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  • Testimonial: Dr. Monica Varun Tyagi from Stanford University
    The cover for issue 36 of Oncotarget features Figure 7, "Knockdown of APOBEC3B is associated with a lower tumor growth in an adrenocortical carcinoma xenograft mouse model," by Gara, et al. which reported that the role of APOBEC3B in adrenocortical carcinoma and the mechanisms through which its expression is regulated in cancer are not fully understood.
    Here, the authors report that APOBEC3B is overexpressed in ACC and it regulates cell proliferation by inducing S phase arrest. They show high APOBEC3B expression is associated with a higher copy number gain/loss at chromosome 4 and 8 and TP53 mutation rate in ACC.
    GATA3 was identified as a positive regulator of APOBEC3B expression and directly binds the APOBEC3B promoter region.
    Both GATA3 and APOBEC3B expression levels were associated with patient survival.
    This Oncotarget study provides novel insights into the function and regulation of APOBEC3B expression in addition to its known mutagenic ability.
    Dr. Electron Kebebew from Stanford University said, "Adrenocortical carcinoma (ACC) is a rare and aggressive endocrine malignancy."
    The distinct pattern of DNA base alterations has been characterized in the cancer genome using high throughput deep sequencing technologies, that reflect the underlying mutational process.
    Whole-genome and exome mutation analysis of The Cancer Genome Atlas data on multiple cancers has revealed that this pattern is consistent with the deaminase activity of the AID/APOBEC family of enzymes, therefore, implying its significance as an endogenous mutator and a crucial contributor to somatic mutations and genomic instability.
    APOBEC3B is overexpressed in ovarian cancer cell lines and high-grade primary ovarian cancers.
    In addition, APOBEC3B expression is positively correlated with the total mutation load, as well as, elevated levels of transversion mutations.
    Given there are no well-established exogenous factors associated with ACC, the Oncotarget authors postulated whether APOBEC3B could be an endogenous mechanism of genomic instability/mutations in ACC and investigated its function in vitro and in vivo.
    The Kebebew Research Team concluded in their Oncotarget Research Paper, "APOBEC3B overexpressed in ACC, and is associated with DNA damage, S phase arrest, higher copy number alterations and TP53 mutations in ACC. For the first time, we demonstrated that GATA3 directly regulates the expression of APOBEC3B and that both are prognostic markers in ACC."
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    DOI - https://doi.org/10.18632/oncotarget.27703
    Full text - https://www.oncotarget.com/article/27703/text/
    Correspondence to - Electron Kebebew - [email protected]
    Keywords - adrenocortical carcinoma, APOBEC3B, GATA3, prognosis, DNA damage
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  • GATA3 and APOBEC3B are Prognostic Markers in Adrenocortical Carcinoma
    The cover for issue 36 of Oncotarget features Figure 7, "Knockdown of APOBEC3B is associated with a lower tumor growth in an adrenocortical carcinoma xenograft mouse model," by Gara, et al. which reported that the role of APOBEC3B in adrenocortical carcinoma and the mechanisms through which its expression is regulated in cancer are not fully understood.
    Here, the authors report that APOBEC3B is overexpressed in ACC and it regulates cell proliferation by inducing S phase arrest. They show high APOBEC3B expression is associated with a higher copy number gain/loss at chromosome 4 and 8 and TP53 mutation rate in ACC.
    GATA3 was identified as a positive regulator of APOBEC3B expression and directly binds the APOBEC3B promoter region.
    Both GATA3 and APOBEC3B expression levels were associated with patient survival.
    This Oncotarget study provides novel insights into the function and regulation of APOBEC3B expression in addition to its known mutagenic ability.
    Dr. Electron Kebebew from Stanford University said, "Adrenocortical carcinoma (ACC) is a rare and aggressive endocrine malignancy."
    The distinct pattern of DNA base alterations has been characterized in the cancer genome using high throughput deep sequencing technologies, that reflect the underlying mutational process.
    Whole-genome and exome mutation analysis of The Cancer Genome Atlas data on multiple cancers has revealed that this pattern is consistent with the deaminase activity of the AID/APOBEC family of enzymes, therefore, implying its significance as an endogenous mutator and a crucial contributor to somatic mutations and genomic instability.
