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ArticleLaryngoscope investigative otolaryngology2022

Analysis of the epidermal growth factor receptor/phosphoinositide-dependent protein kinase-1 axis in tumor of the external auditory canal in response to epidermal growth factor stimulation.

Naotaro Akiyama, Tomomi Yamamoto-Fukuda, Mamoru Yoshikawa, Hiromi Kojima

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Article in Laryngoscope investigative otolaryngology, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

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4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Naotaro AkiyamaDepartment of Otorhinolaryngology Toho University School of Medicine Tokyo Japan.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2232-2049
Tomomi Yamamoto-FukudaDepartment of Otorhinolaryngology Jikei University School of Medicine Tokyo Japan.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4168-6315
Mamoru YoshikawaDepartment of Otorhinolaryngology Toho University School of Medicine Tokyo Japan.
Hiromi KojimaDepartment of Otorhinolaryngology Jikei University School of Medicine Tokyo Japan.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2967-2110
Jikei University School of Medicine · JPToho University · JP

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Objectives: The epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) is related to the invasion and metastasis of external auditory canal (EAC) squamous cell carcinoma (SCC). The phosphoinositide-dependent protein kinase-1 (PDPK1) accelerates tumor cell growth through anti-apoptotic signaling under the influence of downstream EGFR-mediated signaling pathways. In this study, we investigated the EGFR/PDPK1 axis in the EAC under EGF stimulation. Methods: We confirmed EGFR and PDPK1 expression in human EACSCC specimens immunohistochemically. We next transfected the EGF expression vector in the mouse EAC and then conducted a PDPK1 inhibitory experiment. Immunohistochemical analysis was performed in the mouse EAC, using anti-EGF, anti-EGFR, anti-PDPK1, and anti-Ki67 antibodies. Immunohistochemical analysis of cleaved caspase-3 and terminal deoxy(d)-UTP nick end labeling (TUNEL) detection assays were also performed for the assessment of apoptosis in the inhibitory experiment. Results: Immunohistochemical analysis revealed overexpression and colocalization of EGFR and PDPK1 in human EACSCC specimens. The growth of a protuberant tumor was observed in the mouse EAC in which EGF expression vector was transfected, and EGF, EGFR, PDPK1, and Ki67 labeling indexes (LIs) were significantly increased. PDPK1 inhibition then induced normal epithelial appearance in the EAC. Moreover, EGF, EGFR, PDPK1, and Ki67 LIs were decreased, and cleaved caspase-3 and TUNEL LIs were increased in the EAC. Conclusion: We demonstrated the possibility that PDPK1 plays an important role in EACSCC.Level of Evidence: NA.

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EGFRexternal auditory canal squamous cell carcinomaPDPK1

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