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ArticleFrontiers in oncology2020

Protein Kinase C Isozymes Associated With Relapse Free Survival in Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Patients.

Ann Rita Halvorsen, Mads Haugland Haugen, Åsa Kristina Öjlert, Marius Lund-Iversen, Lars Jørgensen, Steinar Solberg, Gunhild M Mælandsmo, Odd Terje Brustugun, Åslaug Helland

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Article in Frontiers in oncology, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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Ann Rita HalvorsenDepartment of Cancer Genetics, Institute for Cancer Research, Oslo University Hospital-Radiumhospitalet, Oslo, Norway.
Mads Haugland HaugenDepartment of Tumor Biology, Institute for Cancer Research, Oslo University Hospital-Radiumhospitalet, Oslo, Norway.
Åsa Kristina ÖjlertDepartment of Cancer Genetics, Institute for Cancer Research, Oslo University Hospital-Radiumhospitalet, Oslo, Norway.
Marius Lund-IversenDepartment of Pathology, Oslo University Hospital-Radiumhospitalet, Oslo, Norway.
Lars JørgensenDepartment of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Oslo University Hospital-Rikshospitalet, Oslo, Norway.
Steinar SolbergDepartment of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Oslo University Hospital-Rikshospitalet, Oslo, Norway.
Gunhild M MælandsmoDepartment of Tumor Biology, Institute for Cancer Research, Oslo University Hospital-Radiumhospitalet, Oslo, Norway.
Odd Terje BrustugunDepartment of Cancer Genetics, Institute for Cancer Research, Oslo University Hospital-Radiumhospitalet, Oslo, Norway.
Åslaug HellandDepartment of Cancer Genetics, Institute for Cancer Research, Oslo University Hospital-Radiumhospitalet, Oslo, Norway.
Oslo University Hospital · NOUiT The Arctic University of Norway · NOVestre Viken Hospital Trust · NO

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

introductionProtein expression is deregulated in cancer, and the proteomic changes observed in lung cancer may be a consequence of mutations in essential genes. The purpose of this study was to identify protein expression associated with prognosis in lung cancers stratified by smoking status, molecular subtypes, and

methodsWe performed profiling of 295 cancer-relevant phosphorylated and non-phosphorylated proteins, using reverse phase protein arrays. Biopsies from 80 patients with operable lung adenocarcinomas were analyzed for protein expression and association with relapse free survival (RFS) were studied.

resultsSpearman's rank correlation analysis identified 46 proteins with significant association to RFS (p<0.05). High expression of protein kinase C (PKC)-α and the phosporylated state of PKC-α, PKC-β, and PKC-δ, showed the strongest positive correlation to RFS, especially in the wild type samples. This was confirmed in gene expression data from 172 samples. Based on protein expression, unsupervised hierarchical clustering separated the samples into four subclusters enriched with the molecular subtypes terminal respiratory unit (TRU), proximal proliferative (PP), and proximal inflammatory (PI) (p=0.0001). Subcluster 2 contained a smaller cluster (2a) enriched with samples of the subtype PP, low expression of the PKC isozymes, and associated with poor RFS (p=0.003) compared to the other samples. Low expression of the PKC isozymes in the subtype PP and a reduced relapse free survival was confirmed with The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) lung adenocarcinoma (LUAD) samples.

conclusionThis study identified different proteins associated with RFS depending on molecular subtype, smoking- and mutational-status, with PKC-α, PKC-β, and PKC-δ showing the strongest correlation.

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adenocarcinomaexpression subtypesneuroendocrine markersnon-small cell lung cancerprotein kinase Cprotein profilingrelapse free survival

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