    APOBEC3B is overexpressed in ovarian cancer cell lines and high-grade primary ovarian cancers.
    In addition, APOBEC3B expression is positively correlated with the total mutation load, as well as, elevated levels of transversion mutations.
    Given there are no well-established exogenous factors associated with ACC, the Oncotarget authors postulated whether APOBEC3B could be an endogenous mechanism of genomic instability/mutations in ACC and investigated its function in vitro and in vivo.
    The Kebebew Research Team concluded in their Oncotarget Research Paper, "APOBEC3B overexpressed in ACC, and is associated with DNA damage, S phase arrest, higher copy number alterations and TP53 mutations in ACC. For the first time, we demonstrated that GATA3 directly regulates the expression of APOBEC3B and that both are prognostic markers in ACC."
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    DOI - https://doi.org/10.18632/oncotarget.27703
    Full text - https://www.oncotarget.com/article/27703/text/
    Correspondence to - Electron Kebebew - [email protected]
    Keywords - adrenocortical carcinoma, APOBEC3B, GATA3, prognosis, DNA damage
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  • New Study: Investigation of Colorectal Cancer-Promoting Protein
    According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), colorectal cancer is the second leading cause of cancer death in the United States. Researchers have observed elevated levels of the macrophage inflammatory protein CCL20 in colorectal cancer. Interactions between CCL20 and its receptor, CCR6, promote colorectal cancer through effects on neoplastic epithelial cells and modulation of the tumor microenvironment. However, the mechanism of these effects are not yet fully understood.
    “In particular, CCL20 acting on CCR6 expressed by colorectal cancer neoplastic epithelial cells induces proliferation, migration, and initiates an auto-feedback loop by inducing further secretion of CCL20. The mechanisms through which CCL20-CCR6 interactions elicit these effects is poorly understood.”
    Researchers—from the VA Boston Healthcare System, Harvard Medical School, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, and Brigham and Women’s Hospital—conducted a study investigating the signaling pathways and mechanisms that underlie this colorectal cancer-promoting molecule. In 2021, the team authored a research paper, which was chosen as the cover paper of Oncotarget’s Volume 12, Issue 24, and entitled, “CCL20 induces colorectal cancer neoplastic epithelial cell proliferation, migration, and further CCL20 production through autocrine HGF-c-Met and MSP-MSPR signaling pathways."
    Full blog - https://www.oncotarget.org/2021/11/24/new-study-investigation-of-colorectal-cancer-promoting-protein/
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    DOI - https://doi.org/10.18632/oncotarget.28131
    Full text - https://www.oncotarget.com/article/28131/text/
    Correspondence to - Jason S. Gold - [email protected]
    Keywords - CCL20, CCR6, HGF, MSP, colorectal cancer
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  • Table of Contents: Volume 12, Issue #24
    Listen to short summaries of the latest oncology-focused research published in this week’s issue of Oncotarget, Volume 12, Issue 24.
    https://www.oncotarget.com/archive/v12/i24/
    Research Paper (Cover) - “CCL20 induces colorectal cancer neoplastic epithelial cell proliferation, migration, and further CCL20 production through autocrine HGF-c-Met and MSP-MSPR signaling pathways”
    https://doi.org/10.18632/oncotarget.28131
    Research Paper - “The potential of PIVKA-II as a treatment response biomarker in hepatocellular carcinoma: a prospective United Kingdom cohort study”
    https://doi.org/10.18632/oncotarget.28136
    Research Paper - “Caloric restriction causes a distinct reorganization of the lipidome in quiescent and non-quiescent cells of budding yeast”
    https://doi.org/10.18632/oncotarget.28133
    Research Paper - “Optimization of tumor spheroid model in mesothelioma and lung cancers and anti-cancer drug testing in H2052/484 spheroids”
    https://doi.org/10.18632/oncotarget.28134
    Research Paper - “Circulating low density neutrophils of breast cancer patients are associated with their worse prognosis due to the impairment of T cell responses”
    https://doi.org/10.18632/oncotarget.28135
    Research Paper - “Regional and temporal heterogeneity of epithelial ovarian cancer tumor biopsies: implications for therapeutic strategies”
    https://doi.org/10.18632/oncotarget.10505
    Editorial - “Undetected Barrett’s esophagus: how do we improve early detection?”
