Loss of the CBX7 protein expression correlates with a more aggressive phenotype in pancreatic cancer

Karamitopoulou, Eva; Pallante, Pierlorenzo; Zlobec, Inti; Tornillo, Luigi; Carafa, Vincenza; Schaffner, Thomas; Borner, Markus; Diamantis, Ioannis; Esposito, Francesco; Brunner, Thomas; Zimmermann, Arthur; Federico, Antonella; Terracciano, Luigi; Fusco, Alfredo (2010). Loss of the CBX7 protein expression correlates with a more aggressive phenotype in pancreatic cancer. European journal of cancer, 46(8), pp. 1438-44. Amsterdam: Elsevier 10.1016/j.ejca.2010.01.033

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Polycomb group (PcG) proteins function as multiprotein complexes and are part of a gene regulatory mechanism that determines cell fate during normal and pathogenic development. Several studies have implicated the deregulation of different PcG proteins in neoplastic progression. Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma is an aggressive neoplasm that follows a multistep model of progression through precursor lesions called pancreatic intraepithelial neoplasia (PanIN). Aim of this study was to investigate the role of PcG protein CBX7 in pancreatic carcinogenesis and to evaluate its possible diagnostic and prognostic significance. We analysed by immunohistochemistry the expression of CBX7 in 210 ductal pancreatic adenocarcinomas from resection specimens, combined on a tissue microarray (TMA) including additional 40 PanIN cases and 40 normal controls. The results were evaluated by using receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve analysis for the selection of cut-off scores and correlated to the clinicopathological parameters of the tumours and the outcome of the patients. Expression of E-cadherin, a protein positively regulated by CBX7, was also assessed. A significantly differential, and progressively decreasing CBX7 protein expression was found between normal pancreatic tissue, PanINs and invasive ductal adenocarcinoma. Loss of CBX7 expression was associated with increasing malignancy grade in pancreatic adenocarcinoma, whereas the maintenance of CBX7 expression showed a trend toward a longer survival. Moreover, loss of E-cadherin expression was associated with loss of CBX7 and with a trend towards worse patient survival. These results suggest that CBX7 plays a role in pancreatic carcinogenesis and that its loss of expression correlates to a more aggressive phenotype.

Item Type:	Journal Article (Original Article)
Division/Institute:	04 Faculty of Medicine > Service Sector > Institute of Pathology 04 Faculty of Medicine > Department of Haematology, Oncology, Infectious Diseases, Laboratory Medicine and Hospital Pharmacy (DOLS) > Clinic of Medical Oncology
UniBE Contributor:	Schaffner, Thomas, Borner, Markus, Brunner, Thomas (A), Zimmermann, Arthur
ISSN:	0959-8049
Publisher:	Elsevier
Language:	English
Submitter:	Factscience Import
Date Deposited:	04 Oct 2013 14:09
Last Modified:	29 Mar 2023 23:31
Publisher DOI:	10.1016/j.ejca.2010.01.033
PubMed ID:	20185297
Web of Science ID:	000278611200027
URI:	https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/804 (FactScience: 200878)