High expression of Annexin A2 is associated with DNA repair, metabolic alteration, and worse survival in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma.
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ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND:Annexin A2 (ANXA2) is a known driver of cancer progression. We investigated what mechanism associates with ANXA2 high expression and its survival impact using a bioinformatic approach in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma. METHODS:Primary pancreatic tumor (n = 185) cohort in The Cancer Genome Atlas and Gene set enrichment analysis were used. RESULTS:There were no significant associations between ANXA2 expression and clinicopathologic features of the patients investigated. The ANXA2 high tumors enriched some of the known downstream signaling, such as NF-?B (P = .028) and tumor necrosis factor (P = .044) pathways, whereas others, such as angiogenesis or epithelial-mesenchymal transition, were not associated. ANXA2 high expression tumors enriched DNA repair-related gene sets (DNA repair; P = .011, p53 pathway; P = .036) and cell proliferation-related gene sets (MYC targets; P = .041). In addition, new association with metabolism related gene sets, such as glycolysis (P = .016), nucleic acid metabolism (P = .001), and pyrimidine metabolism (P = .004) were identified in the ANXA2 high group. Patients with high ANXA2 expression demonstrated significantly worse disease-free survival (P = .001) and overall survival (P = .014), with high ANXA2 being an independent risk factor. CONCLUSION:High ANXA2 expression was associated with NF-?B and tumor necrosis factor signaling, DNA repair, cell proliferation, and metabolic alteration and worse prognosis in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma.
SUBMITTER: Takahashi H
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6661011 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
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