Downregulation of ROBO4 in Pancreatic Cancer Serves as a Biomarker of Poor Prognosis and Indicates Increased Cell Motility and Proliferation Through Activation of MMP-9

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BACKGROUND: The axon guidance gene family, SLIT/ROBO pathway, controls neural network formation, which correlates with the development of several cancers.

METHODS: We found through analysis of the public database that ROBO4, one of the axon guidance molecules among the SLIT/ROBO family, is significantly downregulated in primary pancreatic cancer tissues compared with adjacent normal tissues. We carried out transfection experiments using three pancreatic cancer cell lines (MiaPaCa-2, BxPC-3, and SW1990) and one pancreatic duct epithelial cell line (HPDE6c7). A total of 51 clinical samples were then examined by immunohistochemical staining to find an association between ROBO4 expression at the protein level, clinical characteristics, and surgical outcomes.

RESULTS: ROBO4 overexpression suppressed the invasion and migration abilities in MiaPaCa-2 and BxPC-3, while ROBO4 siRNA transfection to SW1990 and HPDE6c7 enhanced those activities. PCR-based profiling detected MMP-9 as a candidate downstream target of ROBO4, which was validated by decreased MMP-9 activity after the ROBO4 overexpression assay. High ROBO4 expression clinical samples had significantly better overall survival rather than low ROBO4 cases (P = 0.048).

CONCLUSION: These findings suggest that decreased ROBO4 expression activates malignant phenotypes in cancer cells and is correlated with poor survival outcomes in pancreatic cancer.

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CommentIn: Ann Surg Oncol. 2022 Oct;29(11):7190-7191. - PMID 35767102

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2022

Erschienen:

2022

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:29

Enthalten in:

Annals of surgical oncology - 29(2022), 11 vom: 20. Okt., Seite 7180-7189

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Yamanaka, Masaya [VerfasserIn]
Hayashi, Masamichi [VerfasserIn]
Sonohara, Fuminori [VerfasserIn]
Yamada, Suguru [VerfasserIn]
Tanaka, Haruyoshi [VerfasserIn]
Sakai, Akihiro [VerfasserIn]
Mii, Shinji [VerfasserIn]
Kobayashi, Daigo [VerfasserIn]
Kurimoto, Keisuke [VerfasserIn]
Tanaka, Nobutake [VerfasserIn]
Inokawa, Yoshikuni [VerfasserIn]
Takami, Hideki [VerfasserIn]
Hattori, Norifumi [VerfasserIn]
Kanda, Mitsuro [VerfasserIn]
Tanaka, Chie [VerfasserIn]
Nakayama, Goro [VerfasserIn]
Koike, Masahiko [VerfasserIn]
Kodera, Yasuhiro [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Biomarkers
EC 3.4.24.35
Journal Article
Matrix Metalloproteinase 9
RNA, Small Interfering
ROBO4 protein, human
Receptors, Cell Surface

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Date Completed 23.09.2022

Date Revised 13.12.2023

published: Print-Electronic

CommentIn: Ann Surg Oncol. 2022 Oct;29(11):7190-7191. - PMID 35767102

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1245/s10434-022-12039-5

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM342473417