Astroblastoma is a rare glial neoplasm arising more frequently in young, predominantly female, patients and with unclear clinical behavior and outcome. The diagnostic molecular alteration is the rearrangement of meningioma 1 (MN1) gene.However, little is known about the specific mechanism of tumor development driven by such genetic change. microRNAs (miRNAs) are important gene expression regulators with strong implications in several biological processes. In this study we investigated the microRNAs’ expression and regulation in MN1 altered neoplasms. We collected a cohort of 14 formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded (FFPE) tumor samples histologically defined classified as astroblastoma. The DNA methylation analysis showed that only 8 cases harbored the MN1 rearrangement characteristic of astroblastoma. The 8 MN1 altered tumors were analyzed for their expression pattern of miRNAs by Nanostring technology. Thirty-nine deregulated miRNAs were found in the 8 astroblastomas compared to normal brain tissue. In order to understand the underlying mechanisms of the miRNAs aberrant expression, we first investigated the methylation status of themicroRNA promoters. Thirty-two out 39 deregulated miRNA resulted epigenetically regulated. with methylation status coherent with microRNA expression in 14/32 miRNAs.. Secondly, we investigated the hypothesis of a genomic alteration as a reason for the abnormal expression of the remaining 18/32 deregulated miRNAs by analyzing the Copy Number Variation (CNV) of tumor samples. but no alteration was found on miRNAs chromosome loci. Finally, we identified validated targets of the 32 deregulated miRNAs and uncovered biological processes putatively correlated to miRNA target genes, clinically and pathologically relevant in MN1-altered astroblastomas. Our findings shed light on the biology of this rare disease with potential implications on prognostic markers and therapy.

HGG-09. MicroRNAs expression profile in Meningioma 1 (MN1) gene altered astroblastoma / Antonelli, Manila; Miele, Evelina; Mastronuzzi, Angela; Pollo, Bianca; Massimino, Maura; Gardiman, Marina; Buttarelli, Francesca; Minasi, Simone; Giangaspero, Felice; Gianno, Francesca. - In: NEURO-ONCOLOGY. - ISSN 1522-8517. - 24:Supplement{_}1(2022), pp. 61-61. [10.1093/neuonc/noac079.224]

HGG-09. MicroRNAs expression profile in Meningioma 1 (MN1) gene altered astroblastoma

Manila Antonelli;Francesca Buttarelli;Simone Minasi;Felice Giangaspero;Francesca Gianno
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2022

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Astroblastoma is a rare glial neoplasm arising more frequently in young, predominantly female, patients and with unclear clinical behavior and outcome. The diagnostic molecular alteration is the rearrangement of meningioma 1 (MN1) gene.However, little is known about the specific mechanism of tumor development driven by such genetic change. microRNAs (miRNAs) are important gene expression regulators with strong implications in several biological processes. In this study we investigated the microRNAs’ expression and regulation in MN1 altered neoplasms. We collected a cohort of 14 formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded (FFPE) tumor samples histologically defined classified as astroblastoma. The DNA methylation analysis showed that only 8 cases harbored the MN1 rearrangement characteristic of astroblastoma. The 8 MN1 altered tumors were analyzed for their expression pattern of miRNAs by Nanostring technology. Thirty-nine deregulated miRNAs were found in the 8 astroblastomas compared to normal brain tissue. In order to understand the underlying mechanisms of the miRNAs aberrant expression, we first investigated the methylation status of themicroRNA promoters. Thirty-two out 39 deregulated miRNA resulted epigenetically regulated. with methylation status coherent with microRNA expression in 14/32 miRNAs.. Secondly, we investigated the hypothesis of a genomic alteration as a reason for the abnormal expression of the remaining 18/32 deregulated miRNAs by analyzing the Copy Number Variation (CNV) of tumor samples. but no alteration was found on miRNAs chromosome loci. Finally, we identified validated targets of the 32 deregulated miRNAs and uncovered biological processes putatively correlated to miRNA target genes, clinically and pathologically relevant in MN1-altered astroblastomas. Our findings shed light on the biology of this rare disease with potential implications on prognostic markers and therapy.
2022
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HGG-09. MicroRNAs expression profile in Meningioma 1 (MN1) gene altered astroblastoma / Antonelli, Manila; Miele, Evelina; Mastronuzzi, Angela; Pollo, Bianca; Massimino, Maura; Gardiman, Marina; Buttarelli, Francesca; Minasi, Simone; Giangaspero, Felice; Gianno, Francesca. - In: NEURO-ONCOLOGY. - ISSN 1522-8517. - 24:Supplement{_}1(2022), pp. 61-61. [10.1093/neuonc/noac079.224]
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