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Chen W, Song YS, Lee HS, Lin CW, Lee J, Kang YE, Kim SK, Kim SY, Park YJ, Park JI. Estrogen-related receptor alpha promotes thyroid tumor cell survival via a tumor subtype-specific regulation of target gene networks. Oncogene 2024:10.1038/s41388-024-03078-1. [PMID: 38937602 DOI: 10.1038/s41388-024-03078-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/18/2023] [Revised: 06/03/2024] [Accepted: 06/05/2024] [Indexed: 06/29/2024]
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Mortalin (encoded by HSPA9) is a mitochondrial chaperone often overexpressed in cancer through as-yet-unknown mechanisms. By searching different RNA-sequencing datasets, we found that ESRRA is a transcription factor highly correlated with HSPA9 in thyroid cancer, especially in follicular, but not C cell-originated, tumors. Consistent with this correlation, ESRRA depletion decreased mortalin expression only in follicular thyroid tumor cells. Further, ESRRA expression and activity were relatively high in thyroid tumors with oncocytic characteristics, wherein ESRRA and mortalin exhibited relatively high functional overlap. Mechanistically, ESRRA directly regulated HSPA9 transcription through a novel ESRRA-responsive element located upstream of the HSPA9 promoter. Physiologically, ESRRA depletion suppressed thyroid tumor cell survival via caspase-dependent apoptosis, which ectopic mortalin expression substantially abrogated. ESRRA depletion also effectively suppressed tumor growth and mortalin expression in the xenografts of oncocytic or ESRRA-overexpressing human thyroid tumor cells in mice. Notably, our Bioinformatics analyses of patient data revealed two ESRRA target gene clusters that contrast oncocytic-like and anaplastic features of follicular thyroid tumors. These findings suggest that ESRRA is a tumor-specific regulator of mortalin expression, the ESRRA-mortalin axis has higher significance in tumors with oncocytic characteristics, and ESRRA target gene networks can refine molecular classification of thyroid cancer.
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- Wenjing Chen
- Department of Biochemistry, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, 53226, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul Metropolitan Government Seoul National University Boramae Medical Center, Seoul, Republic of Korea
- Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul Metropolitan Government Seoul National University Boramae Medical Center, Seoul, Republic of Korea
- Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Division of Biostatistics, Institute for Health and Equity, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, 53226, USA
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- Department of Pathology, Konyang University School of Medicine, Daejeon, Republic of Korea
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- Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Internal Medicine, Chungnam National University Hospital & College of Medicine, Daejeon, Republic of Korea
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- Personalized Genomic Medicine Research Center, Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Daejeon, Republic of Korea
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- Korea Bioinformation Center, Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Daejeon, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea
- Department of Molecular Medicine and Biopharmaceutical Sciences, Graduate School of Convergence Science and Technology, Seoul National University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Biochemistry, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, 53226, USA.
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Schmidt J, Oppermann E, Blaheta RA, Schreckenbach T, Lunger I, Rieger MA, Bechstein WO, Holzer K, Malkomes P. Carbonic-anhydrase IX expression is increased in thyroid cancer tissue and represents a potential therapeutic target to eradicate thyroid tumor-initiating cells. Mol Cell Endocrinol 2021; 535:111382. [PMID: 34216643 DOI: 10.1016/j.mce.2021.111382] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/06/2021] [Revised: 06/23/2021] [Accepted: 06/29/2021] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
Abstract
The expression of Carbonic-anhydrase IX (CAIX) in thyroid cancer (TC) subtypes was determined and its role in cancer cell growth and tumor-initiating cells (TICs) investigated. Immunohistochemistry in 114 TC patients revealed that CAIX expression was increased in tumor specimens of papillary, follicular and anaplastic TCs compared to normal thyroid tissue. Clinicopathological data indicated that lymph node metastases were more frequent in patients with high CAIX expression. The Cancer Genome Atlas database analysis demonstrated that a strong CAIX-mRNA expression was associated with advanced tumor stages and poor survival in TCs. In TC cell lines, CAIX expression was elevated in tumorspheres compared to monolayer cultures and was associated with an increased expression of stemness markers. Genetic knockdown or pharmacological inhibition of CAIX suppressed cell proliferation and the TIC ability to form tumorspheres by an induction of apoptosis and cell-cycle arrest. These findings suggest CAIX as a potential prognostic marker and a therapeutic target for thyroid cancer.
