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PTEN loss is a context-dependent outcome determinant in obese and non-obese endometrioid endometrial cancer patients.

Authors: Westin, SN  Ju, Z  Broaddus, RR  Krakstad, C  Li, J  Pal, N  Lu, KH  Coleman, RL  Hennessy, BT  Klempner, SJ  Werner, HM  Salvesen, HB  Cantley, LC  Mills, GB  Myers, AP 
Citation: Westin SN, etal., Mol Oncol. 2015 Oct;9(8):1694-703. doi: 10.1016/j.molonc.2015.04.014. Epub 2015 May 16.
RGD ID: 11530998
Pubmed: PMID:26045339   (View Abstract at PubMed)
PMCID: PMC4584169   (View Article at PubMed Central)
DOI: DOI:10.1016/j.molonc.2015.04.014   (Journal Full-text)

Endometrial cancer incidence is increasing, due in part to a strong association with obesity. Mutations in the phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase (PI3K) pathway, the central relay pathway of insulin signals, occur in the majority of endometrioid adenocarcinomas, the most common form of endometrial cancer. We sought to determine the impact of PI3K pathway alterations on progression free survival in a cohort of endometrioid endometrial cancers. Prognostic utility of PIK3CA, PIK3R1, and PTEN mutations, as well as PTEN protein loss by immunohistochemistry, was explored in the context of patient body mass index. Reverse-phase protein arrays were utilized to assess protein expression based on PTEN status. Among 187 endometrioid endometrial cancers, there were no statistically significant associations between PFS and PIK3CA, PIK3R1, PTEN mutation or loss. When stratified by body mass index, PTEN loss was associated with improved progression free survival (P < 0.006) in obese (body mass index >/= 30) patients. PTEN loss resulted in distinct protein changes: Canonical PI3K pathway activation was observed only in the non-obese population while decreased expression of beta-CATENIN and phosphorylated FOXO3A was observed in obese patients. These data suggest the impact of PTEN loss on tumor biology and clinical outcomes must be interpreted in the context of body mass index, and provide a potential explanation for discrepant reports on the effect of PTEN status and obesity on prognosis in endometrial cancer. This reveals a clinically important interaction between metabolic state and tumor genetics that may unveil the biologic underpinning of obesity-related cancers and impact ongoing clinical trials with PI3K pathway inhibitors.

RGD Manual Disease Annotations    Click to see Annotation Detail View
TermQualifierEvidenceWithReferenceNotesSourceOriginal Reference(s)
endometrial adenocarcinoma severityIEP 11530998associated with Obesity and protein:decreased expression:endometrium (human)RGD 
endometrial adenocarcinoma severityISOFOXO3 (Homo sapiens)11530998; 11530998associated with Obesity and protein:decreased expression:endometrium (human)RGD 

Objects Annotated

Genes (Rattus norvegicus)
Foxo3  (forkhead box O3)

Genes (Mus musculus)
Foxo3  (forkhead box O3)

Genes (Homo sapiens)
FOXO3  (forkhead box O3)


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