A Promising Predictor of the Efficacy of Endocrine Therapy for Breast Cancer:14-3-3-zeta
Shunchao Yan1*, Xin Jiao2, Na Li1, Yangfan Du1
1. Department of Oncology, Shengjing Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang 110022, China; 2. Department of Respiratory Medicine, Shenyang Chest Hospital, Shenyang 110044, China
A Promising Predictor of the Efficacy of Endocrine Therapy for Breast Cancer:14-3-3-zeta
Shunchao Yan1*, Xin Jiao2, Na Li1, Yangfan Du1
1. Department of Oncology, Shengjing Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang 110022, China; 2. Department of Respiratory Medicine, Shenyang Chest Hospital, Shenyang 110044, China
摘要Objective 14-3-3-zeta protein has been found to be associated with survival signaling in cancer. However, prognostic value and the predictive effect of its gene expression for determining the efficacy of endocrine therapy in breast cancer are unclear. Methods The differential 14-3-3-zeta gene expression between cancer and normal tissue was assayed using ONCOMINE database analysis. The correlation between 14-3-3-zeta gene and proliferative/metastasis-associated genes was analyzed using Breast Cancer Gene-Expression Miner v4.1 (bc-GenExMiner v4.1). The prognostic value of its expression in breast cancer was analyzed using bc-GenExMiner v4.1 and Kaplan-Meier Plotter. Results The 14-3-3-zeta gene expression was elevated in breast cancer tissue compared with normal breast tissue,which was higher in invasive ductal breast cancer than in ductal breast cancer in situ. It was also positively correlated with the degree of malignancy and the clinical stage of breast cancer and with some proliferative genes. A high level of 14-3-3-zeta expression was predictive of shorter relapse-free survival (RFS) in ER-positive but not ER-negative breast cancer. Further analysis showed the association of high 14-3-3-zeta expression and a shorter RFS in endocrine therapy or tamoxifen-only-treated population, regardless of whether chemotherapy had been used. Conclusion 14-3-3-zeta gene expression is upregulated and associated with a relatively high degree of malignancy and late clinical stage in breast cancer. It is a promising prognostic factor for ER-positive breast cancer and a predictor of the efficacy of endocrine therapy.
Abstract：Objective 14-3-3-zeta protein has been found to be associated with survival signaling in cancer. However, prognostic value and the predictive effect of its gene expression for determining the efficacy of endocrine therapy in breast cancer are unclear. Methods The differential 14-3-3-zeta gene expression between cancer and normal tissue was assayed using ONCOMINE database analysis. The correlation between 14-3-3-zeta gene and proliferative/metastasis-associated genes was analyzed using Breast Cancer Gene-Expression Miner v4.1 (bc-GenExMiner v4.1). The prognostic value of its expression in breast cancer was analyzed using bc-GenExMiner v4.1 and Kaplan-Meier Plotter. Results The 14-3-3-zeta gene expression was elevated in breast cancer tissue compared with normal breast tissue,which was higher in invasive ductal breast cancer than in ductal breast cancer in situ. It was also positively correlated with the degree of malignancy and the clinical stage of breast cancer and with some proliferative genes. A high level of 14-3-3-zeta expression was predictive of shorter relapse-free survival (RFS) in ER-positive but not ER-negative breast cancer. Further analysis showed the association of high 14-3-3-zeta expression and a shorter RFS in endocrine therapy or tamoxifen-only-treated population, regardless of whether chemotherapy had been used. Conclusion 14-3-3-zeta gene expression is upregulated and associated with a relatively high degree of malignancy and late clinical stage in breast cancer. It is a promising prognostic factor for ER-positive breast cancer and a predictor of the efficacy of endocrine therapy.
基金资助:Science and Technology Foundation of Liaoning Province: 20170540995; Science and Technology Foundation of Shenyang City: RC170545; the National Science Foundation of China: 81302313; Talent Project of Shengjing Hospital of China Medical University: 345.
通讯作者:
Shunchao Yan, Department of Oncology, Shengjing Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang 110022, China. E-mail address: yan50@illinois.edu
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Shunchao Yan, Xin Jiao, Na Li, Yangfan Du. A Promising Predictor of the Efficacy of Endocrine Therapy for Breast Cancer:14-3-3-zeta[J]. 中国生物医学工程学报(英文版）, 2020, 29(4): 1-10.
Shunchao Yan, Xin Jiao, Na Li, Yangfan Du. A Promising Predictor of the Efficacy of Endocrine Therapy for Breast Cancer:14-3-3-zeta. Chinese Journal of Biomedical Engineering, 2020, 29(4): 1-10.
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