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Circle of Willis (CoW) is the most critical collateral pathway that supports the redistribution of blood supply in the brain. The variation of CoW is closely correlated with cerebral hemodynamic and cerebral vessel-related diseases. But what is responsible for CoW variation remains unclear. Moreover, the visual evaluation for CoW variation is highly time-consuming. In the present study, based on the computer tomography angiography (CTA) dataset from 255 patients, the correlation between the CoW variations with age, gender, and cerebral or cervical artery stenosis was investigated. A multitask convolutional neural network (CNN) was used to segment cerebral arteries automatically. The results showed the prevalence of variation of the anterior communicating artery (Aco) was higher in the normal senior group than in the normal young group and in females than in males. The changes in the prevalence of variations of individual segments were not demonstrated in the population with stenosis of the afferent and efferent arteries, so the critical factors for variation are related to genetic or physiological factors rather than pathological lesions. Using the multitask CNN model, complete cerebral and cervical arteries could be segmented and reconstructed in 120 seconds, and an average Dice coefficient of 78.2% was achieved. The segmentation accuracy for precommunicating part of anterior cerebral artery and posterior cerebral artery, the posterior communicating arteries, and Aco in CoW was 100%, 99.2%, 94%, and 69%, respectively. Artificial intelligence (AI) can be considered as an adjunct tool for detecting the CoW, particularly related to reducing workload and improving the accuracy of the visual evaluation. The study will serve as a basis for the following research to determine an individual's risk of stroke with the aid of AI.
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Estenosis Carotídea , Círculo Arterial Cerebral , Angiografía , Inteligencia Artificial , Circulación Cerebrovascular , Círculo Arterial Cerebral/diagnóstico por imagen , Angiografía por Tomografía Computarizada , Computadores , Constricción Patológica , Femenino , Humanos , Masculino , Redes Neurales de la ComputaciónRESUMEN
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the effectiveness of a novel computerized quantitative analysis based on histopathological and computed tomography (CT) images for predicting the postoperative prognosis of esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC) patients. METHODS: We retrospectively reviewed the medical records of 153 ESCC patients who underwent esophagectomy alone and quantitatively analyzed digital histological specimens and diagnostic CT images. We cut pathological images (6000 × 6000) into 50 × 50 patches; each patient had 14,400 patches. Cluster analysis was used to process these patches. We used the pathological clusters to all patches ratio (PCPR) of each case for pathological features and we obtained 20 PCPR quantitative features. Totally, 125 computerized quantitative (20 PCPR and 105 CT) features were extracted. We used a recursive feature elimination approach to select features. A Cox hazard model with L1 penalization was used for prognostic indexing. We compared the following prognostic models: Model A: clinical features; Model B: quantitative CT and clinical features; Model C: quantitative histopathological and clinical features; and Model D: combined information of clinical, CT, and histopathology. Indices of concordance (C-index) and leave-one-out cross-validation (LOOCV) were used to assess prognostic model accuracy. RESULTS: Five PCPR and eight CT features were treated as significant indicators in ESCC prognosis. C-indices adjusted for LOOCV were comparable among four models, 0.596 (Model A) vs. 0.658 (Model B) vs. 0.651 (Model C), and improved to 0.711with Model D combining information of clinical, CT, and histopathology (all p<0.05). Using Model D, we stratified patients into low- and high-risk groups. The 3-year overall survival rates of low- and high-risk patients were 38.0% and 25.0%, respectively (p<0.001). CONCLUSION: Quantitative prognostic modeling using a combination of clinical data, histopathological, and CT images can stratify ESCC patients with surgery alone into high-risk and low-risk groups.
