Up-regulation of peroxiredoxin 1 in lung cancer and its implication as a prognostic and therapeutic target.
OBJECTIVE
Peroxiredoxin 1 and 2 are highly homologous members of the Prx (or Prdx) protein family. Prx1 and Prx2 are elevated in several human cancers, and this seems to confer increased treatment resistance and aggressive phenotypes. This study was undertaken to examine the expression profiles of Prx1 and Prx2 in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), and to test their prognostic value in predicting patient survival.


METHODS
To gain insight into the regulatory mechanisms of Prx1 and Prx2 expression in NSCLC, their respective transcript profiles were examined in NSCLC cell lines from the NCI-60 panel Affymetrix database sets, and the promoter compositions of the two genes were investigated using computer-based multiple sequence alignment analyses. Immunohistochemical analyses of Prx1 and Prx2 were done on a total of 235 NSCLC specimens with stage I through IV disease. The expression profiles of Prx1 and Prx2 in tumor specimens, and their associations with survival, were investigated.


CONCLUSIONS
The levels of prx1 transcript were higher than those of prx2 in NSCLC cell lines, and the upstream regulatory sequences of the two genes display striking differences. The relative risk of death increased as Prx1 expression levels increased (P = 0.036) in a multivariate Cox model, independent of other clinicopathologic variables associated with survival. No statistically significant correlation was observed between Prx2 and survival. These results suggest that Prx1 may possess unique functions and regulatory mechanisms in NSCLC which are not shared with Prx2, and that Prx1 may serve as a new prognostic biomarker and therapeutic target in NSCLC.
Kim
Joo-Heon
JH
Department of Cell Stress Biology, Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo, NY 14263, USA.
Bogner
Paul N
PN
Baek
Sun-Hee
SH
Ramnath
Nithya
N
Liang
Ping
P
Kim
Hak-Ryul
HR
Andrews
Chris
C
Park
Young-Mee
YM
D001483:Base Sequence; D002289:Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000401:mortality / Q000628:therapy; D045744:Cell Line, Tumor; D015972:Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic; D006801:Humans; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000401:mortality / Q000628:therapy; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D054464:Peroxiredoxins / Q000032:analysis / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology*; D011379:Prognosis; D011401:Promoter Regions, Genetic; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000032:analysis; D015854:Up-Regulation
D012333:RNA, Messenger; C515940:PRDX1 protein, human; C086065:PRDX2 protein, human; D054464:Peroxiredoxins