title: Kinesin family member 14 is a candidate prognostic marker for outcome of glioma patients.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Human kinesin superfamily proteins (KIFs) are a conserved class of microtubule-dependent molecular motor proteins with adenosine triphosphatase activity and motion characteristics. As a member of KIFs, KIF14 plays an important role in the regulation of cell cycle and mitotic progression. Deregulation of KIF14 has been found in several human malignancies and also has been demonstrated to be involved in tumor progression and related to patient survival. The aim of this study was to investigate the clinicopathological significance of KIF14 expression in glioma.
  
  
  METHODS
  Real-time quantitative RT-PCR assay was performed to detect KIF14 mRNA expression, and Western blot and immunohistochemistry analyses were performed to detect KIF14 protein expression in human gliomas and non-neoplastic brain tissues, respectively. Then, the association of KIF14 immunostaining with clinicopathological factors and prognosis of glioma patients was also statistically analyzed.
  
  
  RESULTS
  KIF14 mRNA and protein expression were respectively increased 5.5- and 4.2-fold on average in glioma tissues relative to non-neoplastic brain tissues (both P < 0.001). Additionally, both KIF14 mRNA and protein expression increased with ascending pathological grade. Then, the high KIF14 immunostaining in glioma tissues was significantly associated with advanced pathological grade (P = 0.008), low Karnofsky performance score (KPS) (P = 0.02), high mitotic index (P = 0.005) and Ki-67 index (P = 0.008). Furthermore, both univariate and multivariate Cox regression analyses determined that KIF14 overexpression effectively predicted decreased overall survival in patients with gliomas.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  These findings offer the first convinced evidence that KIF14 expression in gliomas is tumor-specific and increased in more aggressive tumors. KIF14 might function as a candidate prognostic marker for human gliomas.
authors.affiliation: Department of Experimental Surgery, Tangdu Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an City 710032, China.
authors.forename: Qi
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Liang
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Daohai
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Jianping
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Deng
authors.forename: Zhenwei
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Zhao
authors.forename: Shiming
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: He
authors.forename: Yongsheng
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Yanyang
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Tu
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D005910:Glioma / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D016547:Kinesins / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D008297:Male; D015513:Oncogene Proteins / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D011379:Prognosis
chemical_list: D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor; D015513:Oncogene Proteins; C502598:KIF14 protein, human; D016547:Kinesins