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Log inIntroduction and objectives: Among osteopontin splice variants (OPN-SVs), osteopontin-4 (OPN4) and osteopontin-5 (OPN5) have been recently described in esophageal carcinoma cells. However, their expression profiling in distinct cancer types and putative roles in cancer cells has not been addressed. The present work aimed to investigate the expression of OPN4 and OPN5 isoforms in several cancer cell lines and in distinct corresponding tumor and non-tumor samples, besides evaluating their expression levels in relation to the previously described OPN-SVs: OPNa, OPNb, and OPNc. Material and Methods: Total RNA from cancer cell lines, including prostate (PC3 and DU145), ovarian (A2780), breast (MCF-7, and MDA-MB-231), thyroid (TT, TPC1, and 8505c) and lung (A549 and H460) cancer were extracted, followed by cDNA synthesis. OPN-SVs transcript analysis were performed using isoform-specific oligonucleotides and GAPDH and actin genes were used as normalization controls. One-Way ANOVA and Kruskal-Wallis tests were used for statistical analysis. For the OPN4 and OPN5 in silico expression analysis, were used GEPIA2 (http://gepia2.cancer-pku.cn/) and TSVdb (http://www.tsvdb.com/) online software tumor database. Mann-Whitney U test was applied for in silico statistical analysis. Results and conclusion: We found that OPN4 and OPN5 variants are expressed in most of tested tumor cell lines. In addition, OPN4 and OPN5 transcripts displayed co-expression in most tested cell lines. OPN4 was found expressed in similar or higher levels in relation to OPN5. Moreover, in most cell lines, OPN4 is also expressed in similar levels to OPNa or OPNb. The expression of OPN5 is also generally variable in relation to the other OPN-SVs, but expressed in similar or higher levels in relation to OPNc, depending on each tested cell line. The expression of OPN4 and OPN5 was also evaluated in silico in tissue samples, and we found that these isoforms are overexpressed in distinct tumor types in relation to non-tumor samples, besides being associated to worse survival rates when overexpressed in these same tumors. In conclusion, we provide evidence that these recently described OPN4 and OPN5 are ubiquitously expressed in distinct tumor cell types, besides presenting tumor-specific differential expression levels in relation to the other three previously described OPN-SVs. Moreover, OPN4 and OPN5 are overexpressed in tumor samples, suggesting its potential use as diagnostic and/or prognostic biomarkers in some tumors.
Bruno Ricardo Barreto Pires
Nathalia Meireles
Gabriela Ribeiro Silva
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Gabriela Ribeiro Silva
Bruno Ricardo Barreto Pires