PMID- 32696866 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20200807 LR - 20200807 IS - 1806-9282 (Electronic) IS - 0104-4230 (Linking) VI - 66 IP - 6 DP - 2020 Jun TI - TMPO-AS1 is an independent prognostic factor for patients with laryngeal squamous cell carcinoma. PG - 784-788 LID - S0104-42302020000600784 [pii] LID - 10.1590/1806-9282.66.6.784 [doi] AB - OBJECTIVE Long noncoding RNA (lncRNAs) are frequently abnormally expressed in tumors and involved in the occurrence and progression of human cancer. Recently, a disease-related lncRNA, TMPO antisense RNA 1 (TMPO-AS1), was identified to be dysregulated in several tumors. Hence, we aimed to demonstrate whether TMPO-AS1 could be a promising prognostic marker for patients with laryngeal squamous cell carcinoma (LSCC). METHODS RT-PCR was performed to test TMPO-AS1 expressions in 187 LSCC specimens compared with matched normal specimens. Chi-squared tests were used to determine the associations between TMPO-AS1 expressions and the clinicopathological characteristics of LSCC patients. Then, the clinical outcome of LSCC patients who had lower or higher TMPO-AS1 expression was analyzed using Kaplan-Meier assays. Finally, a Cox proportional hazards model was carried out to evaluate the prognostic values of TMPO-AS1 and other clinical features. RESULTS We found that TMPO-AS1 was distinctly upregulated in human LSCC tissues compared with corresponding normal specimens (p < 0.01). Higher expressions of TMPO-AS1 were observed to be positively associated with the clinical stage (p = 0.020) and lymph node metastasis (p = 0.027). A clinical study in 187 patients revealed that patients with TMPO-AS1 low expressions had poorer survival than those with TMPO-AS1 high expressions (p = 0.0012). In addition, the result of multivariate assays demonstrated TMPO-AS1 expression is an independent predictor for the overall survival of LSCC patients. CONCLUSIONS TMPO-AS1 might be considered a novel molecule involved in LSCC progression, which provides a possible prognostic biomarker. FAU - Zhang, Lihua AU - Zhang L AD - Department of Outpatient, Taian City Central Hospital, Taian, Shandong, China. FAU - Zhang, Yu AU - Zhang Y AD - Department of Respiratory Medicine, Taian City Central Hospital, Taian, Shandong, China. FAU - Zhang, Chunjie AU - Zhang C AD - Department of Obstetrics, Taian City Central Hospital, Taian, Shandong, China. FAU - Hou, Yun AU - Hou Y AD - Department of Obstetrics, Taian City Central Hospital, Taian, Shandong, China. FAU - Tian, Fang AU - Tian F AD - Medical Care Center, Taian City Central Hospital, Taian, Shandong, China. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20200720 PL - Brazil TA - Rev Assoc Med Bras (1992) JT - Revista da Associacao Medica Brasileira (1992) JID - 9308586 RN - 0 (Cyclic N-Oxides) RN - 0 (RNA, Long Noncoding) RN - 0 (Thymopoietins) RN - 10135-38-3 (3,3,5,5-tetramethyl-1-pyrroline N-oxide) SB - IM MH - Carcinoma, Squamous Cell/*diagnosis MH - Cyclic N-Oxides MH - Humans MH - Laryngeal Neoplasms/*diagnosis MH - Prognosis MH - RNA, Long Noncoding MH - Thymopoietins/*metabolism EDAT- 2020/07/23 06:00 MHDA- 2020/08/08 06:00 CRDT- 2020/07/23 06:00 PHST- 2019/12/30 00:00 [received] PHST- 2020/01/19 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2020/07/23 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2020/07/23 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2020/08/08 06:00 [medline] AID - S0104-42302020000600784 [pii] AID - 10.1590/1806-9282.66.6.784 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Rev Assoc Med Bras (1992). 2020 Jun;66(6):784-788. doi: 10.1590/1806-9282.66.6.784. Epub 2020 Jul 20.