Clinicopathological and prognostic significance of mitogen-activated protein kinases (MAPK) in breast cancers

Background Mitogen-activated protein kinases (MAPKs) are signalling transduction molecules that have different functions and diverse behaviour in cancer. In breast cancer, MAPK is related to oestrogen receptor (ER) and HER2. Methods Protein expression of a large panel of MAPKs (JNK1/2, ERK, p38, C...

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Main Authors: Ahmad, Dena Akram Jerjees, Negm, Ola H., Layth Alabdullah, M., Mirza, Sameer, Hamed, Mohamed R., Band, Vimla, Green, Andrew R., Ellis, Ian O., Rakha, Emad
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author Ahmad, Dena Akram Jerjees
Negm, Ola H.
Layth Alabdullah, M.
Mirza, Sameer
Hamed, Mohamed R.
Band, Vimla
Green, Andrew R.
Ellis, Ian O.
Rakha, Emad
author_facet Ahmad, Dena Akram Jerjees
Negm, Ola H.
Layth Alabdullah, M.
Mirza, Sameer
Hamed, Mohamed R.
Band, Vimla
Green, Andrew R.
Ellis, Ian O.
Rakha, Emad
author_sort Ahmad, Dena Akram Jerjees
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description Background Mitogen-activated protein kinases (MAPKs) are signalling transduction molecules that have different functions and diverse behaviour in cancer. In breast cancer, MAPK is related to oestrogen receptor (ER) and HER2. Methods Protein expression of a large panel of MAPKs (JNK1/2, ERK, p38, C-JUN and ATF2 including phosphorylated forms) were assessed immunohistochemically in a large (n = 1400) and well-characterised breast cancer series prepared as tissue microarray. Moreover, reverse phase protein array was applied to quantify protein expression of MAPKs in six breast cancer cell lines with different phenotypes including HER2-transfected cells. Results MAPKs expression was associated with clinicopathological variables characteristic of good prognosis. These associations were most significant in the whole series and in the ER? subgroup compared to other BC classes. Most of MAPKs showed a positive association with ER, BCL2 and better outcome and were negatively associated with the proliferation marker Ki67 and p53. Association of MAPK with HER2 was mainly seen in the ER- subgroup. Reverse phase protein array confirmed immunohistochemistry results and revealed differential expression of MAPK proteins in ER? and ER- cell lines. Conclusions MAPKs are associated with good prognosis and their expression is mainly related to ER. Studying a large panel rather than individual biomarkers may provide improved understanding of the pathway
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spelling nottingham-371422020-05-04T18:13:44Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/37142/ Clinicopathological and prognostic significance of mitogen-activated protein kinases (MAPK) in breast cancers Ahmad, Dena Akram Jerjees Negm, Ola H. Layth Alabdullah, M. Mirza, Sameer Hamed, Mohamed R. Band, Vimla Green, Andrew R. Ellis, Ian O. Rakha, Emad Background Mitogen-activated protein kinases (MAPKs) are signalling transduction molecules that have different functions and diverse behaviour in cancer. In breast cancer, MAPK is related to oestrogen receptor (ER) and HER2. Methods Protein expression of a large panel of MAPKs (JNK1/2, ERK, p38, C-JUN and ATF2 including phosphorylated forms) were assessed immunohistochemically in a large (n = 1400) and well-characterised breast cancer series prepared as tissue microarray. Moreover, reverse phase protein array was applied to quantify protein expression of MAPKs in six breast cancer cell lines with different phenotypes including HER2-transfected cells. Results MAPKs expression was associated with clinicopathological variables characteristic of good prognosis. These associations were most significant in the whole series and in the ER? subgroup compared to other BC classes. Most of MAPKs showed a positive association with ER, BCL2 and better outcome and were negatively associated with the proliferation marker Ki67 and p53. Association of MAPK with HER2 was mainly seen in the ER- subgroup. Reverse phase protein array confirmed immunohistochemistry results and revealed differential expression of MAPK proteins in ER? and ER- cell lines. Conclusions MAPKs are associated with good prognosis and their expression is mainly related to ER. Studying a large panel rather than individual biomarkers may provide improved understanding of the pathway Springer 2016-09-03 Article PeerReviewed Ahmad, Dena Akram Jerjees, Negm, Ola H., Layth Alabdullah, M., Mirza, Sameer, Hamed, Mohamed R., Band, Vimla, Green, Andrew R., Ellis, Ian O. and Rakha, Emad (2016) Clinicopathological and prognostic significance of mitogen-activated protein kinases (MAPK) in breast cancers. Breast Cancer Research and Treatment, 159 (3). pp. 457-467. ISSN 1573-7217 MAPK signalling pathways; reverse phase protein microarray (RPPA); breast cancer http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs10549-016-3967-9 doi:10.1007/s10549-016-3967-9 doi:10.1007/s10549-016-3967-9
spellingShingle MAPK signalling pathways; reverse phase protein microarray (RPPA); breast cancer
Ahmad, Dena Akram Jerjees
Negm, Ola H.
Layth Alabdullah, M.
Mirza, Sameer
Hamed, Mohamed R.
Band, Vimla
Green, Andrew R.
Ellis, Ian O.
Rakha, Emad
Clinicopathological and prognostic significance of mitogen-activated protein kinases (MAPK) in breast cancers
title Clinicopathological and prognostic significance of mitogen-activated protein kinases (MAPK) in breast cancers
title_full Clinicopathological and prognostic significance of mitogen-activated protein kinases (MAPK) in breast cancers
title_fullStr Clinicopathological and prognostic significance of mitogen-activated protein kinases (MAPK) in breast cancers
title_full_unstemmed Clinicopathological and prognostic significance of mitogen-activated protein kinases (MAPK) in breast cancers
title_short Clinicopathological and prognostic significance of mitogen-activated protein kinases (MAPK) in breast cancers
title_sort clinicopathological and prognostic significance of mitogen-activated protein kinases (mapk) in breast cancers
topic MAPK signalling pathways; reverse phase protein microarray (RPPA); breast cancer
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