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- Jennifer Schmidt
- Hospital of the Goethe University Frankfurt, Department of General, Visceral and Transplant Surgery, Theodor-Stern-Kai 7, 60590, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Hospital of the Goethe University Frankfurt, Department of General, Visceral and Transplant Surgery, Theodor-Stern-Kai 7, 60590, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Hospital of the Goethe University Frankfurt, Department of Urology, Theodor-Stern-Kai 7, 60590, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Hospital of the Goethe University Frankfurt, Department of General, Visceral and Transplant Surgery, Theodor-Stern-Kai 7, 60590, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Hospital of the Goethe University Frankfurt, Department of General, Visceral and Transplant Surgery, Theodor-Stern-Kai 7, 60590, Frankfurt am Main, Germany; Hospital of the Goethe University Frankfurt, Department of Inner Medicine, Hematology/Oncology, Theodor-Stern-Kai 7, 60590, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Hospital of the Goethe University Frankfurt, Department of Inner Medicine, Hematology/Oncology, Theodor-Stern-Kai 7, 60590, Frankfurt am Main, Germany; German Cancer Consortium and German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Im Neuenheimer Feld 280, 69120, Heidelberg, Germany; Frankfurt Cancer Institute, Paul-Ehrlich-Straße 42-44, 60596, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Hospital of the Goethe University Frankfurt, Department of General, Visceral and Transplant Surgery, Theodor-Stern-Kai 7, 60590, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Hospital of the Goethe University Frankfurt, Department of General, Visceral and Transplant Surgery, Theodor-Stern-Kai 7, 60590, Frankfurt am Main, Germany; Philipps University Hospital of Marburg, Section of Endocrine Surgery, Department of Visceral-, Thoracic- and Vascular Surgery, Baldingerstraße, 35043, Marburg, Germany
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- Hospital of the Goethe University Frankfurt, Department of General, Visceral and Transplant Surgery, Theodor-Stern-Kai 7, 60590, Frankfurt am Main, Germany.
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Abbasifarid E, Sajjadi-Jazi SM, Beheshtian M, Samimi H, Larijani B, Haghpanah V. The Role of ATP-Binding Cassette Transporters in the Chemoresistance of Anaplastic Thyroid Cancer: A Systematic Review. Endocrinology 2019; 160:2015-2023. [PMID: 31271419 DOI: 10.1210/en.2019-00241] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/24/2019] [Accepted: 06/28/2019] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
Abstract
Anaplastic thyroid cancer (ATC) is an aggressive type of thyroid cancer with a high mortality rate. Cytotoxic drugs are among the treatment modalities usually used for ATC treatment. However, systemic chemotherapies for ATC have not been shown to have remarkable efficacy. ATP-binding cassette (ABC) transporters have been suggested as a possible mechanism in ATC resistance to chemotherapy. This systematic review was aimed to define the possible roles of ABC transporters in ATC resistance to chemotherapy. Numerous databases, including Scopus, Web of Science, PubMed, Cochrane Library, Ovid, ProQuest, and EBSCO, were searched for papers published since 1990, with predefined keywords. The literature searches were updated twice, in 2015 and 2017. All identified articles were reviewed, and 14 papers that met the inclusion criteria were selected. In the eligible studies, the roles of 10 out of 49 ABC transporters were evaluated; among them, three pumps (ABCB1, ABCC1, and ABCG2) were the most studied transporters in ATC samples. ABCC1 and ABCG2 had the highest expression rates in ATC, and ABCB1 ranked second among the inspected transporters. In conclusion, ABC transporters are the major determinants of ATC resistance to chemotherapy. By identifying these transporters, we can tailor the best treatment approach for patients with ATC. Additional studies are needed to define the exact role of each ABC transporter and other mechanisms in ATC drug resistance.