    https://doi.org/10.18632/oncotarget.28005 (PDF Download)
    Research Perspective - “Hepatitis B x antigen (HBx) is an important therapeutic target in the pathogenesis of hepatocellular carcinoma”
    https://doi.org/10.18632/oncotarget.28077
    Keywords - CCL20, colorectal cancer, hepatocellular carcinoma, biomarker, cellular aging, cellular quiescence, cancer patient, lung tumor, breast cancer, ovarian cancer, Barrett's esophagus, chronic liver disease, cancer, science, research, oncology
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  • Sunscreen Chemical Promotes Breast Cancer in Diet-Dependent Manner
    Oxybenzone (benzophenone-3; BP-3) is a toxic endocrine-disrupting chemical (EDC). Alarmingly, this chemical has been identified as a common ingredient in some brands of sunscreen. Oxybenzone can often be found in humans, household dust, fish and, due to its widespread human use, the water environment—causing harm to coral reefs and other murine life. Previous studies have shown that environmental toxins and estrogenic chemicals have emerged as potential culprits in the promotion of breast cancer. Furthermore, oxybenzone has been known to have estrogenic and anti-estrogenic properties.
    “Although BP-3 has a very short half-life, its presence is widespread in human urine [9], in as much as 98% of the general U.S. population [13].”
    Researchers from the Breast Cancer and the Environment Research Program at Michigan State University studied the diet-dependent effects of oxybenzone in mouse models of mammary tumorigenesis during puberty and adulthood. Their paper was published by Oncotarget in 2020, and entitled, “Benzophenone-3 promotion of mammary tumorigenesis is diet-dependent.”
    “We [previously] demonstrated enhancement of mammary tumorigenesis by a diet high in saturated animal fat (HFD) [5–8]. Thus, examination of the activity of EDCs in a dietary context may provide additional insight into the potential role of EDCs in promoting breast cancer.”
    Full blog - https://www.oncotarget.org/2021/11/17/sunscreen-ingredient-promotes-breast-cancer-in-diet-dependent-manner/
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    DOI - https://doi.org/10.18632/oncotarget.27831
    Full text - https://www.oncotarget.com/article/27831/text/
    Correspondence to - Richard C. Schwartz - [email protected] and Sandra Z. Haslam - [email protected]
    Keywords - oxybenzone, benzophenone-3, mammary tumorigenesis, dietary animal fat, breast cancer
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  • Prolyl 4-hydroxylase Alpha 1 Protein Expression Risk-stratifies Early Stage Colorectal Cancer
    Oncotarget Volume 11, Issue 8 reported Independent validation cohorts of 599 cases of early-stage CRC and 91 cases of late-stage CRC were examined.
    Multivariate and univariate survival analyses revealed that high expression of P4HA1 protein was an independent poor prognostic marker for patients with early-stage CRC, especially of the microsatellite stable subtype.
    Dr. Michael H. Roehrl from the Department of Pathology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center as well as the Human Oncology and Pathogenesis Program, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center said, "Colorectal cancer (CRC) is one of the most prevalent malignant tumors and the third leading cause of cancer deaths worldwide."
    However, molecular biomarkers with more precise prognostic value, preferably with an underlying functional pathophysiologic rationale, are needed, as such markers would enable the scientists to better stratify risk of recurrence in resected early-stage CRC after resection and more accurately select patients for adjuvant therapy, while avoiding overtreatment in low-risk early-stage CRC.
    Proteomics with latest-generation liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry can detect 5,000 - 10,000 proteins in one shotgun sequencing event, and such powerful and sensitive technology may enable the researchers to discover prognostic protein biomarkers for early-stage CRC that previous genomic and transcriptomic analyses would have missed.
