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Analysis of EHMT1 expression and its correlations with clinical significance in esophageal squamous cell cancer.

Authors: Guan, X  Zhong, X  Men, W  Gong, S  Zhang, L  Han, Y 
Citation: Guan X, etal., Mol Clin Oncol. 2014 Jan;2(1):76-80. Epub 2013 Oct 24.
RGD ID: 9589143
Pubmed: PMID:24649311   (View Abstract at PubMed)
PMCID: PMC3916188   (View Article at PubMed Central)
DOI: DOI:10.3892/mco.2013.207   (Journal Full-text)

Esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC) is a highly aggressive malignancy, requiring effective biomarkers for prognosis and therapeutic responsiveness. Histone H3K9 methyltransferases (EHMT1 and EHMT2) are global genome organizers, which are crucial for maintaining the balance state of cells in a tissue-specific manner. It was previously suggested that EHMT1 expression is a predictor of prognosis in several malignant tumors; however, the prognostic significance of EHMT1 expression in ESCC has not been determined. A cohort of 50 ESCC cases and 46 paired normal esophageal tissue samples were evaluated to assess the levels of EHMT1 expression by immunohistochemistry and reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction. The SPSS software package was used for statistical data analysis. A significantly upregulated EHMT1 expression was observed in squamous preinvasive lesions and ESCC compared to the matched normal esophageal epithelia (52.0 vs. 21.7%, respectively). The expression of EHMT1 was correlated with tumor grade (G), depth of invasion (T) and lymph node metastasis (N) in ESCC. EHMT1 overexpression was found to be associated with poor cancer-specific survival in squamous cell carcinomas (chi2=3.922, P=0.048). The expression of EHMT1 was identified as an independent prognostic factor for overall survival in ESCC patients. In conclusion, EHMT1 expression is upregulated in ESCC and early preinvasive esophageal squamous lesions and the overexpression of EHMT1 is associated with poor prognosis in ESCC. Therefore, the expression of EHMT1 may be an effective prognostic biomarker for ESCC.

RGD Manual Disease Annotations    Click to see Annotation Detail View
TermQualifierEvidenceWithReferenceNotesSourceOriginal Reference(s)
esophagus squamous cell carcinoma disease_progressionIEP 9589143protein:increased expression:esophagus:RGD 
esophagus squamous cell carcinoma disease_progressionISOEHMT1 (Homo sapiens)9589143; 9589143protein:increased expression:esophagus:RGD 

Objects Annotated

Genes (Rattus norvegicus)
Ehmt1  (euchromatic histone lysine methyltransferase 1)

Genes (Mus musculus)
Ehmt1  (euchromatic histone methyltransferase 1)

Genes (Homo sapiens)
EHMT1  (euchromatic histone lysine methyltransferase 1)


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