Expression of integrin α‑6 is associated with multi drug resistance and prognosis in ovarian cancer
Autor: | Changxian Chen, Fuqiang Yin, Li Li, Luwei Wei |
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Rok vydání: | 2019 |
Předmět: |
0301 basic medicine
Cancer Research endocrine system diseases Oncogene business.industry Cancer Articles Drug resistance medicine.disease Molecular medicine female genital diseases and pregnancy complications Metastasis Multiple drug resistance 03 medical and health sciences 030104 developmental biology 0302 clinical medicine Oncology 030220 oncology & carcinogenesis Cancer research Medicine business Ovarian cancer ITGA6 |
Zdroj: | Oncology Letters. |
ISSN: | 1792-1082 1792-1074 |
DOI: | 10.3892/ol.2019.10056 |
Popis: | Ovarian cancer is a serious threat to women's health. Multidrug resistance is a major cause of post-treatment relapse, metastasis, and even mortality. This characteristic severely restricts the survival of patients with ovarian cancer. Integrin α-6 (ITGA6) is a member of the adhesion molecule family that conducts signals through interactions between the extracellular domain and the matrix, serving important roles in cell adhesion-mediated drug resistance, which is considered to have a critical function in ovarian cancer drug resistance. The association between ITGA6 and ovarian cancer multidrug resistance has been investigated only rarely, to the best of our knowledge. Using RT-qPCR and immunohistochemistry, it was identified that ITGA6 is a central drug resistance gene, and that its expression was upregulated in cisplatin-resistant SKOV3 (SKOV3/DDP2), cisplatin-resistant A2780 (A2780/DDP) cells, and in 54 cases of drug-resistant tissues, as compared with in the controls. Furthermore, bioinformatics and text mining performed by Coremine Medical (http://www.coremine.com/medical/#search) confirmed that ITGA6 was significantly associated with ovarian cancer and drug resistance. Additionally, the high expression of ITGA6 is associated with a poor outcome. The present study provides the basis for further understanding the role of ITGA6 in the regulation of drug resistance in ovarian cancer, and demonstrates that it could be a potential marker for the prognosis of ovarian cancer. |
Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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