• Childs Nerv Syst · Aug 2013

    Somatostatin receptor subtype 2 (sst₂) is a potential prognostic marker and a therapeutic target in medulloblastoma.

    • Marc Remke, Esther Hering, Nicolas U Gerber, Marcel Kool, Dominik Sturm, Christian H Rickert, Joachim Gerß, Stefan Schulz, Thomas Hielscher, Martin Hasselblatt, Astrid Jeibmann, Volkmar Hans, Vijay Ramaswamy, Michael D Taylor, Torsten Pietsch, Stefan Rutkowski, Andrey Korshunov, Carmelia-Maria Monoranu, and Michael C Frühwald.
    • Division of Neurosurgery, Arthur and Sonia Labatt Brain Tumor Research Centre, Program in Developmental and Stem Cell Biology, Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.
    • Childs Nerv Syst. 2013 Aug 1; 29 (8): 1253-62.

    IntroductionNeuroectodermal tumors in general demonstrate high and dense expression of the somatostatin receptor subtype 2 (sst₂). It controls proliferation of both normal and neoplastic cells. sst₂ has thus been suggested as a therapeutic target and prognostic marker for certain malignancies.MethodsTo assess global expression patterns of sst 2 mRNA, we evaluated normal (n = 353) and tumor tissues (n = 340) derived from previously published gene expression profiling studies. These analyses demonstrated specific upregulation of sst 2 mRNA in medulloblastoma (p < 0.001). sst₂ protein was investigated by immunohistochemistry in two independent cohorts.ResultsCorrelation of sst₂ protein expression with clinicopathological variables revealed significantly higher levels in medulloblastoma (p < 0.05) compared with CNS-PNET, ependymoma, or pilocytic astrocytoma. The non-SHH medulloblastoma subgroup tumors showed particularly high expression of sst₂, when compared to other tumors and normal tissues. Furthermore, we detected a significant survival benefit in children with tumors exhibiting high sst₂ expression (p = 0.02) in this screening set. A similar trend was observed in a validation cohort including 240 independent medulloblastoma samples.Conclusionsst₂ is highly expressed in medulloblastoma and deserves further evaluation in the setting of prospective trials, given its potential utility as a prognostic marker and a therapeutic target.

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