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Review
. 2013 Jul;30(1):3-10.
doi: 10.3892/or.2013.2446. Epub 2013 May 9.

Tumor suppressor genes associated with drug resistance in ovarian cancer (review)

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Tumor suppressor genes associated with drug resistance in ovarian cancer (review)

Fuqiang Yin et al. Oncol Rep. 2013 Jul.

Abstract

Ovarian cancer is a fatal gynecological cancer and a major cause of cancer-related mortality worldwide. The main limitation to a successful treatment for ovarian cancer is the development of drug resistance to combined chemotherapy. Tumor suppressor genes (TSGs) are wild-type alleles of genes which play regulatory roles in diverse cellular activities, and whose loss of function contributes to the development of cancer. It has been demonstrated that TSGs contribute to drug resistance in several types of solid tumors. However, an overview of the contribution of TSGs to drug resistance in ovarian cancer has not previously been reported. In this study, 15 TSGs responding to drug resistance in ovarian cancer were reviewed to determine the relationship of TSGs with ovarian cancer drug resistance. Furthermore, gene/protein-interaction and bio-association analysis were performed to demonstrate the associations of these TSGs and to mine the potential drug resistance-related genes in ovarian cancer. We observed that the 15 TSGs had close interactions with each other, suggesting that they may contribute to drug resistance in ovarian cancer as a group. Five pathways/processes consisting of DNA damage, apoptosis, cell cycle, DNA binding and methylation may be the key ways with which TSGs participate in the regulation of drug resistance. In addition, ubiquitin C (UBC) and six additional TSGs including the adenomatous polyposis coli gene (APC), death associated protein kinase gene (DAPK), pleiomorphic adenoma gene-like 1 (PLAGL1), retinoblastoma susceptibility gene (RB1), a gene encoding an apoptosis-associated speck-like protein (PYCARD/ASC) and tumor protein 63 (TP63), which had close interactions with the 15 TSGs, are potential drug resistance-related genes in ovarian cancer.

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