    Combining results from 712 patients, their study shows that collagen prolyl 4-hydroxylase alpha 1 protein expression robustly risk-stratifies early-stage CRC.
    The discovery of P4HA1 outcome stratification in early-stage CRC and, in particular, its MSS subtype, may provide an avenue for early-stage CRC risk prognosis and thus improve cancer treatment outcomes by tailoring follow-up frequency and adjuvant therapy intensity.
    The Roehrl Research Team concluded, in their Oncotarget Research Paper, that early-stage CRC presents frequent challenges in clinical patient management in that it is currently impossible to predict which patients will have aggressive disease and thus benefit the most from intensive adjuvant chemotherapy vs. those patients who will have less aggressive disease and benefit from surgery alone.
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    DOI - https://doi.org/10.18632/oncotarget.27491
    Full text - https://www.oncotarget.com/article/27491/text/
    Correspondence to - Michael H. Roehrl - [email protected]
    Keywords - P4HA1, colorectal cancer, biomarker, prognosis, pathology
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  • Testimonial: Dr. Michael Roehrl from Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
    Oncotarget Volume 11, Issue 8 reported Independent validation cohorts of 599 cases of early-stage CRC and 91 cases of late-stage CRC were examined.
    Multivariate and univariate survival analyses revealed that high expression of P4HA1 protein was an independent poor prognostic marker for patients with early-stage CRC, especially of the microsatellite stable subtype.
    Dr. Michael H. Roehrl from the Department of Pathology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center as well as the Human Oncology and Pathogenesis Program, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center said, "Colorectal cancer (CRC) is one of the most prevalent malignant tumors and the third leading cause of cancer deaths worldwide."
    However, molecular biomarkers with more precise prognostic value, preferably with an underlying functional pathophysiologic rationale, are needed, as such markers would enable the scientists to better stratify risk of recurrence in resected early-stage CRC after resection and more accurately select patients for adjuvant therapy, while avoiding overtreatment in low-risk early-stage CRC.
    Proteomics with latest-generation liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry can detect 5,000 - 10,000 proteins in one shotgun sequencing event, and such powerful and sensitive technology may enable the researchers to discover prognostic protein biomarkers for early-stage CRC that previous genomic and transcriptomic analyses would have missed.
    Combining results from 712 patients, their study shows that collagen prolyl 4-hydroxylase alpha 1 protein expression robustly risk-stratifies early-stage CRC.
    The discovery of P4HA1 outcome stratification in early-stage CRC and, in particular, its MSS subtype, may provide an avenue for early-stage CRC risk prognosis and thus improve cancer treatment outcomes by tailoring follow-up frequency and adjuvant therapy intensity.
    The Roehrl Research Team concluded, in their Oncotarget Research Paper, that early-stage CRC presents frequent challenges in clinical patient management in that it is currently impossible to predict which patients will have aggressive disease and thus benefit the most from intensive adjuvant chemotherapy vs. those patients who will have less aggressive disease and benefit from surgery alone.
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    DOI - https://doi.org/10.18632/oncotarget.27491
    Full text - https://www.oncotarget.com/article/27491/text/
    Correspondence to - Michael H. Roehrl - [email protected]
    Keywords - P4HA1, colorectal cancer, biomarker, prognosis, pathology
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  • Consuming Cholera Toxin Counteracts Age-associated Obesity
    Here the research team tested a safe and well-established microbe-based immune adjuvant to restore immune homeostasis and counteract inflammation-associated obesity in animal models.
    Taken together, they concluded that oral vaccination with cholera toxin B helps stimulate health-protective immune responses that counteract age-associated obesity.
    Dr. Susan E. Erdman from the Division of Comparative Medicine, at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge, MA, United States said, "The global burden of chronic inflammatory diseases is increasing at alarming rates."
    The continuous rise of obesity, cardiovascular and chronic respiratory diseases, diabetes, infertility, allergy and autoimmunity, cancer, and central nervous system dysfunctions, including anxiety and autism, appears to link with modernized lifestyle but remains inexplicable.
    Underlying systemic immune imbalances linked with bacteria residing in the gut have been proposed as a probable cause of obesity.