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Long noncoding RNAs (lncRNA) are involved in tumorigenesis and drug resistance. However, the roles and underlying mechanisms of lncRNAs in colorectal cancer are still unknown. In this work, through transcriptomic profiling analysis of 21 paired tumor and normal samples, we identified a novel colorectal cancer-related lncRNA, MNX1-AS1. MNX1-AS1 expression was significantly upregulated in colorectal cancer and associated with poor prognosis. In vitro and in vivo gain- and loss-of-function experiments showed that MNX1-AS1 promotes the proliferation of colorectal cancer cells. MNX1-AS1 bound to and activated Y-box-binding protein 1 (YB1), a multifunctional RNA/DNA-binding protein, and prevented its ubiquitination and degradation. A marked overlap between genes that are differentially expressed in MNX1-AS1 knockdown cells and transcriptional targets of YB1 was observed. YB1 knockdown mimicked the loss of viability phenotype observed upon depletion of MNX1-AS1. In addition, MYC bound the promoter of the MNX1-AS1 locus and activated its transcription. In vivo experiments showed that ASO inhibited MNX1-AS1, which suppressed the proliferation of colorectal cancer cells in both cell-based and patient-derived xenograft models. Collectively, these findings suggest that the MYC-MNX1-AS1-YB1 axis might serve as a potential biomarker and therapeutic target in colorectal cancer. SIGNIFICANCE: This study highlights the discovery of a novel colorectal cancer biomarker and therapeutic target, MNX1-AS1, a long noncoding RNA that drives proliferation via a MYC/MNX1-AS1/YB1 signaling pathway. GRAPHICAL ABSTRACT: http://cancerres.aacrjournals.org/content/canres/81/10/2636/F1.large.jpg.
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Neoplasias Colorrectales/patología , Regulación Neoplásica de la Expresión Génica , Proteínas de Homeodominio/genética , Proteínas Proto-Oncogénicas c-myc/metabolismo , ARN sin Sentido/genética , ARN Largo no Codificante/genética , Factores de Transcripción/genética , Proteína 1 de Unión a la Caja Y/química , Animales , Apoptosis , Proliferación Celular , Neoplasias Colorrectales/genética , Neoplasias Colorrectales/metabolismo , Progresión de la Enfermedad , Femenino , Humanos , Ratones , Ratones Endogámicos BALB C , Ratones Desnudos , Pronóstico , Proteínas Proto-Oncogénicas c-myc/genética , Tasa de Supervivencia , Células Tumorales Cultivadas , Ensayos Antitumor por Modelo de Xenoinjerto , Proteína 1 de Unión a la Caja Y/genética , Proteína 1 de Unión a la Caja Y/metabolismoRESUMEN
BACKGROUND: Indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase 1 (IDO1) and tryptophan (Trp) catabolism have been demonstrated to play an important role in tumor immunosuppression. This study examined the expression and catalytic activity of IDO1 in penile squamous cell carcinoma (PSCC) and explored their clinical significance. METHODS: IDO1 expression level, serum concentrations of Trp and kynurenine (Kyn) were examined in 114 PSCC patients by immunohistonchemistry and solid-phase extraction-liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry. The survival was analyzed using Kaplan-Meier method and the log-rank test. Hazard ratio of death was analyzed via univariate and multivariate Cox regression. Immune cell types were defined by principal component analysis. The correlativity was assessed by Pearson's correlation analysis. RESULTS: The expression level of IDO1 in PSCC cells was positively correlated with serum Kyn concentration and Kyn/Trp radio (KTR; both P < 0.001) but negatively correlated with serum Trp concentration (P = 0.001). Additionally, IDO1 up-regulation in cancer cells and the increase of serum KTR were significantly associated with advanced N stage (both P < 0.001) and high pathologic grade (P = 0.008 and 0.032, respectively). High expression level of IDO1 in cancer cells and serum KTR were associated with short disease-specific survival (both P < 0.001). However, besides N stage (hazard radio [HR], 6.926; 95% confidence interval [CI], 2.458-19.068; P < 0.001) and pathologic grade (HR, 2.194; 95% CI, 1.021-4.529; P = 0.038), only serum KTR (HR, 2.780; 95% CI, 1.066-7.215; P = 0.036) was an independent predictor for PSCC prognosis. IDO1 expression was positively correlated with the expression of interferon-γ (IFNγ, P < 0.001) and immunosuppressive markers (programmed cell death protein 1, cytotoxic T-lymphocyte-associated protein 4 and programmed death-ligand 1 and 2; all P < 0.05), and the infiltration of immune cells (including cytotoxic T lymphocytes, regulatory T lymphocytes, tumor-associated macrophages, and myeloid-derived suppressor cells; all P < 0.001) in PSCC tissues. Furthermore, the expression of IDO1 was induced by IFNγ in a dose-dependent manner in PSCC cells. CONCLUSIONS: IFNγ-induced IDO1 plays a crucial role in immunoediting and immunosuppression in PSCC. Additionally, serum KTR, an indicator of IDO1 catabolic activity, can be utilized as an independent prognostic factor for PSCC.
