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JOURNAL OF TRANSLATIONAL MEDICINE
卷 12, 期 -, 页码 -出版社
BMC
DOI: 10.1186/s12967-014-0320-0
关键词
Colorectal cancer; Replication factor C4; Prognosis; Cell cycle
资金
- Program of Introducing Talents of Discipline to Universities
- International S&T Cooperation Program of China (ISTCP)
- State key clinical specialist construction projects, National Natural Science Foundation of China [81201920, 81472257]
- Guangdong Natural Science Foundation [S2013010013607]
- Medical Scientific Foundation of Guangdong Province [A2011214]
Background: Human replication factor C4 (RFC4) is involved in DNA replication as a clamp loader and is aberrantly regulated across a range of cancers. The current study aimed to investigate the function of RFC4 in colorectal cancer (CRC). Methods: The mRNA levels of RFC4 were assessed in 30 paired primary CRC tissues and matched normal colonic tissues by quantitative PCR. The protein expression levels of RFC4 were evaluated by western blotting (n = 16) and immunohistochemistry (IHC; n = 49), respectively. Clinicopathological features and survival data were correlated with the expression of RFC4 by IHC analysis in a tissue microarray comprising 331 surgically resected CRC. The impact of RFC4 on cell proliferation and the cell cycle was assessed using CRC cell lines. Results: RFC4 expression was significantly increased in CRC specimens as compared to adjacent normal colonic tissues (P <0.05). High levels of RFC4, determined on a tissue microarray, were significantly associated with differentiation, an advanced stage by the Tumor-Node-Metastasis (TNM) staging system, and a poor prognosis, as compared to low levels of expression (P <0.05). However, in multivariate analysis, RFC4 was not an independent predictor of poor survival for CRC. In vitro studies, the loss of RFC4 suppressed CRC cell proliferation and induced S-phase cell cycle arrest. Conclusion: RFC4 is frequently overexpressed in CRC, and is associated with tumor progression and worse survival outcome. This might be attributed to the regulation of CRC cell proliferation and cell cycle arrest by RFC4.
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