PMID- 33194340 OWN - NLM STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE LR - 20220418 IS - 2167-8359 (Print) IS - 2167-8359 (Electronic) IS - 2167-8359 (Linking) VI - 8 DP - 2020 TI - Overexpression of KIAA1199 is an independent prognostic marker in laryngeal squamous cell carcinoma. PG - e9637 LID - 10.7717/peerj.9637 [doi] LID - e9637 AB - BACKGROUND: KIAA1199 is a recently identified novel gene that is upregulated in various human cancers with poor survival, but its role and the underlying mechanisms in laryngeal squamous cell carcinoma (LSCC) remain unknown. Here, we collected tissues from 105 cases of LSCC to investigate the relationships between KIAA1199 protein expression and clinical factors. METHODS: Western blotting and real-time quantitative PCR (RT-PCR) were used for detect the protein and mRNA expression of KIAA1199 in LSCC tissue. Immunohistochemistry (IHC) staining was used to detect the expression of KIAA1199. Patient clinical information, for instance sex, age, pathological differentiation, clinical region, T stage, N stage, clinical stage, operation type, neck lymph dissection, smoking status, and drinking status were recorded. Kaplan-Meier survival analysis and Cox analysis were applied to identify the relationship between KIAA1199 and LSCC. RESULTS: Western blotting results showed KIAA1199 protein was significantly higher in tumor tissues vs. adjacent non-cancerous tissues (0.9385 +/- 0.1363 vs. 1.838 +/- 0.3209, P = 0.04). The KIAA1199 mRNA expression was considerably higher in tumor tissues (P < 0.001) than in adjacent non-cancerous tissues by RT-PCR. IHC results showed up-regulated KIAA1199 expression was related with some severe clinicopathological parameters: pathologic differentiation (P = 0.002), T stage (P < 0.001), N stage (P < 0.001), clinical stage (P < 0.001), survival time (P = 0.008) and survival status (P < 0.001). Kaplan-Meier survival analysis showed that patients with high KIAA1199 protein expression had poor overall survival (OS) (P < 0.05). Cox analysis suggested that the KIAA1199 protein expression constituted an independent prognostic marker for LSCC patients (P < 0.001). CONCLUSION: Our findings revealed that KIAA1199 protein expression may be used to predict LSCC patient outcome. CI - (c) 2020 Huang et al. FAU - Huang, Meixiang AU - Huang M AD - Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, The Third Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, China. FAU - Liao, Feifei AU - Liao F AD - Department of Pathology, The Third Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, Chian. FAU - Song, Yexun AU - Song Y AD - Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, The Third Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, China. FAU - Zuo, Gang AU - Zuo G AD - Ministry of Education (Central South University), Key Laboratory of Metallogenic Prediction of Nonferrous Metals and Geological Environment Monitoring, Changsha, Hunan, China. FAU - Tan, Guolin AU - Tan G AD - Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, The Third Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, China. FAU - Chu, Ling AU - Chu L AD - Department of Pathology, The Third Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, Chian. FAU - Wang, Tiansheng AU - Wang T AD - Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, The Third Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, China. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20200907 PL - United States TA - PeerJ JT - PeerJ JID - 101603425 PMC - PMC7482636 OTO - NOTNLM OT - CEMIP OT - KIAA1199 OT - Laryngeal squamous cell carcinoma OT - Prognostic marker COIS- The authors declare that they have no competing interests. EDAT- 2020/11/17 06:00 MHDA- 2020/11/17 06:01 PMCR- 2020/09/07 CRDT- 2020/11/16 08:51 PHST- 2020/01/30 00:00 [received] PHST- 2020/07/09 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2020/11/16 08:51 [entrez] PHST- 2020/11/17 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2020/11/17 06:01 [medline] PHST- 2020/09/07 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 9637 [pii] AID - 10.7717/peerj.9637 [doi] PST - epublish SO - PeerJ. 2020 Sep 7;8:e9637. doi: 10.7717/peerj.9637. eCollection 2020.