Neonatal Nav1.5 protein expression in human colorectal cancer: immunohistochemical characterization and clinical evaluation
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Abstract
Voltage-gated Na+ channels (VGSCs) are expressed widely in human carcinomas and play a significant role in promoting cellular invasiveness and metastasis. However, human tissue-based studies and clinical characterization are lacking. In several carcinomas, including colorectal cancer (CRCa), the predominant VGSC is the neonatal splice variant of Nav1.5 (nNav1.5). The present study was designed to determine the expression patterns and clinical relevance of nNav1.5 protein in human CRCa tissues from patients with available clinicopathological history. The immunohistochemistry was made possible by the use of a polyclonal antibody (NESOpAb) specific for nNav1.5. The analysis showed that, compared with normal mucosa, nNav1.5 expression occurred in CRCa samples (i) at levels that were significantly higher and (ii) with a pattern that was more delineated (i.e., apical/basal or mixed). A surprisingly high level of nNav1.5 protein expression also occurred in adenomas, but this was mainly intracellular and diffuse. nNav1.5 showed a statistically significant association with TNM stage, highest expression being associated with TNM IV and metastatic status. Interestingly, nNav1.5 expression co-occurred with other biomarkers associated with metastasis, including hERG1, KCa3.1, VEGF-A, Glut1, and EGFR. Finally, univariate analysis showed that nNav1.5 expression had an impact on progression-free survival. We conclude (i) that nNav1.5 could represent a novel clinical biomarker (‘companion diagnostic’) useful to better stratify CRCa patients and (ii) that since nNav1.5 expression is functional, it could form the basis of anti-metastatic therapies including in combination with standard treatments.
Date Issued
2021-08-01
Date Acceptance
2021-07-23
Citation
Cancers, 2021, 13 (15), pp.1-14
ISSN
2072-6694
Publisher
MDPI AG
Start Page
1
End Page
14
Journal / Book Title
Cancers
Volume
13
Issue
15
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Subjects
Science & Technology
Life Sciences & Biomedicine
Oncology
colorectal cancer
metastasis
voltage-gated sodium channel
neonatal Nav1
5
immunohistochemistry
SODIUM-CHANNEL EXPRESSION
HUMAN PROSTATE-CANCER
COLON-CANCER
STAGE-I
INVASION
GLUT-1
MARKER
GROWTH
Publication Status
Published
Article Number
ARTN 3832
Date Publish Online
2021-07-30