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Telomere length and telomerase subunits as diagnostic and prognostic biomarkers in Barrett carcinoma

✍ Scribed by Ralf Gertler; Dietrich Doll; Matthias Maak; Marcus Feith; Robert Rosenberg

Publisher
John Wiley and Sons
Year
2008
Tongue
English
Weight
171 KB
Volume
112
Category
Article
ISSN
0008-543X

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Abstract

BACKGROUND.

Maintenance of telomeres has been identified as an essential regulator of proliferative capacity and genomic integrity in malignant tumors. The authors evaluated telomere length and telomerase subunits, hTR and hTERT, as prognostic markers in patients with Barrett carcinoma.

METHODS.

Telomere length was measured by Southern blot analysis and hTR expression and hTERT expression by real‐time polymerase chain reaction in both cancer tissue and adjacent noncancerous Barrett mucosa in resection specimens from 46 patients with Barrett carcinoma (International Union Against Cancer [UICC] stages I‐III). The median follow‐up time of the surviving patients was 79 months.

RESULTS.

Cancer tissue expressed more hTERT‐mRNA than noncancerous mucosa (P < .05). Telomere lengths in cancer tissue and in noncancerous mucosa increased with higher pT category (P = .08 and P = .05, respectively). Twenty‐one patients who died of tumor recurrence showed significantly longer telomeres in cancer tissue compared with 25 patients without tumor‐related deaths (P < .05). Telomere length in both cancer tissue and in noncancerous mucosa and the telomere‐length ratio cancer:noncancerous tissue were correlated with overall survival. In multivariate analysis, the telomere‐length ratio proved to be an independent prognostic parameter (P < .02; relative risk of death 3.4; confidence interval, 1.3–8.9). Ten patients with telomere‐length ratios >1.17 had a significantly poorer overall survival compared with 36 patients with telomere‐length ratios ≤1.17 with 5‐year survival rates of 0% and 60%, respectively (P < .02).

CONCLUSIONS.

Telomere length and telomerase subunits were identified as diagnostic and prognostic biomarkers for Barrett carcinoma. Genetic alterations found in adjacent noncancerous mucosa suggested a “field effect” in Barrett carcinoma. Cancer 2008. © 2008 American Cancer Society.

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