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- Elnaz Abbasifarid
- Endocrinology and Metabolism Research Center, Endocrinology and Metabolism Clinical Sciences Institute, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Endocrinology and Metabolism Research Center, Endocrinology and Metabolism Clinical Sciences Institute, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
- Cell Therapy and Regenerative Medicine Research Center, Endocrinology and Metabolism Molecular-Cellular Sciences Institute, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Genetics Research Center, University of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Endocrinology and Metabolism Research Center, Endocrinology and Metabolism Clinical Sciences Institute, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Endocrinology and Metabolism Research Center, Endocrinology and Metabolism Clinical Sciences Institute, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Endocrinology and Metabolism Research Center, Endocrinology and Metabolism Clinical Sciences Institute, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
- Personalized Medicine Research Center, Endocrinology and Metabolism Clinical Sciences Institute, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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Prete A, Lo AS, Sadow PM, Bhasin SS, Antonello ZA, Vodopivec DM, Ullas S, Sims JN, Clohessy J, Dvorak AM, Sciuto T, Bhasin M, Murphy-Ullrich JE, Lawler J, Karumanchi SA, Nucera C. Pericytes Elicit Resistance to Vemurafenib and Sorafenib Therapy in Thyroid Carcinoma via the TSP-1/TGFβ1 Axis. Clin Cancer Res 2018; 24:6078-6097. [PMID: 30076136 DOI: 10.1158/1078-0432.ccr-18-0693] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/28/2018] [Revised: 06/27/2018] [Accepted: 07/30/2018] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
Abstract
PURPOSE The BRAFV600E oncogene modulates the papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC) microenvironment, in which pericytes are critical regulators of tyrosine-kinase (TK)-dependent signaling pathways. Although BRAFV600E and TK inhibitors are available, their efficacy as bimodal therapeutic agents in BRAFV600E-PTC is still unknown. EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN We assessed the effects of vemurafenib (BRAFV600E inhibitor) and sorafenib (TKI) as single agents or in combination in BRAFWT/V600E-PTC and BRAFWT/WT cells using cell-autonomous, pericyte coculture, and an orthotopic mouse model. We also used BRAFWT/V600E-PTC and BRAFWT/WT-PTC clinical samples to identify differentially expressed genes fundamental to tumor microenvironment. RESULTS Combined therapy blocks tumor cell proliferation, increases cell death, and decreases motility via BRAFV600E inhibition in thyroid tumor cells in vitro. Vemurafenib produces cytostatic effects in orthotopic tumors, whereas combined therapy (likely reflecting sorafenib activity) generates biological fluctuations with tumor inhibition alternating with tumor growth. We demonstrate that pericytes secrete TSP-1 and TGFβ1, and induce the rebound of pERK1/2, pAKT and pSMAD3 levels to overcome the inhibitory effects of the targeted therapy in PTC cells. This leads to increased BRAFV600E-PTC cell survival and cell death refractoriness. We find that BRAFWT/V600E-PTC clinical samples are enriched in pericytes, and TSP1 and TGFβ1 expression evoke gene-regulatory networks and pathways (TGFβ signaling, metastasis, tumor growth, tumor microenvironment/ECM remodeling functions, inflammation, VEGF ligand-VEGF receptor interactions, immune modulation, etc.) in the microenvironment essential for BRAFWT/V600E-PTC cell survival. Critically, antagonism of the TSP-1/TGFβ1 axis reduces tumor cell growth and overcomes drug resistance. CONCLUSIONS Pericytes shield BRAFV600E-PTC cells from targeted therapy via TSP-1 and TGFβ1, suggesting this axis as a new therapeutic target for overcoming resistance to BRAFV600E and TK inhibitors.
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- Alessandro Prete
- Laboratory of Human Thyroid Cancers Preclinical and Translational Research, Division of Experimental Pathology, Cancer Research Institute (CRI), Cancer Center, Department of Pathology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.,Department of Pathology, Center for Vascular Biology Research (CVBR), Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Department of Medicine, Center for Vascular Biology Research (CVBR), Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Department of Pathology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Bioinformatic and Systems Biology Unit, Department of Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Laboratory of Human Thyroid Cancers Preclinical and Translational Research, Division of Experimental Pathology, Cancer Research Institute (CRI), Cancer Center, Department of Pathology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.,Department of Pathology, Center for Vascular Biology Research (CVBR), Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Laboratory of Human Thyroid Cancers Preclinical and Translational Research, Division of Experimental Pathology, Cancer Research Institute (CRI), Cancer Center, Department of Pathology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.,Department of Pathology, Center for Vascular Biology Research (CVBR), Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Longwood Small Animal Imaging Facility (LSAIF), Department of Radiology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Laboratory of Human Thyroid Cancers Preclinical and Translational Research, Division of Experimental Pathology, Cancer Research Institute (CRI), Cancer Center, Department of Pathology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.,Department of Pathology, Center for Vascular Biology Research (CVBR), Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Division of Cancer Genetics, Department of Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical School, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Department of Pathology, Center for Vascular Biology Research (CVBR), Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Department of Pathology, Center for Vascular Biology Research (CVBR), Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Bioinformatic and Systems Biology Unit, Department of Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Departments of Pathology, Cell Developmental and Integrative Biology, and Ophthalmology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama
