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. 2020 Feb;21(2):659-666.
doi: 10.3892/mmr.2019.10871. Epub 2019 Dec 6.

Expression pattern of placenta specific 8 and keratin 20 in different types of gastrointestinal cancer

Chih-Sheng Hung  1 , Yen-Chieh Wang  2 , Jiun-Wen Guo  3 , Ruey-Neng Yang  4 , Chia-Long Lee  1 , Ming-Hung Shen  5 , Chi-Cheng Huang  6 , Chi-Jung Huang  5 , Jhih-Yun Yang  7 , Chih-Yi Liu  8
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Expression pattern of placenta specific 8 and keratin 20 in different types of gastrointestinal cancer

Chih-Sheng Hung et al. Mol Med Rep. 2020 Feb.

Abstract

The aim of the present study was to investigate the expression of keratin 20 (KRT20) and placenta specific 8 (PLAC8) in gastrointestinal (GI) cancer with various differentiation phenotypes. The present study retrospectively investigated archived formalin‑fixed paraffin‑embedded tissue samples from 12 patients at different stages of GI cancer [four with gastric cancer, four with pancreatic cancer and four with colorectal cancer (CRC)]. The stages were pre‑determined, according to differentiation phenotypes, by a pathologist of the Department of Pathology at Sijhih Cathay General Hospital. KRT20 and PLAC8 expression levels were assessed using immunohistochemistry. The CRC cell lines SW620 and Caco‑2 were used to assess interactions between KRT20 and PLAC8 via reverse transcription‑quantitative PCR. PLAC8 and KRT20 expression was observed consistently only in the well‑differentiated CRC tissue samples. Low KRT20 expression levels were observed in the PLAC8 knockdown SW620 cells. In addition, there was a positive association between PLAC8 and KRT20 expression in the differentiated Caco‑2 cells. According to the results of the present study, the differentiation status of GI cancer influenced KRT20 expression, particularly in CRC, which may explain why patients with well‑differentiated CRC display better clinical outcomes. Therefore, the prognostic significance of KRT20 and PLAC8 may be particularly crucial for patients with CRC displaying a well‑differentiated phenotype.

Keywords: gastrointestinal cancer; keratin 20; placenta specific 8; poorly differentiated; well differentiated.

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Figure 1.
Figure 1.
Representative immunohistochemical staining for PLAC8 and KRT20 expression in well differentiated stage II and III gastric cancer tissue. Scale bar displayed in bottom right corner, magnification, ×200. H&E, hematoxylin and eosin staining; PLAC8, placenta specific 8; KRT20, keratin 20.
Figure 2.
Figure 2.
Representative immunohistochemical staining for PLAC8 and KRT20 expression in well differentiated stage II and III pancreatic cancer tissue. Scale bar displayed in bottom right corner, magnification, ×200. H&E, hematoxylin and eosin staining; PLAC8, placenta specific 8; KRT20, keratin 20.
Figure 3.
Figure 3.
Representative immunohistochemical staining for PLAC8 and KRT20 expression in well differentiated stage II and III colorectal cancer tissue. Scale bar displayed in bottom right corner, magnification, ×200. H&E, hematoxylin and eosin staining; PLAC8, placenta specific 8; KRT20, keratin 20.
Figure 4.
Figure 4.
Representative immunohistochemical staining for PLAC8 and KRT20 expression in poorly differentiated stage II and III gastric cancer tissue. Scale bar displayed in bottom right corner, magnification, ×200. H&E, hematoxylin and eosin staining; PLAC8, placenta specific 8; KRT20, keratin 20.
Figure 5.
Figure 5.
Representative immunohistochemical staining for PLAC8 and KRT20 expression in poorly differentiated stage II and III pancreatic cancer tissue. Scale bar displayed in bottom right corner, magnification, ×200. H&E, hematoxylin and eosin staining; PLAC8, placenta specific 8; KRT20, keratin 20.
Figure 6.
Figure 6.
Representative immunohistochemical staining for PLAC8 and KRT20 expression in poorly differentiated stage II and III colorectal cancer tissue. Scale bar displayed in bottom right corner, magnification, ×200. H&E, hematoxylin and eosin staining; PLAC8, placenta specific 8; KRT20, keratin 20.
Figure 7.
Figure 7.
Expression patterns of PLAC8 and KRT20 in CRC cell lines. (A) Relative gene expression of PLAC8 and KRT20 in transfected SW620 cells. SW620 cells were cultured in a humidified and CO2-free incubator. (B) Relative gene expression of PLAC8 and KRT20 in Caco-2 cells. Caco-2 cells were differentiated in a humidified incubator with 5% CO2 for 21 days. Data were presented as mean ± standard deviation and compared between samples using the Student's t-test, **P<0.01. PLAC8, placenta specific 8; KRT20, keratin 20. CRC, colorectal cancer; sh, short hairpin.
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