High expression of Snail1 is associated with EMAST and poor prognosis in CRC patients
Gastroenterology and Hepatology from Bed to Bench,
Vol. 12 No. Supplement 1 (2019),
7 Azar 2019
,
Page 30-36
https://doi.org/10.22037/ghfbb.v12i0.1828
Abstract
Aim: This study aimed to determine the link between Snail1 expression and CRC patients’ survival as well as its significant association with EMAST status.
Background: Snail1 is an evolutionary preserved zinc-finger transcription protein which contributes to Epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition (EMT). EMT initiates invasion and proliferation in many tumors. Elevated microsatellite alteration at selected tetranucleotide repeats (EMAST) is a marker of poor prognosis in patients with colorectal cancer (CRC). We hypothesized that Snail1 overexpression is an important mediator of metastasis and decreased survival in CRCs that characteristically have EMAST phenotype.
Methods: Quantitative real-time polymerase chain reactions were carried out to analyze the expression levels of Snail1 in both normal and tumor specimens from a total of 122 paraffin-embedded tissues (FFPE) of CRC sample with known EMAST status. The correlation between Snail1 expression and clinicopathological characteristics, survival, and EMAST status were examined.
Results: Snail1 overexpression was detected in tumor tissues in 32% of all examined patients and its positive expression was related to metastasis (p=0.001) and EMAST+ phenotype (P=0.017). Further, positive Snail1 expression correlates with poor overall survival in CRC patients (P=0.01).
Conclusion: Our findings suggest that Snail1 overexpression is not only associated with EMAST but also with clinicopathological variables of poor prognosis. These results indicate that Snail1 expression levels may be useful for establishing novel therapeutic strategies and could help survival improvement in CRC patients.
Keywords: Snail1, Elevated microsatellite alteration at selected tetranucleotide repeats (EMAST), Survival, Colorectal cancer.
(Please cite as: Mohammadpour S, Torshizi Esfahani A, KarimpourR, BakhshianF, Mortazavi TabatabaeiSA, LalehA, et al. High expression of Snail1 is associated with EMAST and poor prognosis in CRC patients. Gastroenterol Hepatol Bed Bench 2019;12(Suppl.1):S30-S36).
- Snail1
- Elevated microsatellite alteration at selected tetranucleotide repeats (EMAST)
- Survival
- Colorectal cancer.
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