期刊
BRITISH JOURNAL OF CANCER
卷 106, 期 10, 页码 1682-1688出版社
SPRINGERNATURE
DOI: 10.1038/bjc.2012.91
关键词
endometrial cancer; GPER; ER alpha; HDAC-inhibitor
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资金
- Helse Vest [911351, 911624]
- University of Bergen
- Norwegian Cancer Society
- Research Council of Norway [205404, 193373]
BACKGROUND: The G protein-coupled oestrogen receptor, GPER, has been suggested as an alternative oestrogen receptor. Our purpose was to investigate the potential of GPER as a prognostic and predictive marker in endometrial carcinoma and to search for new drug candidates to improve treatment of aggressive disease. MATERIALS AND METHODS: A total of 767 primary endometrial carcinomas derived from three patient series, including an external dataset, were studied for protein and mRNA expression levels to investigate and validate if GPER loss identifies poor prognosis and new targets for therapy in endometrial carcinoma. Gene expression levels, according to ER alpha/GPER status, were used to search the connectivity map database for small molecular inhibitors with potential for treatment of metastatic disease for receptor status subgroups. RESULTS: Loss of GPER protein is significantly correlated with low GPER mRNA, high FIGO stage, non-endometrioid histology, high grade, aneuploidy and ER alpha loss (all P-values <= 0.05). Loss of GPER among ER alpha-positive patients identifies a subgroup with poor prognosis that until now has been unrecognised, with reduced 5-year survival from 93% to 76% (P = 0.003). Additional loss of GPER from primary to metastatic lesion counterparts further supports that loss of GPER is associated with disease progression. CONCLUSION: These results support that GPER status adds clinically relevant information to ER alpha status in endometrial carcinoma and suggest a potential for new inhibitors in the treatment of metastatic endometrial cancers with ER alpha expression and GPER loss. British Journal of Cancer (2012) 106, 1682-1688. doi:10.1038/bjc.2012.91 www.bjcancer.com Published online 13 March 2012 (C) 2012 Cancer Research UK
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