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Three-Dimensional Bone Extracellular Matrix Model for Osteosarcoma
Published on: April 12, 2019
Preferential expression of the secreted and membrane forms of tumor endothelial marker 7 transcripts in osteosarcoma
Chandralekha Halder1, Christian Ossendorf, Avudaiappan Maran
1Department of Orthopedic Research, Mayo Clinic, Experimental Pathology, Rochester, MN 55905, USA.
Background:
High expression of tumor endothelial marker 7 (TEM7) is correlated with osteogenic sarcoma (OS) metastasis and poor survival of patients. The TEM7 gene produces four alternatively spliced transcripts with distinct functional domains; the expression pattern of these transcripts in OS is unknown.
Materials And Methods:
mRNA expression was assessed in 5 OS cell lines, 7 normal bone, and 9 OS tumor specimens by reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction.
Results:
All OS cell lines, 6/9 tumors but none of the bone specimens expressed mRNA of TEM7 secreted forms 1 and 2. A total of 3/5 OS cell lines, 8/9 of tumors and 4/7 of bone specimens expressed mRNA of the TEM7 intracellular form. One out of 5 cell lines, 2/7 tumors and none of the bone specimens expressed mRNA of the TEM7 membrane form. The secreted forms had 20-fold higher expression in metastatic (LM7) compared to non-metastatic (SAOS-2) cells.
Conclusion:
The mRNA of secreted and the membrane forms of TEM7 are preferentially expressed in OS.
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