PMID- 28675642 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20180601 LR - 20211204 IS - 1097-0347 (Electronic) IS - 1043-3074 (Linking) VI - 39 IP - 9 DP - 2017 Sep TI - Phosphorylated ribosomal protein S6 correlation with p21 expression and inverse association with tumor size in oral squamous cell carcinoma. PG - 1876-1887 LID - 10.1002/hed.24854 [doi] AB - BACKGROUND: The purpose of this study was to investigate the clinical relevance of phosphorylated ribosomal protein S6 (p-S6), a surrogate marker of mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) activation, and p21 in a series of 125 patients with oral squamous cell carcinomas (OSCCs). METHODS: Immunohistochemical analysis was performed to ascertain the phosphorylation status of p-S6 at Ser235/236 and Ser240/244, p21, and p53 protein expression. RESULTS: Expression of phosphorylated S6 protein on either serine 235/236 or serine 240/244 was detected in 83% and 88% tumors, respectively, and both of them were inversely and significantly correlated with the tumor size and local infiltration. Positive p21 expression was found in 91.5% of the cases, and was inversely correlated with tumor size. In OSCC, p21 expression correlates with p-S6 levels, a surrogate marker of mTOR activation, independently of p53 status. CONCLUSION: Expression of both p21 and p-S6 was found to inversely associate with tumor size but not survival outcomes in patients with OSCC. CI - (c) 2017 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. FAU - de Vicente, Juan C AU - de Vicente JC AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-0991-9465 AD - Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Hospital Universitario Central de Asturias (HUCA), Oviedo, Asturias, Spain. AD - Instituto Universitario de Oncologia del Principado de Asturias (IUOPA), Hospital Universitario Central de Asturias, Oviedo, Asturias, CIBERONC ISCIII Spain. FAU - Pena, Ignacio AU - Pena I AD - Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Hospital Universitario Central de Asturias (HUCA), Oviedo, Asturias, Spain. FAU - Rodrigo, Juan P AU - Rodrigo JP AD - Department of Otolaryngology, Hospital Universitario Central de Asturias (HUCA), Oviedo, Asturias, Spain. AD - Instituto Universitario de Oncologia del Principado de Asturias (IUOPA), Hospital Universitario Central de Asturias, Oviedo, Asturias, CIBERONC ISCIII Spain. FAU - Rodriguez-Santamarta, Tania AU - Rodriguez-Santamarta T AD - Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Hospital Universitario Central de Asturias (HUCA), Oviedo, Asturias, Spain. FAU - Lequerica-Fernandez, Paloma AU - Lequerica-Fernandez P AD - Department of Biochemistry, Hospital Universitario Central de Asturias (HUCA), Oviedo, Asturias, Spain. FAU - Suarez-Fernandez, Laura AU - Suarez-Fernandez L AD - Department of Otolaryngology, Hospital Universitario Central de Asturias (HUCA), Oviedo, Asturias, Spain. FAU - Allonca, Eva AU - Allonca E AD - Department of Otolaryngology, Hospital Universitario Central de Asturias (HUCA), Oviedo, Asturias, Spain. FAU - Garcia-Pedrero, Juana M AU - Garcia-Pedrero JM AD - Department of Otolaryngology, Hospital Universitario Central de Asturias (HUCA), Oviedo, Asturias, Spain. AD - Instituto Universitario de Oncologia del Principado de Asturias (IUOPA), Hospital Universitario Central de Asturias, Oviedo, Asturias, CIBERONC ISCIII Spain. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20170704 PL - United States TA - Head Neck JT - Head & neck JID - 8902541 RN - 0 (Biomarkers, Tumor) RN - 0 (Ribosomal Protein S6) RN - EC 2.7.11.1 (TOR Serine-Threonine Kinases) SB - IM MH - Adult MH - Aged MH - Aged, 80 and over MH - Biomarkers, Tumor/*metabolism MH - Biopsy, Needle MH - Carcinoma, Squamous Cell/metabolism/mortality/*pathology/surgery MH - Cohort Studies MH - Disease-Free Survival MH - Female MH - Humans MH - Immunohistochemistry MH - Kaplan-Meier Estimate MH - Male MH - Middle Aged MH - Mouth Neoplasms/metabolism/mortality/*pathology/surgery MH - Multivariate Analysis MH - Phosphorylation MH - Prognosis MH - Proportional Hazards Models MH - Retrospective Studies MH - Ribosomal Protein S6/*metabolism MH - Risk Assessment MH - Survival Analysis MH - TOR Serine-Threonine Kinases/*metabolism MH - Treatment Outcome OTO - NOTNLM OT - S6 OT - immunohistochemistry OT - mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) activation OT - oral squamous cell carcinoma OT - p21 EDAT- 2017/07/05 06:00 MHDA- 2018/06/02 06:00 CRDT- 2017/07/05 06:00 PHST- 2016/10/08 00:00 [received] PHST- 2017/03/01 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2017/05/01 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2017/07/05 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2018/06/02 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2017/07/05 06:00 [entrez] AID - 10.1002/hed.24854 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Head Neck. 2017 Sep;39(9):1876-1887. doi: 10.1002/hed.24854. Epub 2017 Jul 4.