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JOURNAL OF CELLULAR AND MOLECULAR MEDICINE
Volume 18, Issue 5, Pages 863-874Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/jcmm.12232
Keywords
olfactomedin 4 (OLFM4); endometrial adenocarcinoma; gynecological cancer; oestrogen receptor (ER); endometrial hyperplasia
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- National Natural Science Foundation of China [81172485, 31070733]
- Ph.D. Program Foundation of Ministry of Education of China [201301-71110007]
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Endometrial adenocarcinoma is the most common tumour of the female genital tract in developed countries, and oestrogen receptor (ER) signalling plays a pivotal role in its pathogenesis. When we used bioinformatics tools to search for the genes contributing to gynecological cancers, the expression of Olfactomedin 4 (OLFM4) was found by digital differential display to be associated with differentiation of endometrial adenocarcinoma. Aberrant expression of OLFM4 has been primarily reported in tumours of the digestive system. The mechanism of OLFM4 in tumuorigenesis is elusive. We investigated OLFM4 expression in endometrium, analysed the association of OLFM4 with ER signalling in endometrial adenocarcinoma, and examined the roles of OLFM4 in endometrial adenocarcinoma. Expression of OLFM4 was increased during endometrial carcinogenesis, linked to the differentiation of endometrioid adenocarcinoma, and positively related to the expression of oestrogen receptor- (ER) and progesterone receptor. Moreover, ER-mediated signalling regulated expression of OLFM4, and knockdown of OLFM4 enhanced proliferation, migration and invasion of endometrial carcinoma cells. Down-regulation of OLFM4 was associated with decreased cumulative survival rate of patients with endometrioid adenocarcinoma. Our data suggested that impairment of ER signal-mediated OLFM4 expression promoted the malignant progression of endometrioid adenocarcinoma, which may have significance for the therapy of this carcinoma.
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