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Colon Cancer Associated Transcript-1 (CCAT1) Expression in Adenocarcinoma of the Stomach

Ido Mizrahi1*, Haggi Mazeh1*, Ronit Grinbaum1, Nahum Beglaibter1, Michael Wilschanski2, Vera Pavlov2, Muchamad Adileh3, Alexander Stojadinovic4, Itzhak Avital4, Ali Osmay Gure5, David Halle2, Aviram Nissan2,3 ✉

1. Department of Surgery, Hadassah-Hebrew University Medical Center, Mount Scopus, Jerusalem, Israel;
2. The Surgical Oncology Laboratory, Department of Surgery, Hadassah-Hebrew University Medical Center, Mount Scopus, Jerusalem, Israel;
3. Department of Surgery, Hadassah-Hebrew University Medical Center, Ein Kerem, Jerusalem, Israel;
4. Bon Secours Cancer Institute, Richmond, VA, USA;
5. Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Bilkent University, Ankara, Turkey.
* Both authors contributed equally to the preparation of this study.

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Mizrahi I, Mazeh H, Grinbaum R, Beglaibter N, Wilschanski M, Pavlov V, Adileh M, Stojadinovic A, Avital I, Gure AO, Halle D, Nissan A. Colon Cancer Associated Transcript-1 (CCAT1) Expression in Adenocarcinoma of the Stomach. J Cancer 2015; 6(2):105-110. doi:10.7150/jca.10568. https://www.jcancer.org/v06p0105.htm
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Abstract

Background: Long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) have been shown to have functional roles in cancer biology and are dys-regulated in many tumors. Colon Cancer Associated Transcript -1 (CCAT1) is a lncRNA, previously shown to be significantly up-regulated in colon cancer. The aim of this study is to determine expression levels of CCAT1 in gastric carcinoma (GC).

Methods: Tissue samples were obtained from patients undergoing resection for gastric carcinoma (n=19). For each patient, tumor tissue and normal appearing gastric mucosa were taken. Normal gastric tissues obtained from morbidly obese patients, undergoing laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy served as normal controls (n=19). A human gastric carcinoma cell line (AGS) served as positive control. RNA was extracted from all tissue samples and CCAT1 expression was analyzed using quantitative real time-PCR (qRT-PCR).

Results: Low expression of CCAT1 was identified in normal gastric mucosa samples obtained from morbidly obese patients [mean Relative Quantity (RQ) = 1.95±0.4]. AGS human gastric carcinoma cell line showed an elevated level of CCAT1 expression (RQ=8.02). Expression levels of CCAT1 were approximately 10.8 fold higher in GC samples than in samples taken from the negative control group (RQ=21.1±5 vs. RQ=1.95±0.4, respectively, p<0.001). Interestingly, CCAT1 expression was significantly overexpressed in adjacent normal tissues when compared to the negative control group (RQ = 15.25±2 vs. RQ=1.95±0.4, respectively, p<0.001). Tissues obtained from recurrent GC cases showed the highest expression levels (RQ = 88.8±31; p<0.001). Expression levels increased with tumor stage (T4- 36.4±15, T3- 16.1±6, T2- 4.7±1), however this did not reach statistical significance (p=0.2). There was no difference in CCAT1 expression between intestinal and diffuse type GC (RQ=22.4±7 vs. 22.4±16, respectively, p=0.9). Within the normal gastric tissue samples, no significant difference in CCAT1 expression was observed in helicobacter pylori negative and positive patients (RQ= 2.4±0.9 vs. 0.93±0.2, respectively, p=0.13).

Conclusion: CCAT1 is up-regulated in gastric cancer, and may serve as a potential bio-marker for early detection and surveillance.

Keywords: Gastric cancer, CCAT1, gastrectomy, biomarker, long non-coding RNA.


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Mizrahi, I., Mazeh, H., Grinbaum, R., Beglaibter, N., Wilschanski, M., Pavlov, V., Adileh, M., Stojadinovic, A., Avital, I., Gure, A.O., Halle, D., Nissan, A. (2015). Colon Cancer Associated Transcript-1 (CCAT1) Expression in Adenocarcinoma of the Stomach. Journal of Cancer, 6(2), 105-110. https://doi.org/10.7150/jca.10568.

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Mizrahi, I.; Mazeh, H.; Grinbaum, R.; Beglaibter, N.; Wilschanski, M.; Pavlov, V.; Adileh, M.; Stojadinovic, A.; Avital, I.; Gure, A.O.; Halle, D.; Nissan, A. Colon Cancer Associated Transcript-1 (CCAT1) Expression in Adenocarcinoma of the Stomach. J. Cancer 2015, 6 (2), 105-110. DOI: 10.7150/jca.10568.

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Mizrahi I, Mazeh H, Grinbaum R, Beglaibter N, Wilschanski M, Pavlov V, Adileh M, Stojadinovic A, Avital I, Gure AO, Halle D, Nissan A. Colon Cancer Associated Transcript-1 (CCAT1) Expression in Adenocarcinoma of the Stomach. J Cancer 2015; 6(2):105-110. doi:10.7150/jca.10568. https://www.jcancer.org/v06p0105.htm

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Mizrahi I, Mazeh H, Grinbaum R, Beglaibter N, Wilschanski M, Pavlov V, Adileh M, Stojadinovic A, Avital I, Gure AO, Halle D, Nissan A. 2015. Colon Cancer Associated Transcript-1 (CCAT1) Expression in Adenocarcinoma of the Stomach. J Cancer. 6(2):105-110.

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