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Carcinoma de Células Escamosas/inmunología , Indolamina-Pirrol 2,3,-Dioxigenasa/metabolismo , Neoplasias del Pene/inmunología , Adulto , Anciano , Anciano de 80 o más Años , Antígeno B7-H1/metabolismo , Biomarcadores de Tumor/metabolismo , Antígeno CTLA-4/metabolismo , Carcinoma de Células Escamosas/metabolismo , Carcinoma de Células Escamosas/patología , Línea Celular Tumoral , Humanos , Tolerancia Inmunológica , Quinurenina/sangre , Metástasis Linfática , Masculino , Persona de Mediana Edad , Neoplasias del Pene/enzimología , Neoplasias del Pene/metabolismo , Neoplasias del Pene/patología , Pronóstico , Tasa de Supervivencia , Triptófano/sangre , Regulación hacia Arriba , Adulto JovenRESUMEN
BACKGROUND: Large B cell lymphoma (DLBCL) is the most common type of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma among adults. In some cases, DLBCL may seem similar to carcinoma cells, presenting a round, oval, or polygonal shape and clear nuclei. We found that the expression of P63 accounted for a considerable proportion of DLBCL cases. Under the circumstances, P63 expression may lead to a misdiagnosis, especially with a small biopsy. We aim to investigate the expression status and prognostic significance of P63 in a cohort of Chinese DLBCL patients. METHODS: P63, ΔNP63(P40), P53 and Ki67 were detected by immunohistochemistry (IHC). A ROC curve was adopted to find the best cut-off value for positive P63/P53 expression and high Ki67 expression. We defined P53 as positive when ≥50% of the tumor cells showed staining. The relationship between P63 and P53/Ki67 expression was examined. Time-to-event endpoints were estimated according to the Kaplan-Meier method. Moreover, multivariate analyses were conducted to evaluate the prognostic factors in DLBCL. RESULTS: Out of all the 159 DLBCL cases, 76 (47.8%) expressed P63 in the nuclei, while 41 (25.8%) were determined to have high expression by using a ROC cut-off value "≥6". Examination of the different P63 isoforms revealed that the ΔNP63(P40) was unclearly and weakly expressed in only 3 cases, showing a fuzzy yellow cytoplasm. P63 expression was not correlated with subtype (GCB or non-GCB) or P53 but was correlated with a high proliferative index (Ki67). Kaplan-Meier analyses revealed that P63 expression was correlated with overall survival, and P63 positive cases showed poor survival outcomes (P<0.05) in our cohort. CONCLUSIONS: ΔNP63(P40) is a useful marker in the differential diagnosis of poorly differentiated squamous cell carcinoma versus DLBCL in small needle biopsy. P63 may be involved in DLBCL tumor progression, and it is an unfavorable prognostic marker in DLBCL. A subgroup of P63 and P53 coexpression DLBCL patients with an extremely poor prognosis should be noted.
