A pilot study to evaluate the expression of microRNA‑let‑7a in patients with intestinal‑type sinonasal adenocarcinoma

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Despite its histological resemblance to colorectal adenocarcinoma, there is little information about the molecular events involved in the pathogenesis of intestinal-type sinonasal adenocarcinoma (ITAC). The present study investigated the possible role and clinical value of microRNA (miR)-let-7a, a head and neck squamous cell carcinoma-related miR, in a well-characterized and homogeneous cohort of patients with ethmoidal ITAC associated with occupational exposure, treated by primary surgery. miR-let-7a expression levels were analyzed in 23 pairs of ethmoidal ITAC and adjacent normal formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded tissues by reverse transcription-quantitative PCR. The expression was evaluated in tumor and healthy tissues according to: Tumor grade (G) of differentiation and extension, and pTNM stage, and presence/absence of recurrence. Comparisons within and between groups were performed using two-tailed Student's paired t-test and one-way ANOVA with Tukey's post hoc test. P<0.05 was considered to indicate a statistically significant difference. miR-let-7a expression in ethmoidal ITAC tissues was significantly lower than that in adjacent normal tissues (P<0.05; mean expression level ± SD, 1.452707±1.4367189 vs. 4.094017±2.7465375). miR expression varied with pT stage. miR-let-7a was downregulated (P<0.05) in advanced stages (pT3-pT4) compared with earlier stages (pT1-pT2). Furthermore, downregulation of miR-let-7a in ITAC was associated with poorly-differentiated (G3) cancer (P<0.05). No other associations were observed between miR-let-7a expression and the other clinicopathological parameters, including disease-free survival. In conclusion, downregulation of miR-let-7a in ITAC was associated with advanced-stage (pT3 and pT4) and poorly-differentiated (G3) disease, suggesting that the mutation of this gene, combined with additional genetic events, could serve a role in ITAC pathogenesis.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:27

Enthalten in:

Oncology letters - 27(2024), 2 vom: 15. Feb., Seite 69

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Gioacchini, Federico Maria [VerfasserIn]
Di Stadio, Arianna [VerfasserIn]
De Luca, Pietro [VerfasserIn]
Camaioni, Angelo [VerfasserIn]
Pace, Annalisa [VerfasserIn]
Iannella, Giannicola [VerfasserIn]
Rubini, Corrado [VerfasserIn]
Santarelli, Marco [VerfasserIn]
Tomasetti, Marco [VerfasserIn]
Scarpa, Alfonso [VerfasserIn]
Olivieri, Fabiola [VerfasserIn]
Re, Massimo [VerfasserIn]

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Intestinal-type
Intestinal-type sinonasal adenocarcinoma
Journal Article
MicroRNA
Sinonasal cancer

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Date Revised 26.04.2024

published: Electronic-eCollection

Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE

doi:

10.3892/ol.2023.14202

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM366832743