PMID- 38201587 OWN - NLM STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE LR - 20240114 IS - 2072-6694 (Print) IS - 2072-6694 (Electronic) IS - 2072-6694 (Linking) VI - 16 IP - 1 DP - 2023 Dec 28 TI - Phospholipase A2 Group IIA Is Associated with Inflammatory Hepatocellular Adenoma. LID - 10.3390/cancers16010159 [doi] LID - 159 AB - Although benign hepatocellular adenomas (HCA) are very rare, recent observations have shown their occurrence in patients with diabetes mellitus. Consequently, most of these cases are treated by resection due to concerns regarding their potential progression to hepatocarcinoma (HCC). This decision is largely driven by the limited number of studies on HCC subtyping and the lack of molecular and biological insights into the carcinogenic potential of benign tumors. This study aimed to comprehensively investigate the subtype classification of HCA and to compare and analyze gene expression profiling between HCA and HCC tissues. One fresh inflammatory HCA (I-HCA), three non-B non-C HCCs, two hepatitis B virus-HCCs, and one normal liver tissue sample were subjected to single-cell RNA sequencing (scRNA-seq). Comparative analysis of scRNA-seq among different tissues showed that phospholipase A2 group IIA (PLA2G2A) mRNA was specifically expressed in I-HCA, following RNA-seq analysis in formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded tissues from other HCAs. Immunohistochemistry using the PLA2G2A antibody in these tissues indicated that the positive reaction was mainly observed in hepatocytes of I-HCAs and stromal cells surrounding the tumor tissue in HCC were also stained. According to a clinical database, PLA2G2A expression in HCC does not correlate with poor prognosis. This finding may potentially help develop a new definition for I-HCA, resulting in a significant clinical contribution, but it requires validation with other fresh HCA samples. FAU - Iwabuchi, Sadahiro AU - Iwabuchi S AUID- ORCID: 0000-0003-0434-3054 AD - Department of Molecular Pathophysiology, Institute of Advanced Medicine, Wakayama Medical University, Wakayama, Wakayama 641-0011, Japan. FAU - Takahashi, Kenta AU - Takahashi K AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-0910-4514 AD - Department of Human Pathology, Graduate School of Medicine, Kanazawa University, Ishikawa, Kanazawa 920-0934, Japan. FAU - Kawaguchi, Kazunori AU - Kawaguchi K AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-4927-1704 AD - Department of Gastroenterology, Kanazawa University Hospital, Ishikawa, Kanazawa 920-0934, Japan. FAU - Nagatsu, Akihisa AU - Nagatsu A AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-4414-5530 AD - Department of Gastroenterological Surgery I, Hokkaido University Graduate School of Medicine, Hokkaido, Sapporo 060-8648, Japan. FAU - Imafuku, Tadashi AU - Imafuku T AD - Department of Molecular Pathophysiology, Institute of Advanced Medicine, Wakayama Medical University, Wakayama, Wakayama 641-0011, Japan. FAU - Shichino, Shigeyuki AU - Shichino S AD - Division of Molecular Regulation of Inflammatory and Immune Disease, Research Institute for Biomedical Sciences, Tokyo University of Science, Chiba, Noda 278-8510, Japan. FAU - Matsushima, Kouji AU - Matsushima K AD - Division of Molecular Regulation of Inflammatory and Immune Disease, Research Institute for Biomedical Sciences, Tokyo University of Science, Chiba, Noda 278-8510, Japan. FAU - Taketomi, Akinobu AU - Taketomi A AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-5238-3678 AD - Department of Gastroenterological Surgery I, Hokkaido University Graduate School of Medicine, Hokkaido, Sapporo 060-8648, Japan. FAU - Honda, Masao AU - Honda M AUID- ORCID: 0000-0003-3050-5854 AD - Department of Gastroenterology, Kanazawa University Hospital, Ishikawa, Kanazawa 920-0934, Japan. FAU - Hashimoto, Shinichi AU - Hashimoto S AD - Department of Molecular Pathophysiology, Institute of Advanced Medicine, Wakayama Medical University, Wakayama, Wakayama 641-0011, Japan. LA - eng GR - JP20K07653/Japan Society for the Promotion of Science/ GR - JP21gm6210025/Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development/ PT - Journal Article DEP - 20231228 PL - Switzerland TA - Cancers (Basel) JT - Cancers JID - 101526829 PMC - PMC10778238 OTO - NOTNLM OT - Pla2g2a OT - hepatocellular adenoma OT - hepatocellular carcinoma OT - single-cell RNA sequencing COIS- The authors declare no conflicts of interest. EDAT- 2024/01/11 07:42 MHDA- 2024/01/11 07:43 PMCR- 2023/12/28 CRDT- 2024/01/11 01:06 PHST- 2023/11/30 00:00 [received] PHST- 2023/12/26 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2023/12/27 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2024/01/11 07:43 [medline] PHST- 2024/01/11 07:42 [pubmed] PHST- 2024/01/11 01:06 [entrez] PHST- 2023/12/28 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - cancers16010159 [pii] AID - cancers-16-00159 [pii] AID - 10.3390/cancers16010159 [doi] PST - epublish SO - Cancers (Basel). 2023 Dec 28;16(1):159. doi: 10.3390/cancers16010159.