Abstract
Immunological factors are important in pathogenesis of various malignancies, including neural cancers. The CXC chemokine CXCL12 is involved in the immune responses. Therefore, the aim of the present study was to investigate the association between tumor tissue and circulating concentrations of CXCL12 as well as its genetic variation at position +801 known as(the SDF-1 3'A), in Iranian patients suffering from malignant glial tumors. In this study, stereotactic tumor biopsy specimens in parallel with peripheral blood samples were collected from 123 patients and 189 healthy controls. The serum level of CXCL12 was measured by ELISA and tumor tissues were subjected to Western blotting for intra-tumor CXCL12 detection; we also employed PCR-RFLP to detect the SDF-1 3'A polymorphism. Demographic data were collected by a researcher-designed questionnaire. These results demonstrated a significant difference between the A/A, A/G, and G/G genotype and A and G alleles of polymorphisms at position +801 of CXCL12. We also indicated elevated levels of CXCL12 in circulation and tumor tissue obtained from in patients suffering from malignant glial tumors. Based upon the results of this investigation, we propose that CXCL12 and its SDF-1 3'A polymorphism play a fundamental part in the pathogenesis of malignant glial tumors. It is also noteworthy that CXCL12 could probably be utilized as a beneficial biological marker in the diagnosis of these tumors.
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