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HOTAIR long non-coding RNA is a negative prognostic factor not only in primary tumors, but also in the blood of colorectal cancer patients

Authors

SVOBODA Miroslav SLYSKOVA Jana SCHNEIDEROVA Michaela MAKOVICKY Peter BIELIK Ludovit LEVY Miroslav LIPSKA Ludmila HEMMELOVÁ Beáta KALA Zdeněk PROTIVÁNKOVÁ Markéta VYCITAL Ondrej LISKA Vaclav SCHWARZOVA Lucie VODICKOVA Ludmila VODICKA Pavel

Year of publication 2014
Type Article in Periodical
Magazine / Source Carcinogenesis
MU Faculty or unit

Faculty of Medicine

Citation
Doi http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/carcin/bgu055
Field Oncology and hematology
Keywords CARCINOMA PROGRESSION; GENOME
Description Colorectal cancer (CRC) is one of the main causes of death of neoplasia. Demand for predictive and prognostic markers to reverse this trend is increasing. Long non-coding RNA HOTAIR (Homeobox Transcript Antisense Intergenic RNA) overexpression in tumors was previously associated with poor prognosis and higher mortality in different carcinomas. We analyzed HOTAIR expression levels in tumor and blood of incident sporadic CRC patients in relation to their overall survival with the aim to evaluate surrogate prognostic marker for CRC. Tissue donor group consisted of 73 CRC patients sampled for tumor and normal tissue. Blood donor group was represented by 84 CRC patients compared with 40 healthy controls. Patients were characterized for tumor-node-metastasis stage, tumor grade, microsatellite instability and tumor penetration by stromal cells. HOTAIR levels were assessed by real-time quantitative PCR. CRC patients had higher HOTAIR expression in blood than healthy controls (P = 0.0001), whereas there was no difference in HOTAIR levels between tumor and adjacent mucosa of CRC patients. HOTAIR levels positively correlated between blood and tumor (R = 0.43, P = 0.03). High HOTAIR levels in tumors were associated with higher mortality of patients [Cox’s proportional hazard, hazard ratio = 4.4, 95% confidence interval: 1.0–19.2, P = 0.046]. The hazard ratio was even higher when blood HOTAIR levels were taken into account (hazard ratio = 5.9, 95% confidence interval: 1.3–26.1, P = 0.019). Upregulated HOTAIR relative expression in primary tumors and in blood of CRC patients is associated with unfavorable prognosis. Our data suggest that HOTAIR blood levels may serve as potential surrogate prognostic marker in sporadic CRC.

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