Comprehensive genomic analysis contrasting primary colorectal cancer and matched liver metastases

  • Authors:
    • Akio Shiomi
    • Masatoshi Kusuhara
    • Takashi Sugino
    • Teiichi Sugiura
    • Keiichi Ohshima
    • Takeshi Nagashima
    • Kenichi Urakami
    • Masakuni Serizawa
    • Hideyuki Saya
    • Ken Yamaguchi
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  • Published online on: April 12, 2021     https://doi.org/10.3892/ol.2021.12727
  • Article Number: 466
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Abstract

Recent studies have revealed that colorectal cancer (CRC) displays intratumor genetic heterogeneity, and that the cancer microenvironment plays an important role in the proliferation, invasion and metastasis of CRC. The present study performed genomic analysis on paired primary CRC and synchronous colorectal liver metastasis (CRLM) tissues collected from 22 patients using whole‑exome sequencing, cancer gene panels and microarray gene expression profiling. In addition, immunohistochemical analysis was used to confirm the protein expression levels of genes identified as highly expressed in CRLM by DNA microarray analysis. The present study identified 10 genes that were highly expressed in CRLM compared with in CRC, from 36,022 probes obtained from primary CRC, CRLM and normal liver tissues by gene expression analysis with DNA microarrays. Of the 10 genes identified, five were classified as encoding ‘matricellular proteins’ [(osteopontin, periostin, thrombospondin‑2, matrix Gla protein (MGP) and glycoprotein nonmetastatic melanoma protein B (GPNMB)] and were selected for immunohistochemical analysis. Osteopontin was strongly expressed in CRLM (6 of 22 cases: 27.3%), but not in CRC (0 of 22: 0%; P=0.02). Periostin also exhibited strong immunoreactivity in CRLM (17 of 22: 68.2%) compared with in CRC (7 of 22: 31.8%; P=0.006). Thrombospondin‑2 exhibited strong immunoreactivity in both CRC and CRLM (54.5% in CRC, 45.5% in CRLM; P=0.55). GPNMB and MGP were rarely positive for both CRC and CRLM. A comparison of immunoreactive positive factors for these five genes revealed the complexities of gene expression in CRLM. Of the cases examined, 16 (72.7%) cases of CRC showed zero or only one positive immunoreactive factor. By contrast, CRLM showed more frequent and multiple immunoreactive factors; for example, 16 cases (72.7%) shared two or more factors, which was statistically more frequent than in CRC (P=0.007). The present study revealed the genomic heterogeneity between paired primary CRC and CRLM, in terms of cancer cell microenvironment. This finding may lead to novel diagnostic and therapeutic targets in the era of genome‑guided personalized cancer treatment.
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Shiomi A, Kusuhara M, Sugino T, Sugiura T, Ohshima K, Nagashima T, Urakami K, Serizawa M, Saya H, Yamaguchi K, Yamaguchi K, et al: Comprehensive genomic analysis contrasting primary colorectal cancer and matched liver metastases. Oncol Lett 21: 466, 2021.
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Shiomi, A., Kusuhara, M., Sugino, T., Sugiura, T., Ohshima, K., Nagashima, T. ... Yamaguchi, K. (2021). Comprehensive genomic analysis contrasting primary colorectal cancer and matched liver metastases. Oncology Letters, 21, 466. https://doi.org/10.3892/ol.2021.12727
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Shiomi, A., Kusuhara, M., Sugino, T., Sugiura, T., Ohshima, K., Nagashima, T., Urakami, K., Serizawa, M., Saya, H., Yamaguchi, K."Comprehensive genomic analysis contrasting primary colorectal cancer and matched liver metastases". Oncology Letters 21.6 (2021): 466.
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Shiomi, A., Kusuhara, M., Sugino, T., Sugiura, T., Ohshima, K., Nagashima, T., Urakami, K., Serizawa, M., Saya, H., Yamaguchi, K."Comprehensive genomic analysis contrasting primary colorectal cancer and matched liver metastases". Oncology Letters 21, no. 6 (2021): 466. https://doi.org/10.3892/ol.2021.12727