36639The First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hefei, Anhui, People's Republic of China.
Technol Cancer Res Treat. 2021 Jan-Dec;20:15330338211039670. doi: 10.1177/15330338211039670.
Retinoid-related orphan receptor alpha (RORα) and nuclear receptor subfamily 1 group D member 1 (REV-ERBα) play critical roles in many human cancers. Whether RORα and REV-ERBα expression levels are associated with clinical characteristics are poorly understood, and they may be independent predictors of overall survival (OS) and progression-free survival (PFS) in gastric cancer (GC). This study aimed to investigate the correlation of RORα and REV-ERBα expression levels with clinicopathological parameters, OS, and PFS in GC. Immunohistochemistry and quantitative reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (qRT-PCR) were employed to assess the expression levels of RORα and REV-ERBα, which were downregulated in GC tissues compared with normal gastric tissues ( < .001; < .001) and were associated with several clinicopathological parameters, including histological grade ( = .032; < .001), preoperative carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA) levels ( = .004; < .001), and tumor-node-metastasis (TNM) stage ( = .015; < .001). Additionally, low RORα and REV-ERBα expression levels were associated with poor OS and PFS in GC patients, respectively ( < .001; = .001). Furthermore, univariate Cox regression model analysis showed that histological grade ( < .001; < .001), preoperative CEA levels ( < .001; = .001), TNM stage ( < .001; < .001), lymph node metastasis ( = .002; = .002), RORα expression levels ( = .001; < .001), and REV-ERBα expression levels ( < .001; = .001) were associated with OS and PFS in GC. Multivariate Cox regression model analysis indicated that RORα expression levels and REV-ERBα expression levels are independent factors of OS and PFS in GC. Besides, RORα and REV-ERBα expression may be positively correlated (χ = 6.835; = .009), and GC patients with both high RORα and REV-ERBα expression levels had the best prognosis. In conclusion, RORα and REV-ERBα may coparticipate in tumor activities and show potential to estimate the prognosis of GC.
视黄酸相关孤儿受体α(RORα)和核受体亚家族 1 组 D 成员 1(REV-ERBα)在许多人类癌症中发挥着关键作用。RORα 和 REV-ERBα 的表达水平是否与临床特征相关尚不清楚,它们可能是胃癌(GC)患者总生存期(OS)和无进展生存期(PFS)的独立预测因子。本研究旨在探讨 RORα 和 REV-ERBα 表达水平与 GC 临床病理参数、OS 和 PFS 的相关性。免疫组织化学和定量逆转录聚合酶链反应(qRT-PCR)用于评估 RORα 和 REV-ERBα 的表达水平,与正常胃组织相比,GC 组织中 RORα 和 REV-ERBα 的表达水平下调(<0.001;<0.001),与多个临床病理参数相关,包括组织学分级(=0.032;<0.001)、术前癌胚抗原(CEA)水平(=0.004;<0.001)和肿瘤-淋巴结-转移(TNM)分期(=0.015;<0.001)。此外,低 RORα 和 REV-ERBα 表达水平与 GC 患者的不良 OS 和 PFS 相关(<0.001;=0.001)。此外,单因素 Cox 回归模型分析显示,组织学分级(<0.001;<0.001)、术前 CEA 水平(<0.001;=0.001)、TNM 分期(<0.001;<0.001)、淋巴结转移(=0.002;=0.002)、RORα 表达水平(=0.001;<0.001)和 REV-ERBα 表达水平(<0.001;=0.001)与 GC 的 OS 和 PFS 相关。多因素 Cox 回归模型分析表明,RORα 表达水平和 REV-ERBα 表达水平是 GC 患者 OS 和 PFS 的独立影响因素。此外,RORα 和 REV-ERBα 表达可能呈正相关(χ2=6.835;=0.009),并且同时具有高 RORα 和 REV-ERBα 表达水平的 GC 患者预后最佳。综上所述,RORα 和 REV-ERBα 可能共同参与肿瘤活动,并具有评估 GC 预后的潜力。