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- Title
In situ assessment of PI3K and PTEN alterations in mycosis fungoides: correlation with clinicopathological features.
- Authors
Papadavid, Evangelia; Korkolopoulou, Penelope; Levidou, Georgia; Saetta, Angelica A.; Papadaki, Theodora; Siakantaris, Marina; Nikolaou, Vassiliki; Oikonomidi, Afroditi; Chatziandreou, Ilenia; Marinos, Leonidas; Kolialexi, Aggeliki; Stratigos, Alexandros; Rigopoulos, Dimitrios; Psyrri, Amanta; Patsouris, Eftratios; Antoniou, Christina
- Abstract
Deregulated signalling through phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase ( PI3K) pathway plays a critical role in tumour initiation and progression. We have already shown that AKT is activated in skin lesions in Mycosis Fungoides ( MF) and we herein further investigate the frequency and clinical significance of PTEN and PI3K at the protein and at the DNA level as well as the presence of AKT1 mutations in skin lesions from 50 patients with MF clinical stages I- IV in relation to clinicopathological features. Increased p- AKT expression correlated with poor prognosis in plaques ( P = 0.0198), whereas p- AKT was an independent predictor of poor survival in the entire cohort ( P = 0.017, HR = 1.012). PTEN cytoplasmic expression was found low or absent in all 77.3% of cases and inversely correlated with advanced clinical stages ( P = 0.0744). Molecular analysis showed no AKT1 mutation, no PI3 KCA copy number gain, only 1 case with PI3 KCA mutation in exon 9 and 3 cases with PTEN mutations (7%) in exons 7, 8 and 5. The latter correlated with disease ( P = 0.0253) and progression ( P < 0.0001) free survival in tumour stage. Although activation of PI3K/ AKT signalling pathway due to PTEN alterations is rarely attributed to abnormalities in PTEN, PI3K, and AKT1 genes, PTEN mutations exert a negative effect on patients' prognosis with tumours.
- Subjects
MYCOSIS fungoides; PTEN protein; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3-kinases; PROGNOSIS; PROTEIN kinase B; CANCER cell proliferation; TISSUE wounds; SKIN abnormalities
- Publication
Experimental Dermatology, 2014, Vol 23, Issue 12, p931
- ISSN
0906-6705
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/exd.12547