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Carcinoma de Células Escamosas/metabolismo , Linfoma de Células B Grandes Difuso/metabolismo , Proteínas de la Membrana/metabolismo , Proteínas Supresoras de Tumor/metabolismo , Biomarcadores de Tumor/análisis , Carcinoma de Células Escamosas/mortalidad , Carcinoma de Células Escamosas/patología , Humanos , Inmunohistoquímica/métodos , Linfoma de Células B Grandes Difuso/mortalidad , Linfoma de Células B Grandes Difuso/patología , Pronóstico , Isoformas de Proteínas/metabolismo , Factores de Transcripción/análisisRESUMEN
BACKGROUND: Differences between the features of primary cancer and matched metastatic cancer have recently drawn attention in research. This study investigated the concordance in microsatellite instability (MSI) and mismatch repair (MMR) status between primary and corresponding metastatic colorectal cancer (CRC). METHODS: Consecutive patients with metastatic CRC who had both primary and metastatic tumors diagnosed at our institution in January 2008 through December 2016 were identified. Immunohistochemistry was used to test the MMR status of both primary and matched metastatic tumors, and PCR analysis was performed to test MSI in patients with deficient MMR (dMMR) status. RESULTS: A total of 369 patients were included. Of the 46 patients with MSI-high primary tumors, 37 (80.4%) also had MSI-high metastatic tumors, whereas 9 (19.6%) had microsatellite stable (MSS) metastatic tumors. A high concordance was found in patients with liver, lung, or distant lymph node metastases. Interestingly, the discrepancy was more likely to be limited to peritoneal (5/20) or ovarian (4/4) metastasis (chi-square test, P<.001). These organ-specific features were also found in the pooled analysis. Along with the change of MSI-high in primary cancer to MSS in metastatic cancer, lymphocyte infiltration decreased significantly (P=.008). However, the change did not influence survival; the median overall survival of MSI-high and MSS metastatic tumors was 21.3 and 21.6 months, respectively (P=.774). The discrepancy rate was 1.6% for patients with proficient MMR primary tumors. CONCLUSIONS: For patients with dMMR primary tumors, the concordance of MSI and MMR status in primary CRC and corresponding metastatic cancer is potentially organ-specific. High concordance is found in liver, lung, and distant lymph node metastases, whereas discrepancy is more likely to occur in peritoneal or ovarian metastasis. Rebiopsy to evaluate MSI-high/dMMR status might be needed during the course of anti-PD-1 therapy in cases of peritoneal or ovarian metastasis.
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Neoplasias Colorrectales/genética , Reparación de la Incompatibilidad de ADN/genética , Adulto , Anciano , Neoplasias Colorrectales/patología , Femenino , Humanos , Inmunohistoquímica , Masculino , Persona de Mediana Edad , Metástasis de la NeoplasiaRESUMEN
Background: Large-cell lung carcinomas (LCLCs) were reclassified by the World Health Organization 2015 criteria. and remain fairly unknown at the molecular level and targeted-therapeutic options. Methods: Data of 184 lung cancer patients were retrieved from clinical records, of which 54 were found to be pathologically diagnosed as LCLC. The genetic alterations EGFR/KRAS/BRAF mutations, MET copy number, and exon 14 mutation, ALK and ROS1 rearrangements, and PDL1 expression were investigated using clinical technologies. The relationship between clinicopathologic and genetic features was analyzed, and the Kaplan-Meier method with log-rank test was used for analyzing patient survival. Results: Major events, including EGFR, KRAS, and BRAF mutations and MET copy-number gain, were found in 5.6%, 16.7%, 1.9%, and 18.5% in LCLC, respectively. No ALK or ROS1 translocation was detected. PDL1 expression in tumor cells and in tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes was observed in 24 (44.4%) and 16 (29.6%) patients. Kaplan-Meier analysis showed that patients with a KRAS mutation had ower 5-year overall survival than those with wild-type KRAS (25.4% vs 47.8%, P=0.028) and that patients with negative PDL1 stained in tumor cells but positive for tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes had significantly favorable overall survival compared to those with solitary and positive PDL1 stained in tumor cells (62.5% vs 20.6%, P=0.044). Conclusion: KRAS mutations and PDL1 expression can predict patient survival and be potential target options in LCLC.
