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Loss of interleukin17RA expression is associated with tumour progression in colorectal carcinoma


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Chai, Boon Yean and Yip, Wai Kien and Dusa, Noraini and Mohtaruddin, Norhafizah and Seow, Heng Fong (2020) Loss of interleukin17RA expression is associated with tumour progression in colorectal carcinoma. Pathology & Oncology Research, 26 (4). 2291 - 2298. ISSN 1219-4956; ESSN: 1532-2807

Abstract

Interleukin-17 (IL-17) is a pro-inflammatory cytokine found in various cancers. Current evidence indicates that IL-17 plays a vital role in tumour initiation and progression in colorectal carcinoma (CRC) via binding with its receptor, IL-17RA. However, the association between clinicopathological features and presence of IL-17 and IL-17RA protein in primary CRC tissues remains unclear. This study also investigates the difference between the presence of IL-17 and IL-17RA in the paired tumour tissues versus adjacent normal tissues. The presence of IL-17RA and IL-17 protein in primary CRC tissues was determined by immunohistochemistry. Associations between clinicopathological features and IL-17RA and IL-17 immunoreactivity, were analyzed by χ2 tests. We found that both IL-17RA (p = 0.001) and IL-17 (p = 0.025) in tumour cells of primary CRC tissues was significantly lower as compared to adjacent normal tissue. Positive immunoreactivity for IL-17RA and IL-17 were detected in 51.0% and 16.8% of tumour tissues, respectively. Furthermore, negative immunoreactivity of IL-17R was significantly associated with advanced stage according to TNM classifier (p = 0.027), high grade of tumour (p = 0.019), increased depth of tumour invasion (p = 0.023) and vascular invasion (p = 0.039). Positive IL-17 immunoreactivity was associated with advanced stage (p = 0.008) and lymph node metastasis (p = 0.008). Thus, this study suggests that the loss of IL-17RA expression occurs as tumour progresses and this may predict the aggressiveness of tumour whilst expression of IL-17 promotes tumour progression and lymph node metastasis. Thus, loss of IL-17RA could be a useful prognostic biomarker for tumour progression in CRC patients.


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Item Type: Article
Divisions: Faculty of Medicine and Health Science
DOI Number: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12253-020-00820-4
Publisher: Springer
Keywords: IL-17; IL-17RA; Colorectal carcinoma; Prognostic biomarker; Tumour progression
Depositing User: Mohamad Jefri Mohamed Fauzi
Date Deposited: 28 Sep 2021 23:42
Last Modified: 28 Sep 2021 23:42
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URI: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/86597
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