Gene expression profile of colon cancer cell lines treated with SN-38

• Aim: Colorectal cancer is the third most common form of cancer in the industrialcountries. Due to advances regarding the treatments, primarily development ofimproved surgical methods, and the ability to make the earlier diagnosis, the mortalityhas remained constant during the past decades even though the incidence in fact hasincreased. To improve chemotherapy and enable personalised treatment, the need ofbiomarkers is of great significance. In this study we evaluated the gene expressionprofiles of the colon cancer cell lines treated with SN-38, the active metabolite oftopoisomerase-1 inhibitor irinotecan which leads to cell cycle arrest and apoptosis.Material and Methods: The study included three colon cancer cell lines KM12C,KM12SM and KM12l4a. The three cell lines were treated with SN-38, and sampleswere obtained after 24 and 48 hour treatments. The gene expression analyses wereperformed using oligonucleotide microarrays comprising of ~27,000 spots where theuntreated controls were compared to the SN-38 treated samples. Results: Unsupervisedclustering clearly distinguished the treated cell lines from the untreated. Supervisedanalysis identified 3974 significant genes (p=0.05) differentiating the treated samplesfrom the untreated, majority of which were downregulated after treatment. The toprankeddownregulated genes in the treated cell lines included those related to receptorand kinase activity, signal transduction, apoptosis, RNA processing, protein metabolismand transport, cell cycle and transcription. A smaller number of genes were upregulatedin the cell lines after treatment and included genes involved in apoptosis, transcription,development and differentiation. Conclusions: These results demonstrate that theexpression of the genes involved in cell proliferation and apoptosis as well as RNA,DNA and protein metabolism were affected by SN-38. The impact of certain genes oncolorectal cancer development needs to be further evaluated, however these resultscould serve as a basis for further studies in order to find targets for irinotecan treatment.

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Clinical Medicine  (hsv)

Cancer and Oncology  (hsv)

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Nyckelord

Colorectal

oncology

cancer