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ArticleJournal of cancer research and clinical oncology2023

Deciphering clinical significance of BCL11A isoforms and protein expression roles in triple-negative breast cancer subtype.

Andrea Angius, Giovanna Pira, Paolo Cossu-Rocca, Giovanni Sotgiu, Laura Saderi, Maria Rosaria Muroni, Patrizia Virdis, Daniela Piras, Rallo Vincenzo, Ciriaco Carru and 7 more

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Article in Journal of cancer research and clinical oncology, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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12 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 10 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

17 authors at 5 institutions in 1 country.

Andrea Angius *Institute of Genetic and Biomedical Research (IRGB), CNR, Cittadella Universitaria Di Cagliari, 09042, Monserrato, CA, Italy.
Giovanna Pira *Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Sassari, 07100, Sassari, Italy.
Paolo Cossu-RoccaDepartment of Medicine, Surgery and Pharmacy, University of Sassari, 07100, Sassari, Italy.
Giovanni SotgiuDepartment of Medicine, Surgery and Pharmacy, University of Sassari, 07100, Sassari, Italy.
Laura SaderiDepartment of Medicine, Surgery and Pharmacy, University of Sassari, 07100, Sassari, Italy.
Maria Rosaria MuroniDepartment of Medicine, Surgery and Pharmacy, University of Sassari, 07100, Sassari, Italy.
Patrizia VirdisDepartment of Medicine, Surgery and Pharmacy, University of Sassari, 07100, Sassari, Italy.
Daniela PirasStruttura Complessa Epidemiologia e Registro Tumori Nord Sardegna, ATS Sardegna, 07100, Sassari, Italy.
Rallo VincenzoInstitute of Genetic and Biomedical Research (IRGB), CNR, Cittadella Universitaria Di Cagliari, 09042, Monserrato, CA, Italy.
Ciriaco CarruDepartment of Biomedical Sciences, University of Sassari, 07100, Sassari, Italy.
Donatella CoradduzzaDepartment of Biomedical Sciences, University of Sassari, 07100, Sassari, Italy.
Maria Gabriela UrasDepartment of Medicine, Surgery and Pharmacy, University of Sassari, 07100, Sassari, Italy.
Pierina CottuDepartment of Medicine, Surgery and Pharmacy, University of Sassari, 07100, Sassari, Italy.
Alessandro FancelluDepartment of Medicine, Surgery and Pharmacy, University of Sassari, 07100, Sassari, Italy.
Sandra OrrùDepartment of Pathology, "A. Businco" Oncologic Hospital, ARNAS Brotzu, 09121, Cagliari, Italy.
Paolo UvaIRCCS G. Gaslini, 16147, Genoa, Italy.
Maria Rosaria De MiglioDepartment of Medicine, Surgery and Pharmacy, University of Sassari, 07100, Sassari, Italy. demiglio@uniss.it.
University of Sassari · ITInstitute of Genetic and Biomedical Research · ITATS Sardegna (Italy) · ITAzienda Ospedaliera G. Brotzu · ITIstituto Giannina Gaslini · IT

Funding

Fondazione di Sardegna 2021, Italy 0494Fondo di Ateneo per la Ricerca 2020-University of Sassari 2020
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeTriple negative breast cancer (TNBC) is an aggressive clinical tumor, accounting for about 25% of breast cancer (BC) related deaths. Chemotherapy is the only therapeutic option to treat TNBC, hence a detailed understanding of the biology and its categorization is required. To investigate the clinical relevance of BCL11A in TNBC subtype, we focused on gene and protein expression and its mutational status in a large cohort of this molecular subtype.

methodsGene expression profiling of BCL11A and its isoforms (BCL11A-XL, BCL11A-L and BCL11A-S) has been determined in Luminal A, Luminal B, HER2-enriched and TNBC subtypes. BCL11A protein expression has been analyzed by immunohistochemistry (IHC) and its mutational status by Sanger sequencing.

resultsIn our study, BCL11A was significantly overexpressed in TNBC both at transcriptional and translational levels compared to other BC molecular subtypes. A total of 404 TNBCs were selected and examined showing a high prevalence of BCL11A-XL (37.3%) and BCL11A-L (31.4%) isoform expression in TNBC, associated with a 26% of BCL11A protein expression levels. BCL11A protein expression predicts scarce LIV (HR = 0.52; 95% CI, 0.29-0.92, P = 0.03) and AR downregulation (HR = 0.37; 95% CI, 0.16-0.88; P = 0.02), as well as a higher proliferative index in TNBC cells. BCL11A-L expression is associated with more aggressive TNBC histological types, such as medullary and metaplastic carcinoma.

conclusionOur finding showed that BCL11A protein expression acts as an unfavorable prognostic factor in TNBC patients, especially in non luminal TNBCs subgroups. These results may yield a better treatment strategy by providing a new parameter for TNBC classification.

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Breast NeoplasmsTriple Negative Breast NeoplasmsBreastClinical RelevanceFemaleHumansImmunohistochemistryPrognosisRepressor ProteinsTranscription FactorsBCL11A protein, humanRepressor ProteinsTranscription FactorsBCL11A expressionBCL11A isoformsBCL11A mutationsSurvival analysisTriple negative breast cancer

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