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ArticleClinical and translational gastroenterology2016

Germline Mutation of the CCK Receptor: A Novel Biomarker for Pancreas Cancer.

Jelal Alsubai, Gail L Matters, Christopher O McGovern, Jiangang Liao, Evan L Gilius, Jill P Smith

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Article in Clinical and translational gastroenterology, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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Jelal AlsubaiDepartment of Medicine, Pennsylvania State University School of Medicine, Hershey, Pennsylvania, USA.
Gail L MattersDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Pennsylvania State University School of Medicine, Hershey, Pennsylvania, USA.
Christopher O McGovernDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Pennsylvania State University School of Medicine, Hershey, Pennsylvania, USA.
Jiangang LiaoDepartment of Public Health Sciences, Pennsylvania State University, College of Medicine, Hershey, Pennsylvania, USA.
Evan L GiliusThe National Cancer Institute, NIH, Bethesda, Maryland, USA.
Jill P SmithDepartment of Medicine, Pennsylvania State University School of Medicine, Hershey, Pennsylvania, USA.
Pennsylvania State University · USGeorgetown University · USNational Cancer Institute · US

Funding

Novel Nanoparticle Therapy for Pancreatic CancerR01CA167535 · NCI · PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIV HERSHEY MED CTR · PI KESTER, MARK, MATTERS, GAIL L. · 2013 to 2017
$1.6M
The Cholecystokinin-C (CCK-C) Receptor for Early Detection of Pancreatic CancerR01CA117926 · NCI · PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIV HERSHEY MED CTR · PI SMITH, JILL P · 2007 to 2010
$1.1M
NCI NIH HHS R01 CA117926NCI NIH HHS R01 CA167535
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectivesToday, genetic biomarkers have been demonstrated to play an important role in identifying at-risk subjects for familial or inherited cancers. We have identified a single-nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) that results in missplicing of the cholecystokinin (CCK) receptor gene and expressing a larger mutated receptor in pancreatic cancer. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the significance and specificity of this SNP as a potential biomarker in patients with pancreatic cancer compared with other gastrointestinal (GI) cancers that also have CCK receptors.

methodsDNA was isolated and genotyped for the CCK receptor SNP from frozen tumor tissue from banked specimens of patients with pancreas, gastric, or colon cancer and from human cancer cell lines. Genotype and allelic frequencies were compared between the cancer cohort and two normal control databases using Fisher's exact test and odds ratio (OR). The Kaplan-Meier method was used to estimate the survival for patients with the CCK-B receptor SNP compared with those with the wild-type genotype. Immunohistochemical staining of cancer cells was done to detect the mutated receptor.

resultsColon and gastric cancer patients had similar genotype frequencies for the CCK receptor SNP as that reported in the normal population. In contrast, the prevalence of the SNP in subjects with pancreatic cancer was twice that of controls and other GI cancers. Survival was adversely affected by the presence of the SNP only in those with pancreatic cancer. Immunoreactivity for the mutated receptor was positive in pancreatic cancer tissues with the SNP but absent in other GI cancers.

conclusionsA SNP of the CCK receptor is significantly increased in patients with pancreatic cancer but not in those with other GI malignancies. Therefore, this SNP may be a potential biomarker for pancreatic cancer.

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