Higher RABEX-5 mRNA predicts unfavourable survival in patients with colorectal cancer

J.-S. Zhang, L.-Q. Yang, B.-R. Du, H. Gao

Department of Medical Imaging, Linyi People’s Hospital, Linyi, Shandong, China. zjszm456@163.com

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• Oncology

OBJECTIVE: The aim of the present study was to clarify the expression pattern and prognostic role of RABEX-5 mRNA in colorectal cancer (CRC) patients.

PATIENTS AND METHODS: RABEX-5 mRNA levels in 187 CRC were examined by Real-time polymerase chain reaction. Then, the association of RABEX-5 mRNA levels with clinicopathological features was analyzed. Survival curves were plotted using the Kaplan-Meier method and differences in survival rates were analyzed using the log-rank test. The influence of each variable on survival was examined by the Cox multivariate regression analysis.

RESULTS: RABEX-5 mRNA expression was significantly upregulated in CRC tissues compared with the adjacent noncancerous tissues (p < 0.01). By statistical analyses, high RABEX-5 mRNA expression was observed to be closely correlated with histology/differentiation (p = 0.010), N classification (p = 0.004), and TNM stage (p = 0.004). Kaplan-Meier curves showed that patients with high RABEX-5 mRNA expression showed unfavorable overall survival (OS) than the low RABEX-5 mRNA expression group (p < 0.001). Finally, univariate and multivariate analyses showed that RABEX-5 mRNA expression was an independent predictor of overall survival (p < 0.05).

CONCLUSIONS: RABEX-5 mRNA may be a promising biomarker for the detection and prognosis evaluation of CRC.

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