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Expression and mutation analysis of the discoidin domain receptors 1 and 2 in non-small cell lung carcinoma.

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Summary, in English

The discoidin domain receptors, (DDR) 1 and DDR2, have been linked to numerous human cancers. We sought to determine expression levels of DDRs in human lung cancer, investigate prognostic determinates, and determine the prevalence of recently reported mutations in these receptor tyrosine kinases. Tumour samples from 146 non-small cell lung carcinoma (NSCLC) patients were analysed for relative expression of DDR1 and DDR2 using quantitative real-time PCR (qRT-PCR). An additional 23 matched tumour and normal tissues were tested for differential expression of DDR1 and DDR2, and previously reported somatic mutations. Discoidin domain receptor 1 was found to be significantly upregulated by 2.15-fold ( P = 0.0005) and DDR2 significantly downregulated to an equivalent extent ( P = 0.0001)in tumour vs normal lung tissue. Discoidin domain receptor 2 expression was not predictive for patient survival; however, DDR1 expression was significantly associated with overall ( hazard ratio (HR) 0.43, 95% CI 0.22 - 0.83, P = 0.014) and disease-free survival ( HR = 0.56, 95% CI 0.33 - 0.94, P = 0.029). Multivariate analysis revealed DDR1 is an independent favourable predictor for prognosis independent of tumour differentiation, stage, histology, and patient age. However, contrary to previous work, we did not observe DDR mutations. We conclude that whereas altered expression of DDRs may contribute to malignant progression of NSCLC, it is unlikely that this results from mutations in the DDR1 and DDR2 genes that we investigated.

Publishing year

2007

Language

English

Pages

808-814

Publication/Series

British Journal of Cancer

Volume

96

Issue

5

Document type

Journal article

Publisher

Nature Publishing Group

Topic

  • Cancer and Oncology

Keywords

  • DDR2
  • DDR1
  • mutation
  • lung cancer

Status

Published

Research group

  • Experimental Pathology, Malmö

ISBN/ISSN/Other

  • ISSN: 1532-1827