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ArticleClinical sarcoma research2016

High nuclear expression of proteasome activator complex subunit 1 predicts poor survival in soft tissue leiomyosarcomas.

Sha Lou, Arjen H G Cleven, Benjamin Balluff, Marieke de Graaff, Marie Kostine, Inge Briaire-de Bruijn, Liam A McDonnell, Judith V M G Bovée

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Article in Clinical sarcoma research, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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8 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Sha LouCenter for Proteomics and Metabolomics, Leiden University Medical Center, Albinusdreef 2, Postzone L1-Q, Postbus 9600, 2300 RC Leiden, The Netherlands.
Arjen H G ClevenDepartment of Pathology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands.
Benjamin BalluffMaastricht MultiModal Molecular Imaging Institute (M4I), Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands.
Marieke de GraaffDepartment of Pathology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands.
Marie KostineDepartment of Pathology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands.
Inge Briaire-de BruijnDepartment of Pathology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands.
Liam A McDonnellCenter for Proteomics and Metabolomics, Leiden University Medical Center, Albinusdreef 2, Postzone L1-Q, Postbus 9600, 2300 RC Leiden, The Netherlands ; Department of Pathology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands ; Fondazione Pisana per la Scienza ONLUS, Pisa, Italy.
Judith V M G BovéeDepartment of Pathology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0003-1155-0481
Leiden University Medical Center · NLMaastricht University · NL

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundPrevious studies on high grade sarcomas using mass spectrometry imaging showed proteasome activator complex subunit 1 (PSME1) to be associated with poor survival in soft tissue sarcoma patients. PSME1 is involved in immunoproteasome assembly for generating tumor antigens presented by MHC class I molecules. In this study, we aimed to validate PSME1 as a prognostic biomarker in an independent and larger series of soft tissue sarcomas by immunohistochemistry.

methodsTissue microarrays containing leiomyosarcomas (n = 34), myxofibrosarcomas (n = 14), undifferentiated pleomorphic sarcomas (n = 15), undifferentiated spindle cell sarcomas (n = 4), pleomorphic liposarcomas (n = 4), pleomorphic rhabdomyosarcomas (n = 2), and uterine leiomyomas (n = 7) were analyzed for protein expression of PSME1 using immunohistochemistry. Survival times were compared between high and low expression groups using Kaplan-Meier analysis. Cox regression models as multivariate analysis were performed to evaluate whether the associations were independent of other important clinical covariates.

resultsPSME1 expression was variable among soft tissue sarcomas. In leiomyosarcomas, high expression was associated with overall poor survival (p = 0.034), decreased metastasis-free survival (p = 0.002) and lower event-free survival (p = 0.007). Using multivariate analysis, the association between PSME1 expression and metastasis-free survival was still significant (p = 0.025) and independent of the histological grade.

conclusionsHigh expression of PSME1 is associated with poor metastasis-free survival in soft tissue leiomyosarcoma patients, and might be used as an independent prognostic biomarker.

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ImmunohistochemistryLeiomyosarcomaPrognostic biomarkerProteasome activator complex subunit 1SarcomaSoft tissue sarcoma

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