particularly brain and skin. Methods: Employing a DNA-microarray assay, able to detect mRNA production from 1176 different basic genes, we analyzed the geneexpression levels in a cutaneous hamartoma sample from a TSC patient. Altered gene expressions detected by microarray technology were further checked by quantitative reverse-transcriptase polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) in the same material and in cutaneous hamartoma samples obtained from five other TSC patients. Results: The results obtained by the microarray technology in one hamartoma specimen, confirmed by the RT-PCR results obtained in the same material and in five other hamartoma specimens, demonstrated that TSC-related angiofibromas exhibit significant mRNA overexpression of two genes, represented by MLH-1 and psoriasin. Conclusions: The overexpression of MLH-1, which codes for a DNA mismatch repair protein, and psoriasin, which codes for a specific chemoattractant factor for CD4þ T cells, implicated in the pathogenesis of inflammatory skin disease, and expressed in excess during abnormal pathways of cell growth, may shed light on the pathogenesis of the proliferative skin lesion.

Overexpression of MLH-1 and psoriasin genes in cutaneous angiofibromas from tuberous sclerosis complex patients.

Gibellini D;
2006-01-01

Abstract

Background: Tuberous sclerosis complex (TSC) is associated with mutations in two likely tumor-suppressor genes (TSC1 and TSC2) and characterized by the development of tumor-like growths (angiofibromas) in a variety of tissues and organs, particularly brain and skin. Methods: Employing a DNA-microarray assay, able to detect mRNA production from 1176 different basic genes, we analyzed the geneexpression levels in a cutaneous hamartoma sample from a TSC patient. Altered gene expressions detected by microarray technology were further checked by quantitative reverse-transcriptase polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) in the same material and in cutaneous hamartoma samples obtained from five other TSC patients. Results: The results obtained by the microarray technology in one hamartoma specimen, confirmed by the RT-PCR results obtained in the same material and in five other hamartoma specimens, demonstrated that TSC-related angiofibromas exhibit significant mRNA overexpression of two genes, represented by MLH-1 and psoriasin. Conclusions: The overexpression of MLH-1, which codes for a DNA mismatch repair protein, and psoriasin, which codes for a specific chemoattractant factor for CD4þ T cells, implicated in the pathogenesis of inflammatory skin disease, and expressed in excess during abnormal pathways of cell growth, may shed light on the pathogenesis of the proliferative skin lesion.
2006
Tuberous sclerosis complex, MLH-1, Psoriasin
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