THE EXPRESSION ANALYSIS OF SPECIFIC GENES IN OVARIAN CANCER

Year 2023, , 136 - 143, 31.10.2023

Ece Gümüşoğlu-acar , Berkcan Doğan , Mehmet Ulaş Bilir , Tugce Senturk-kirmizitas , Samet Topuz , Tuba Gunel

https://doi.org/10.59312/ebshealth.1367196

Abstract

Aim: Ovarian cancer (OC) is the most lethal gynecologic malignancy and frequently diagnosed at an advanced stage because of the inadequate number of biomarkers. Therefore, identification of OC specific biological markers is a vital step for diagnosis and treatment response. Our goal is to examine functional gene sets which are possibly markers for ovarian cancer and their expression profiles in OC patients. We also aim to determine the potential genes for therapeutic targets for OC patients.
Method: The expression levels of seven genes (FOS, FOSL2, JUN, MMP-2, MMP-9, TIMP-2, and VEGFA) were identified by qRT-PCR. The tumor-free control group consisted of total abdominal hysterectomy (n=1) and bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy (n=9) patients who underwent gynecologic procedures. High-grade serous OC epithelial samples (n=10) were used for the experiment group.
Results and Conclusions: According to the qRT-PCR data, there is an increased expression of FOS (p=0.0089), MMP-9 (p=0.0029), VEGFA (p=0.0434) and decreased expression of FOSL2 (p=0.0271), JUN (p=0.0041), TIMP-2 (p=0.0062). In conclusion, the results can indicate the new perspective for OC pathogenesis and treatment. For future studies, these genes can be used in personalized diagnosis and therapy of OC.

Keywords

ovarian cancer, gene expression, biomarker

Ethical Statement

Whole sample collection and analysis processes are ethically approved by the Istanbul University Faculty of Medicine Clinical Researches Ethics Committee (Permission No: 2014/1175) on 08.08.2014

Over Kanserinde Belirli Genlerin Anlatım Analizi

Abstract

Amaç: En ölümcül jinekolojik malignite olan over kanseri (OK), tanısal ve prognostik biyobelirteçlerin eksikliği nedeniyle genellikle ileri evrede teşhis edilir. Bu nedenle, OK'ye özgü biyolojik belirteçlerin tanımlanması, teşhis ve tedavi yanıtı için çok önemli bir adımdır. Amacımız, OK hastalarında over kanseri için potansiyel belirteç olan fonksiyonel gen setlerini ve ekspresyon profillerini incelemektir. Ayrıca OK hastaları için olası terapötik hedefler olabilecek genlerin potansiyelini belirlemeyi de amaçlarımızdandır.
Yöntem: qRT-PCR kullanılarak yedi genin (FOS, FOSL2, JUN, MMP-2, MMP-9, TIMP-2 ve VEGFA) ekspresyon profilleri belirlenmiştir. Kontrol grubu, tümör oluşumu gözlenmeyen, jinekolojik prosedür uygulanan total abdominal histerektomi (n=1) ve bilateral salpingo-ooferektomi (n=9) hastalarından oluşturulmuştur. Deney grubu için yüksek dereceli seröz OC epitel örnekleri (n=10) kullanılmıştır.
Bulgular ve Sonuçlar: qRT-PCR verilerine göre FOS (p=0,0089), MMP-9 (p=0,0029), VEGFA (p=0,0434) ekspresyonunda artış ve FOSL2 (p=0.0271), JUN (p=0.0041) ve TIMP-2 (p=0.0062) ekspresyonunda azalma tespit edilmiştir. Sonuç olarak, veriler OK patogenezi ve tedavisi ile ilgili yeni yaklaşımlar geliştirilmesini sağlayacaktır. Aday genler, gelecekte OK için kişiselleştirilmiş tanı ve tedaviyi geliştirebilecektir.

Keywords

gen anlatımı, biyobelirteç, over kanseri

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