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ArticlePloS one2017

Increased expression of protein kinase CK2α correlates with poor patient prognosis in epithelial ovarian cancer.

Zebiao Ma, Xiaojing Wang, Jiehua He, Jianchuan Xia, Yanfang Li

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5 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Zebiao MaSun Yat-sen University Cancer Center; State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China; Collaborative Innovation Center of Cancer Medicine, Guangzhou, Guangdong, P. R. China.
Xiaojing WangDepartment of Gynecologic Oncology, The Affiliated Cancer Hospital of Zhengzhou University; Henan Province Cancer Hospital, Zhengzhou, Henan, P.R. China.
Jiehua HeSun Yat-sen University Cancer Center; State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China; Collaborative Innovation Center of Cancer Medicine, Guangzhou, Guangdong, P. R. China.
Jianchuan XiaSun Yat-sen University Cancer Center; State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China; Collaborative Innovation Center of Cancer Medicine, Guangzhou, Guangdong, P. R. China.
Yanfang LiSun Yat-sen University Cancer Center; State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China; Collaborative Innovation Center of Cancer Medicine, Guangzhou, Guangdong, P. R. China.
State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South ChinaShantou University · CNSun Yat-sen University Cancer Center · CNZhengzhou University · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Epithelial ovarian cancer (EOC) is one of the deadly gynecological malignancies. The function of protein kinase CK2α (CK2α) in EOC is still unknown. Our study aimed to investigate the relationship between the protein expression of CK2α and the tumor progression, the prognosis of human EOC. In this study, we analyzed the expression levels of CK2α through Western blot, using EOC cell lines like A2780, HO8910, COV644, OVCAR3, SKOV3, and the primary normal ovarian surface epithelial (NOSE) cells. Furthermore, OVCAR3 and SKOV3 EOC cells were employed as a cellular model to study the role of CK2α on cell growth, migration, invasion, apoptosis, and cell cycle distribution. In addition, we investigated CK2α protein expression in tumor tissues from patients with EOC by immunohistochemistry and analyzed the association between CK2α expression and clinicopathologic parameters and prognosis of EOC patients. And we found that compared with NOSE cells, CK2α protein expression was increased in A2780, HO8910, OVCAR3, and SKOV3 ovarian cancer cell lines. Decreased CK2α expression suppressed OVCAR3 and SKOV3 cell growth and induced more apoptosis. CK2α knockdown using specific siRNAs inhibited migration and invasion ability of OVCAR3 and SKOV3 cells. In addition, high CK2α protein expression was found in 68.4% (80/117) of EOC patients. Increased CK2α expression of was significantly correlated with FIGO staging and peritoneal cytology. Patients with higher CK2α expression had a significantly poorer overall survival compared with those with lower CK2α expression. Multi-variate Cox regression analysis proved that increased CK2α expression was an independent prognostic marker for EOC. Taken together, our data displayed that CK2α may play a role in tumor aggressive behavior of EOC and could be used as a marker for predicting prognosis of EOC patient. High CK2α expression might predict poor patient survival.

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Gene Expression Regulation, NeoplasticAgedApoptosisBiomarkers, TumorCarcinoma, Ovarian EpithelialCasein Kinase IICell CycleCell LineCell Line, TumorCell MovementCell ProliferationFemaleHumansMiddle AgedNeoplasms, Glandular and EpithelialNeoplasm StagingBiomarkers, TumorCasein Kinase IICSNK2A1 protein, human

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