Clinical significance of osteoprotegerin expression in human colorectal cancer

This study aimed to identify a novel biomarker or a target of treatment for colorectal cancer (CRC). The expression profiles of cancer cells in 104 patients with CRC were examined using laser microdissection and oligonucleotide microarray analysis. Overexpression in CRC cells, especially in patients...

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Veröffentlicht in:Clinical cancer research Jg. 17; H. 8; S. 2444
Hauptverfasser: Tsukamoto, Shunsuke, Ishikawa, Toshiaki, Iida, Satoru, Ishiguro, Megumi, Mogushi, Kaoru, Mizushima, Hiroshi, Uetake, Hiroyuki, Tanaka, Hiroshi, Sugihara, Kenichi
Format: Journal Article
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: United States 15.04.2011
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Adult
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Biomarkers, Tumor - genetics
Biomarkers, Tumor - metabolism
Colorectal Neoplasms - genetics
Colorectal Neoplasms - metabolism
Colorectal Neoplasms - pathology
Female
Gene Expression Profiling
Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic
Genetic Predisposition to Disease - genetics
Humans
Immunohistochemistry - statistics & numerical data
Kaplan-Meier Estimate
Male
Middle Aged
Neoplasm Metastasis
Neoplasm Recurrence, Local
Oligonucleotide Array Sequence Analysis
Osteoprotegerin - genetics
Osteoprotegerin - metabolism
Proportional Hazards Models
Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction - statistics & numerical data
Young Adult
ISSN:1078-0432, 1557-3265, 1557-3265
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Zusammenfassung:This study aimed to identify a novel biomarker or a target of treatment for colorectal cancer (CRC). The expression profiles of cancer cells in 104 patients with CRC were examined using laser microdissection and oligonucleotide microarray analysis. Overexpression in CRC cells, especially in patients with distant metastases, was a prerequisite to select candidate genes. The mRNA expression of candidate genes was investigated by quantitative reverse transcriptase PCR (RT-PCR) in 77 patients as a validation study. We analyzed the protein expression and localization of the candidate gene by immunohistochemical study and investigated the relationship between protein expression and clinicopathologic features in 274 CRC patients. Using microarray analysis, we identified 6 candidate genes related to distant metastases in CRC patients. Among these genes, osteoprotegerin (OPG) is known to be associated with aggressiveness in several cancers through inhibition of apoptosis via neutralization of the function of TNF-related apoptosis-inducing ligand. The mRNA expression of OPG in cancer tissues was significantly higher in patients with distant metastases than those without metastases. Overexpression of OPG protein was associated with significantly worse overall survival and relapse-free survival. Moreover, overexpression of the OPG protein was an independent risk factor for CRC recurrence. Overexpression of OPG may be a predictive biomarker of CRC recurrence and a target for treatment of this disease.
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ISSN:1078-0432
1557-3265
1557-3265
DOI:10.1158/1078-0432.CCR-10-2884