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Clinical significance and biological role of Wnt10a in ovarian cancer

  • Authors:
    • Ping Li
    • Wenlian Liu
    • Qian Xu
    • Changxiu Wang
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  • Published online on: September 26, 2017     https://doi.org/10.3892/ol.2017.7062
  • Pages: 6611-6617
  • Copyright: © Li et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of Creative Commons Attribution License.

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Abstract

Ovarian cancer is one of the five most malignant types of cancer in females, and the only currently effective therapy is surgical resection combined with chemotherapy. Wnt family member 10A (Wnt10a) has previously been identified to serve an oncogenic function in several tumor types, and was revealed to have clinical significance in renal cell carcinoma; however, there is still only limited information regarding the function of Wnt10a in the carcinogenesis of ovarian cancer. The present study identified increased expression levels of Wnt10a in two cell lines, SKOV3 and A2780, using reverse transcription‑polymerase chain reaction. Functional analysis indicated that the viability rate and migratory ability of SKOV3 cells was significantly inhibited following Wnt10a knockdown using short interfering RNA (siRNA) technology. The viability rate of SKOV3 cells decreased by ~60% compared with the control and the migratory ability was only ~30% of that in the control. Furthermore, the expression levels of β‑catenin, transcription factor 4, lymphoid enhancer binding factor 1 and cyclin D1 were significantly downregulated in SKOV3 cells treated with Wnt10a‑siRNA3 or LGK‑974, a specific inhibitor of the canonical Wnt signaling pathway. However, there were no synergistic effects observed between Wnt10a siRNA3 and LGK‑974, which indicated that Wnt10a activated the Wnt/β‑catenin signaling pathway in SKOV3 cells. In addition, using quantitative PCR, Wnt10a was overexpressed in the tumor tissue samples obtained from 86 patients with ovarian cancer when compared with matching paratumoral tissues. Clinicopathological association analysis revealed that Wnt10a was significantly associated with high‑grade (grade III, P=0.031) and late‑stage (T4, P=0.008) ovarian cancer. Furthermore, the estimated 5‑year survival rate was 18.4% for patients with low Wnt10a expression levels (n=38), whereas for patients with high Wnt10a expression (n=48) the rate was 6.3%. The results of the present study suggested that Wnt10a serves an oncogenic role during the carcinogenesis and progression of ovarian cancer via the Wnt/β‑catenin signaling pathway.
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Li P, Liu W, Xu Q and Wang C: Clinical significance and biological role of Wnt10a in ovarian cancer. Oncol Lett 14: 6611-6617, 2017
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Li, P., Liu, W., Xu, Q., & Wang, C. (2017). Clinical significance and biological role of Wnt10a in ovarian cancer. Oncology Letters, 14, 6611-6617. https://doi.org/10.3892/ol.2017.7062
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Li, P., Liu, W., Xu, Q., Wang, C."Clinical significance and biological role of Wnt10a in ovarian cancer". Oncology Letters 14.6 (2017): 6611-6617.
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Li, P., Liu, W., Xu, Q., Wang, C."Clinical significance and biological role of Wnt10a in ovarian cancer". Oncology Letters 14, no. 6 (2017): 6611-6617. https://doi.org/10.3892/ol.2017.7062