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Telomerase activity in juxtacortical and conventional high-grade osteosarcomas: correlation with grade, proliferative activity and clinical response to chemotherapy.

Abstract
Seven samples from seven patients with juxtacortical osteosarcomas, and 27 samples from 19 patients with conventional high-grade osteosarcomas were investigated for a possible correlation between telomerase activity and clinicopathological features such as age, sex, and response to chemotherapy. Of seven juxtacortical osteosarcomas, telomerase activity was weakly positive in three parosteal osteosarcomas, and highly positive in one parosteal osteosarcoma. In contrast, of 27 conventional high-grade osteosarcomas, telomerase activity was weakly positive in eight tumors and highly positive in three. Of all samples, 44.1% of the osteosarcomas showed telomerase activity (57.1% of juxtacortical and 40.7% of conventional osteosarcomas). The majority of poor responders to chemotherapy showed no telomerase activity (nine of 11), whereas five of seven good responders showed strong or weak telomerase activity. There was a significant correlation between telomerase activity and the response to chemotherapy (P<0.05). Telomerase activity was not correlated with MIB-1 proliferation index, age at the time of surgery, or sex. These findings suggest that telomerase activation occurs early in the oncogenesis of osteoblastic tumors without having an effect on the progression of these tumors. In malignant osteoblastic tumors, the biological significance of telomerase activation is different from that described for most epithelial cancers.
AuthorsAkira Kido, Regine Schneider-Stock, Kathrin Hauptmann, Albert Roessner
JournalCancer letters (Cancer Lett) Vol. 196 Issue 1 Pg. 109-15 (Jun 30 2003) ISSN: 0304-3835 [Print] Ireland
PMID12860297 (Publication Type: Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't)
Chemical References
  • Telomerase
Topics
  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Age Factors
  • Bone Neoplasms (enzymology, pathology)
  • Cell Division
  • Child
  • Child, Preschool
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Osteosarcoma (drug therapy, enzymology, pathology)
  • Osteosarcoma, Juxtacortical (drug therapy, enzymology, pathology)
  • Sex Factors
  • Telomerase (metabolism)

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