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British Journal of Cancer (2006) 94, 1816-1822.
doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6603193
Slug expression is an independent prognostic parameter for poor survival in colorectal carcinoma patients
M Shioiri1, T Shida1, K Koda2, K Oda1, K Seike1, M Nishimura1, S Takano1 and M Miyazaki1
1Department of General Surgery, Chiba University Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba 260-8670, Japan
2Department of Academic Surgery, Chiba University Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba 260-8670, Japan
Correspondence to: Dr T Shida, E-mail: shida-takashi812@nifty.com
Received 9 December 2005; revised 3 April 2006; accepted 8 May 2006
Slug, a member of the Snail family of transcription factors, plays a crucial role in the regulation of epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT) by suppressing several epithelial markers and adhesion molecules including E-cadherin. Recently, several studies have reported Slug to be expressed in breast carcinoma, oesophageal carcinoma accompanied with shorter survival. In this study, we first investigated expression of Slug mRNA in five colorectal carcinoma cell lines by reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction. Furthermore, we investigated Slug and E-cadherin expression by immunohistochemistry in 138 patients with colorectal carcinoma. Slug mRNA was clearly expressed in four out of five colorectal carcinoma cell lines. Positive expression of Slug and E-cadherin was observed in 37 and 58% of cases, respectively. The positive expression of Slug was significantly associated with Dukes stage and distant metastasis (P=0.0027 and 0.0007), and the positive expression of Slug had a significant impact on patient overall survival (P<0.0001, log-rank test). Moreover, patients with positive expression of Slug and reduced expression of E-cadherin showed the worst prognosis (P<0.0001, log-rank test). Multivariate analysis indicated that Slug expression was an independent prognostic factor. These results suggest that positive Slug expression in colorectal carcinoma patients may become a significant parameter of poor prognosis.
Keywords: Slug; E-cadherin; colorectal carcinoma; prognosis
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