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The Impact of DAXX, HJURP and CENPA Expression in Uveal Melanoma Carcinogenesis and Associations with Clinicopathological Parameters

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Journal Biomedicines
Date 2024 Aug 29
PMID 39200236
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Uveal melanomas (UMs) represent rare malignant tumors associated with grim prognosis for the majority of patients. DAXX (Death Domain-Associated Protein), HJURP (Holliday Junction Recognition Protein) and CENPA (Centromere Protein A) proteins are implicated in epigenetic mechanisms, now in the spotlight of cancer research to better understand the molecular background of tumorigenesis. Herein, we investigated their expression in UM tissues using immunohistochemistry and explored possible correlations with a multitude of clinicopathological and survival parameters. The Cancer Genome Atlas Program (TCGA) was used for the investigation of their mRNA levels in UM cases. Nuclear DAXX expression correlated with an advanced T-stage ( = 0.004), while cytoplasmic expression marginally with decreased disease-free survival (DFS) ( = 0.084). HJURP nuclear positivity also correlated with advanced T-status ( = 0.054), chromosome 3 loss ( = 0.042) and increased tumor size ( = 0.03). More importantly, both nuclear and cytoplasmic HJURP immunopositivity correlated with decreased overall survival (OS) ( = 0.011 and 0.072, respectively) and worse DFS ( = 0.071 and 0.019, respectively). Lastly, nuclear CENPA overexpression was correlated with presence of irido-corneal angle involvement ( = 0.015) and loss of chromosome 3 ( = 0.041). Nuclear and cytoplasmic CENPA immunopositivity associated with decreased OS ( = 0.028) and DFS ( = 0.018), respectively. and mRNA overexpression exhibited strong association with tumor epithelioid histology and was linked to worse prognosis. Our results show the compounding role of DAXX, HJURP and CENPA in UM carcinogenesis, designating them as potential biomarkers for assessing prognosis and possible targets for novel therapeutic interventions.

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