PMID- 36245825 OWN - NLM STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE LR - 20221019 IS - 1792-1082 (Electronic) IS - 1792-1074 (Print) IS - 1792-1074 (Linking) VI - 24 IP - 5 DP - 2022 Nov TI - Differentially expressed genes related to lymph node metastasis in advanced laryngeal squamous cell cancers. PG - 409 LID - 10.3892/ol.2022.13529 [doi] LID - 409 AB - Understanding the molecular mechanisms and gene expression in laryngeal squamous cell carcinoma (LSCC) may explain its aggressive biological behavior and regional metastasis pathways. In the present study, patients with locally advanced LSCC tumors were examined for differential gene expression in the normal mucosa (non-tumoral mucosa), tumors and lymph node tissues. The aim was to identify possible predictive genes for lymph node metastasis. A total of 16 patients who had undergone total laryngectomy with neck dissection for advanced LSCC were randomly selected from a hospital database: Eight of the patients had lymph node metastasis (Group 1) and the other eight patients did not have metastasis (Group 2). Overall survival (OS), disease-free survival (DFS) and disease-specific survival (DSS) were analyzed. For each patient, paraffin-embedded tissue samples were collected from non-tumoral mucosa, tumoral lesions and lymph node tissues. RNA was extracted from the tissue samples and used for complementary DNA synthesis, and microarray analysis was subsequently performed on each sample. Gene expression levels were determined in each specimen, and Groups 1 and 2 were compared and statistically analyzed. The microarray results for lymph node metastasis-positive and -negative groups, indicated the differential expression of 312 genes in the lymph nodes, 691 genes in the normal mucosal tissue and 93 genes in the tumor tissue. Transgelin (TAGLN) and cofilin 1 (CFL1) were identified as possible target genes and validated using reverse transcription-quantitative polymerase chain reaction (RT-qPCR). The RT-qPCR results for TAGLN and CFL1 supported the microarray data. OS, DFS and DSS times were longer in Group 2 than in Group 1 (P=0.002, 0.015 and 0.009, respectively). In addition, TAGLN and CFL1 were associated with DFS and DSS. On the basis of these results, it is suggested that TAGLN and CFL1 expression may play an important role in the pathogenesis of regional metastasis and poor prognosis in advanced LSCC. CI - Copyright: (c) Bayir et al. FAU - Bayir, Omer AU - Bayir O AD - Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, University of Health Sciences, Diskapi Yildirim Beyazit Training and Research Hospital, Ankara 06110, Turkey. FAU - Asik, Mehmet Dogan AU - Asik MD AD - Department of Medical Biology, School of Medicine, Ankara Yildirim Beyazit University, Ankara 06010, Turkey. FAU - Saylam, Guleser AU - Saylam G AD - Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, University of Health Sciences, Diskapi Yildirim Beyazit Training and Research Hospital, Ankara 06110, Turkey. FAU - Pinarli, Ferda Alpaslan AU - Pinarli FA AD - Myogen Laboratory and Health Services, Ankara 06520, Turkey. FAU - Tatar, Emel Cadalli AU - Tatar EC AD - Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, University of Health Sciences, Diskapi Yildirim Beyazit Training and Research Hospital, Ankara 06110, Turkey. FAU - Han, Unsal AU - Han U AD - Department of Pathology, University of Health Sciences, Diskapi Yildirim Beyazit Training and Research Hospital, Ankara 06110, Turkey. FAU - Simsek, Ender AU - Simsek E AD - Department of Medical Biology, School of Medicine, Ankara Yildirim Beyazit University, Ankara 06010, Turkey. FAU - Korkmaz, Mehmet Hakan AU - Korkmaz MH AD - Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, University of Health Sciences, Diskapi Yildirim Beyazit Training and Research Hospital, Ankara 06110, Turkey. AD - Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, School of Medicine, Ankara Yildirim Beyazit University, Ankara 06010, Turkey. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20220926 PL - Greece TA - Oncol Lett JT - Oncology letters JID - 101531236 PMC - PMC9555062 OTO - NOTNLM OT - cofilin-1 OT - gene expression profile OT - laryngeal squamous cell cancer OT - microarray OT - tansgelin COIS- The authors declare that they have no competing interests. EDAT- 2022/10/18 06:00 MHDA- 2022/10/18 06:01 PMCR- 2022/09/26 CRDT- 2022/10/17 04:20 PHST- 2022/01/02 00:00 [received] PHST- 2022/07/19 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2022/10/17 04:20 [entrez] PHST- 2022/10/18 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2022/10/18 06:01 [medline] PHST- 2022/09/26 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - OL-24-05-13529 [pii] AID - 10.3892/ol.2022.13529 [doi] PST - epublish SO - Oncol Lett. 2022 Sep 26;24(5):409. doi: 10.3892/ol.2022.13529. eCollection 2022 Nov.