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The pluripotency factor LIN28B is involved in oral carcinogenesis and associates with tumor aggressiveness and unfavorable prognosis

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Title
The pluripotency factor LIN28B is involved in oral carcinogenesis and associates with tumor aggressiveness and unfavorable prognosis
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Cancer Cell International, October 2015
DOI 10.1186/s12935-015-0252-7
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Dongmiao Wang, Yuming Zhu, Yanling Wang, Zhongwu Li, Chunping Yuan, Wei Zhang, Hua Yuan, Jinhai Ye, Jianrong Yang, Hongbing Jiang, Jie Cheng

Abstract

LIN28B is a conserved RNA-binding protein critically involved in development, cellular metabolism and tumorigenesis. It is frequently overexpressed in human cancers and correlates with tumor aggressiveness as well as unfavorable prognosis. However, the expression pattern and oncogenic roles of LIN28B during oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC) development and progression has not been well established yet. Here, we sought to determine the expression of LIN28B and its clinical significance using chemical-induced OSCC animal model, cell lines and primary specimens. The OSCC animal model was induced using 7,12-dimethyl-1,2-bezan-tracene (DMBA) painting in the hamster buccal pouch. Buccal lesions from animals were obtained from different time points and subjected to routine histological analyses and immunohistochemical staining of LIN28B. The mRNA, protein abundance and subcellular localization of LIN28B was determined in a panel of OSCC cell lines by real-time RT-PCR, western blot and immunofluorescence. The expression levels of LIN28B in human primary OSCC samples were further evaluated by immunohistochemical staining. Moreover, the relationship between LIN28B and several clinicopathological parameters as well as patients' prognosis were also assessed. Our results revealed that negative or low LIN28B expression was commonly observed in normal epithelial, whereas more LIN28B abundance was identified in epithelial dysplasia and invasive SCC in the DMBA-induced OSCC animal model. Overexpression of LIN28B was identified in a major fraction of OSCC samples(39/58) and significantly associated with tumor size (P = 0.049) and advanced clinical stages (P = 0.0286). Patients with increased LIN28B had markedly reduced overall survival as compared to those with low LIN28B. Multivariate survival analyses further indicated that LIN28B abundance served as an independent prognostic factor for patients' overall survival. Our findings reveal that LIN28B is critically involved in OSCC initiation and progression and aberrantly overexpressed in human OSCC. It might represent a novel diagnostic and prognostic biomarker for oral cancer.

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Readers by professional status Count As %
Researcher 7 33%
Student > Ph. D. Student 3 14%
Student > Doctoral Student 2 10%
Student > Postgraduate 2 10%
Student > Master 1 5%
Other 2 10%
Unknown 4 19%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 10 48%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 2 10%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 1 5%
Nursing and Health Professions 1 5%
Psychology 1 5%
Other 1 5%
Unknown 5 24%
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