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HOTAIR 在四例雌激素依赖性恶性肿瘤治疗中的预后作用的综合分析

 

Authors Li J, Wen W, Zhao S, Wang JX, Chen JY, Wang YR, Zhang QY

Published Date June 2015 Volume 2015:8 Pages 1471—1482

DOI http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/OTT.S84687

Received 15 March 2015, Accepted 20 April 2015, Published 15 June 2015

Approved for publication by Professor Daniele Santini

Background: HOX transcript antisense intergenic RNA (HOTAIR), a long non-coding RNA transcribed from the antisense strand of the HOXC  gene locus, has been shown to be overexpressed in various carcinomas and is thought to be an indicator of poor prognosis. Recently, HOTAIR was found to be an estrogen-responsive gene. We therefore conducted a meta-analysis to systematically summarize and clarify the association between HOTAIR expression and prognosis in the four main estrogen-dependent tumors.
Methods: A systematic search of studies that examined the association and prognostic impact of HOTAIR in four of the main estrogen-dependent tumors was conducted in PubMed and Embase. Hazard ratios (HRs) and 95% confidence intervals (95% CIs) were calculated to pool the effect size.
Results: A total of 1,200 patients from eight eligible studies were included. The current study found an association between HOTAIR expression and overall survival (OS) in four estrogen-dependent tumor types (HR, 1.99; 95% CI: 1.02–3.90; Heterogeneity =0.001). Subgroup analyses indicated that high HOTAIR expression appeared to be a potential prognostic biomarker in non-breast cancer patients (HR, 2.72; 95% CI: 1.65–4.48). There was also an increased risk in Asian populations (HR, 2.55; 95% CI: 1.62–4.00) compared with Caucasian populations (HR, 1.19; 95% CI: 0.16–8.83) and in patients without preoperative treatment (HR, 2.55; 95% CI: 1.62–4.00) compared with patients with preoperative treatment (HR, 1.19; 95% CI: 0.16–8.83). In addition, the HRs of patients with high HOTAIR expression for metastasis-free survival (MFS), relapse-free survival (RFS), and disease-free survival (DFS) were 2.30 (=0.120), 1.39 (=0.000), and 2.53 (=0.714), respectively, but there were insufficient data to fully confirm these associations.
Conclusion: HOTAIR may be a predictor of poor prognosis in four of the main estrogen-dependent tumors, especially in cervical, ovarian, and endometrial cancer patients without preoperative treatment in Asian populations. It is important to note that the prognostic value of HOTAIR in MFS, RFS, and DFS should be interpreted with caution due to the limited sample size and sample heterogeneity. Well-designed and larger-scale studies are needed to validate our findings.
Keywords: HOTAIR, prognosis, estrogen-dependent tumors, breast cancer, cervical cancer, ovarian cancer, endometrial cancer