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A Three-dimensional Thymic Culture System to Generate Murine Induced Pluripotent Stem Cell-derived Tumor Antigen-specific Thymic Emigrants
Published on: August 9, 2019
Carbonic anhydrase 9 expression is associated with poor prognosis, tumor proliferation, and radiosensitivity of
Yoichi Ohtaki1,2,3, Kimihiro Shimizu1,2, Reika Kawabata-Iwakawa4
1Division of General Thoracic Surgery, Integrative Center of General Surgery, Gunma University Hospital, Maebashi, Gunma, Japan.
Introduction:
Thymic epithelial tumors (TETs) comprise several histologies of thymoma and thymic carcinomas (TCs), and TC frequently metastasizes and causes death. We therefore aimed here to identify key molecules closely related to prognosis and their biological roles in high-risk TETs, particularly TCs.
Results:
RNA sequence analysis demonstrated that hypoxia-related genes were highly expressed in TETs. The expression of the hypoxia-related gene CA9 was noteworthy, particularly in TCs. Immunohistochemical analysis revealed that CA9 was expressed in 81.0% of TCs and 20.7% of all TET samples. CA9 expression was significantly associated with Masaoka stage, WHO classification, and recurrence-free survival after tumor resection (P = 0.005). The down-regulation of CA9 transcription in TC cell lines by small interfering RNAs significantly inhibited CA9 expression, which inhibited proliferation and increased sensitivity to irradiation.
Conclusions:
CA9 expression may serve as a significant prognostic marker of TETs and therefore represents a potential target for the development of novel drugs and radiation-sensitizing therapy designed to improve the outcomes of patients with TCs.
Materials And Methods:
We performed comprehensive transcriptome sequencing of 23 TETs and physiologic thymic specimens to identify genes highly and specifically expressed in high-risk TETs, particulary TCs. We performed immunohistochemical analysis of 179 consecutive surgically resected TETs to evaluate the significance of the association of protein expression with clinicopathological features and prognosis. The biological significance of the most promising prognostic marker was further studied using the TC cell lines, Ty-82 and MP57.
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