PURPOSE: (1) To test whether in genomewide expression profiling differentially expressed genes were also distinct on the protein level including KIT and PDGFRA (2) to correlate the expression with clinicopathological parameters (3) to identify activating mutations that might be eligible for tyrosine kinase inhibitor therapy by mutational analysis of tumors with high expression. METHODS: Gastroenteropancreatic neuroendocrine tumors (GEP NETs) from 119 patients were analyzed for protein expression of ten biomarkers. Mutational analysis of KIT (exon 9, 13, 11 and 17) and PDGFRA (exons 12 and 18) was performed on those samples that showed high protein expression. RESULTS: High KIT expression was observed in 13% of all specimens, PDGFRA in 33%, CK19 in 26%, CK7 in 2%, CK20 in 5%, S100 in 6%, CD56 in 25%, Chromogranin in 55%, and Synapthophysin in 80%. High expression of KIT and PDGFRA was significantly correlated with shorter disease-specific survival (P = 0.003, P = 0.018, respectively). In multivariate analysis expression of PDGFRA, radicality of surgical treatment and WHO grading influenced disease-specific 10-year survival independently (P = 0.032, P = 0.001 and P = 0.008, respectively). Mutational analysis of highly expressed specimens (n = 51) reveals a novel mutation of KIT in exon 11 (K558N_V559insP) in a well-differentiated metastatic pancreatic neuroendocrine tumor. CONCLUSIONS: High expression of KIT and PDGFRA was significantly correlated with shorter patients survival and could serve as prognostic marker. Mutations of the KIT gene might open new avenues for tyrosine kinase inhibitor therapy in a subset of patients with advanced pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors.
PURPOSE: (1) To test whether in genomewide expression profiling differentially expressed genes were also distinct on the protein level including KIT and PDGFRA (2) to correlate the expression with clinicopathological parameters (3) to identify activating mutations that might be eligible for tyrosine kinase inhibitor therapy by mutational analysis of tumors with high expression. METHODS:Gastroenteropancreatic neuroendocrine tumors (GEP NETs) from 119 patients were analyzed for protein expression of ten biomarkers. Mutational analysis of KIT (exon 9, 13, 11 and 17) and PDGFRA (exons 12 and 18) was performed on those samples that showed high protein expression. RESULTS: High KIT expression was observed in 13% of all specimens, PDGFRA in 33%, CK19 in 26%, CK7 in 2%, CK20 in 5%, S100 in 6%, CD56 in 25%, Chromogranin in 55%, and Synapthophysin in 80%. High expression of KIT and PDGFRA was significantly correlated with shorter disease-specific survival (P = 0.003, P = 0.018, respectively). In multivariate analysis expression of PDGFRA, radicality of surgical treatment and WHO grading influenced disease-specific 10-year survival independently (P = 0.032, P = 0.001 and P = 0.008, respectively). Mutational analysis of highly expressed specimens (n = 51) reveals a novel mutation of KIT in exon 11 (K558N_V559insP) in a well-differentiated metastatic pancreatic neuroendocrine tumor. CONCLUSIONS: High expression of KIT and PDGFRA was significantly correlated with shorter patients survival and could serve as prognostic marker. Mutations of the KIT gene might open new avenues for tyrosine kinase inhibitor therapy in a subset of patients with advanced pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors.
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