PMID- 26330923 OWN - NLM STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE DCOM- 20150902 LR - 20201001 IS - 1976-8710 (Print) IS - 2005-0720 (Electronic) IS - 1976-8710 (Linking) VI - 8 IP - 3 DP - 2015 Sep TI - A Higher Angiogenin Expression is Associated With a Nonnuclear Maspin Location in Laryngeal Carcinoma. PG - 268-74 LID - 10.3342/ceo.2015.8.3.268 [doi] AB - OBJECTIVES: In numerous malignancies, angiogenin (ANG) and Maspin are important proangiogenic and antiangiogenic regulators, respectively. The aim of this study was to identify potential relationships between the biological roles of these two proteins in laryngeal squamous cell carcinoma (LSCC). METHODS: Immunohistochemical staining for ANG and Maspin was performed on specimens from 76 consecutive LSCC patients treated with surgery alone, considering the subcellular pattern of Maspin expression. Univariate and multivariate statistical models were used for prognostic purposes. RESULTS: On univariate analysis, a different level of ANG expression was seen for patients stratified by subcellular Maspin expression pattern: the mean ANG expression was higher in cases with a nonnuclear MASPIN expression than in those with a nuclear pattern (P=0.002). Disease-free survival (DFS; in months) differed significantly when patients were stratified by N stage (P=0.01). Patients whose Maspin expression was nonnuclear (i.e., it was cytoplasmic or there was none) had a significantly higher recurrence rate (P<0.001), and shorter DFS (P=0.01) than those with a nuclear Maspin pattern. The mean ANG expression was significantly higher in cases with loco-regional recurrent disease (P=0.007); and patients with an ANG expression >/=5.0% had a significantly shorter DFS than those with an ANG expression <5.0% (P=0.007). On multivariate analysis, ANG expression >/=5.0% was a significant, independent, negative prognostic factor in terms of DFS (P=0.041). CONCLUSION: Our results support the hypothesis that a higher ANG expression is associated with a nonnuclear Maspin expression pattern in patients with LSCC. Further studies are needed to clarify the relationship between the ANG and Maspin pathways, and their potential diagnostic and therapeutic role in LSCC. FAU - Lovato, Andrea AU - Lovato A AD - Department of Neurosciences, Otolaryngology Section, University of Padova, Padova, Italy. FAU - Lionello, Marco AU - Lionello M AD - Department of Neurosciences, Otolaryngology Section, University of Padova, Padova, Italy. FAU - Staffieri, Alberto AU - Staffieri A AD - Department of Neurosciences, Otolaryngology Section, University of Padova, Padova, Italy. FAU - Blandamura, Stella AU - Blandamura S AD - Department of Medicine, University of Padova, Padova, Italy. FAU - Tealdo, Giulia AU - Tealdo G AD - Department of Neurosciences, Otolaryngology Section, University of Padova, Padova, Italy. FAU - Giacomelli, Luciano AU - Giacomelli L AD - Department of Medicine, University of Padova, Padova, Italy. FAU - Staffieri, Claudia AU - Staffieri C AD - Department of Neurosciences, Otolaryngology Section, Treviso Hospital Branch, University of Padova, Treviso, Italy. FAU - Marioni, Gino AU - Marioni G AD - Department of Neurosciences, Otolaryngology Section, University of Padova, Padova, Italy. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20150813 PL - Korea (South) TA - Clin Exp Otorhinolaryngol JT - Clinical and experimental otorhinolaryngology JID - 101474010 PMC - PMC4553359 OTO - NOTNLM OT - Angiogenin OT - Intracellular Space OT - Laryngeal Neoplasms OT - Prognosis OT - SERPIN-B5 COIS- CONFLICT OF INTEREST: No potential conflict of interest relevant to this article was reported. EDAT- 2015/09/04 06:00 MHDA- 2015/09/04 06:01 PMCR- 2015/09/01 CRDT- 2015/09/03 06:00 PHST- 2013/12/19 00:00 [received] PHST- 2014/03/14 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2014/03/23 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2015/09/03 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2015/09/04 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2015/09/04 06:01 [medline] PHST- 2015/09/01 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 10.3342/ceo.2015.8.3.268 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Clin Exp Otorhinolaryngol. 2015 Sep;8(3):268-74. doi: 10.3342/ceo.2015.8.3.268. Epub 2015 Aug 13.