Byeong Il Jang, Ji Yoon Jung, Sung Ae Koh, Kyung Hee Lee
{"title":"The Important Role of GPX1 and NF-κB Signaling Pathway in Human Gastric Cancer: Implications for Cell Proliferation and Invasion.","authors":"Byeong Il Jang, Ji Yoon Jung, Sung Ae Koh, Kyung Hee Lee","doi":"10.21873/cgp.20449","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.21873/cgp.20449","url":null,"abstract":"Glutathione peroxidases (GPXs) are crucial antioxidant enzymes, counteracting reactive oxygen species (ROS). GPX overexpression promotes proliferation and invasion in cancer cells. Glutathione peroxidase-1 (GPX1), the most abundant isoform, contributes to invasion, migration, cisplatin resistance, and proliferation in various cancers. Nuclear factor-kappa B (NF-[Formula: see text]B) participates in cell proliferation, apoptosis, and tumor progression. The inhibition of NF-[Formula: see text]B expression reduces the malignancy of esophageal squamous cell carcinoma. This study aimed to explore the GPX1 and NF-[Formula: see text]B signaling pathways and their correlation with gastric cancer cell proliferation and invasion.","PeriodicalId":9516,"journal":{"name":"Cancer Genomics & Proteomics","volume":"6 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2024-04-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140805845","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Deregulated circRNAs in Epithelial Ovarian Cancer With Activity in Preclinical In Vivo Models: Identification of Targets and New Modalities for Therapeutic Intervention.","authors":"Ulrich H Weidle, Fabian Birzele","doi":"10.21873/cgp.20442","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.21873/cgp.20442","url":null,"abstract":"Epithelial ovarian cancer (EOC) is associated with a dismal prognosis due to development of resistance to chemotherapy and metastasis in the peritoneal cavity and distant organs. In order to identify new targets and treatment modalities we searched the literature for up- and and down-regulated circRNAs with efficacy in preclinical EOC-related in vivo systems. Our search yielded circRNAs falling into the following categories: cisplatin and paclitaxel resistance, transmembrane receptors, secreted factors, transcription factors, RNA splicing and processing factors, RAS pathway-related components, proteolysis and cell-cycle regulation, signaling-related proteins, and circRNAs regulating proteins in additional categories. These findings can be potentially translated by validation and manipulation of the corresponding targets, inhibition of circRNAs with antisense oligonucleotides (ASO), small interfering RNAs (siRNA) or small hairpin RNA (shRNA) or by reconstituting their activity.","PeriodicalId":9516,"journal":{"name":"Cancer Genomics & Proteomics","volume":"64 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2024-04-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140805937","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Panagiotis Tavlas, Sofia Nikou, Christina Geramoutsou, Pinelopi Bosgana, Spyridon Champeris Tsaniras, Maria Melachrinou, Ioannis Maroulis, Vasiliki Bravou
{"title":"CUL4A Ubiquitin Ligase Is an Independent Predictor of Overall Survival in Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma.","authors":"Panagiotis Tavlas, Sofia Nikou, Christina Geramoutsou, Pinelopi Bosgana, Spyridon Champeris Tsaniras, Maria Melachrinou, Ioannis Maroulis, Vasiliki Bravou","doi":"10.21873/cgp.20438","DOIUrl":"10.21873/cgp.20438","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background/aim: </strong>Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) is an aggressive malignancy with dismal prognosis. Genomic instability due to defects in cell-cycle regulation/mitosis or deficient DNA-damage repair is a major driver of PDAC progression with clinical relevance. Deregulation of licensing of DNA replication leads to DNA damage and genomic instability, predisposing cells to malignant transformation. While overexpression of DNA replication-licensing factors has been reported in several human cancer types, their role in PDAC remains largely unknown. We aimed here to examine the expression and prognostic significance of the DNA replication-licensing factors chromatin licensing and DNA replication factor 1 (CDT1), cell-division cycle 6 (CDC6), minichromosome maintenance complex component 7 (MCM7) and also of the ubiquitin ligase regulator of CDT1, cullin 4A (CUL4A), in PDAC.