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- Department of Pathology, Center for Vascular Biology Research (CVBR), Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Department of Medicine, Center for Vascular Biology Research (CVBR), Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Laboratory of Human Thyroid Cancers Preclinical and Translational Research, Division of Experimental Pathology, Cancer Research Institute (CRI), Cancer Center, Department of Pathology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts. .,Department of Pathology, Center for Vascular Biology Research (CVBR), Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.,Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, Massachusetts
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Jiang Y, Hao S, Tian W, Gao B, Zhang X, Zhang S, Guo L, Yan J, Luo D. PI3K inhibitors IC87114 inhibits the migration and invasion of thyroid cancer cell in vitro and in vivo. J Cell Biochem 2018; 119:4097-4102. [DOI: 10.1002/jcb.26604] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/21/2017] [Accepted: 12/01/2017] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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- Yan Jiang
- Department of Breast, Thyroid SurgeryResearch Institute of Surgery, Daping Hospital, Third Military Medical UniversityChongqingChina
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- Department of Breast, Thyroid SurgeryResearch Institute of Surgery, Daping Hospital, Third Military Medical UniversityChongqingChina
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- Department of Breast, Thyroid SurgeryResearch Institute of Surgery, Daping Hospital, Third Military Medical UniversityChongqingChina
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- Department of Breast, Thyroid SurgeryResearch Institute of Surgery, Daping Hospital, Third Military Medical UniversityChongqingChina
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- Department of Breast, Thyroid SurgeryResearch Institute of Surgery, Daping Hospital, Third Military Medical UniversityChongqingChina
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- Department of Breast, Thyroid SurgeryResearch Institute of Surgery, Daping Hospital, Third Military Medical UniversityChongqingChina
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- Department of Breast, Thyroid SurgeryResearch Institute of Surgery, Daping Hospital, Third Military Medical UniversityChongqingChina
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- Department of Breast, Thyroid SurgeryResearch Institute of Surgery, Daping Hospital, Third Military Medical UniversityChongqingChina
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- Department of Breast, Thyroid SurgeryResearch Institute of Surgery, Daping Hospital, Third Military Medical UniversityChongqingChina
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Ambrosi F, Righi A, Ricci C, Erickson LA, Lloyd RV, Asioli S. Hobnail Variant of Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma: a Literature Review. Endocr Pathol 2017; 28:293-301. [PMID: 29019044 DOI: 10.1007/s12022-017-9502-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
Abstract
Papillary thyroid carcinoma is the most common thyroid malignancy and it is usually associated with a good prognosis. However, recurrence, metastases, and cancer death may occur in 10 to 15% of patients with more aggressive types of papillary thyroid carcinoma, such as tall cell, columnar cell, solid variant, or the more recently described hobnail variant of papillary thyroid carcinoma. Papillary thyroid carcinoma with a prominent hobnail pattern is a moderately differentiated papillary thyroid carcinoma variant with aggressive clinical behavior and significant mortality. The hobnail variant of papillary thyroid carcinoma shows prominent hobnail features, which have also been referred to as micropapillary. The typical hobnail/micropapillary morphological features show loss of cellular polarity/cohesiveness and support an epithelial-mesenchymal transition as a possible mechanism of metastasis. BRAF p.V600E is the most common mutation in papillary thyroid carcinoma, including the hobnail variant; recent and continuing studies are focused on defining other molecular anomalies that may be useful for prognostic stratification and may provide therapeutic targets.
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- Francesca Ambrosi
- Department of Biomedical and Neuromotor Sciences, Section of Anatomic Pathology "M. Malpighi" at Bellaria Hospital, University of Bologna, Via Altura No. 3, 40126, Bologna, Italy
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- Department of Pathology, Rizzoli Institute, Bologna, Italy
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- Department of Biomedical and Neuromotor Sciences, Section of Anatomic Pathology "M. Malpighi" at Bellaria Hospital, University of Bologna, Via Altura No. 3, 40126, Bologna, Italy
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA
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- University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health Madison, Madison, WI, USA
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- Department of Biomedical and Neuromotor Sciences, Section of Anatomic Pathology "M. Malpighi" at Bellaria Hospital, University of Bologna, Via Altura No. 3, 40126, Bologna, Italy.
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