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ArticlePathology oncology research : POR2018

Elevated Hu-Antigen Receptor (HuR) Expression is Associated with Tumor Aggressiveness and Poor Prognosis but not with COX-2 Expression in Invasive Breast Carcinoma Patients.

Constantinos Giaginis, Anastasia Sampani, Iolly Kotta-Loizou, Ioanna Giannopoulou, Eugene Danas, Ekaterini Politi, Gerasimos Tsourouflis, Gregorios Kouraklis, Efstratios Patsouris, Antonios Keramopoulos and 2 more

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Constantinos GiaginisFirst Department of Pathology, Medical School, University of Athens, Athens, Greece.
Anastasia SampaniFirst Department of Pathology, Medical School, University of Athens, Athens, Greece.
Iolly Kotta-LoizouFirst Department of Pathology, Medical School, University of Athens, Athens, Greece.
Ioanna GiannopoulouFirst Department of Pathology, Medical School, University of Athens, Athens, Greece.
Eugene DanasFirst Department of Pathology, Medical School, University of Athens, Athens, Greece.
Ekaterini PolitiFirst Department of Pathology, Medical School, University of Athens, Athens, Greece.
Gerasimos TsourouflisSecond Department of Propedeutic Surgery, Medical School, University of Athens, Athens, Greece.
Gregorios KouraklisSecond Department of Propedeutic Surgery, Medical School, University of Athens, Athens, Greece.
Efstratios PatsourisFirst Department of Pathology, Medical School, University of Athens, Athens, Greece.
Antonios KeramopoulosDepartment of Clinical Therapeutics, Alexandra General Hospital, Medical School, University of Athens, Athens, Greece.
Lydia NakopoulouFirst Department of Pathology, Medical School, University of Athens, Athens, Greece.
Stamatios TheocharisFirst Department of Pathology, Medical School, University of Athens, Athens, Greece. stamtheo@med.uoa.gr.
National and Kapodistrian University of Athens · GRAlexandra Hospital · GR

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Abstract

Hu-antigen R (HuR), a RNA-binding protein, is considered to play a crucial role in tumor development and progression by stabilizing or regulating a group of cellular mRNAs of cancer-related genes, such as cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2). The present study aimed to evaluate the clinical significance of HuR and COX-2 expression in invasive breast carcinoma. HuR and COX-2 protein expression was assessed immunohistochemically on paraffin-embedded breast cancer tissue sections obtained from 121 patients and was statistically analyzed with clinicopathological parameters, estrogen receptor (ER), progesterone receptor (PR) and human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2), as well as with tumor cells' proliferative capacity and overall and disease-free patients' survival. High HuR expression was positively associated with larger tumor size and advanced disease stage (p = 0.0234 and p = 0.0361, respectively), being more frequently observed in ER negative cases (p = 0.0208). High COX-2 expression was negatively associated with histological (p < 0.0001) and nuclear (p = 0.0033) grade and tumor cells' proliferative rate (p = 0.0015), being more frequently observed in luminal-A compared to other molecular subtypes (p = 0.0221). High HuR expression was associated with poor overall and disease-free patients' survival at both univariate (log-rank test, p = 0.0092 and p = 0.0004, respectively) and multivariate (Cox-regression analysis, p = 0.0223 and p = 0.0004, respectively) level. On the other hand, high COX-2 expression was associated with favorable overall and disease-free patients' survival merely at univariate level (log-rank test, p = 0.0389 and p = 0.0154, respectively). HuR expression was not associated with COX-2 expression (Spearman R = 0.1489, p = 0.1032). The present data support evidence that HuR is associated with tumor aggressiveness and poor prognosis in breast carcinoma, reinforcing its potential as promising therapeutic target in this type of neoplasia.

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AdultAgedAged, 80 and overBiomarkers, TumorBreast NeoplasmsCarcinoma, Ductal, BreastCarcinoma, LobularCyclooxygenase 2ELAV-Like Protein 1FemaleFollow-Up StudiesHumansMiddle AgedNeoplasm InvasivenessPrognosisSurvival RateBiomarkers, TumorCyclooxygenase 2ELAVL1 protein, humanELAV-Like Protein 1PTGS2 protein, humanBreast cancerClinicopathological parametersCOX-2Hu-antigen RImmunohistochemistryPatients’ prognosis

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