</p><p><strong>Materials and methods: </strong>Expression levels of CUL4, CDT1, CDC6 and MCM7 were evaluated by immunohistochemistry in 76 formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded specimens of PDAC patients in relation to DNA-damage response marker H2AX, clinicopathological parameters and survival. We also conducted bioinformatics analysis of data from online available databases to corroborate our findings.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>CUL4A and DNA replication-licensing factors were overexpressed in patients with PDAC and expression of CDT1 positively correlated with H2AX. Expression of CUL4A and CDT1 positively correlated with lymph node metastasis. Importantly, elevated CUL4A expression was associated with reduced overall survival and was an independent indicator of poor prognosis on multivariate analysis.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Our findings implicate CUL4A, CDT1, CDC6 and MCM7 in PDAC progression and identify CUL4A as an independent prognostic factor for this disease.</p>","PeriodicalId":9516,"journal":{"name":"Cancer Genomics & Proteomics","volume":"21 2","pages":"166-177"},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2024-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10905276/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139995698","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"CircRNAs as New Therapeutic Entities and Tools for Target Identification in Acute Myeloid Leukemia.","authors":"Adam Nopora, Ulrich H Weidle","doi":"10.21873/cgp.20434","DOIUrl":"10.21873/cgp.20434","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Acute myeloid leukemia (AML) is a genetically extremely heterogeneous disease. Drug resistance after induction therapy is a very frequent event resulting in poor medium survival times. Therefore, the identification of new targets and treatment modalities is a medical high priority issue. We addressed our attention to circular RNAs (circRNAs), which can act as oncogenes or tumor suppressors in AML. We searched the literature (PubMed) and identified eight up-regulated and two down-regulated circ-RNAs with activity in preclinical in vivo models. In addition, we identified twenty-two up-regulated and four down-regulated circRNAs with activity in preclinical in vitro systems, but pending in vivo activity. Up-regulated RNAs are potential targets for si- or shRNA-based approaches, and down-regulated circRNAs can be reconstituted by replacement therapy to achieve a therapeutic benefit in preclinical systems. The up-regulated targets can be tackled with small molecules, antibody-based entities, or other modes of intervention. For down-regulated targets, up-regulators must be identified. The ranking of the identified circRNAs with respect to therapy of AML will depend on further target validation experiments.</p>","PeriodicalId":9516,"journal":{"name":"Cancer Genomics & Proteomics","volume":"21 2","pages":"118-136"},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2024-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10905271/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139995697","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Impact of Tumor Grade Distribution on Genetic Alterations in Clear Cell Renal Cell Carcinoma and Prostate Cancer.","authors":"Kosuke Mizutani, Seiji Sugiyama, Koji Kameyama, Shingo Kamei, Shigeaki Yokoi, Akemi Morikawa, Makoto Takeuchi, Kensaku Seike, Toru Yamada, Hidetoshi Ehara, Seiya Sawada, Kouseki Hirade, Hirohito Furuta, Kengo Matsunaga, Tetsuya Yamada, Ippei Sakamoto, Yasutaka Kato, Hiroshi Nishihara, Satoshi Ishihara, Takashi Deguchi","doi":"10.21873/cgp.20441","DOIUrl":"10.21873/cgp.20441","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background/aim: </strong>A genomic analysis based on next-generation sequencing is important for deciding cancer treatment strategies. Cancer tissue sometimes displays intratumor heterogeneity and a pathologic specimen may contain more than two tumor grades. Although tumor grades are very important for the cancer prognosis, the impact of higher tumor grade distribution in a specimen used for a genomic analysis is unknown.</p><p><strong>Patients and methods: </strong>We retrospectively analyzed the data of 61 clear cell carcinoma and 46 prostate cancer patients that were diagnosed between December 2018 and August 2022 using the GeneRead Human Comprehensive Cancer Panel or SureSelect PrePool custom Tier2. Genome annotation and curation were performed using the GenomeJack software.