Abstract

Objective To explore the expression differences of N-acetyl amino galactosyl transferase-14 (GalNAc-T14) in normal brain tissue and different levels of malignant gliomas and to observe the relationship between the expression of GalNAc-T14 with the differentiation and malignant degree of gliomas.Methods By real-time quantitative polymerase chain reaction detecting system (QPCR) and immunohistochemical staining methods,the expression of GalNAc-T14 was detected in 11 cases of Ⅱ grade glioma tissue samples,14 cases of Ⅲ grade glioma tissue specimens,9 cases of Ⅳ grade glioma tissue samples and 16 specimens of normal brain tissue.Results The average optical density values of GalNAc-T14 in normal brain tissue specimens and the specimens of Ⅱ,Ⅲ and Ⅳ grade glioma cells were 0.956 4 ±0.079 1,0.525 6 ±0.064 7,0.298 9 ±0.080 8,and0.151 4 ±0.062 4 respectively by QPCR.Single factor analysis of variance (One-way ANOVA) and LSD,SNK-t analysis comparison showed the expression of GalNAc-T14 in human gliomas was significantly different from that in the normal brain tissue (P < 0.05).The same significance was also found between grade Ⅱ and grade Ⅲ or grade Ⅳ (P < 0.05).Immunohistochemical staining method revealed that the positive rate of the GalNAc-T14 expression was 68.7% in normal brain tissue specimens and 63.6%,42.9% and 33.3% in glioma tissues of grade Ⅱ,Ⅲ and Ⅳ,and there was significant difference between glioma group and normal brain tissue groups (P < 0.05).Different levels of brain glioma cells showed no obvious consistency.Conclusion The expression of GalNAc-T14 was significantly reduced in malignant glioma cells,and was closely related with disease progression. Key words: Glioma; N-acetyl amino galactosyl transferase-14; Apoptosis; O-glycosylation

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