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BACKGROUND: Colorectal cancer (CRC) is one of the main causes of cancer-related deaths in China and around the world. Advanced CRC (ACRC) patients suffer from a low cure rate though treated with targeted therapies. The response rate is about 50% to chemotherapy and cetuximab, a monoclonal antibody targeting epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) and used for ACRC with wild-type KRAS. It is important to identify more predictors of cetuximab efficacy to further improve precise treatment. Autophagy, showing a key role in the cancer progression, is influenced by the EGFR pathway. Whether autophagy can predict cetuximab efficacy in ACRC is an interesting topic. AIM: To investigate the effect of autophagy on the efficacy of cetuximab in colon cancer cells and ACRC patients with wild-type KRAS. METHODS: ACRC patients treated with cetuximab plus chemotherapy, with detailed data and tumor tissue, at Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center from January 1, 2005, to October 1, 2015, were studied. Expression of autophagy-related proteins [Beclin1, microtubule-associated protein 1A/B-light chain 3 (LC3), and 4E-binding protein 1 (4E-BP1)] was examined by Western blot in CRC cells and by immunohistochemistry in cancerous and normal tissues. The effect of autophagy on cetuximab-treated cancer cells was confirmed by MTT assay. The associations between Beclin1, LC3, and 4E-BP1 expression in tumor tissue and the efficacy of cetuximab-based therapy were analyzed. RESULTS: In CACO-2 cells exposed to cetuximab, LC3 and 4E-BP1 were upregulated, and P62 was downregulated. Autophagosome formation was observed, and autophagy increased the efficacy of cetuximab. In 68 ACRC patients, immunohistochemistry showed that Beclin1 levels were significantly correlated with those of LC3 (0.657, P < 0.001) and 4E-BP1 (0.211, P = 0.042) in ACRC tissues. LC3 was significantly overexpressed in tumor tissues compared to normal tissues (P < 0.001). In 45 patients with wild-type KRAS, the expression levels of these three proteins were not related to progression-free survival; however, the expression levels of Beclin1 (P = 0.010) and 4E-BP1 (P = 0.005), pathological grade (P = 0.002), and T stage (P = 0.004) were independent prognostic factors for overall survival (OS). CONCLUSION: The effect of cetuximab on colon cancer cells might be improved by autophagy. LC3 is overexpressed in tumor tissues, and Beclin1 and 4E-BP1 could be significant predictors of OS in ACRC patients treated with cetuximab.
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Protocolos de Quimioterapia Combinada Antineoplásica/uso terapéutico , Autofagia , Biomarcadores de Tumor/metabolismo , Cetuximab/uso terapéutico , Neoplasias Colorrectales/tratamiento farmacológico , Proteínas Adaptadoras Transductoras de Señales/metabolismo , Adulto , Anciano , Protocolos de Quimioterapia Combinada Antineoplásica/farmacología , Beclina-1/metabolismo , Proteínas de Ciclo Celular , Cetuximab/farmacología , Neoplasias Colorrectales/genética , Neoplasias Colorrectales/mortalidad , Neoplasias Colorrectales/patología , Regulación hacia Abajo , Resistencia a Antineoplásicos , Receptores ErbB/antagonistas & inhibidores , Receptores ErbB/metabolismo , Femenino , Humanos , Masculino , Proteínas Asociadas a Microtúbulos/metabolismo , Persona de Mediana Edad , Estadificación de Neoplasias , Fosfoproteínas/metabolismo , Pronóstico , Supervivencia sin Progresión , Proteínas Proto-Oncogénicas p21(ras)/genética , Regulación hacia Arriba , Adulto JovenRESUMEN
OBJECTIVE: Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is a rapidly proliferating malignancy that requires large amounts of fatty acids to synthesize cellular membranes and provide energy. Epidermal fatty acid-binding protein (EFABP) is uniquely expressed in epidermal cells, but its role and expression in HCC are not clear. SUBJECTS AND METHODS: A total of 804 HCC specimens were collected to construct a tissue microarray (TMA) and for immunohistochemistry (IHC) analysis. The relationship between EFABP expression and clinical features of patients with HCC was analyzed. RESULTS: The EFABP IHC score for HCC tissue was 0.76±0.69, being significantly higher than that for matched nontumorous tissue (0.48±0.55; P<0.001). Using the median IHC score (ie, 0.8) in the tumorous tissue, a high level of EFABP expression was found in 57.3% (461/804) of the cases. Patients with HCC displaying high EFABP expression had poorer tumor differentiation (P=0.029), more vascular invasion (P=0.006), and a higher proportion of late TNM stage disease (P=0.042). Kaplan-Meier analysis revealed that the patients with high EFABP expression had significantly worse outcomes in terms of overall survival (P=0.003), worse disease-free survival (P=0.021), and a higher probability of recurrence (P=0.014). Multivariate analysis indicated that EFABP expression was an independent prognostic variable for overall survival (P=0.021) and disease-free survival (P=0.044). For HCC recurrence, only vascular invasion (P=0.020) and EFABP expression (P=0.026) were independent risk factors. CONCLUSION: Our data revealed that EFABP expression was increased in HCC samples. High EFABP expression was correlated with shorter survival times in patients with HCC and served as an independent factor for worse outcomes. Our study therefore provides a promising bio-marker for the prognostic prediction of HCC and a potential therapeutic target for the disease.
