Claudin-6 is a single prognostic marker and functions as a tumor-promoting gene in a subgroup of intestinal type gastric cancer
Background We aimed to identify novel tumor-promoting drivers highly expressed in gastric cancer (GC) that contribute to worsened prognosis in affected patients. Methods Genes whose expression was increased and correlated with worse prognosis in GC were screened using datasets from the Cancer Genome...
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Published in | Gastric cancer : official journal of the International Gastric Cancer Association and the Japanese Gastric Cancer Association Vol. 23; no. 3; pp. 403 - 417 |
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Main Authors | , , , , , , , , |
Format | Journal Article |
Language | English |
Published |
Singapore
Springer Singapore
01.05.2020
Springer Nature B.V |
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Summary: | Background
We aimed to identify novel tumor-promoting drivers highly expressed in gastric cancer (GC) that contribute to worsened prognosis in affected patients.
Methods
Genes whose expression was increased and correlated with worse prognosis in GC were screened using datasets from the Cancer Genome Atlas and Gene Expression Omnibus. We examined Claudin-6 (CLDN6) immunoreactivity in GC tissues and the effect of CLDN6 on cellular functions in GC cell lines. The mechanisms underlying GC-promoting function of CLDN6 were also investigated.
Results
CLDN6
was identified as a gene overexpressed in GC tumors as compared with adjacent non-tumorous tissues and whose increased expression was positively correlated with worse overall survival of GC patients, particularly those with Lauren’s intestinal type GC, in data from multiple publicly available datasets. Additionally, membranous CLDN6 immunoreactivity detected in intestinal type GC tumors was correlated with worse overall survival. In CLDN6-expressing GC cells, silencing of CLDN6 inhibited cell proliferation and migration/invasion abilities, possibly via suppressing transcription of
YAP1
and its downstream transcriptional targets at least in part.
Conclusions
This study identified
CLDN6
as a GC-promoting gene, suggesting that CLDN6 to be a possible single prognostic marker and promising therapeutic target for a subset of GC patients. |
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ISSN: | 1436-3291 1436-3305 |
DOI: | 10.1007/s10120-019-01014-x |