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Latexin exhibits tumor-suppressor potential in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma

  • Authors:
    • Zhanxiong Xue
    • Yuhui Zhou
    • Cheng Wang
    • Jihang Zheng
    • Pu Zhang
    • Lingling Zhou
    • Liang Wu
    • Yunfeng Shan
    • Mengsi Ye
    • Yun He
    • Zhenzhai Cai
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  • Published online on: October 27, 2015     https://doi.org/10.3892/or.2015.4353
  • Pages: 50-58
  • Copyright: © Xue et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of Creative Commons Attribution License.

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Abstract

Recent studies suggest that latexin (Lxn) expression is involved in stem cell regulation and that it plays significant roles in tumor cell migration and invasion. The clinicopathological significance of Lxn expression and its possible correlation with CD133 expression in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) is currently unknown. In the present study, immunohistochemical analysis was performed to determine Lxn and CD133 expression in 43 PDAC patient samples and in 32 corresponding adjacent non-cancerous samples. The results were analyzed and compared with patient age, gender, tumor site and size, histological grade, clinical stage and overall mean survival time. Lxn expression was clearly decreased in the PDAC tissues compared with that in the adjacent non-cancerous tissues, while CD133 expression was increased. Low Lxn expression in the PDAC tissues was significantly correlated with tumor size (P=0.002), histological grade (P=0.000), metastasis (P=0.007) and clinical stage (P=0.018), but not with age (P=0.451), gender (P=0.395) or tumor site (P=0.697). Kaplan-Meier survival analysis revealed that low Lxn expression was significantly correlated with reduced overall survival time (P=0.000). Furthermore, Lxn expression was found to be inversely correlated with CD133 expression (r=-0.485, P=0.001). Furthermore, CD133-positive MIA PaCa-2 pancreatic tumor cells were sorted by magnetic-activated cell sorting (MACS), and those that overexpressed Lxn exhibited a significantly higher rate of apoptosis and lower proliferative activity. Our findings suggest that Lxn may function as a tumor suppressor that targets CD133-positive pancreatic cancer cells.
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Xue Z, Zhou Y, Wang C, Zheng J, Zhang P, Zhou L, Wu L, Shan Y, Ye M, He Y, He Y, et al: Latexin exhibits tumor-suppressor potential in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma. Oncol Rep 35: 50-58, 2016.
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Xue, Z., Zhou, Y., Wang, C., Zheng, J., Zhang, P., Zhou, L. ... Cai, Z. (2016). Latexin exhibits tumor-suppressor potential in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma. Oncology Reports, 35, 50-58. https://doi.org/10.3892/or.2015.4353
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Xue, Z., Zhou, Y., Wang, C., Zheng, J., Zhang, P., Zhou, L., Wu, L., Shan, Y., Ye, M., He, Y., Cai, Z."Latexin exhibits tumor-suppressor potential in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma". Oncology Reports 35.1 (2016): 50-58.
Chicago
Xue, Z., Zhou, Y., Wang, C., Zheng, J., Zhang, P., Zhou, L., Wu, L., Shan, Y., Ye, M., He, Y., Cai, Z."Latexin exhibits tumor-suppressor potential in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma". Oncology Reports 35, no. 1 (2016): 50-58. https://doi.org/10.3892/or.2015.4353