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Mok SC, Bonome T, Vathipadiekal V, Bell A, Johnson ME, Wong KK, Park DC, Hao K, Yip DK, Donninger H, Ozbun L, Samimi G, Brady J, Randonovich M, Pise-Masison CA, Barrett JC, Wong WH, Welch WR, Berkowitz RS, Birrer MJ. A gene signature predictive for outcome in advanced ovarian cancer identifies a survival factor: microfibril-associated glycoprotein 2. Cancer Cell 2009; 16:521-32. [PMID: 19962670 PMCID: PMC3008560 DOI: 10.1016/j.ccr.2009.10.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 195] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/09/2007] [Revised: 12/02/2008] [Accepted: 10/22/2009] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
Abstract
Advanced stage papillary serous tumors of the ovary are responsible for the majority of ovarian cancer deaths, yet the molecular determinants modulating patient survival are poorly characterized. Here, we identify and validate a prognostic gene expression signature correlating with survival in a series of microdissected serous ovarian tumors. Independent evaluation confirmed the association of a prognostic gene microfibril-associated glycoprotein 2 (MAGP2) with poor prognosis, whereas in vitro mechanistic analyses demonstrated its ability to prolong tumor cell survival and stimulate endothelial cell motility and survival via the alpha(V)beta(3) integrin receptor. Increased MAGP2 expression correlated with microvessel density suggesting a proangiogenic role in vivo. Thus, MAGP2 may serve as a survival-associated target.
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Affiliation(s)
- Samuel C. Mok
- Department of Gynecologic Oncology, The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX 77030, USA
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- Cell and Cancer Biology Branch, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, MD 20892, USA
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- Cell and Cancer Biology Branch, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, MD 20892, USA
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- Cell and Cancer Biology Branch, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, MD 20892, USA
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- Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Biology, Division of Gynecologic Oncology, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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- Department of Gynecologic Oncology, The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX 77030, USA
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- Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Biology, Division of Gynecologic Oncology, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Saint Vincent Hospital, The Catholic University of Korea, Suwon, Gyeonggi-do 442-723, Korea
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- Department of Biostatistics, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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- Department of Physiology and Biophysics, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL 33612, USA
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- Cell and Cancer Biology Branch, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, MD 20892, USA
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- Cell and Cancer Biology Branch, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, MD 20892, USA
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- Cell and Cancer Biology Branch, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, MD 20892, USA
- Cancer Prevention Fellowship Program, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, MD 20892, USA
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- Laboratory of Cellular Oncology, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, MD 20892, USA
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- Laboratory of Cellular Oncology, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, MD 20892, USA
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- Laboratory of Cellular Oncology, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, MD 20892, USA
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- Cell and Cancer Biology Branch, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, MD 20892, USA
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- Department of Biostatistics, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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- Department of Pathology, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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- Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Biology, Division of Gynecologic Oncology, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA
- Gillette Center For Women’s Cancer, Dana-Farber Harvard Cancer Center, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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- Cell and Cancer Biology Branch, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, MD 20892, USA
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Bonome T, Levine DA, Shih J, Randonovich M, Pise-Masison CA, Bogomolniy F, Ozbun L, Brady J, Barrett JC, Boyd J, Birrer MJ. A gene signature predicting for survival in suboptimally debulked patients with ovarian cancer. Cancer Res 2008; 68:5478-86. [PMID: 18593951 DOI: 10.1158/0008-5472.can-07-6595] [Citation(s) in RCA: 315] [Impact Index Per Article: 19.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
Abstract
Despite the existence of morphologically indistinguishable disease, patients with advanced ovarian tumors display a broad range of survival end points. We hypothesize that gene expression profiling can identify a prognostic signature accounting for these distinct clinical outcomes. To resolve survival-associated loci, gene expression profiling was completed for an extensive set of 185 (90 optimal/95 suboptimal) primary ovarian tumors using the Affymetrix human U133A microarray. Cox regression analysis identified probe sets associated with survival in optimally and suboptimally debulked tumor sets at a P value of <0.01. Leave-one-out cross-validation was applied to each tumor cohort and confirmed by a permutation test. External validation was conducted by applying the gene signature to a publicly available array database of expression profiles of advanced stage suboptimally debulked tumors. The prognostic signature successfully classified the tumors according to survival for suboptimally (P = 0.0179) but not optimally debulked (P = 0.144) patients. The suboptimal gene signature was validated using the independent set of tumors (odds ratio, 8.75; P = 0.0146). To elucidate signaling events amenable to therapeutic intervention in suboptimally debulked patients, pathway analysis was completed for the top 57 survival-associated probe sets. For suboptimally debulked patients, confirmation of the predictive gene signature supports the existence of a clinically relevant predictor, as well as the possibility of novel therapeutic opportunities. Ultimately, the prognostic classifier defined for suboptimally debulked tumors may aid in the classification and enhancement of patient outcome for this high-risk population.
