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High mRNA expression of splice variant SYK short correlates with hepatic disease progression in chemonaive lymph node negative colon cancer patients

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  • Robert R J Coebergh van den Braak
  • Anieta M Sieuwerts
  • Raju Kandimalla
  • Zarina S Lalmahomed
  • Sandra I Bril
  • Anne van Galen
  • Marcel Smid
  • Katharina Biermann
  • J Han J M van Krieken
  • Wigard P Kloosterman
  • John A Foekens
  • Ajay Goel
  • John W M Martens
  • Jan N M IJzermans
  • on behalf of the MATCH study group

Abstract

Objective: Overall and splice specific expression of Spleen Tyrosine Kinase (SYK) has been posed as a marker predicting both poor and favorable outcome in various epithelial malignancies. However, its role in colorectal cancer is largely unknown. The aim of this study was to explore the prognostic role of SYK in three cohorts of colon cancer patients. Methods: Total messenger RNA (mRNA) expression of SYK, SYK(T), and mRNA expression of its two splice variants SYK short (S) and SYK long (L) were measured using quantitative reverse transcriptase (RT-qPCR) in 240 primary colon cancer patients (n = 160 patients with chemonaive lymph node negative [LNN] and n = 80 patients with adjuvant treated lymph node positive [LNP] colon cancer) and related to microsatellite instability (MSI), known colorectal cancer mutations, and disease-free (DFS), hepatic metastasis-free (HFS) and overall survival (OS). Two independent cohorts of patients with respectively 48 and 118 chemonaive LNN colon cancer were used for validation. Results: Expression of SYK and its splice variants was significantly lower in tumors with MSI, and in KRAS wild type, BRAF mutant and PTEN mutant tumors. In a multivariate Cox regression analysis, as a continuous variable, increasing SYK(S) mRNA expression was associated with worse HFS (Hazard Ratio[HR] = 1.83; 95% Confidence Interval[CI] = 1.08–3.12; p = 0.026) in the LNN group, indicating a prognostic role for SYK(S) mRNA in patients with chemonaive LNN colon cancer. However, only a non-significant trend between SYK(S) and HFS in one of the two validation cohorts was observed (HR = 4.68; 95%CI = 0.75–29.15; p = 0.098). Conclusion: In our cohort, we discovered SYK(S) as a significant prognostic marker for HFS for patients with untreated LNN colon cancer. This association could however not be confirmed in two independent smaller cohorts, suggesting that further extensive validation is needed to confirm the prognostic value of SYK(S) expression in chemonaive LNN colon cancer.

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  • Robert R J Coebergh van den Braak & Anieta M Sieuwerts & Raju Kandimalla & Zarina S Lalmahomed & Sandra I Bril & Anne van Galen & Marcel Smid & Katharina Biermann & J Han J M van Krieken & Wigard P Kl, 2017. "High mRNA expression of splice variant SYK short correlates with hepatic disease progression in chemonaive lymph node negative colon cancer patients," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 12(9), pages 1-18, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:plo:pone00:0185607
    DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0185607
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    1. Gabrielle Jongeneel & Marjolein J. E. Greuter & Felice N. Erning & Miriam Koopman & Jan P. Medema & Raju Kandimalla & Ajay Goel & Luis Bujanda & Gerrit A. Meijer & Remond J. A. Fijneman & Martijn G. H, 2020. "Modeling Personalized Adjuvant TreaTment in EaRly stage coloN cancer (PATTERN)," The European Journal of Health Economics, Springer;Deutsche Gesellschaft für Gesundheitsökonomie (DGGÖ), vol. 21(7), pages 1059-1073, September.

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