PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Jutta Huvila
AU  - Annika Brandt
AU  - Clarissa Rios Rojas
AU  - Salla Pasanen
AU  - Lauri Talve
AU  - Pirkko HirsimÄKi
AU  - Vidal Fey
AU  - Leena KytÖMÄKi
AU  - Pekka Saukko
AU  - Olli CarpÉN
AU  - Juhani T. Soini
AU  - Seija GrÉNman
AU  - Annika Auranen
TI  - Gene Expression Profiling of Endometrial Adenocarcinomas Reveals Increased Apolipoprotein E Expression in Poorly Differentiated Tumors
AID  - 10.1111/IGC.0b013e3181b33be0
DP  - 2009 Oct 01
TA  - International Journal of Gynecologic Cancer
PG  - 1226-1231--1226-1231
VI  - 19
IP  - 7
4099  - http://ijgc.bmj.com/content/19/7/1226-1231.short
4100  - http://ijgc.bmj.com/content/19/7/1226-1231.full
SO  - Int J Gynecol Cancer2009 Oct 01; 19
AB  - Introduction: Tumor grade is one of the most important prognostic factors in endometrioid endometrial adenocarcinoma. Amplification of oncogenes, such as Her2/neu, or loss of function of tumor suppressor genes, such as p53, are known to be associated with poor prognosis, but additional factors influencing clinical behavior are likely to exist. To examine the biological differences between low-grade and high-grade endometrioid endometrial adenocarcinomas, we compared gene expression in these 2 types of tumors.Methods: Six well-differentiated adenocarcinomas and 7 poorly differentiated adenocarcinomas were studied with 2 different microarray platforms, Affymetrix and Illumina. The expression of the most differentially expressed gene on both platforms was further studied in 34 endometrial adenocarcinoma samples (10 well differentiated, 9 moderately differentiated, and 15 poorly differentiated) using real-time reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction.Results: The most differentially expressed gene on both platforms was Apolipoprotein E (APOE). In the poorly differentiated adenocarcinomas, APOE was overexpressed 13.1-fold (P = 0.001) and 9.7-fold (P = 0.007) when compared with well- and moderately differentiated tumors, respectively. There was no difference in APOE expression between well- and moderately differentiated adenocarcinomas.Conclusions: Increased expression of APOE might represent a late event in the progression of well-differentiated endometrioid endometrial adenocarcinoma to a poorly differentiated endometrioid endometrial adenocarcinoma. Although increased APOE expression has been previously reported in other malignancies, this is the first study to suggest that APOE might also have a role in endometrioid endometrial cancer.