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Kinowaki Y, Fukumura Y, Kawade G, Sugita K, Kinowaki K, Akahoshi K, Kobayashi M, Ono H, Kudo A, Tanabe M, Akashi T, Ohashi K, Kurata M. Gene expression profiling of pancreatic neuroendocrine carcinoma and mixed neuroendocrine-non-neuroendocrine neoplasm. Gene 2024; 893:147916. [PMID: 37866661 DOI: 10.1016/j.gene.2023.147916] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/19/2023] [Revised: 10/11/2023] [Accepted: 10/18/2023] [Indexed: 10/24/2023]
Abstract
Pancreatic neuroendocrine carcinoma (NEC) and mixed neuroendocrine-non-neuroendocrine neoplasm (MiNEN) are rare pancreatic malignant tumors, and comprehensive gene analyses are scarce. In this study, six NECs and six MiNENs were collected, immunohistochemistry for synaptophysin, chromogranin A, INSM1, Ki-67, and Rb was conducted, and KRAS mutational status was examined. Among these cases, comprehensive gene expression analysis of oncogene pathways using nCounter® were performed with six NECs and four MiNENs, and those data were compared with that of three pancreatic ductal adenocarcinomas (PDACs), with that of three normal pancreatic ducts, and with each other. By dividing NEC and MiNEN cases into KRAS-mutated group and KRAS-wild group, the difference of clinicopathological data and gene expression profiling data were examined between the two groups. Compared to the data of normal pancreatic epithelium, all 13 cancer-related pathways were upregulated in PDAC, MiNEN, and NEC group with more upregulation in this order. Compared to the data of PDAC, genes of DNA Damage repair pathway was most upregulated both in NECs and MiNENs. Regarding the difference between KRAS-mutated and KRAS-wild groups, several genes were differentially expressed between the two, where MMP7 was the upregulated gene with highest p-value and NKD1 was the downregulated gene with highest p-value in KRAS-mutated group. From the extent of upregulation of 13 pathways, MiNEN was considered more progressed stage than PDAC, and NEC was considered more progressed than MiNEN. From the comparison of KRAS-mutated and KRAS-wild NECs and MiNENs, several differentially expressed genes were identified in this study.
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Affiliation(s)
- Yuko Kinowaki
- Department of Comprehensive Pathology, Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, 1-5-45 Yushima, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan.
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- Department of Human Pathology, School of Medicine, Juntendo University, 2-1-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Human Pathology, Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, 1-5-45 Yushima, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Comprehensive Pathology, Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, 1-5-45 Yushima, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan; Department of Pathology, The Cancer Institute Hospital of Japanese Foundation for Cancer Research, 3-8-31 Ariake, Koto-ku, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Pathology, Toranomon Hospital, 2-2-2 Toranomon, Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, 1-5-45 Yushima, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, 1-5-45 Yushima, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, 1-5-45 Yushima, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, 1-5-45 Yushima, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, 1-5-45 Yushima, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Diagnostic Pathology, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, 1-5-45 Yushima, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Human Pathology, Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, 1-5-45 Yushima, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Comprehensive Pathology, Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, 1-5-45 Yushima, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan
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