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Tumor mutation burden (TMB) was increased in proportion to the higher tumor grade distribution in grade 2 clear cell renal cell carcinoma (ccRCC). In PC, Grade Group 3/4 specimens that included an increased distribution of Gleason pattern 4 had more frequent gene mutations.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Our results suggest the importance of selecting the maximum distribution of higher tumor grade areas to obtain results on the precise gene alterations for genomics-focused treatments.</p>","PeriodicalId":9516,"journal":{"name":"Cancer Genomics & Proteomics","volume":"21 2","pages":"203-212"},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2024-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10905277/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139995699","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Non-homologous End-joining Genotype, mRNA Expression, and DNA Repair Capacity in Childhood Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia.","authors":"Chao-Chun Chen, Wen-Shin Chang, Jen-Sheng Pei, Chien-Chung Kuo, Chung-Hsing Wang, Yun-Chi Wang, Pei-Chen Hsu, Jie-Long He, Jian Gu, DA-Tian Bau, Chia-Wen Tsai","doi":"10.21873/cgp.20436","DOIUrl":"10.21873/cgp.20436","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background/aim: </strong>The capacity for non-homologous end-joining (NHEJ) repair plays a pivotal role in maintaining genome stability and in carcinogenesis. However, there is little literature on the involvement of NHEJ-related genes in childhood acute lymphocytic leukemia (ALL). Our study aimed to elucidate the impact of polymorphisms of X-ray repair cross-complementing group 4 (XRCC4) (rs6869366, rs2075685, rs2075686, rs28360071, rs3734091, rs28360317, rs1805377), XRCC5 (rs828907, rs11685387, rs9288518), XRCC6 (rs5751129, rs2267437, rs132770, rs132774), XRCC7 rs7003908, and DNA ligase IV (LIG4) rs1805388, on the odds of childhood ALL.</p><p><strong>Materials and methods: </strong>Genotypes NHEJ-related genes of 266 cases and 266 controls were determined, and the genotype-phenotype correlation was investigated by examining mRNA transcript expression and the capacity for overall and precise NHEJ repair.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The variant genotypes of XRCC4 rs3734091, rs28360071, XRCC5 rs828907, and XRCC6 rs5751129 were significantly associated with increased odds of childhood ALL. Further analysis based on susceptibility genotypes showed no significant differences in mRNA transcript expression levels among childhood ALL cases with various putative high-risk genotypes, except XRCC6 rs5751129. Moreover, the overall NHEJ repair capacity was similar among carriers of different XRCC4, XRCC5, and XRCC6 genotypes. However, it is worth noting that individuals carrying the variant C allele at XRCC6 rs5751129 exhibited lower precise NHEJ repair capacity compared to those with the wild-type T allele.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Our study identified significant associations between XRCC4 rs3734091, rs28360071, XRCC5 rs828907, and XRCC6 rs5751129 genotypes and childhood ALL. Notably, lower transcriptional expression and reduced precise NHEJ repair capacity were observed in patients carrying the C allele of XRCC6 rs5751129. Further investigations are required to gain deeper insights into childhood ALL development.</p>","PeriodicalId":9516,"journal":{"name":"Cancer Genomics & Proteomics","volume":"21 2","pages":"144-157"},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2024-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10905275/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139995700","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"PRIM2: A Marker of MYC-driven Hyper-proliferation, Disease Progression, Tumor Aggressiveness and Poor Survival in Glioma Patients.","authors":"Ronghui Sun, Xiaodong Shao, Farhana Akter, Kashif Rafiq Zahid, Shun Yao, Lianting Ma, Guozheng Xu","doi":"10.21873/cgp.20440","DOIUrl":"10.21873/cgp.20440","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background/aim: </strong>Gliomas are the most prevalent brain tumors with metabolic alterations playing a pivotal role in disease progression. However, the precise coordination of metabolic alterations with tumor-promoting cellular mechanisms, leading to tumor initiation, progression, and aggressiveness, resulting in poor outcomes, remains poorly understood in gliomas.