PMID- 36142793 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20220926 LR - 20220928 IS - 1422-0067 (Electronic) IS - 1422-0067 (Linking) VI - 23 IP - 18 DP - 2022 Sep 17 TI - Different Approaches for the Profiling of Cancer Pathway-Related Genes in Glioblastoma Cells. LID - 10.3390/ijms231810883 [doi] LID - 10883 AB - Deregulation of signalling pathways that regulate cell growth, survival, metabolism, and migration can frequently lead to the progression of cancer. Brain tumours are a large group of malignancies characterised by inter- and intratumoral heterogeneity, with glioblastoma (GBM) being the most aggressive and fatal. The present study aimed to characterise the expression of cancer pathway-related genes (n = 84) in glial tumour cell lines (A172, SW1088, and T98G). The transcriptomic data obtained by the qRT-PCR method were compared to different control groups, and the most appropriate control for subsequent interpretation of the obtained results was chosen. We analysed three widely used control groups (non-glioma cells) in glioblastoma research: Human Dermal Fibroblasts (HDFa), Normal Human Astrocytes (NHA), and commercially available mRNAs extracted from healthy human brain tissues (hRNA). The gene expression profiles of individual glioblastoma cell lines may vary due to the selection of a different control group to correlate with. Moreover, we present the original multicriterial decision making (MCDM) for the possible characterization of gene expression profiles. We observed deregulation of 75 genes out of 78 tested in the A172 cell line, while T98G and SW1088 cells exhibited changes in 72 genes. By comparing the delta cycle threshold value of the tumour groups to the mean value of the three controls, only changes in the expression of 26 genes belonging to the following pathways were identified: angiogenesis FGF2; apoptosis APAF1, CFLAR, XIAP; cellular senescence BM1, ETS2, IGFBP5, IGFBP7, SOD1, TBX2; DNA damage and repair ERCC5, PPP1R15A; epithelial to mesenchymal transition SNAI3, SOX10; hypoxia ADM, ARNT, LDHA; metabolism ATP5A1, COX5A, CPT2, PFKL, UQCRFS1; telomeres and telomerase PINX1, TINF2, TNKS, and TNKS2. We identified a human astrocyte cell line and normal human brain tissue as the appropriate control group for an in vitro model, despite the small sample size. A different method of assessing gene expression levels produced the same disparities, highlighting the need for caution when interpreting the accuracy of tumorigenesis markers. FAU - Majercikova, Zuzana AU - Majercikova Z AD - Department of Medical Biochemistry, Jessenius Faculty of Medicine in Martin, Comenius University in Bratislava, Mala Hora 11161/4D, SK-03601 Martin, Slovakia. FAU - Dibdiakova, Katarina AU - Dibdiakova K AD - Department of Medical Biochemistry, Jessenius Faculty of Medicine in Martin, Comenius University in Bratislava, Mala Hora 11161/4D, SK-03601 Martin, Slovakia. FAU - Gala, Michal AU - Gala M AD - Department of Biophysics, Faculty of Science, University of P.J. Safarik, Jesenna 5, SK-04001 Kosice, Slovakia. FAU - Horvath, Denis AU - Horvath D AUID- ORCID: 0000-0001-9053-1419 AD - Center for Interdisciplinary Biosciences, Technology and Innovation Park, University of P.J. Safarik, Trieda SNP 1, SK-04011 Kosice, Slovakia. FAU - Murin, Radovan AU - Murin R AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-2952-0398 AD - Department of Medical Biochemistry, Jessenius Faculty of Medicine in Martin, Comenius University in Bratislava, Mala Hora 11161/4D, SK-03601 Martin, Slovakia. FAU - Zoldak, Gabriel AU - Zoldak G AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-5271-8837 AD - Center for Interdisciplinary Biosciences, Technology and Innovation Park, University of P.J. Safarik, Trieda SNP 1, SK-04011 Kosice, Slovakia. FAU - Hatok, Jozef AU - Hatok J AD - Department of Medical Biochemistry, Jessenius Faculty of Medicine in Martin, Comenius University in Bratislava, Mala Hora 11161/4D, SK-03601 Martin, Slovakia. LA - eng GR - APVV-18-0088/Slovak Research and Development Agency/ GR - ITMS2014+: 313011V455/Open scientific community for modern interdisciplinary research in medicine (Acronym: OPENMED)/ GR - vvgs-pf-2022-2116/ERDF and Internal Scientific Grants System of Faculty of Science UPJS/ PT - Journal Article DEP - 20220917 PL - Switzerland TA - Int J Mol Sci JT - International journal of molecular sciences JID - 101092791 RN - 0 (Cell Cycle Proteins) RN - 0 (PINX1 protein, human) RN - 0 (Tumor Suppressor Proteins) RN - 103107-01-3 (Fibroblast Growth Factor 2) RN - EC 1.15.1.1 (Superoxide Dismutase-1) RN - EC 2.4.2.30 (TNKS2 protein, human) RN - EC 2.4.2.30 (Tankyrases) RN - EC 2.7.7.49 (Telomerase) SB - IM MH - *Brain Neoplasms/metabolism MH - Cell Cycle Proteins/metabolism MH - Cell Line, Tumor MH - Epithelial-Mesenchymal Transition MH - Fibroblast Growth Factor 2/metabolism MH - Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic MH - *Glioblastoma/metabolism MH - Humans MH - Superoxide Dismutase-1/genetics MH - *Tankyrases/metabolism MH - *Telomerase/metabolism MH - Tumor Suppressor Proteins/genetics PMC - PMC9504477 OTO - NOTNLM OT - cancer pathway OT - glioblastoma OT - mRNA OT - multicriterial analysis COIS- The authors declare no conflict of interest. EDAT- 2022/09/24 06:00 MHDA- 2022/09/28 06:00 PMCR- 2022/09/17 CRDT- 2022/09/23 01:26 PHST- 2022/08/05 00:00 [received] PHST- 2022/09/07 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2022/09/13 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2022/09/23 01:26 [entrez] PHST- 2022/09/24 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2022/09/28 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2022/09/17 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - ijms231810883 [pii] AID - ijms-23-10883 [pii] AID - 10.3390/ijms231810883 [doi] PST - epublish SO - Int J Mol Sci. 2022 Sep 17;23(18):10883. doi: 10.3390/ijms231810883.