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CLINICAL ORAL INVESTIGATIONS
Volume 20, Issue 1, Pages 43-56Publisher
SPRINGER HEIDELBERG
DOI: 10.1007/s00784-015-1476-6
Keywords
Oral cancer; Recurrence; Cancer stem cells; Oct4; CD44; Prognosis
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Funding
- Terry Fox, TMC-ACTREC IRG, Mumbai, India [3035]
- University of Malaya-MOHE High Impact Research grant [UM.C/625/1/HIR/MOHE/DENT/10]
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In the present study, we have investigated the prognostic value of known stem cell-associated molecules such as Oct4, CD44 and c-Myc in patients with oral SCC who had received post-surgery radio- and/or chemotherapy. Immunohistochemistry was performed to analyse the expression of Oct4, CD44 and c-Myc in 87 tumour tissues, and the expression profile obtained was correlated with clinicopathological parameters of the patients with oral cancer. Tumourigenic potential of these molecules was also evaluated by in vivo studies. Our results showed significant correlation of Oct4 (OS, p = 0.003; DFS, p = 0.001) and c-Myc (OS, p = 0.01; DFS, p = 0.03) with overall survival and disease-free survival independently. Furthermore, all the three markers in combinations of two markers each, i.e. Oct4 + CD44 (OS, p = 0.003; DFS, p = 0.001), Oct4 + c-Myc (OS, p = 0.0001; DFS, p = 0.0001), CD44 + c-Myc (OS, p = 0.008; DFS, p = 0.02) and in combinations of three markers each, i.e. Oct4 + CD44 + c-Myc (OS, p = 0.0001; DFS, p = 0.0001) also significantly correlated with overall survival and disease-free survival. Univariate and multivariate analyses further established the independent prognostic value of Oct4. Oct4-, CD44- and c-Myc-enriched populations independently induced sarcomatoid carcinomas whereas primary keratinocytes developed poorly differentiated carcinomas in immunodeficient mice. Oct4 and c-Myc independently as well as in combination with CD44 might be useful for the prediction of local recurrence and poor survival of patients with oral cancer which is the novel finding of this study. Oct4, c-Myc and CD44 can be used to predict local recurrence and the outcome of treatment in oral cancer patients. In addition, these molecules may find use as molecular targets for effective therapy.
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