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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
12
pubmed:dateCreated
2007-4-17
pubmed:abstractText
The coxsackie-adenovirus receptor (hCAR) has been extensively studied in context of adenoviral-based gene therapy for cancer. However, there is strong evidence that besides its decisive role in coxsackie and adenovirus cell-entry, hCAR is a component of epithelial tight junctions and involved in cell-cell adhesions in normal and cancer cells. Furthermore, this adhesion molecule behaves like a cell surface receptor endowed with tumor suppressive properties via signal transduction. Moreover, 3 truncated soluble isoforms of hCAR were recently identified. We investigated the quantitative expression of all known CAR isoforms in a training set of 140 ovarian cancer samples and 21 controls by RT-PCR. The expression levels of the various isoforms were compared with clinicopathologic parameters and their prognostic significance was assessed. Expression levels of all CAR isoforms were elevated in ovarian carcinomas as compared with those of non-malignant controls. mRNA-expression correlated with protein levels. Moreover, expression of the soluble isoforms CAR 3/7 and CAR 4/7 but not that of hCAR was significantly increased in advanced ovarian cancer as revealed by a highly significant correlation with FIGO stage and residual disease > 2 cm in diameter after debulking surgery. High expression of CAR 3/7 and 4/7 was shown to be of independent prognostic relevance for progression-free (CAR 4/7) and overall survival (CAR 3/7 and CAR 4/7). In conclusion, soluble CAR isoforms 3/7 and 4/7 may play a pivotal role in ovarian cancer biology, possibly by counteracting migration- and growth-inhibitory properties of the membranous hCAR and thus favoring cancer cell dissemination throughout the peritoneal cavity.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jun
pubmed:issn
0020-7136
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
15
pubmed:volume
120
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
2568-75
pubmed:dateRevised
2011-7-1
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:17278108-Aged, pubmed-meshheading:17278108-Analysis of Variance, pubmed-meshheading:17278108-Carcinoma, Endometrioid, pubmed-meshheading:17278108-Cell Line, Tumor, pubmed-meshheading:17278108-Cystadenocarcinoma, Mucinous, pubmed-meshheading:17278108-Cystadenocarcinoma, Serous, pubmed-meshheading:17278108-Female, pubmed-meshheading:17278108-Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic, pubmed-meshheading:17278108-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:17278108-Immunoblotting, pubmed-meshheading:17278108-Membrane Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:17278108-Middle Aged, pubmed-meshheading:17278108-Ovarian Neoplasms, pubmed-meshheading:17278108-Prognosis, pubmed-meshheading:17278108-Protein Isoforms, pubmed-meshheading:17278108-Receptors, Virus, pubmed-meshheading:17278108-Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction, pubmed-meshheading:17278108-Solubility, pubmed-meshheading:17278108-Survival Analysis
pubmed:year
2007
pubmed:articleTitle
Soluble isoforms but not the transmembrane form of coxsackie-adenovirus receptor are of clinical relevance in epithelial ovarian cancer.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Innsbruck Medical University, Innsbruck, Austria.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't