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Overexpression of Snail is associated with lymph node metastasis and poor prognosis in patients with gastric cancer

ABSTRACT: Epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT) is in the highlights as a significant role in tumor progression and invasion. Snail was known as the one of regulators of EMT in various malignant tumors. The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of Snail on invasiveness/migratory ability of gastric cancer cell lines and clinicopathological and prognostic significance of Snail over-expression using immunohistochemistry in tissue microarray of 314 gastric adenocarcinomas (GC). Differential gene expression in Snail over-expressed GC was investigated using cDNA microarray analysis. Silencing of Snail by ShRNA induced decreased of invasion, migration of gastric cancer cell lines. In contrast, over-expression of Snail induced increased invasiveness and migratory ability of gastric cancer cell lines in accordance increase of VEGF and MMP11. Furthermore, the over-expression of Snail (≥75% nuclear staining of Snail) was significantly associated with tumor progression (p<0.0001), lymph node metastases (p=0.002), lymphovascular invasion (p=0.002), and perineural invasion (p=0.002) in 314 GC patient. Snail over-expression was also associated with poor prognosis (shorter survival) in GC patients (p=0.023). cDNA microarray revealed 213 differential expressed genes in Snail over-expressed GC tissues, including genes related to metastasis, invasion. Based on above results, it was suggested that Snail plays a significant role in invasiveness/migratory ability of GCs. In addition, Snail might be used to predictive biomarker for evaluation of prognosis or aggressiveness in GCs.

ORGANISM(S): Homo sapiens

PROVIDER: GSE38024 | GEO | 2012/05/18

SECONDARY ACCESSION(S): PRJNA167122

REPOSITORIES: GEO

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Project description:A large-scale characterization of the methylation states of candidate CpG islands (CGIs) throughout the gastric cancer methylome has not previously been conducted. Genome-wide DNA methylation profiles were compared between 4 metastatic and 4 non-metastatic gastric carcinomas (GCs) and their surgical margins (SMs). The GC genome showed significantly higher proportions of hypomethylation in the promoter and exon-1 regions, as well as increased hypermethylation of intragenic fragments when compared to SMs. Differential methylation was observed in CGIs near transcription start sites of 546 genes between GCs and SMs, and 601 genes between metastatic and non-metastatic GCs. From the list of differentially methylated CGIs, 68 candidate genes and 10 known tumor-related genes were selected for further characterization based on their known molecular function using DHPLC. Significant differential methylation was validated in the CGIs of 15 genes between GCs and SMs (Ps<0.05) and confirmed using bisulfite-sequencing. These genes include BMP3, BNIP3, CDKN2A, ECEL1, ELK1, GFRA1, HOXD10, KCNH1, PSMD10, PTPRT, SIGIRR, SRF, TBX5, TFPI2, and ZNF382. Hypomethylation of CGIs correlated with up-regulation of GFRA1 expression in GCs, while hypermethylation of other genes inactivated their transcription. Most importantly, prevalence of GFRA1, SRF, and ZNF382 methylation alterations were inversely and coordinately associated with GC metastasis and the patients’ overall survival throughout discovery and testing cohorts in China as well as independent validation cohorts in Japan and Korea. In conclusion, methylation changes in the CGIs of 15 genes correlated strongly with GC development. GFRA1 hypomethylation and SRF and ZNF382 hypermethylation are potential synergistic biomarkers for the prediction of GC metastasis. To identify differential methylation of CGIs related to GC development and metastasis, genome-wide DNA methylation changes in 8 pairs of GC and SM samples were analysed using the MCAM assay with a 99K custom-designed Agilent oligonucleotide microarray composed of 99,027 probes targeting 6,177 unique protein-coding genes containing at least two methylation-sensitive/insensitive SmaI/ XmaI restriction sites (CCC|GGG/ C|CmCGGG) as described in Shen et al, PLoS Genet 3, 2023-2036 (2007).

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Overexpression of Snail is associated with lymph node metastasis and poor prognosis in patients with gastric cancer

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