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Background: Programmed death ligand 1 (PD-L1) expression has been shown to predict benefit from anti-PD-1 treatment in several cancers. However, its predictive value in colorectal cancer seems limited. This study was aimed to explore the clinical and biomarker association of programmed death ligand 1 and its spatial heterogeneous expression in colorectal cancer. Methods: Tissue microarrays of 422 primary colorectal cancers from our hospital were used for the interpretation of PD-L1 and programmed death 1 (PD-1) expression, cluster of differentiation 4 (CD4) and CD8 density and microsatellite instability (MSI) status by immunohistochemistry. To assess the spatial heterogeneity of PD-L1 expression, Tissue microarrays of 383 paired intra-primary-tumor tissues, and 105 paired lymph node metastatic tumors and 64 paired distant metastatic tumors were also used. Results: PD-L1 was positive in 188 (44.5%) primary colorectal cancers. PD-L1 expression was associated with less advanced N category (P<0.001), less advanced TNM stage (P<0.001) and less nervous invasion (P=0.04). Higher PD-L1 expression was associated with higher PD-1 expression (P<0.001), higher CD4 (P<0.001) and CD8 (P<0.001) density and DNA mismatch repair deficiency (P=0.01). PD-L1 expression was associated with better disease-free survival and overall survival, but it was only an independent prognostic factor for disease-free survival (hazard ratio and 95% confidence interval: 0.42 [0.25-0.72], P<0.001). The probability of inconsistent PD-L1 expression was respectively 17.8%, 31.4% and 39.1% within primary tumors, between primary tumors and lymph node metastatic tumors, and between primary tumors and distant metastatic tumors. All the three differences were statistically significant (P<0.001, P<0.001 and P=0.05, respectively). Conclusions: PD-L1 expression was a marker of pre-existing immune responses in colorectal cancer, however, it was heterogeneously expressed in colorectal cancer, especially between primary and metastatic tumors. This might partially explain the low-efficiency of its predictive value for benefit from anti-PD-1 treatment.
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PURPOSE: Tumor vessels supported by perivascular cells have been implicated in the failure of some anti-angiogenic agents. The relationship between perivascular cell coverage (PC) and bevacizumab efficacy in metastatic colorectal cancer (mCRC) was analyzed. PATIENTS AND METHODS: A total of 284 consecutive mCRC patients who received first-line chemotherapy with or without bevacizumab from 2007-2014 in Sun Yat-Sen University Cancer Center were analyzed. Immunohistochemical double-stain for the perivascular cell marker alpha-smooth muscle actin and endothelial cell (cluster of differentiation 31) was performed to characterize the intratumoral microvascular density. Multispectral image capturing and computerized image analyses were used to quantify the microvessels supported by the perivascular cells. The patients were divided into high and low PC group according to a median cutoff value of 0.55. RESULTS: No significant differences in overall survival (OS) and progression-free survival (PFS) were noted between the high and low PC group. In the low PC group, the patients with bevacizumab treatment had favorable OS (P=0.03), but without PFS benefit. In the high PC group, neither OS nor PFS was significantly different between the B+C and C subgroup. Tumors with perineural invasion had high PC (P=0.03). CONCLUSION: The data showed that a low PC value could be a predictor for bevacizumab benefit.
