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Abstract 5166: THE WNT SIGNALING PATHWAY IN THE OVARIAN CARCINOMA

Ovarian carcinoma is the most lethal gynecological cancer and currently ranks as the fifth in causing cancer-related deaths among women. This is attributed to frequent presentation at late stage, when the tumor has metastasized, as well as to development of chemotherapy resistance along tumor progre...

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Published in:Cancer research (Chicago, Ill.) Ill.), 2015-08, Vol.75 (15_Supplement), p.5166-5166
Main Authors: chehover, michal, Tropé, Claes, Reich, Reuven, Davidson, Ben
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Language:English
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Summary:Ovarian carcinoma is the most lethal gynecological cancer and currently ranks as the fifth in causing cancer-related deaths among women. This is attributed to frequent presentation at late stage, when the tumor has metastasized, as well as to development of chemotherapy resistance along tumor progression. Patients with advanced-stage ovarian carcinoma have widespread intraperitoneal metastases, including the formation of malignant serous effusions within the peritoneal cavity. Unlike the majority of solid tumors, particularly at the primary site, cancer cells in effusions are not amenable to surgical removal, and failure in their eradication is one of the main causes of treatment failure. Three WNT signaling pathways have been characterized: the canonical WNT pathway, the non-canonical planar cell polarity pathway, and the non-canonical WNT/calcium pathway. All three WNT signaling pathways are activated by the binding of a WNT-protein ligand to a Frizzled family receptor, which passes the biological signal inside the cell. Several lines of research indicate on the involvement of these pathways also in ovarian carcinomas. However, the specific pathway or their regulation in the process of tumor progression in this disease has not been elucidated, so far. The aim of the current study is to identify the acting components of these pathways during tumor progression namely, which receptors and which ligands are activated at the different stages of ovarian carcinoma. We have analyzed the expression 7 frizzle genes (fzd1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10), 4 WNT genes (wnt 2,3,4,5a,7) and 2 co-receptors LRP (5,6) on 222 samples (143 effusions, 44 primary, and 35 metastatic lesions) using real-time PCR. All the tested genes were found to be expressed at all sites. FRZ5 (p = 0.002), FRZ6 (p
ISSN:0008-5472
1538-7445
DOI:10.1158/1538-7445.AM2015-5166