• Media type: E-Article
  • Title: TP53 signature diagnostic system using multiplex reverse transcription–polymerase chain reaction system enables prediction of prognosis of breast cancer patients
  • Contributor: Takahashi, Shin; Fukui, Takafumi; Nomizu, Tadashi; Kakugawa, Yoichiro; Fujishima, Fumisyoshi; Ishida, Takanori; Ohuchi, Noriaki; Ishioka, Chikashi
  • imprint: Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 2021
  • Published in: Breast Cancer
  • Language: English
  • DOI: 10.1007/s12282-021-01250-z
  • ISSN: 1340-6868; 1880-4233
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  • Description: <jats:title>Abstract</jats:title><jats:sec> <jats:title>Background</jats:title> <jats:p><jats:italic>TP53</jats:italic> status based on <jats:italic>TP53</jats:italic> signature, a gene expression profile to determine the presence or absence of <jats:italic>TP53</jats:italic> mutation, is an independent prognostic factor of breast cancer. The purpose of this study was to develop a simple diagnostic system for <jats:italic>TP53</jats:italic> signature status.</jats:p> </jats:sec><jats:sec> <jats:title>Methods</jats:title> <jats:p>We developed a multiplex reverse transcription–polymerase chain reaction system to determine <jats:italic>TP53</jats:italic> status. Based on this system, prospectively collected 189 patients with stage I and II breast cancer were determined to have <jats:italic>TP53</jats:italic> mutant signature or <jats:italic>TP53</jats:italic> wild-type signature. The prognostic significance of the <jats:italic>TP53</jats:italic> signature by the diagnostic system was analyzed.</jats:p> </jats:sec><jats:sec> <jats:title>Results</jats:title> <jats:p>The diagnostic accuracy of <jats:italic>TP53</jats:italic> status and reproducibility of this diagnosis system was confirmed. Using the diagnostic system, 89 patients were classified as <jats:italic>TP53</jats:italic> mutant signature and the remaining 100 cases were classified as <jats:italic>TP53</jats:italic> wild-type signature. Recurrence-free survival (RFS) among patients with <jats:italic>TP53</jats:italic> mutant signature was significantly shorter than that among those with <jats:italic>TP53</jats:italic> wild-type signature. On univariate and multivariate analyses, the <jats:italic>TP53</jats:italic> signature status was an independent predictor of RFS. RFS among patients with <jats:italic>TP53</jats:italic> mutant signature was significantly shorter than that among those with <jats:italic>TP53</jats:italic> wild-type signature in a cohort of estrogen receptor-positive breast cancer. Although a difference was not significant, no recurrent cases was observed in <jats:italic>TP53</jats:italic> wild-type signature group in triple negative breast cancer.</jats:p> </jats:sec><jats:sec> <jats:title>Conclusion</jats:title> <jats:p>This simple and precise diagnostic system to determine <jats:italic>TP53</jats:italic> signature status may help in prognostic assessment, therapeutic decision-making, and treatment optimization in patients with breast cancer.</jats:p> </jats:sec>