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BACKGROUND: Non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) with different EGFR mutation types shows distinct sensitivity to tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs). This study developed a patho-clinical profile-based prediction model of TKI-sensitive EGFR mutations. METHODS: The records of 1121 Chinese patients diagnosed with NSCLC from November 2008 to October 2014 (the development set) were reviewed. Multivariate logistic regression was conducted to identify any association between potential predictors and the classic sensitive EGFR mutations (exon 19 deletion and exon 21 L858R point mutation). A prediction index was created by assigning weighted scores to each factor proportional to a regression coefficient. Validation was made in an independent cohort consisting of 864 patients who were consecutively enrolled between November 2014 and January 2017 (the validation set). RESULTS: Seven independent predictors were identified: gender (female vs. male), adenocarcinoma (yes vs. no), smoking history (no vs. yes), N stage (N+ vs. N0), M stage (M1 vs. M0), brain metastasis (yes vs. no), and elevated Cyfra 21-1 (no vs. yes). Each was assigned a number of points. In the validation set, the area under curve of the prediction index appeared as 0.698 (95% confidence interval 0.663-0.733). The sensitivity, specificity, positive and negative predictive values, and concordance were 95.0%, 32.3%, 61.4%, 85.1%, and 65.6%, respectively. CONCLUSION: We developed a patho-clinical profile-based model for predicting TKI-sensitive EGFR mutations. Our model may represent a noninvasive, economical choice for clinicians to inform TKI therapy.
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Carcinoma de Pulmón de Células no Pequeñas/tratamiento farmacológico , Carcinoma de Pulmón de Células no Pequeñas/genética , Resistencia a Antineoplásicos/genética , Neoplasias Pulmonares/tratamiento farmacológico , Neoplasias Pulmonares/genética , Modelos Teóricos , Mutación , Inhibidores de Proteínas Quinasas/uso terapéutico , Adulto , Anciano , Anciano de 80 o más Años , Carcinoma de Pulmón de Células no Pequeñas/diagnóstico , Receptores ErbB/genética , Femenino , Humanos , Neoplasias Pulmonares/diagnóstico , Masculino , Persona de Mediana Edad , Estadificación de Neoplasias , Oportunidad Relativa , Pronóstico , Inhibidores de Proteínas Quinasas/farmacología , Curva ROC , Reproducibilidad de los Resultados , Adulto JovenRESUMEN
Ras-like without CAAX1 (RIT1) protein is a member of Ras family, which plays critical roles in signaling pathways and cellular process regulation. However, the role of RIT1 in esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC) is unclear. In this study, we found that the expression of RIT1 is downregulated in ESCC compared to corresponding non-tumor tissues. The low-level expression of RIT1 was correlated with poorer prognosis. Then we showed that RIT1 inhibited proliferation, invasion, and migration of ESCC cells, and silencing RIT1 by shRNA promoted tumorigenicity and metastasis in nude mice. We further demonstrated that RIT1 inhibited the malignant behaviors of ESCC through inhibiting the PI3K/AKT and MAPK pathway and epithelial-mesenchymal transition in ESCC cells. Our study also revealed that RIT1 increased drug sensitivity to cisplatin (CDDP), and this function could be carried out through downregulating stemness of ESCC. In conclusion, our study indicates for the first time that RIT1 displays tumor-suppressing functions in ESCC, and these functions were carried out by inhibiting MAPK and PI3K/AKT signaling pathway, inhibiting EMT, and downregulating cancer stemness of ESCC cells.
