TY - JOUR
T1 - ABCA Transporter Gene Expression and Poor Outcome in Epithelial Ovarian Cancer
AU - Hedditch, Ellen L
AU - Gao, Bo
AU - Russell, Amanda J
AU - Lu, Yi
AU - Emmanuel, Catherine
AU - Beesley, Jonathan
AU - Johnatty, Sharon E
AU - Chen, Xiaoqing
AU - Harnett, Paul
AU - George, Joshy
AU - Williams, Rebekka T
AU - Flemming, Claudia
AU - Lambrechts, Diether
AU - Despierre, Evelyn
AU - Lambrechts, Sandrina
AU - Vergote, Ignace
AU - Karlan, Beth
AU - Lester, Jenny
AU - Orsulic, Sandra
AU - Walsh, Christine
AU - Fasching, Peter
AU - Beckmann, Matthias W
AU - Ekici, Arif B
AU - Hein, Alexander
AU - Matsuo, Keitaro
AU - Hosono, Satoyo
AU - Nakanishi, Toru
AU - Yatabe, Yasushi
AU - Pejovic, Tanja
AU - Bean, Yukie
AU - Heitz, Florian
AU - Harter, Philipp
AU - du Bois, Andreas
AU - Schwaab, Ira
AU - Hogdall, Estrid
AU - Kjaer, Susan K
AU - Jensen, Allan
AU - Hogdall, Claus
AU - Lundvall, Lene
AU - Engelholm, Svend Aage
AU - Brown, Bob
AU - Flanagan, James
AU - Metcalf, Michelle D
AU - Siddiqui, Nadeem
AU - Sellers, Thomas
AU - Fridley, Brooke
AU - Cunningham, Julie
AU - Schildkraut, Joellen
AU - Iversen, Ed
AU - Weber, Rachel P
AU - Australian Ovarian Cancer Study Group
N1 - © The Author 2014. Published by Oxford University Press. All rights reserved.
PY - 2014/7/9
Y1 - 2014/7/9
N2 - BACKGROUND: ATP-binding cassette (ABC) transporters play various roles in cancer biology and drug resistance, but their association with outcomes in serous epithelial ovarian cancer (EOC) is unknown.METHODS: The relationship between clinical outcomes and ABC transporter gene expression in two independent cohorts of high-grade serous EOC tumors was assessed with real-time quantitative polymerase chain reaction, analysis of expression microarray data, and immunohistochemistry. Associations between clinical outcomes and ABCA transporter gene single nucleotide polymorphisms were tested in a genome-wide association study. Impact of short interfering RNA-mediated gene suppression was determined by colony forming and migration assays. Association with survival was assessed with Kaplan-Meier analysis and log-rank tests. All statistical tests were two-sided.RESULTS: Associations with outcome were observed with ABC transporters of the "A" subfamily, but not with multidrug transporters. High-level expression of ABCA1, ABCA6, ABCA8, and ABCA9 in primary tumors was statistically significantly associated with reduced survival in serous ovarian cancer patients. Low levels of ABCA5 and the C-allele of rs536009 were associated with shorter overall survival (hazard ratio for death = 1.50; 95% confidence interval [CI] =1.26 to 1.79; P = 6.5e-6). The combined expression pattern of ABCA1, ABCA5, and either ABCA8 or ABCA9 was associated with particularly poor outcome (mean overall survival in group with adverse ABCA1, ABCA5 and ABCA9 gene expression = 33.2 months, 95% CI = 26.4 to 40.1; vs 55.3 months in the group with favorable ABCA gene expression, 95% CI = 49.8 to 60.8; P = .001), independently of tumor stage or surgical debulking status. Suppression of cholesterol transporter ABCA1 inhibited ovarian cancer cell growth and migration in vitro, and statin treatment reduced ovarian cancer cell migration.CONCLUSIONS: Expression of ABCA transporters was associated with poor outcome in serous ovarian cancer, implicating lipid trafficking as a potentially important process in EOC.
AB - BACKGROUND: ATP-binding cassette (ABC) transporters play various roles in cancer biology and drug resistance, but their association with outcomes in serous epithelial ovarian cancer (EOC) is unknown.METHODS: The relationship between clinical outcomes and ABC transporter gene expression in two independent cohorts of high-grade serous EOC tumors was assessed with real-time quantitative polymerase chain reaction, analysis of expression microarray data, and immunohistochemistry. Associations between clinical outcomes and ABCA transporter gene single nucleotide polymorphisms were tested in a genome-wide association study. Impact of short interfering RNA-mediated gene suppression was determined by colony forming and migration assays. Association with survival was assessed with Kaplan-Meier analysis and log-rank tests. All statistical tests were two-sided.RESULTS: Associations with outcome were observed with ABC transporters of the "A" subfamily, but not with multidrug transporters. High-level expression of ABCA1, ABCA6, ABCA8, and ABCA9 in primary tumors was statistically significantly associated with reduced survival in serous ovarian cancer patients. Low levels of ABCA5 and the C-allele of rs536009 were associated with shorter overall survival (hazard ratio for death = 1.50; 95% confidence interval [CI] =1.26 to 1.79; P = 6.5e-6). The combined expression pattern of ABCA1, ABCA5, and either ABCA8 or ABCA9 was associated with particularly poor outcome (mean overall survival in group with adverse ABCA1, ABCA5 and ABCA9 gene expression = 33.2 months, 95% CI = 26.4 to 40.1; vs 55.3 months in the group with favorable ABCA gene expression, 95% CI = 49.8 to 60.8; P = .001), independently of tumor stage or surgical debulking status. Suppression of cholesterol transporter ABCA1 inhibited ovarian cancer cell growth and migration in vitro, and statin treatment reduced ovarian cancer cell migration.CONCLUSIONS: Expression of ABCA transporters was associated with poor outcome in serous ovarian cancer, implicating lipid trafficking as a potentially important process in EOC.
KW - ATP Binding Cassette Transporter 1
KW - ATP-Binding Cassette Transporters
KW - Cell Movement
KW - Cystadenocarcinoma, Serous
KW - Female
KW - Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic
KW - Genome-Wide Association Study
KW - Humans
KW - Kaplan-Meier Estimate
KW - Neoplasm Grading
KW - Neoplasms, Glandular and Epithelial
KW - Neoplastic Stem Cells
KW - Ovarian Neoplasms
KW - Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide
KW - RNA, Messenger
KW - Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction
U2 - 10.1093/jnci/dju149
DO - 10.1093/jnci/dju149
M3 - Journal article
C2 - 24957074
SN - 0027-8874
VL - 106
SP - 1
EP - 11
JO - National Cancer Institute. Journal (Print)
JF - National Cancer Institute. Journal (Print)
IS - 7
M1 - dju149
ER -