TY - JOUR
T1 - CD109 expression in tumor cells and stroma correlates with progression and prognosis in pancreatic cancer
AU - Adachi, Kai
AU - Sakurai, Yasutaka
AU - Ichinoe, Masaaki
AU - Tadehara, Masayoshi
AU - Tamaki, Akihiro
AU - Kesen, Yurika
AU - Kato, Takuya
AU - Mii, Shinji
AU - Enomoto, Atsushi
AU - Takahashi, Masahide
AU - Koizumi, Wasaburo
AU - Murakumo, Yoshiki
N1 - Funding Information:
This work was supported by JSPS KAKENHI (JP18H02643 to YM), the 2018 Parents’ Association Grant of Kitasato University School of Medicine (to KA), a grant from Kitasato University Graduate School of Medical Sciences (Integrative Research Program for Students 2019, to KA), and a grant from the Health Science Center Foundation (Research Grant Projects 2020, to KA).
Funding Information:
We thank Yoshiko Numata and Atsuko Umezawa (Kitasato University) for their technical assistance.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2021, The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer-Verlag GmbH Germany, part of Springer Nature.
PY - 2022/4
Y1 - 2022/4
N2 - CD109 is a glycosylphosphatidylinositol-anchored glycoprotein, whose expression is upregulated in some types of malignant tumors. High levels of CD109 in tumor cells have been reported to correlate with poor prognosis; however, significance of CD109 stromal expression in human malignancy has not been elucidated. In this study, we investigated the tumorigenic properties of CD109 in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC). Immunohistochemical analysis of 92 PDAC surgical specimens revealed that positive CD109 expression in tumor cells was significantly associated with poor prognosis (disease-free survival, p = 0.003; overall survival, p = 0.002), and was an independent prognostic factor (disease-free survival, p = 0.0173; overall survival, p = 0.0104) in PDAC. Furthermore, CD109 expression was detected in the stroma surrounding tumor cells, similar to that of α-smooth muscle actin, a histological marker of cancer-associated fibroblasts. The stromal CD109 expression significantly correlated with tumor progression in PDAC (TNM stage, p = 0.033; N factor, p = 0.024; lymphatic invasion, p = 0.028). In addition, combined assessment of CD109 in tumor cells and stroma could identify the better prognosis group of patients from the entire patient population. In MIA PaCa-2 PDAC cell line, we demonstrated the involvement of CD109 in tumor cell motility, but not in PANC-1. Taken together, CD109 not only in the tumor cells but also in the stroma is involved in the progression and prognosis of PDAC, and may serve as a useful prognostic marker in PDAC.
AB - CD109 is a glycosylphosphatidylinositol-anchored glycoprotein, whose expression is upregulated in some types of malignant tumors. High levels of CD109 in tumor cells have been reported to correlate with poor prognosis; however, significance of CD109 stromal expression in human malignancy has not been elucidated. In this study, we investigated the tumorigenic properties of CD109 in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC). Immunohistochemical analysis of 92 PDAC surgical specimens revealed that positive CD109 expression in tumor cells was significantly associated with poor prognosis (disease-free survival, p = 0.003; overall survival, p = 0.002), and was an independent prognostic factor (disease-free survival, p = 0.0173; overall survival, p = 0.0104) in PDAC. Furthermore, CD109 expression was detected in the stroma surrounding tumor cells, similar to that of α-smooth muscle actin, a histological marker of cancer-associated fibroblasts. The stromal CD109 expression significantly correlated with tumor progression in PDAC (TNM stage, p = 0.033; N factor, p = 0.024; lymphatic invasion, p = 0.028). In addition, combined assessment of CD109 in tumor cells and stroma could identify the better prognosis group of patients from the entire patient population. In MIA PaCa-2 PDAC cell line, we demonstrated the involvement of CD109 in tumor cell motility, but not in PANC-1. Taken together, CD109 not only in the tumor cells but also in the stroma is involved in the progression and prognosis of PDAC, and may serve as a useful prognostic marker in PDAC.
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U2 - 10.1007/s00428-021-03230-2
DO - 10.1007/s00428-021-03230-2
M3 - Article
C2 - 34762199
AN - SCOPUS:85118872818
VL - 480
SP - 819
EP - 829
JO - Virchows Archiv - Abteilung A Pathologische Anatomie
JF - Virchows Archiv - Abteilung A Pathologische Anatomie
SN - 0945-6317
IS - 4
ER -