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    Literature suggests Heme oxygenase (HO) system to be a double-edged sword which can promote both cytoprotection as well as carcinogenicity. The aim of this study was to investigate the role of heme in HO-1 and HO-2 induced colorectal carcinogenesis and the clinicopathological significance of their expressions in patients with colorectal carcinoma (CRC). HO-1 and HO-2 expression alterations in normal colonic epithelial (FHC) and colon cancer cells (SW480) were explored following treatment with 0 µM, 25 µM, 100 µM and 250 µM concentrations of hemin, using qPCR. Fifty paired CRC and adjacent non-neoplastic samples were subjected to qPCR to determine the HO-1 and HO-2 expression. Clinicopathological associations of HO-1 and HO-2 expression levels were determined. Low concentrations of hemin caused upregulation and high concentration caused downregulation of HO-1 expression, whereas HO-2 expression was significantly downregulated with all hemin concentrations in FHC. HO-1 expression in SW480 was increased with all hemin concentrations and HO-2 expression was downregulated at the highest hemin concentration. HO-1 and HO-2 expressions in adjacent non-neoplastic tissue was significantly higher than that of CRC. Expression of HO-1 was significantly higher than HO-2, in both CRC and adjacent non-neoplastic tissue. Sex, HFE expression and lymph-vascular invasion were significantly correlated with HO-1 expression. HO-2 expression showed significant associations with staging, local spread and recurrence of tumour. HO-1 and HO-2 expression is respectively induced and repressed by exogenous hemin in normal colon and colon cancer cells. HO-1 and HO-2 expression profiles in CRC are correlated with the assessed clinicopathological features of CRC, suggesting the possible implications of HO expression status in CRC pathogenesis. Copyright © 2022 Elsevier GmbH. All rights reserved.

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    Sujani M K Gamage, Sachith Nanayakkara, Lilian Macfarlane, Dinu Hewage, Tracie Cheng, Sharmin Aktar, Cu Tai Lu, Lakal Dissabandara, Farhadul Islam, Alfred King-Yin Lam, Vinod Gopalan. Heme oxygenase-1 & 2 and their potential contribution in heme induced colorectal carcinogenesis. Pathology, research and practice. 2022 May;233:153885

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