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Poster Display session 3

3542 - The biological implications of PDCD6 dysregulation in colorectal cancer

Date

30 Sep 2019

Session

Poster Display session 3

Topics

Translational Research

Tumour Site

Presenters

Romina Briffa

Citation

Annals of Oncology (2019) 30 (suppl_5): v760-v796. 10.1093/annonc/mdz268

Authors

R. Briffa1, J. Camps2, I.H. Um1, E. Asensio2, S. Lahoz2, S. Ariff3, N. Refalo4, J. DeGaetano5, S. Mifsud4, K. Grima4, M. Hocking1, G. Grech3, D.J. Harrison1

Author affiliations

  • 1 School Of Medicine, University of St Andrews, KY16 9TF - St Andrews/GB
  • 2 Gastrointestinal And Pancreatic Oncology Group, Institut D'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), 08036 - Barcelona/ES
  • 3 Centre For Molecular Medicine And Biobanking, University of Malta, MSD2000 - Msida/MT
  • 4 Oncology Department, Sir Anthony Mamo Oncology Centre, MSD2000 - Msida/MT
  • 5 Pathology Department, Mater Dei Hospital, MSD2090 - Msida/MT

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Abstract 3542

Background

Programmed cell death protein 6 (PDCD6) mediates apoptosis via p53 dependent and independent pathways and is implicated in many cancer hallmarks. A multi-omics analysis of colorectal cancer (CRC) cell lines identified PDCD6 as a candidate prognostic and predictive biomarker. PDCD6 is dysregulated in different cancers, but the role of PDCD6 in CRC is still poorly understood.

Methods

The clinicopathological data on 483 CRC patients treated at Mater Dei Hospital Malta between January 2008 and December 2011 were collated and tissue microarrays constructed in triplicate to represent central and peripheral tumour areas. PDCD6 protein expression was quantified by multiplex immunofluorescence (mIF; QuPath) along with fifteen other protein targets representing important cancer signalling and immune pathways. Expression of 770 genes was assessed using the NanoString nCounter® PanCancer Pathways Panel in a subset of 34 patients with low/high PDCD6 expression. Associations with clinicopathological parameters including disease-free survival and overall survival (OS) were calculated.

Results

Intra-tumoural PDCD6 protein expression was heterogeneous, having a higher expression at the tumour edge (p = 0.001). Invasive edge PDCD6 protein expression was significantly associated with TNM stage and tumour grade (p = 0.04 and <0.001, respectively), with lower PDCD6 expression in higher stage and poorly differentiated CRCs. PDCD6 expression was also associated with 5-year OS (p = 0.003), and higher PDCD6 expression revealed a trend towards longer OS. PDCD6 and Ki67 expression were negatively correlated (rs = - 0.192, p = 0.002). Low and high PDCD6 expressers showed differential gene expression in several other cancer pathways.

Conclusions

PDCD6 shows both inter- and intra-tumoural heterogeneity in CRC, with expression patterns consistent with a tumour suppressive function. Contrarily, wider literature suggests that PDCD6 might also have an intrinsic oncogenic role under certain circumstances, and further exploration of PDCD6 pleiotropism in CRC is warranted.

Clinical trial identification

Editorial acknowledgement

Legal entity responsible for the study

Romina Briffa.

Funding

REACH HIGH Scholars Programme Part-financed by the European Union, Operational Programme II; Cohesion Policy 2014-2020 "Investing in human capital to create more opportunities and promote the wellbeing of society.".

Disclosure

All authors have declared no conflicts of interest.

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