</p><p><strong>Materials and methods: </strong>We conducted a metabolism-targeted differential gene expression analysis using glioma patients' expression profiling data from The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) database. In addition, pathway enrichment analysis, gene set enrichment analysis (GSEA), transcription factor prediction, network construction, and correlation analyses were performed. Survival analyses were performed in R. All results were validated using independent GEO expression datasets.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Metabolism-targeted analysis identified 5 hits involved in diverse metabolic processes linking them to disease aggressiveness in gliomas. Subsequently, we established that cell cycle progression and hyper-proliferation are key drivers of tumor progression and aggressiveness in gliomas. One of the identified metabolic hits, DNA primase 2 (PRIM2), a gene involved in DNA replication was found directly associated with cell cycle progression in gliomas. Furthermore, our analysis indicated that PRIM2, along with other cell cycle-related genes, is under the control of and regulated by the oncogenic MYC transcription factor in gliomas. In addition, PRIM2 expression alone is enough to predict MYC-driven cell cycle progression and is associated with tumor progression, aggressive disease state, and poor survival in glioma patients.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Our findings highlight PRIM2 as a marker of MYC-driven cell cycle progression and hyper-proliferation, disease onset and progression, tumor aggressiveness, and poor survival in glioma patients.</p>","PeriodicalId":9516,"journal":{"name":"Cancer Genomics & Proteomics","volume":"21 2","pages":"186-202"},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2024-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10905270/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139995724","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Association of Androgen Receptor and PD-L1 Expression in Upper Urinary Tract Urothelial Carcinoma.","authors":"Yohei Okuda, Taigo Kato, Kazutoshi Fujita, Hiroaki Fushimi, Hiroshi Miyamoto, George J Netto, Norio Nonomura","doi":"10.21873/cgp.20435","DOIUrl":"10.21873/cgp.20435","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background/aim: </strong>The response to immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) or enfortumab vedotin is limited in patients with upper urinary tract urothelial carcinoma (UTUC), and the development of new targeted therapy for UTUC is eagerly needed. Several biomarkers, including programmed cell death-ligand 1 (PD-L1), have already been reported as predictors of response to ICIs therapy for UTUC. Recently, several studies have shown that steroid hormone receptors, including the androgen receptor (AR), are associated with progression of urothelial carcinoma.</p><p><strong>Materials and methods: </strong>We prepared tissue microarrays (TMA) from paraffin blocks of UTUC specimens in 99 non-metastatic UTUC patients who underwent radical nephroureterectomy. With these TMA sections, we performed immunohistochemical staining for PD-L1 and AR and examined PD-L1 and AR expression levels in tumor cells. In addition, we analyzed the correlation between these markers and clinical prognosis in UTUC cases.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>PD-L1 was positive in 24 (24%) of the 99 samples, whereas AR was positive in 20 (20%) patients. AR-negative samples had significantly higher PD-L1 expression level than that the AR-positive samples (mean value 4.70% versus 2.55%, p=0.0324). Among AR-positive cases, patients with absence of PD-L1 expression had significantly lower cancer-specific survival (CSS) than that in PD-L1 expression-positive cases (p=0.049), although PD-L1 expression had no significant impact on CSS in AR-negative cases (p=0.920).</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Our findings suggest that AR is the promising target for UTUC treatment, especially in PD-L1-negative cases.</p>","PeriodicalId":9516,"journal":{"name":"Cancer Genomics & Proteomics","volume":"21 2","pages":"137-143"},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2024-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10905274/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139995696","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"POLD1 Is Required for Cell Cycle Progression by Overcoming DNA Damage in Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma.","authors":"Daiki Shimizu, Miku Ishibashi, Tadaaki Yamada, Yuki Toda, Shigekuni Hosogi, Eishi Ashihara","doi":"10.21873/cgp.20437","DOIUrl":"10.21873/cgp.20437","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background/aim: </strong>The prognosis of patients with malignant pleural mesothelioma (MPM) remains poor due to lack of effective therapeutic targets. DNA damage caused by long-time exposure to asbestos fibers has been associated with the development of MPM, with mutations at genes encoding DNA damage repair (DDR)-related molecules frequently expressed in patients with MPM. The present study was designed to identify novel therapeutic targets in MPM using large public databases, such as The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) and Genotype Tissue Expression project (GTEx) focused on DDR pathways.