Comprehensive Analysis of PTEN in Primary Cutaneous Melanoma
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
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Alternative codes found
RIV/00064165:_____/20:10412640
Result on the web
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Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Comprehensive Analysis of PTEN in Primary Cutaneous Melanoma
Original language description
Phosphatase and tensin homologue (PTEN) is a tumour suppressor gene implicated in tumorigenesis of melanoma, with distinct cytoplasmic and nuclear functions. Cytoplasmic PTEN negatively regulates the PI3K/AKT/mTOR signalling pathway, while nuclear PTEN works as a tumour suppressor. Clinical data suggest that the loss of PTEN function in melanoma is associated with aggressive tumour behaviour. We performed a comprehensive analysis of PTEN in 112 primary cutaneous melanomas including immunohistochemical (IHC), fluorescent in situ hybridization (FISH), next-generation sequencing (NGS), and epigenetic analysis. The goal of our study was to: (a) correlate PTEN expression with selected clinico-pathological variables, and assess its prognostic significance; (b) correlate molecular aberrations with PTEN expression to consider the utility of immunohistochemical analysis of PTEN protein expression for screening PTEN genetic alterations; (c) review the literature and evaluate the PTEN expression level in melanoma with respect to possible therapeutic targeting. Our results showed that PTEN molecular alterations were present in 4/20 (20 %) cases with a loss of expression, 3/11 (27 %) cases with clonal-like expression, and 1/81 (1 %) cases with positive PTEN expression. No PTEN promoter methylation was found in any of the cases. Even though the value of our observation is limited by the low number of cases fully evaluated by IHC (112 cases), FISH (19 cases) and NGS (30 cases), our data suggest that IHC is not an appropriate method for the screening of PTEN genetic alterations. Our survival analysis suggests that patients with positive cytoplasmic PTEN expression show better disease-free survival (P < 0.05).
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
30106 - Anatomy and morphology (plant science to be 1.6)
Result continuities
Project
Result was created during the realization of more than one project. More information in the Projects tab.
Continuities
P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)<br>S - Specificky vyzkum na vysokych skolach<br>I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace
Others
Publication year
2020
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
Folia Biologica
ISSN
0015-5500
e-ISSN
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Volume of the periodical
66
Issue of the periodical within the volume
1
Country of publishing house
CZ - CZECH REPUBLIC
Number of pages
10
Pages from-to
7-16
UT code for WoS article
000549368900002
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-85086355054