PMID- 31410178 OWN - NLM STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE LR - 20201001 IS - 1792-0981 (Print) IS - 1792-1015 (Electronic) IS - 1792-0981 (Linking) VI - 18 IP - 3 DP - 2019 Sep TI - Clinicopathological and biological analysis of PIK3CA mutation and amplification in cervical carcinomas. PG - 2278-2284 LID - 10.3892/etm.2019.7771 [doi] AB - The aim of the present study was to evaluate the mutation and amplification status of the phosphatidylinositol-4,5-bisphosphate 3-kinase catalytic subunit alpha (PIK3CA) gene, as well as the association with clinicopathological characteristics and prognosis, in Japanese patients with cervical cancer. Fluorescence in situ hybridization and polymerase chain reaction were performed to assess PIK3CA gene amplification and mutation. The inhibitors temsirolimus and NVP-BEZ235 were used to inactivate the phosphatidylinositide 3-kinase (PI3K)/AKT serine/threonine kinase (AKT)/mechanistic target of rapamycin kinase (mTOR) pathway to clarify the roles of PI3K/AKT activation in cervical carcinoma cells harboring associated mutations. Four somatic point mutations (4/71, 5.6%) were found in exon 20 in cervical squamous cell carcinoma samples, whereas three (3/53, 5.7%) were found in exon 9 in cervical adeno/adenosquamous cell carcinoma samples. Amplification of PIK3CA was also observed in this study and amplification was more commonly found in adeno/adenosquamous carcinomas than in cervical squamous cell carcinomas (20.7 vs. 1.4%, respectively, P=0.0003). No significant correlation was obesrved between PIK3CA amplification and progression free survival (P=0.7576) or overall survival (P=0.8859). Moreover, no association between PIK3CA mutation and sensitivity to PI3K/AKT/mTOR inhibitors was observed in cervical carcinoma cells. These results suggest that in Japanese patients with cervical cancer, PIK3CA mutation and amplification cannot act as biomarkers for individualized molecular targeted therapy. FAU - Razia, Sultana AU - Razia S AD - Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Shimane University School of Medicine, Izumo, Shimane 693-8501, Japan. FAU - Nakayama, Kentaro AU - Nakayama K AD - Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Shimane University School of Medicine, Izumo, Shimane 693-8501, Japan. FAU - Nakamura, Kohei AU - Nakamura K AD - Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Shimane University School of Medicine, Izumo, Shimane 693-8501, Japan. FAU - Ishibashi, Tomoka AU - Ishibashi T AD - Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Shimane University School of Medicine, Izumo, Shimane 693-8501, Japan. FAU - Ishikawa, Masako AU - Ishikawa M AD - Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Shimane University School of Medicine, Izumo, Shimane 693-8501, Japan. FAU - Minamoto, Toshiko AU - Minamoto T AD - Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Shimane University School of Medicine, Izumo, Shimane 693-8501, Japan. FAU - Iida, Kouji AU - Iida K AD - Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Shimane University School of Medicine, Izumo, Shimane 693-8501, Japan. FAU - Otsuki, Yoshiro AU - Otsuki Y AD - Department of Pathology, Seirei Hamamatsu General Hospital, Hamamatsu, Shizuoka 430-8558, Japan. FAU - Nakayama, Satoru AU - Nakayama S AD - Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Seirei Hamamatsu General Hospital, Hamamatsu, Shizuoka 430-8558, Japan. FAU - Ishikawa, Noriyoshi AU - Ishikawa N AD - Department of Organ Pathology, Shimane University School of Medicine, Izumo, Shimane 693-8501, Japan. FAU - Kyo, Satoru AU - Kyo S AD - Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Shimane University School of Medicine, Izumo, Shimane 693-8501, Japan. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20190712 PL - Greece TA - Exp Ther Med JT - Experimental and therapeutic medicine JID - 101531947 PMC - PMC6676184 OTO - NOTNLM OT - PIK3CA OT - adeno/adenosquamous cell carcinoma OT - cervical cancer OT - gene amplification OT - gene mutation OT - squamous cell carcinoma EDAT- 2019/08/15 06:00 MHDA- 2019/08/15 06:01 PMCR- 2019/07/12 CRDT- 2019/08/15 06:00 PHST- 2017/12/19 00:00 [received] PHST- 2018/07/19 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2019/08/15 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2019/08/15 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2019/08/15 06:01 [medline] PHST- 2019/07/12 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - ETM-0-0-7771 [pii] AID - 10.3892/etm.2019.7771 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Exp Ther Med. 2019 Sep;18(3):2278-2284. doi: 10.3892/etm.2019.7771. Epub 2019 Jul 12.