</p><p><strong>Materials and methods: </strong>The correlations between mRNA expression levels of DDR-related genes and overall survival (OS) were analyzed in mesothelioma patients in TCGA mesothelioma (TCGA-MESO) datasets. The anti-tumor effects of small interfering RNAs (siRNA) against DDR-related genes associated with OS were subsequently tested in MPM cell lines.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>High levels of mRNA encoding DNA polymerase delta 1, catalytic subunit (POLD1) were significantly associated with reduced OS in patients with MPM (p<0.001, Log-rank test). In addition, siRNA targeting POLD1 (siPOLD1) caused cell cycle arrest at the G<sub>1</sub>/S checkpoint and induced apoptosis involving accumulation of DNA damage in MPM cell lines.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>POLD1 plays essential roles in overcoming DNA damage and cell cycle progression at the G<sub>1</sub>/S checkpoint in MPM cells. These findings suggest that POLD1 may be a novel therapeutic target in MPM.</p>","PeriodicalId":9516,"journal":{"name":"Cancer Genomics & Proteomics","volume":"21 2","pages":"158-165"},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2024-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10905272/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139995701","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Thioredoxin Reductase Inhibitor Suppresses the Local Progression of Rhabdomyosarcoma With PDX Models.","authors":"Hideyuki Kinoshita, Seiko Kinoshita, Hiroto Kamoda, Yoko Hagiwara, Seiji Ohtori, Tsukasa Yonemoto","doi":"10.21873/cgp.20439","DOIUrl":"10.21873/cgp.20439","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background/aim: </strong>Chemoresistance in rhabdomyosarcoma (RMS) is associated with poor survival, necessitating the development of novel anticancer drugs. Auranofin (AUR), an anti-rheumatic drug, is a thioredoxin reductase (TXNRD) inhibitor with anticancer properties. Although patient-derived xenograft (PDX) models are essential for studying cancer biology, reports on sarcomas using the PDX model are scarce because of their rarity. This study aimed to investigate the effectiveness of AUR treatment in RMS using a PDX model to evaluate its impact on local progression.</p><p><strong>Materials and methods: </strong>A 20-year-old woman who was diagnosed with alveolar RMS was used to generate the PDX model. RMS PDX tumors were implanted in nude mice and divided into non-treated (vehicle) and treated (AUR) groups. Tumor volume and weight were evaluated, and immunohistochemical staining was performed to evaluate local progression of the sarcoma. The relationship between the TXNRD-1 expression and survival probability of patients with RMS was evaluated using publicly available expression cohorts.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>AUR significantly suppressed RMS tumor progression over time. It also significantly suppressed the tumor size and weight at the time of excision. Histological evaluation showed that AUR induced oxidative stress in the PDX mouse models and inhibited the local progression of RMS by inducing apoptosis. High TXNRD-1 expression was found to be a negative prognostic factor for overall survival in patients with RMS.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>AUR-induced inhibition of TXNRDs can significantly impede the local progression of RMS through the oxidative stress-apoptosis pathway as demonstrated in PDX models. Thus, targeting TXNRD inhibition may be a promising therapeutic strategy for the treatment of RMS.</p>","PeriodicalId":9516,"journal":{"name":"Cancer Genomics & Proteomics","volume":"21 2","pages":"178-185"},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2024-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10905273/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139995725","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}