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Correlation Between Meis1 and Msi1 in Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma

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Purpose

Homeobox (HOX) transcription factors are critical regulators of cell fate, stem cell functions, and gastrointestinal development. They require three-amino acid loop extension (TALE) homeodomain proteins such as Meis1 to enhance their transcriptional efficiencies. There are complicated associations between different signaling pathways such as the Wnt and NOTCH and tumor progression. It has been investigated that GSK-3 as an important component of the Wnt pathway facilitates the expression of HOX target genes. Therefore, in the present study, we assessed the probable correlation between Wnt, NOTCH, and HOX genes in esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC) progression and metastasis through the correlational study between the Msi1 as an important activator for both of the NOTCH and Wnt pathways and Meis1.

Methods

Levels of Meis1 and Msi1 messenger RNA (mRNA) expression in 51 ESCC patients were compared to the normal tissues using real-time polymerase chain reaction.

Results

Only 3 out of 51 (5.9 %) cases had Meis1/Msi1 overexpression and also 3/51 (5.9 %) cases had Meis1/Msi1 underexpression. There was a significant correlation between the Msi1 and Mesi1 mRNA expression (p = 0.037). All of the Msi1/Meis1 underexpressed tumors were poorly differentiated (p = 0.003). Meis1 under/Msi1 overexpressed cases also were in T3 tumor depth of invasion (p = 0.019). And there was a significant correlation between the Msi1/Meis1 underexpression and gender (p = 0.045).

Conclusions

Our results show that Meis1 may have a positive feedback with Msi1 during the ESCC progression.

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Acknowledgments

This work was supported by a grant from the Vice Chancellor for Research at Mashhad University of Medical Sciences and was part of a Ph.D. student’s dissertation, No. 921202 and 89751.

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  1. Division of Human Genetics, Immunology Research Center, Avicenna Research Institute, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran

    Meysam Moghbeli, Negin Taghehchian, Mehran Gholamin & Mohammad Reza Abbaszadegan

  2. Cellular and Molecular Research Center, Sabzevar University of Medical Sciences, Sabzevar, Iran

    Abolfazl Rad

  3. Molecular Medicine Research Department, ACECR-Khorasan Razavi Branch, Mashhad, Iran

    Moein Farshchian

  4. Medical Genetics Research Center, Faculty of Medicine, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran

    Mohammad Reza Abbaszadegan

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Moghbeli, M., Rad, A., Farshchian, M. et al. Correlation Between Meis1 and Msi1 in Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma. J Gastrointest Canc 47, 273–277 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12029-016-9824-6

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