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. 1994 May 15;54(10):2794-9.

Fibroblast growth factor receptor gene expression and immunoreactivity are elevated in human glioblastoma multiforme

R S Morrison  1 , F Yamaguchi, J M Bruner, M Tang, W McKeehan, M S Berger
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  • PMID: 8168112

Fibroblast growth factor receptor gene expression and immunoreactivity are elevated in human glioblastoma multiforme

R S Morrison et al. Cancer Res. .

Abstract

Glioblastomas were examined for abnormalities in fibroblast growth factor receptor (FGFR) expression by polymerase chain reaction and immunocytochemical analysis. Polymerase chain reaction analysis demonstrated that FGFR1 mRNA levels were significantly higher in glioblastomas than in normal brain adjacent to the tumor or in untransformed human brain. These results were consistent with immunocytochemical localization of FGFR1 protein in glioblastomas: glioblastoma cells exhibited intense FGFR1 immunoreactivity in frozen sections of tumor and low to undetectable FGFR1 immunoreactivity in adjacent normal brain or in normal white matter obtained from patients without neoplastic disease. Endothelial cells of capillaries and larger vessels within the tumor were devoid of FGFR1 immunoreactivity. All glioblastomas evaluated in the present study expressed FGFR1 mRNA and FGFR1 immunoreactivity. Examination of the FGFR1 gene by Southern blot analysis indicated that overexpression of FGFR1 mRNA in glioblastomas did not result from gene amplification. These results indicate that glioblastoma cells, in contrast to endothelial cells within the tumor, display increased levels of FGFR1. Therefore, FGFR1 signal transduction may be associated with increased autocrine growth activity of tumor cells and is probably not related to the increased endothelial cell proliferation associated with these tumors.

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