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ArticleSurgery today2012

Role of thymidylate synthase and dihydropyrimidine dehydrogenase mRNA in intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma.

Yuji Morine, Mitsuo Shimada, Tohru Utsunomiya, Satoru Imura, Tetsuya Ikemoto, Jun Hanaka, Mami Kanamoto, Nobuhiro Kurita, Hidenori Miyake

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9 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Yuji MorineDepartment of Surgery, Institute of Health Biosciences, University of Tokushima Graduate School, 3-18-15 Kuramoto-cho, Tokushima, 770-8503, Japan. ymorine@clin.med.tokushima-u.ac.jp
Mitsuo Shimada
Tohru Utsunomiya
Satoru Imura
Tetsuya Ikemoto
Jun Hanaka
Mami Kanamoto
Nobuhiro Kurita
Hidenori Miyake
Tokushima University · JP

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeThymidylate synthase (TS) and dihydropyrimidine dehydrogenase (DPD) are important enzymes in the metabolism of 5-fluorouracil and possible predictive markers. We conducted this study to clarify if TS and DPD gene expressions are a prognostic indicator for intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma (IHCC).

methodsThe subjects of this study were 21 patients with IHCC who had undergone surgical resection. Intratumoral TS and DPD mRNA expressions were examined using the Danenberg tumor profile method and classified into two groups according to the median value of each. We then compared the clinicopathological variables, including prognosis, between the high and low expression groups.

resultsLow DPD expression was correlated with macroscopic type, namely, mass-forming + infiltrative (P = 0.08). Postoperative survival rates in the low DPD expression group were significantly lower than those in the high DPD expression group. Multivariate analysis revealed macroscopic type to be an independent prognostic factor, whereas TS mRNA expression did not correlate with any clinicopathological variables, including prognosis.

conclusionsLow DPD mRNA expression was related to macroscopic type and associated with poor prognosis. DPD mRNA expression in tumor cells is suggested to be an important regulator of malignant behavior in IHCC.

Indexed as

Bile Ducts, IntrahepaticGene Expression Regulation, NeoplasticAdultAgedAged, 80 and overBile Duct NeoplasmsBiomarkers, TumorCholangiocarcinomaDihydrouracil Dehydrogenase (NADP)Disease ProgressionFemaleHumansLiver NeoplasmsMaleMiddle AgedNeoplasm StagingBiomarkers, TumorDihydrouracil Dehydrogenase (NADP)RNA, MessengerThymidylate Synthase

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