IMR Press / FBL / Volume 28 / Issue 4 / DOI: 10.31083/j.fbl2804075
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Prognostic Significance of DNA Topoisomerase II Alpha (TOP2A) in Cholangiocarcinoma
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1 Division of Gastroenterology & General Surgery, Department of Surgery, Chi Mei Medical Center, 710 Tainan, Taiwan
2 Department of Medical Technology, Chung Hwa University of Medical Technology, 717 Tainan, Taiwan
3 Institute of Biomedical Sciences, National Sun Yat-sen University, 804 Kaohsiung, Taiwan
4 Department of Pharmacology, School of Medicine, China Medical University, 404333 Taichung, Taiwan
5 Department of Clinical Pathology, Chi Mei Medical Center, 710 Tainan, Taiwan
6 Division of Urology, Department of Surgery, Chi Mei Medical Center, 710 Tainan, Taiwan
7 Department of Medical Science Industries, College of Health Sciences, Chang Jung Christian University, 711 Tainan, Taiwan
8 Division of Colon and Rectal Surgery, Department of Surgery, Chi Mei Medical Center, 710 Tainan, Taiwan
9 Institute of Precision Medicine, National Sun Yat-sen University, 804 Kaohsiung, Taiwan
10 Department of Medical Research, Chi Mei Medical Center, 710 Tainan, Taiwan
11 National Institute of Cancer Research, National Health Research Institutes, 704 Tainan, Taiwan
12 Trans-Omic Laboratory for Precision Medicine, Chi Mei Medical Center, 710 Tainan, Taiwan
13 Division of Hematology and Oncology, Department of Internal Medicine, Chi-Mei Medical Center, 71004 Tainan, Taiwan
14 College of Pharmacy and Science, Chia Nan University, 71710 Tainan, Taiwan
*Correspondence: beethovan@gmail.com (Yu-Hsuan Kuo)
Front. Biosci. (Landmark Ed) 2023, 28(4), 75; https://doi.org/10.31083/j.fbl2804075
Submitted: 24 December 2022 | Revised: 3 March 2023 | Accepted: 27 March 2023 | Published: 19 April 2023
Copyright: © 2023 The Author(s). Published by IMR Press.
This is an open access article under the CC BY 4.0 license.
Abstract

Background: Cholangiocarcinoma (CCA) is a malignant tumor with an increasing incidence worldwide. Although radiation therapy has improved the therapeutic efficiency of CCA treatment, differential expression of genes among cholangiocarcinoma subtypes has been revealed through precise sequencing. However, no specific molecular therapeutic targets or biomarkers have been figured out for use in precision medicine, and the exact mechanism by which antitumorigenic effects occur is still unclear. Therefore, it is necessary to conduct further studies on the development and mechanisms associated with CCA. Methods: We examined the clinical data and pathological features of patients with cholangiocarcinomas. We investigated the associations between DNA Topoisomerase II Alpha (TOP2A) expression and patient outcomes, such as metastasis-free survival (MFS) and disease-specific survival (DSS), as well as clinical characteristics and pathological results. Results: TOP2A expression was shown to be upregulated in CCA tissue sections by immunohistochemistry staining and data mining. Moreover, we observed that the TOP2A expression correlated with clinical features, such as the primary tumor stage, histological variants, and patients with hepatitis. Furthermore, high expression of TOP2A was associated with worse survival outcomes in terms of the overall survival (p < 0.0001), disease-specific survival (p < 0.0001), and metastasis-free survival (p < 0.0001) compared with patients in the low TOP2A expression group. This indicates that a high level of TOP2A expression is related to an unfavorable prognosis. Conclusions: Our results show that TOP2A is highly expressed in CCA tissues, and its upregulation is correlated with the primary disease stage and poor prognosis significantly. Consequently, TOP2A is a prognostic biomarker and a novel therapeutic target for the treatment of CCA.

Keywords
cholangiocarcinoma
DNA topoisomerase (ATP-hydrolyzing activity) activity
topoisomerase II α (TOP2A)
prognostic biomarker
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