RORα and RORγ expression inversely correlates with human melanoma progression

Autor: Anna A. Brożyna, Wojciech Jóźwicki, Cezary Skobowiat, Andrzej Slominski, Anton M. Jetten
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2016
Předmět:
0301 basic medicine
Oncology
Keratinocytes
Male
Pathology
Skin Neoplasms
vitamin D
Disease
0302 clinical medicine
Medicine
Neoplasm Metastasis
RORα
RORγ
Skin
Aged
80 and over

Melanoma
Nuclear Receptor Subfamily 1
Group F
Member 1

Middle Aged
Nuclear Receptor Subfamily 1
Group F
Member 3

Tumor Pathology
3. Good health
Gene Expression Regulation
Neoplastic

030220 oncology & carcinogenesis
Disease Progression
Melanocytes
Female
Research Paper
Adult
medicine.medical_specialty
Tumor suppressor gene
03 medical and health sciences
Young Adult
Internal medicine
Cell Line
Tumor

Vitamin D and neurology
melanoma
Humans
melanocytic nevi
neoplasms
Nevus
Aged
Cell Proliferation
Neoplasm Staging
Retrospective Studies
business.industry
Gene Expression Profiling
Cancer
medicine.disease
030104 developmental biology
Human melanoma
business
Biomedical sciences
Follow-Up Studies
Zdroj: Oncotarget
ISSN: 1949-2553
Popis: // Anna A. Brozyna 1, 2 , Wojciech Joźwicki 1, 2 , Cezary Skobowiat 3 , Anton Jetten 4 , Andrzej T. Slominski 5,6, 7 1 Department of Tumor Pathology and Pathomorphology, Oncology Centre - Prof. Franciszek Łukaszczyk Memorial Hospital, Bydgoszcz, Poland 2 Department of Tumor Pathology and Pathomorphology, Faculty of Health Sciences, Nicolaus Copernicus University Collegium Medicum in Bydgoszcz, Bydgoszcz, Poland 3 Department of Pharmacodynamics and Molecular Pharmacology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Nicolaus Copernicus University Collegium Medicum in Bydgoszcz, Bydgoszcz, Poland 4 Cell Biology Section, Immunity, Inflammation and Disease Laboratory, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, National Institutes of Health, Research Triangle Park, NC, USA 5 Department of Dermatology, Cancer Chemoprevention Program, University of Alabama at Birmingham, AL, USA 6 Comprehensive Cancer Center, Cancer Chemoprevention Program, University of Alabama at Birmingham, AL, USA 7 Pathology and Laboratory Medicine Service, VA Medical Center, Birmingham, AL, USA Correspondence to: Anna A. Brozyna, email: anna.brozyna@cm.umk.pl Andrzej T. Slominski, email: aslominski@uabmc.edu Keywords: melanoma, RORα, RORγ, melanocytic nevi, vitamin D Received: February 19, 2016 Accepted: July 18, 2016 Published: August 11, 2016 ABSTRACT The retinoic acid-related orphan receptors (RORs) regulate several physiological and pathological processes, including immune functions, development and cancer. To study the potential role of RORs in melanoma progression, we analysed RORα and RORγ expression in nevi and primary melanomas and non-lesional skin and metastases in relation to melanoma clinico-pathomorphological features. The expression of RORα and RORγ was lower in melanomas than in nevi and decreased during melanoma progression, with lowest levels found in primary melanomas at stages III and IV and in melanoma metastases. Their expression correlated with pathomorphological pTNM parameters being low in aggressive tumors and being high in tumors showing histological markers of good prognosis. Higher nuclear levels of RORα and RORγ and of cytoplasmic RORγ correlated with significantly longer overall and disease free survival time. Highly pigmented melanomas showed significantly lower level of nuclear RORs. This study shows that human melanoma development and aggressiveness is associated with decreased expression of RORα and RORγ, suggesting that RORs could be important in melanoma progression and host responses against the tumor. Furthermore, it suggests that RORα and RORγ might constitute a novel druggable target in anti-melanoma management using tumor suppressor gene therapy restoring their normal functions.
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