1. The State Key Laboratory Breeding Base of Basic Science of Stomatology (Hubei-MOST) & Key Laboratory of Oral Biomedicine Ministry of Education, School and Hospital of Stomatology, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China 2. Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Head Neck Oncology, School & Hospital of Stomatology, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China
✉ Corresponding author: Zhi-Jun Sun, M.D., Professor. Address: Department of Oral Maxillofacial- Head Neck Oncology, School and Hospital of Stomatology, Wuhan University, 237 Luoyu Road, Wuhan, Hubei Province, China.430079; Fax: +86 27 8787 3260; E-mail: sunzjedu.cnMore
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Yang QC, Wu CC, Cao LY, Xiao Y, Li H, Liu B, Sun ZJ. Increased Expression of LAMTOR5 Predicts Poor Prognosis and Is Associated with Lymph Node Metastasis of Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma. Int J Med Sci 2019; 16(6):783-792. doi:10.7150/ijms.33415. https://www.medsci.org/v16p0783.htm
Late endosomal/lysosomal adaptor and MAPK and mTOR activator 5 (LAMTOR5) is a novel oncoprotein associated with several human malignancies, but its clinical role in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC) remains unclear. The present study aims to investigate the clinical and pathological significance of LAMTOR5 in HNSCC. We utilized immunohistochemical staining of human tissue microarrays (210 primary HNSCC, 42 normal oral mucosae, 69 oral epithelial dysplasia, and 68 metastasis lymph nodes) to explore the clinical and pathological significance of LAMTOR5 in HNSCC. Additionally, expression level of LAMTOR5 in immunoreactivity of Pten conditional knock out (Pten cKO) mice HNSCC was also assessed. We found LAMTOR5 was overexpressed in human and Pten cKO mice HNSCC, and its expression was significantly associated with patients' overall survival, lymph node metastasis and lymph node grade. Furthermore, LAMTOR5 expression was significantly correlated with the expression of p-AktSer473, p-S6Ser235/236, immune checkpoints (PD-L1, Galectin 9, VISTA and B7-H4) and macrophage markers (CD68 and CD163). In Pten cKO mice HNSCC, it was also significantly correlated with VISTA and F4/80. Consequently, we consider that high expression of LAMTOR5 might be a poor prognostic indicator and correlated with the immunosuppression of tumor microenvironment.
Keywords: LAMTOR5, head and neck squamous cell carcinoma, prognosis, immunohistochemistry, knockout mice
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Yang, Q.C., Wu, C.C., Cao, L.Y., Xiao, Y., Li, H., Liu, B., Sun, Z.J. (2019). Increased Expression of LAMTOR5 Predicts Poor Prognosis and Is Associated with Lymph Node Metastasis of Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma. International Journal of Medical Sciences, 16(6), 783-792. https://doi.org/10.7150/ijms.33415.
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Yang, Q.C.; Wu, C.C.; Cao, L.Y.; Xiao, Y.; Li, H.; Liu, B.; Sun, Z.J. Increased Expression of LAMTOR5 Predicts Poor Prognosis and Is Associated with Lymph Node Metastasis of Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma. Int. J. Med. Sci. 2019, 16 (6), 783-792. DOI: 10.7150/ijms.33415.
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Yang QC, Wu CC, Cao LY, Xiao Y, Li H, Liu B, Sun ZJ. Increased Expression of LAMTOR5 Predicts Poor Prognosis and Is Associated with Lymph Node Metastasis of Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma. Int J Med Sci 2019; 16(6):783-792. doi:10.7150/ijms.33415. https://www.medsci.org/v16p0783.htm
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Yang QC, Wu CC, Cao LY, Xiao Y, Li H, Liu B, Sun ZJ. 2019. Increased Expression of LAMTOR5 Predicts Poor Prognosis and Is Associated with Lymph Node Metastasis of Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma. Int J Med Sci. 16(6):783-792.
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