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Fusobacterium nucleatum in colorectal carcinoma tissue and patient prognosis

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Mima, Kosuke, Nishihara, Reiko, Qian, Zhi Rong, Cao, Yin, Sukawa, Yasutaka, Nowak, Jonathan A, Yang, Juhong, Dou, Ruoxu +18 more·2016·Gut

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: Accumulating evidence links the intestinal microbiota and colorectal carcinogenesis. Fusobacterium nucleatum may promote colorectal tumour growth and inhibit T cell-mediated immune responses against colorectal tumours. Thus, we hypothesised that the amount of F. nucleatum in colorectal carcinoma might be associated with worse clinical outcome. DESIGN: We used molecular pathological epidemiology database of 1069 rectal and colon cancer cases in the Nurses' Health Study and the Health Professionals Follow-up Study, and measured F. nucleatum DNA in carcinoma tissue. Cox proportional hazards model was used to compute hazard ratio (HR), controlling for potential confounders, including microsatellite instability (MSI, mismatch repair deficiency), CpG island methylator phenotype (CIMP), KRAS, BRAF, and PIK3CA mutations, and LINE-1 hypomethylation (low-level methylation). RESULTS: Compared with F. nucleatum-negative cases, multivariable HRs (95% CI) for colorectal cancer-specific mortality in F. nucleatum-low cases and F. nucleatum-high cases were 1.25 (0.82 to 1.92) and 1.58 (1.04 to 2.39), respectively, (p for trend=0.020). The amount of F. nucleatum was associated with MSI-high (multivariable odd ratio (OR), 5.22; 95% CI 2.86 to 9.55) independent of CIMP and BRAF mutation status, whereas CIMP and BRAF mutation were associated with F. nucleatum only in univariate analyses (p<0.001) but not in multivariate analysis that adjusted for MSI status. CONCLUSIONS: The amount of F. nucleatum DNA in colorectal cancer tissue is associated with shorter survival, and may potentially serve as a prognostic biomarker. Our data may have implications in developing cancer prevention and treatment strategies through targeting GI microflora by diet, probiotics and antibiotics.

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Mima, K., Nishihara, R., Qian, Z. R., Cao, Y., Sukawa, Y., Nowak, J. A., Yang, J., Dou, R., Masugi, Y., Song, M., Kostic, A. D., Giannakis, M., Bullman, S., Milner, D. A., Baba, H., Giovannucci, E. L., Garraway, L. A., Freeman, G. J., Dranoff, G., Garrett, W. S., Huttenhower, C., Meyerson, M., Meyerhardt, J. A., Chan, A. T., Fuchs, C. S., & Ogino, S.
Affiliations
  • Harvard University (US)
  • Brigham and Women's Hospital (US)
  • Broad Institute (US)
  • Kumamoto University (JP)
Corresponding author
Ogino, Shuji
Venue
Gut
Publisher
BMJ
Published
2015-08-26
Volume
65
Issue
12
Pages
1973-1980
ISSN
  • 0017-5749 (ISSN-L)
  • 1468-3288
OpenAlex
W2199896469
Cited by
1,080
References
53
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FWCI
21.44
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Gut (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
  • Digital Access to Scholarship at Harvard (DASH) (Harvard University) (submittedVersion, cc-by)
Funders
  • National Institutes of Health (KL2TR001100)
  • National Cancer Institute (P50CA127003, R01CA151993, R01CA118553, R01CA137178, R35CA197735, P01CA087969, R01CA169141, K07CA122826, P01CA055075, UM1CA186107, UM1CA167552, K07CA190673, R01CA154426)
  • National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (K24DK098311)
  • National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Gut microbiota and health
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Pathology and Forensic Medicine › Genetic factors in colorectal cancer
  • Health Sciences › Dentistry › Periodontics › Oral microbiology and periodontitis research
Keywords
Fusobacterium nucleatum, colorectal cancer, rectal cancer, colon cancer, prognosis, colorectal cancer-specific mortality, tumor microbiome, microsatellite instability, CpG island methylator phenotype, BRAF mutation, prognostic factors, gut microbiota, antitumor immunity
MeSH terms
Aged, Carcinoma, Female, Follow-Up Studies, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Mutation, Neoplasm Staging, Phenotype, Prognosis, Prospective Studies, Research Design, Biomarkers, Tumor, Colorectal Neoplasms, Databases, Factual, Proto-Oncogene Proteins p21(ras), Fusobacterium nucleatum, Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinases, Proto-Oncogene Proteins B-raf, Kaplan-Meier Estimate, Microsatellite Instability, Class I Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinases

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