Abstract

Overexpression of ALDH is associated with cancer stem-like features and poor cancer prognosis. High ALDH activity has been observed in cancer stem-like cells. There are a total of 19 human ALDH isoforms, all of which are associated with reducing oxidative stress and protecting cells from damage. However, it is unknown whether all ALDHs are associated with poor cancer prognosis and which ones play a significant role in cancer progression. In this study, we used RNA sequencing data from The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) to evaluate the differential expression of 19 ALDH isoforms in 5 common human cancers. The 19 ALDH genes were analyzed with an integrating meta-analysis of cancer prognosis. Genotyping and next-generation RNA sequencing for 30 pairwise samples of head and neck squamous cell carcinoma were performed and compared with the TCGA cohort. The analysis showed that each ALDH isoform had a specific differential expression pattern, most of which were related to prognosis in human cancer. A lower expression of ALDH2 in the tumor was observed, which was independent from the ALDH2 rs671 SNP variant and the expression of other mitochondria-associated protein coding genes. This study provides new insight into the association between ALDH expression and cancer prognosis.

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Title
Transcriptome analysis and prognosis of ALDH isoforms in human cancer
Author
Peter Mu-Hsin Chang 1 ; Che-Hong, Chen 2 ; Chi-Chun Yeh 3 ; Hsueh-Ju, Lu 4 ; Liu, Tze-Tze 5 ; Ming-Huang, Chen 1 ; Chun-Yu, Liu 1 ; Wu, Alexander T H 6 ; Yang, Muh-Hwa 7 ; Shyh-Kuan Tai 8 ; Mochly-Rosen, Daria 2 ; Huang, Chi-Ying F 9 

 Department of Oncology, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan; Faculty of Medicine, National Yang Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan 
 Department of Chemical and Systems Biology, Stanford University, School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA 
 Jin An Clinic, New Taipei City, Taiwan 
 Division of Medical Oncology, Department of Internal Medicine, Chung Shan Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan; School of Medicine, Chung Shan Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan 
 Genome Research Center, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan 
 The Ph.D. Program for Translational Medicine, College of Science and Technology, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan 
 Department of Oncology, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan; Institute of Clinical Medicine, National Yang Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan 
 Faculty of Medicine, National Yang Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan; Division of Laryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan 
 Institute of Biopharmaceutical Sciences, National Yang Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan 
Pages
1-10
Publication year
2018
Publication date
Feb 2018
Publisher
Nature Publishing Group
e-ISSN
20452322
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English
ProQuest document ID
2000011483
Copyright
© 2018. This work is published under http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (the “License”). Notwithstanding the ProQuest Terms and Conditions, you may use this content in accordance with the terms of the License.