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- Tomas Bonome
- Cell and Cancer Biology Branch, National Cancer Institute, NIH, Rockville, Maryland 20892, USA
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Bonome T, Levine DA, Shih J, Randonovich M, Pise-Masison CA, Bogomolniy F, Ozbun L, Brady J, Barrett JC, Boyd J, Birrer MJ. A gene signature predicting for survival in suboptimally debulked patients with ovarian cancer. Cancer Res 2008. [PMID: 18593951 DOI: 10.1158/0008-5472.can-07-6595] [] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
Abstract
Despite the existence of morphologically indistinguishable disease, patients with advanced ovarian tumors display a broad range of survival end points. We hypothesize that gene expression profiling can identify a prognostic signature accounting for these distinct clinical outcomes. To resolve survival-associated loci, gene expression profiling was completed for an extensive set of 185 (90 optimal/95 suboptimal) primary ovarian tumors using the Affymetrix human U133A microarray. Cox regression analysis identified probe sets associated with survival in optimally and suboptimally debulked tumor sets at a P value of <0.01. Leave-one-out cross-validation was applied to each tumor cohort and confirmed by a permutation test. External validation was conducted by applying the gene signature to a publicly available array database of expression profiles of advanced stage suboptimally debulked tumors. The prognostic signature successfully classified the tumors according to survival for suboptimally (P = 0.0179) but not optimally debulked (P = 0.144) patients. The suboptimal gene signature was validated using the independent set of tumors (odds ratio, 8.75; P = 0.0146). To elucidate signaling events amenable to therapeutic intervention in suboptimally debulked patients, pathway analysis was completed for the top 57 survival-associated probe sets. For suboptimally debulked patients, confirmation of the predictive gene signature supports the existence of a clinically relevant predictor, as well as the possibility of novel therapeutic opportunities. Ultimately, the prognostic classifier defined for suboptimally debulked tumors may aid in the classification and enhancement of patient outcome for this high-risk population.
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- Tomas Bonome
- Cell and Cancer Biology Branch, National Cancer Institute, NIH, Rockville, Maryland 20892, USA
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Bonome T, Samimi G, Randonovich M, Brady J, Ghosh S, Ng S, Mok SC, Birrer MJ. A stromal-associated gene expression signature predicting for survival in a series of patients with advanced high-grade serous ovarian cancer. J Clin Oncol 2007. [DOI: 10.1200/jco.2007.25.18_suppl.5552] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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5552 Background: Prognostic gene expression signatures have been derived for undissected serous ovarian epithelial tumors, yet the specific contribution of stromal cells to patient survival has not been addressed. The aim of this study is to identify stromal genes impacting patient survival in the context of serous ovarian cancer. Methods: Expression profiling utilizing Affymetrix U133 Plus 2.0 oligonucleotide arrays was completed for 50 microdissected stromal samples derived from high-grade, late-stage serous tumors displaying a broad spectrum of survival endpoints. A semi-supervised dimension reduction method employing multivariate Cox regression and principal components analysis was applied to the expression data to identify genes associated with patient survival and establish a predictive model. qRT-PCR was employed to validate the microarray expression data. Results: Cox regression analysis identified 267 significant genes. The first 6 principal components of these genes, representing >65% of total variance, entered a multivariate Cox model through which the relative hazard of future patients can be predicted. To confirm our finding, the microarray data underwent leave-one-out validation. The patients were equally divided into low- and high-risk groups and non-parametric Kaplan-Meier analysis and log rank test demonstrated the two groups were significantly different in survival (p = 0.0115). Genes associated with cell survival and migration were identified in the prognostic signature. For validation, qRT-PCR data for all 50 specimens was correlated with microarray expression values for a series of select prognostic genes. Conculsions: In this study, we characterized and validated a stromal dervied prognostic signature associated with poor patient survival. Contained in this novel predictor may be stromal targets suitable for the design of new therapeutic interventions, or use as independent diagnostic markers. No significant financial relationships to disclose.
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Affiliation(s)
- T. Bonome
- National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD; Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA
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- National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD; Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA
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- National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD; Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA
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- National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD; Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA
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- National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD; Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA
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- National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD; Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA
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- National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD; Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA
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- National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD; Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA
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