Nandie Wu1, Ying Huang1, Fangcen Liu2, Xingyun Xu2, Baorui Liu1, Jia Wei1. 1. The Comprehensive Cancer Centre of Drum Tower Hospital, Medical School of Nanjing University & Clinical Cancer Institute of Nanjing University, Nanjing, China. 2. Department of Pathology, Drum Tower Hospital, Medical School of Nanjing University, Nanjing, China.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Signet-ring cell carcinoma (SRCC) is a specific subtype of stomach cancer with unique epidemiology. Here, we sought to explore the role of KRAS in SRCC. METHODS: KRAS status was studied both in The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) and internal cohorts. Immunohistochemistry (IHC) and fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) were performed in formalin-fixed and paraffin-embedded (FFPE) samples. We explored patients' survival and clinicopathological characteristics in terms of KRAS mutation and expression. We also explored KRAS status and drug response curve of MEK/mTOR inhibitors in SRCC cell lines. RESULTS: Patients with KRAS mutations and copy number variation (CNV) showed higher mRNA level compared to non-mutant cases (P=0.003 and P<0.001). In internal cohort, 15 samples harbored KRAS mutations. Survival analysis showed that these patients had significantly lower overall survival (OS) (P=0.048). We further analyzed 75 patients with sufficient FFPE samples. Eight patients showed KRAS mutations and one patient showed KRAS amplification. The median OS was 12.5 months for patients with KRAS mutation, and 19.5 months for patients without KRAS mutation (P=0.005). Positive expression of KRAS as shown by IHC was detected in majority of SRCC samples, which was higher than our intestinal cohort (28% vs. 12.6%, P=0.033). We further explored the correlation between KRAS status and drug sensitivity in 4 SRCC cell lines. SNU601 and SNU668, which harbored KRAS mutation, were hypersensitive to MEK and mTOR inhibitors than KRAS wide type cell lines KATO-III and NUGC-4. CONCLUSIONS: Our findings demonstrate that KRAS gene plays an important role in SRCC and reveals therapeutic potential of targeting tumors by inhibiting MEK and mTOR pathways. 2021 Journal of Gastrointestinal Oncology. All rights reserved.
BACKGROUND: Signet-ring cell carcinoma (SRCC) is a specific subtype of stomach cancer with unique epidemiology. Here, we sought to explore the role of KRAS in SRCC. METHODS: KRAS status was studied both in The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) and internal cohorts. Immunohistochemistry (IHC) and fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) were performed in formalin-fixed and paraffin-embedded (FFPE) samples. We explored patients' survival and clinicopathological characteristics in terms of KRAS mutation and expression. We also explored KRAS status and drug response curve of MEK/mTOR inhibitors in SRCC cell lines. RESULTS: Patients with KRAS mutations and copy number variation (CNV) showed higher mRNA level compared to non-mutant cases (P=0.003 and P<0.001). In internal cohort, 15 samples harbored KRAS mutations. Survival analysis showed that these patients had significantly lower overall survival (OS) (P=0.048). We further analyzed 75 patients with sufficient FFPE samples. Eight patients showed KRAS mutations and one patient showed KRAS amplification. The median OS was 12.5 months for patients with KRAS mutation, and 19.5 months for patients without KRAS mutation (P=0.005). Positive expression of KRAS as shown by IHC was detected in majority of SRCC samples, which was higher than our intestinal cohort (28% vs. 12.6%, P=0.033). We further explored the correlation between KRAS status and drug sensitivity in 4 SRCC cell lines. SNU601 and SNU668, which harbored KRAS mutation, were hypersensitive to MEK and mTOR inhibitors than KRAS wide type cell lines KATO-III and NUGC-4. CONCLUSIONS: Our findings demonstrate that KRAS gene plays an important role in SRCC and reveals therapeutic potential of targeting tumors by inhibiting MEK and mTOR pathways. 2021 Journal of Gastrointestinal Oncology. All rights reserved.
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Keywords:
KRAS; amplification; gastric signet-ring cell carcinoma (SRCC); point mutation
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