PMID- 31413263 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20201109 LR - 20210110 IS - 2045-2322 (Electronic) IS - 2045-2322 (Linking) VI - 9 IP - 1 DP - 2019 Aug 14 TI - CCT alpha is a novel biomarker for diagnosis of laryngeal squamous cell cancer. PG - 11823 LID - 10.1038/s41598-019-47895-x [doi] LID - 11823 AB - Choline phosphate-based delivery systems can target the acidic tumor microenvironment. In this study, we set out to evaluate the diagnostic value of Choline phosphate cytidylyltransferase-alpha (CCTalpha) in laryngeal squamous cell cancer (LSCC). The expression of CCTalpha was detected using immunohistochemistry in 50 LSCC patients' tissues and 16 vocal polyps as control group. Then, clinical data was collected and we used receiver operating characteristic curve (ROC) to estimate the potential of CCTalpha as diagnostic biomarker. We found CCTalpha levels to be significantly high in the tissues derived from LSCC patients, (p < 0.001). Further, we observed a positive correlation of CCTalpha with tumor size (p < 0.001), TNM stage (p < 0.001), lymph node metastasis (p < 0.001) as well as the grade of LSCC malignancy (p < 0.001). Furthermore, AUC was determined to be 0.939 by ROC, and the optimal cutoff value 3.100, with 76.0% sensitivity and 100% specificity. We also found an epigenetic basis of CCTalpha over-expression in LSCC tissues with significantly reduced methylation of CCTalpha in LSCC tissues, compared to vocal polyps (p < 0.001). These results support epigenetically-induced over-expression of CCTalpha as a potential diagnostic marker for LSCC. FAU - Yang, Jingpu AU - Yang J AD - Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, The Second Hospital of Jilin University, 218 Ziqiang Street, Changchun, 130041, China. FAU - Zhang, Zhuping AU - Zhang Z AD - Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, The Central Hospital of Wuhan, 26 Shengli Street, Wuhan, 430014, China. FAU - Zhao, Yin AU - Zhao Y AD - Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, The Second Hospital of Jilin University, 218 Ziqiang Street, Changchun, 130041, China. FAU - Cheng, Jinzhang AU - Cheng J AD - Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, The Second Hospital of Jilin University, 218 Ziqiang Street, Changchun, 130041, China. FAU - Zhao, Chang AU - Zhao C AD - Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, The Second Hospital of Jilin University, 218 Ziqiang Street, Changchun, 130041, China. FAU - Wang, Zonggui AU - Wang Z AD - Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, The Second Hospital of Jilin University, 218 Ziqiang Street, Changchun, 130041, China. zg_wang@yahoo.com. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20190814 PL - England TA - Sci Rep JT - Scientific reports JID - 101563288 RN - 0 (Biomarkers, Tumor) RN - EC 2.7.7.15 (Choline-Phosphate Cytidylyltransferase) SB - IM EIN - Sci Rep. 2020 Nov 20;10(1):20627. PMID: 33219266 MH - Aged MH - Biomarkers, Tumor/*metabolism MH - Case-Control Studies MH - Choline-Phosphate Cytidylyltransferase/*metabolism MH - Female MH - Humans MH - Laryngeal Neoplasms/*diagnosis/pathology MH - Male MH - Middle Aged MH - Prognosis MH - Squamous Cell Carcinoma of Head and Neck/*diagnosis/pathology MH - Tumor Microenvironment PMC - PMC6694151 COIS- The authors declare no competing interests. EDAT- 2019/08/16 06:00 MHDA- 2020/11/11 06:00 PMCR- 2019/08/14 CRDT- 2019/08/16 06:00 PHST- 2019/03/25 00:00 [received] PHST- 2019/06/18 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2019/08/16 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2019/08/16 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2020/11/11 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2019/08/14 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 10.1038/s41598-019-47895-x [pii] AID - 47895 [pii] AID - 10.1038/s41598-019-47895-x [doi] PST - epublish SO - Sci Rep. 2019 Aug 14;9(1):11823. doi: 10.1038/s41598-019-47895-x.