    In this context, obesity is one of many chronic inflammatory diseases associated with modern living.
    Important effects of gut microbiota in mammalian physiology, including metabolism and CNS functions, place gut microbe-immune cell interactions in the hypothetical center of chronic inflammatory disorders such as obesity.
    In this regard, postbiotic gut bacterial fractions used for oral immunizations have been found to stabilize the immune system and counteract destructive inflammatory responses later in life in both humans and animals.
    Immune adjuvant properties of cholera-toxin, make it an attractive tool for induction of tolerance that stabilizes the immune system.
    The Erdman research team concluded, "Indeed, systemic immune imbalances related to failure of tolerance have been proposed as a cause of extra-intestinal cancer linked with bacteria residing in the gut.
    It remains to be seen whether this gut immune-centric strategy broadly translates to successes in the clinic; however, the versatility of ct B to manipulate immune responses make this protein a promising adjuvant for vaccine development to combat a growing Westernized public health crisis."
    Full text - https://www.oncotarget.com/article/27137/text/
    Correspondence to - Susan E. Erdman - [email protected]
    Keywords - body weight, mouse, exotoxin subunit B, CLS, inflammation
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  • New Study: ALK Rearrangement Among Lung Cancer Patients
    The identification of an actionable gene mutation or translocation in patients with cancer can give researchers a target for new drug therapies. One such mutation, found in some patients with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), is anaplastic lymphoma kinase (ALK) gene rearrangement. However, the exact population of patients that present with ALK rearrangement has not been fully characterized. Identifying the subpopulation of patients who present with ALK rearrangement may lead to better overall treatment outcomes.
    Researchers—from University of Mississippi Medical Center, Roche Information Solutions, Roche Diagnostics Corporation, Genesis Research, and Houston Methodist Hospital—conducted a retrospective study of nearly 20,000 patients with advanced NSCLC (aNSCLC). The researchers assessed ALK rearrangement prevalence in the cohort overall and then categorized the data using patient characteristics. Their paper was published on the cover of Oncotarget’s Volume 12, Issue 23, and entitled, “Anaplastic lymphoma kinase rearrangement prevalence in patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer in the United States – retrospective real world data”.
    “We performed a retrospective study of a database to acquire real-world clinical data on the frequency of the translocation in a large pool of patients drawn primarily from community hospitals and practices.”
    Full blog - https://www.oncotarget.org/2021/11/10/new-study-alk-rearrangement-among-lung-cancer-patients/
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    DOI - https://doi.org/10.18632/oncotarget.28114
    Full text - https://www.oncotarget.com/article/28114/text/
    Correspondence to - Eric H. Bernicker - [email protected]
    Keywords - ALK rearrangement, NSCLC, prevalence
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  • Table of Contents: Volume 12, Issue #23
    Listen to the latest oncology-focused research published in this week’s issue of Oncotarget, Volume 12, Issue 23.
    https://www.oncotarget.com/archive/v12/i23/
    Research Paper (Cover) - “Anaplastic lymphoma kinase rearrangement prevalence in patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer in the United States – retrospective real world data”
    https://doi.org/10.18632/oncotarget.28114
    News - “Excitement for our future”
    https://doi.org/10.18632/oncotarget.28116 (PDF Download)
    Editorial - “Interferon-γ/IRF-1 pathway regulatory mechanisms of PD-L1 expression and relevance for immune checkpoint blockade in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC)”
    https://doi.org/10.18632/oncotarget.27995 (PDF Download)
    Editorial - “Results from a randomized trial combining trastuzumab with a peptide vaccine suggest a role for HER2-targeted therapy in triple-negative breast cancer”
    https://doi.org/10.18632/oncotarget.27998 (PDF Download)
    Keywords - ALK rearrangement, non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), prevalence, multi-omics, molecular signatures, BRCA, HER2, triple negative breast cancer, breast cancer, hepatocellular carcinoma, cancer, science, research, oncology
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Oncotarget is a primarily oncology-focused, peer-reviewed, open access journal. Papers are published continuously within yearly volumes in their final and complete form and then quickly released to Pubmed.