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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
6
pubmed:dateCreated
2010-5-14
pubmed:abstractText
The AKT signaling pathway is crucial for cancer cell survival. The objective of this study was to analyze the expression and clinical role of this pathway in serous ovarian carcinoma. Phospho-AKT and phospho-mammalian target of rapamycin protein expression was studied in 269 ovarian carcinomas (159 effusions, 38 primary carcinomas, 72 solid metastases) using immunohistochemistry. The association between AKT, mammalian target of rapamycin, and DJ-1 in effusions was quantitatively analyzed using flow cytometry. AKT phosphorylation status in effusions was further studied using Western blotting. Phospho-AKT and phospho-mammalian target of rapamycin were detected in the majority of tumors at all anatomical sites. Phospho-AKT expression in effusions was higher in grade 3 versus grades 1 and 2 tumors (P = .013). Flow cytometry analysis showed association between AKT, mammalian target of rapamycin, and DJ-1 expression (P < .001). Higher phospho-AKT Thr308/pan-AKT ratio by Western blotting was associated with more advanced International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics stage (P = .018) and a trend for poor response to chemotherapy at first disease recurrence (P = .051). Higher phospho-mammalian target of rapamycin protein expression in effusions by immunohistochemistry was associated with poor progression-free survival for patients with postchemotherapy effusions (P = .005). Phospho-mammalian target of rapamycin was an independent predictor of poor progression-free survival for patients with postchemotherapy effusions (P = .03). The association between activated AKT and mammalian target of rapamycin expression and clinicopathologic parameters of aggressive disease, including shorter patient survival, provides further evidence regarding the central role of this signaling pathway in ovarian carcinoma.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jun
pubmed:issn
1532-8392
pubmed:author
pubmed:copyrightInfo
Copyright 2010 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:volume
41
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
794-804
pubmed:dateRevised
2010-11-18
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:20153512-Adult, pubmed-meshheading:20153512-Aged, pubmed-meshheading:20153512-Aged, 80 and over, pubmed-meshheading:20153512-Ascitic Fluid, pubmed-meshheading:20153512-Cystadenoma, Serous, pubmed-meshheading:20153512-Female, pubmed-meshheading:20153512-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:20153512-Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:20153512-Middle Aged, pubmed-meshheading:20153512-Neoplasm Staging, pubmed-meshheading:20153512-Oncogene Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:20153512-Ovarian Neoplasms, pubmed-meshheading:20153512-Peritoneal Neoplasms, pubmed-meshheading:20153512-Phosphoproteins, pubmed-meshheading:20153512-Phosphorylation, pubmed-meshheading:20153512-Pleural Effusion, Malignant, pubmed-meshheading:20153512-Prognosis, pubmed-meshheading:20153512-Protein-Serine-Threonine Kinases, pubmed-meshheading:20153512-Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-akt, pubmed-meshheading:20153512-Survival Rate, pubmed-meshheading:20153512-TOR Serine-Threonine Kinases, pubmed-meshheading:20153512-Tumor Markers, Biological
pubmed:year
2010
pubmed:articleTitle
Mammalian target of rapamycin is a biomarker of poor survival in metastatic serous ovarian carcinoma.
pubmed:affiliation
Division of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Section for Gynecologic Oncology, Norwegian Radium Hospital, Oslo University Hospital, N-0310 Oslo, Norway.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't