PMID- 32087405 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20210201 LR - 20210201 IS - 1879-0593 (Electronic) IS - 1368-8375 (Linking) VI - 103 DP - 2020 Apr TI - Increased DSG2 plasmatic levels identified by transcriptomic-based secretome analysis is a potential prognostic biomarker in laryngeal carcinoma. PG - 104592 LID - S1368-8375(20)30028-2 [pii] LID - 10.1016/j.oraloncology.2020.104592 [doi] AB - OBJECTIVES: The tumor secretome deconvolution is a promising strategy to identify diagnostic and prognostic biomarkers. Here, transcriptomic-based secretome analysis was performed aiming to discover laryngeal squamous cell carcinomas (LSCC) biomarkers from potentially secreted proteins (PSPs). MATERIAL AND METHODS: The tumor expression profile (35 LSCC biopsies compared with surrounding normal tissues - SN) revealed 589 overexpressed genes. This gene list was used for secretome analysis based on laryngeal tumors and related secretome databases. RESULTS: Forty-nine (Laryngeal tumor secretome database) and 50 (Human Protein Atlas and Cancer Secretome Database) PSPs presented an association with worse overall survival. Specifically, DSG2 overexpression was strongly correlated with poor survival and distant metastasis. DSG2 increased expression was confirmed in the LSCC dataset (LSCC = 111; SN = 12) from TCGA. A significant association between shorter survival and DSG2 overexpression was also detected. In an independent cohort of cases, we analyzed and confirmed high protein levels of DSG2 in plasma from LSCC patients. CONCLUSION: A set of PSPs including the circulating DSG2, were associated with shorter overall survival in LSCC. DSG2 overexpression was also correlated with distant metastasis. The high plasmatic protein levels of DSG2 suggest its potential to be tested in liquid biopsies and applied as prognostic biomarker of LSCC. CI - Copyright (c) 2020 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. FAU - Cury, Sarah Santiloni AU - Cury SS AD - Department of Structural and Functional Biology, Institute of Biosciences, Sao Paulo State University (UNESP), Botucatu, Sao Paulo, Brazil. FAU - Lapa, Rainer Marco Lopez AU - Lapa RML AD - Department of Chemical and Biological Sciences, Institute of Biosciences, Sao Paulo State University (UNESP), Botucatu, Sao Paulo, Brazil. FAU - de Mello, Julia Bette Homem AU - de Mello JBH AD - Department of Head and Neck Surgery and Otorhinolaryngology, A.C. Camargo Cancer Center, Sao Paulo Brazil. FAU - Marchi, Fabio Albuquerque AU - Marchi FA AD - International Research Center, CIPE - A.C. Camargo Cancer Center, Sao Paulo, Brazil. FAU - Domingues, Maria Aparecida Custodio AU - Domingues MAC AD - Department of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, Sao Paulo State University (UNESP), Botucatu, SP, Brazil. FAU - Pinto, Clovis Antonio Lopes AU - Pinto CAL AD - Department of Pathology, A.C. Camargo Cancer Center, Sao Paulo, Brazil. FAU - Carvalho, Robson Francisco AU - Carvalho RF AD - Department of Structural and Functional Biology, Institute of Biosciences, Sao Paulo State University (UNESP), Botucatu, Sao Paulo, Brazil. FAU - de Carvalho, Genival Barbosa AU - de Carvalho GB AD - Department of Head and Neck Surgery and Otorhinolaryngology, A.C. Camargo Cancer Center, Sao Paulo Brazil. FAU - Kowalski, Luiz Paulo AU - Kowalski LP AD - Department of Head and Neck Surgery and Otorhinolaryngology, A.C. Camargo Cancer Center, Sao Paulo Brazil. FAU - Rogatto, Silvia Regina AU - Rogatto SR AD - Department of Clinical Genetics, University Hospital, Institute of Regional Health Research, University of Southern Denmark, Vejle, Denmark. Electronic address: silvia.regina.rogatto@rsyd.dk. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20200219 PL - England TA - Oral Oncol JT - Oral oncology JID - 9709118 RN - 0 (Biomarkers, Tumor) RN - 0 (DSG2 protein, human) RN - 0 (Desmoglein 2) SB - IM MH - Biomarkers, Tumor/*metabolism MH - Desmoglein 2/*adverse effects/blood MH - Female MH - Gene Expression Profiling/*methods MH - Humans MH - Laryngeal Neoplasms/blood/*diagnosis/pathology MH - Male MH - Middle Aged MH - Prognosis OTO - NOTNLM OT - Biomarker OT - Laryngeal squamous cell carcinoma OT - Liquid biopsy OT - Secretome OT - Transcriptome COIS- Competing interests The authors declare no competing interests. EDAT- 2020/02/23 06:00 MHDA- 2021/02/02 06:00 CRDT- 2020/02/23 06:00 PHST- 2020/01/13 00:00 [received] PHST- 2020/02/04 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2020/02/23 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2021/02/02 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2020/02/23 06:00 [entrez] AID - S1368-8375(20)30028-2 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.oraloncology.2020.104592 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Oral Oncol. 2020 Apr;103:104592. doi: 10.1016/j.oraloncology.2020.104592. Epub 2020 Feb 19.