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ArticleResearch in pharmaceutical sciences2024

Clinicopathological correlation of insulin-like growth factor binding protein 3 and their death receptor in patients with gastric cancer.

Amir Ansari, Ali Gheysarzadeh, Ali Sharifi, Mohammad Reza Mofid

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Amir AnsariDepartment of Clinical Biochemistry, School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, I.R. Iran.
Ali GheysarzadehDepartment of Biochemistry, School of Medicine, Ilam University of Medical Sciences, Ilam, Iran.
Ali SharifiDepartment of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, Shahid Mostafa Khomeini Hospital, Ilam University of Medical Sciences, Ilam, Iran.
Mohammad Reza MofidDepartment of Clinical Biochemistry, School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, I.R. Iran.

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Abstract

Background and purpose: The insulin-like growth factor binding protein 3 (IGFBP-3) and its novel death receptor (IGFBP-3R) have been exhibited to have tumor suppressor effects. Despite their prognostic value in some cancers, they have not been elucidated in gastric cancer. Experimental approach: We collected 68 samples from patients with gastric cancer. IGFBP-3 and IGFBP-3R expression levels were evaluated with quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) and western blotting in patients. The relationship between prognostic factors and IGFBP-3/IGFBP-3R expression was also evaluated. Findings/Results: Our results showed that IGFBP-3 and IGFBP-3R expression was reduced significantly in tumor tissues. We found that there was an association between the reduction of IGFBP-3 with lymph node metastasis and tumor-node-metastasis (TNM) staging. Besides, IGFBP-3R expression was associated with tumor size, lymph node metastasis, differentiation, and TNM classification. Interestingly, we presented that the downregulation of IGFBP-3R was stage-dependent. In survival analysis, our findings showed that low levels of IGFBP-3R mRNA expression exhibited a close correlation with survival rate. Conclusion and implications: The findings of this study showed that the expression levels of IGFBP-3 and IGFBP-3R are valuable prognostic factors. Despite the potential of IGFBP-3, IGFBP-3R plays a significant role as a prognostic factor in gastric cancer. However, these findings need to be developed and confirmed by further studies.

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Gastric cancerIGFBP-3IGFBP-3RPrognostic factorTNM classification.

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