M6P/IGF2R loss of heterozygosity in head and neck cancer associated with poor patient prognosis.
Journal Article (Clinical Trial;Clinical Trial, Phase III;Journal Article)
BACKGROUND: The mannose 6-phosphate/insulin-like growth factor 2 receptor (M6P/IGF2R) encodes for a multifunctional receptor involved in lysosomal enzyme trafficking, fetal organogenesis, cytotoxic T cell-induced apoptosis and tumor suppression. The purpose of this investigation was to determine if the M6P/IGF2R tumor suppressor gene is mutated in human head and neck cancer, and if allelic loss is associated with poor patient prognosis. METHODS: M6P/IGF2R loss of heterozygosity in locally advanced squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck was assessed with six different gene-specific nucleotide polymorphisms. The patients studied were enrolled in a phase 3 trial of twice daily radiotherapy with or without concurrent chemotherapy; median follow-up for surviving patients is 76 months. RESULTS: M6P/IGF2R was polymorphic in 64% (56/87) of patients, and 54% (30/56) of the tumors in these informative patients had loss of heterozygosity. M6P/IGF2R loss of heterozygosity was associated with a significantly reduced 5 year relapse-free survival (23% vs. 69%, p = 0.02), locoregional control (34% vs. 75%, p = 0.03) and cause specific survival (29% vs. 75%, p = 0.02) in the patients treated with radiotherapy alone. Concomitant chemotherapy resulted in a better outcome when compared to radiotherapy alone only in those patients whose tumors had M6P/IGF2R loss of heterozygosity. CONCLUSIONS: This study provides the first evidence that M6P/IGF2R loss of heterozygosity predicts for poor therapeutic outcome in patients treated with radiotherapy alone. Our findings also indicate that head and neck cancer patients with M6P/IGF2R allelic loss benefit most from concurrent chemotherapy.
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Duke Authors
Cited Authors
- Jamieson, TA; Brizel, DM; Killian, JK; Oka, Y; Jang, H-S; Fu, X; Clough, RW; Vollmer, RT; Anscher, MS; Jirtle, RL
Published Date
- February 13, 2003
Published In
Volume / Issue
- 3 /
Start / End Page
- 4 -
PubMed ID
- 12589712
Pubmed Central ID
- PMC151601
Electronic International Standard Serial Number (EISSN)
- 1471-2407
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
- 10.1186/1471-2407-3-4
Language
- eng
Conference Location
- England