High expression of TAZ indicates a poor prognosis in retinoblastoma.

Abstract:

BACKGROUND:The transcriptional co-activator, TAZ, is an important effector of the Hippo pathway and is critical for the development of human cancers. However, the expression and prognostic significance of TAZ in retinoblastoma is currently unclear. METHODS:TAZ expression was examined in 43 retinoblastoma samples by immunohistochemistry. The relationship between TAZ expression and the clinicopathological features of retinoblastoma was also analyzed. Cox regression and Kaplan-Meier survival analyses were used to identify the prognostic factors for retinoblastoma patients. Finally, the effects of TAZ on cell proliferation were explored through lentivirus-mediated downregulation of TAZ in retinoblastoma cells. RESULTS:TAZ was highly expressed in retinoblastoma tissues and was associated with regional lymph node classification (P = 0.013), largest tumor base (P = 0.045), and differentiation (P = 0.019). Moreover, patients with high TAZ expression had shorter overall survival (OS), progression-free survival (PFS), loco-regional relapse-free survival (LRRFS), and distant metastasis-free survival (DMFS) time than patients with low TAZ expression (P < 0.05). Multivariate analysis showed that high TAZ expression was an important prognostic factor for retinoblastoma patients. In addition, downregulation of TAZ expression significantly suppressed tumor cell proliferation by blocking the transition of the cell cycle from G1 to S phase. CONCLUSIONS:Our findings suggest that the high expression of TAZ plays a significant role in retinoblastoma's aggressiveness, and predicts poor prognosis for patients with retinoblastoma.

journal_name

Diagn Pathol

journal_title

Diagnostic pathology

authors

Zhang Y,Xue C,Cui H,Huang Z

doi

10.1186/s13000-015-0415-9

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Has Abstract

pub_date

2015-10-13 00:00:00

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187

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1746-1596

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10.1186/s13000-015-0415-9

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10

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