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Title: Assessment of Topoisomerase II α status in breast cancer by quantitative PCR, gene expression microarrays, immunohistochemistry, and fluorescence in situ hybridization.

Authors: Romero, Atocha; Martín, Miguel; Cheang, Maggie C U; López García-Asenjo, José Antonio; Oliva, Belén; He, Xiaping; de la Hoya, Miguel; García Sáenz, Jose Ángel; Arroyo Fernández, Manuel; Díaz Rubio, Eduardo; Perou, Charles M; Caldés Llopis, Trinidad

Published In Am J Pathol, (2011 Apr)

Abstract: Anthracyclines are frequently used for the treatment of breast cancer and topoisomerase II alpha (TOP2A) is considered to be the molecular target. Numerous studies have evaluated the predictive value of TOP2A using different methodological approaches and inconsistent results have been reported. Indeed, the correlation between techniques for the assessment of TOP2A status has not been well evaluated. In this study, we determined TOP2A status in 61 breast tumor samples by real-time PCR, DNA microarrays, immunohistochemistry (IHC), and fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH), and then evaluated these results with clinical-pathological features and breast cancer intrinsic subtypes. First, we observed a statistical significant correlation of TOP2A gene expression between real-time PCR and microarrays (Pearson coefficient, 0.816; P < 0.001), and both predicted TOP2A IHC results fairly well (area under the curve > 0.74). In contrast, poor agreement between FISH and IHC data was observed (k: 0.134). Secondly, TOP2A expression was found significantly associated with cell proliferation, and with the highly proliferative Luminal B, Her2-enriched and Basal-like intrinsic subtypes. In conclusion, TOP2A expression in breast cancer was associated with high proliferation and aggressive tumor subtypes and appears to be independent of its amplification status. All of these features should be taken into consideration when assessing the predictive value of TOP2A for anthracycline-based chemotherapy.

PubMed ID: 21435434 Exiting the NIEHS site

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