Clinical and Molecular Differentiation Between Malignant Rhabdoid Tumor of the Kidney and Normal Tissue: A Two-Case Report

BackgroundMalignant rhabdoid tumor of the kidney (MRTK) is a rare type of tumor that lacks typical clinical manifestations. Herein, we presented clinical data of 2 children with MRTK. In addition, we used a high-throughput RNA-sequencing (RNA-seq), GO analysis, and KEGG signaling pathway analysis to examine gene expression differences at the transcripts level between 2 patients with MRTK and 3 patients with non-tumor diseases without other symptoms.Case reportPreoperative B-scan ultrasonography and computed tomography (CT) examination in 2 cases suggested nephroblastoma. Both patients were treated with radical nephrectomy. After the operation, MRTK was confirmed by pathological examination. Child 1 and Child 2 then received 7 courses and 12 courses of regular chemotherapy, respectively. Child 1 was followed up for 2 years, and Child 2 for 3.1 years without showing symptoms. RNA-seq results showed 2203 differential genes (DEGs) in the kidney tissue of children with MRTK compared to normal tissue (p <0.01). GO analysis suggested that most DEGs participate in protein binding. KEGG results showed that the DEGs were mainly involved in the PI3K-Akt signaling pathway and microRNA-related proteins.ConclusionThe PI3K-Akt signaling pathway and microRNA-related proteins as targets have extremely high potential value for the diagnosis and treatment of MRTK..

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2021

Erschienen:

2021

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:11

Enthalten in:

Frontiers in Oncology - 11(2021)

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Chenghao Zhanghuang [VerfasserIn]
Shuo Chen [VerfasserIn]
Li Li [VerfasserIn]
Zhen Yang [VerfasserIn]
Yucheng Xie [VerfasserIn]
Jiwei Li [VerfasserIn]
Haoyu Tang [VerfasserIn]
Xiaoli He [VerfasserIn]
Liuyi Dong [VerfasserIn]
Bing Yan [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

BioSystems
Child preschool
GO
KEGG
Malignant rhabdoid tumor of kidney
Neoplasms. Tumors. Oncology. Including cancer and carcinogens
RNA-sequencing

doi:

10.3389/fonc.2021.659709

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DOAJ014275759