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IGFBP7 downregulation is associated with tumor progression and clinical outcome in hepatocellular carcinoma

✍ Scribed by Yoshito Tomimaru; Hidetoshi Eguchi; Hiroshi Wada; Shogo Kobayashi; Shigeru Marubashi; Masahiro Tanemura; Koji Umeshita; Tonsok Kim; Kenichi Wakasa; Yuichiro Doki; Masaki Mori; Hiroaki Nagano

Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
Year: 2011
Tongue: French
Weight: 768 KB
Volume: 130
Category: Article
ISSN: 0020-7136
DOI: 10.1002/ijc.25994

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Abstract

Insulin‐like growth factor‐binding protein 7 (IGFBP7) functions in several cellular processes including proliferation, senescence and apoptosis. This study analyzed IGFBP7 function in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) cells by gene manipulation and investigated the prognostic significance of IGFBP7 expression in clinical HCC samples. In this study, we investigated changes in malignant potential such as cell growth and invasiveness in an HCC cell line, PLC/PRF/5, after transfection with shRNA against IGFBP7. The extent of apoptosis and cell cycle progression were examined after the transfection. The correlation between immunohistochemically determined IGFBP7 expression and long‐term postoperative prognosis after curative resection was also investigated in clinical HCC specimens obtained from 104 patients. PLC/PRF/5 cells transfected with shRNA against IGFBP7 showed significantly more rapid growth and stronger invasiveness than control cells. Annexin V assays showed that the IGFBP7‐depleted cells were significantly more resistant to apoptosis than the control cells, and showed decreased expression of cleaved caspase‐3 and PARP. Cell cycle progression was more rapid in the IGFBP7‐suppressed cells. In clinical HCC specimens, IGFBP7 expression was judged as positive in 67 patients (64.4%) and negative in the remaining 37 patients (35.6%). The IGFBP7 downregulation correlated significantly with poor postoperative prognosis, and IGFBP7 status was identified as an independent significant prognostic factor. Our results indicated that IGFBP7 expression correlated significantly with the malignant potential in HCC cells, suggesting that the expression could be a useful prognostic marker for HCC.

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