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Proliferación Celular/genética , Neoplasias Esofágicas/metabolismo , Neoplasias Esofágicas/patología , Carcinoma de Células Escamosas de Esófago/genética , Carcinoma de Células Escamosas de Esófago/patología , Proteínas ras/genética , Animales , Línea Celular Tumoral , Movimiento Celular/efectos de los fármacos , Movimiento Celular/genética , Proliferación Celular/efectos de los fármacos , Cisplatino/farmacología , Regulación hacia Abajo/efectos de los fármacos , Regulación hacia Abajo/genética , Transición Epitelial-Mesenquimal/efectos de los fármacos , Transición Epitelial-Mesenquimal/genética , Neoplasias Esofágicas/tratamiento farmacológico , Carcinoma de Células Escamosas de Esófago/tratamiento farmacológico , Femenino , Regulación Neoplásica de la Expresión Génica/efectos de los fármacos , Regulación Neoplásica de la Expresión Génica/genética , Genes Supresores de Tumor/efectos de los fármacos , Genes Supresores de Tumor/fisiología , Humanos , Masculino , Ratones , Ratones Desnudos , Invasividad Neoplásica/genética , Invasividad Neoplásica/patología , Fosfatidilinositol 3-Quinasas/genética , Pronóstico , Proteínas Proto-Oncogénicas c-akt/genética , Transducción de Señal/efectos de los fármacos , Transducción de Señal/genéticaRESUMEN
Epithelial cell adhesion molecule (EpCAM) is known to be highly expressed in a variety of epithelial carcinomas, and it is involved in cell adhesion and proliferation. However, its expression profile and biological function in nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) remains unclear. In this study, higher expression of EpCAM was found in NPC samples compared with non-cancer nasopharyngeal mucosa by qRT-PCR. Additionally, immunohistochemistry (IHC) analysis of NPC specimens from 64 cases showed that high EpCAM expression was associated with metastasis and shorter survival. Multivariate survival analysis identified high EpCAM expression as an independent prognostic factor. Ectopic EpCAM expression in NPC cells promoted epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT), induced a cancer stem cell (CSC)-like phenotype, and enhanced metastasis in vitro and in vivo without an effect on cell proliferation. Notably, EpCAM overexpression reduced PTEN expression and increased the level of AKT, mTOR, p70S6K and 4EBP1 phosphorylation. Correspondingly, an AKT inhibitor and rapamycin blocked the effect of EpCAM on NPC cell invasion and stem-like phenotypes, and siRNA targeting PTEN rescued the oncogenic activities in EpCAM knockdown NPC cells. Our data demonstrate that EpCAM regulates EMT, stemness and metastasis of NPC cells via the PTEN/AKT/mTOR pathway.
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Molécula de Adhesión Celular Epitelial/metabolismo , Carcinoma Nasofaríngeo/patología , Neoplasias Nasofaríngeas/patología , Fosfohidrolasa PTEN/metabolismo , Proteínas Proto-Oncogénicas c-akt/metabolismo , Serina-Treonina Quinasas TOR/metabolismo , Proteínas Adaptadoras Transductoras de Señales/metabolismo , Adulto , Animales , Cadherinas/metabolismo , Proteínas de Ciclo Celular , Línea Celular Tumoral , Movimiento Celular/efectos de los fármacos , Molécula de Adhesión Celular Epitelial/antagonistas & inhibidores , Molécula de Adhesión Celular Epitelial/genética , Transición Epitelial-Mesenquimal , Femenino , Humanos , Estimación de Kaplan-Meier , Masculino , Ratones , Ratones Desnudos , Persona de Mediana Edad , Carcinoma Nasofaríngeo/metabolismo , Carcinoma Nasofaríngeo/mortalidad , Neoplasias Nasofaríngeas/metabolismo , Neoplasias Nasofaríngeas/mortalidad , Fosfohidrolasa PTEN/antagonistas & inhibidores , Fosfohidrolasa PTEN/genética , Fosfoproteínas/metabolismo , Modelos de Riesgos Proporcionales , Proteínas Proto-Oncogénicas c-akt/antagonistas & inhibidores , Interferencia de ARN , ARN Interferente Pequeño/metabolismo , Transducción de Señal/efectos de los fármacos , Sirolimus/farmacología , Serina-Treonina Quinasas TOR/antagonistas & inhibidoresRESUMEN
PURPOSE: To explore the role of CD15 expression in the prognosis of clear cell renal cell carcinoma (ccRCC) in Chinese patients. METHODS: The study included 301 patients who had undergone surgery for localized ccRCC. All paraffin-embedded tumor sections were collected to make a set of tissue microarrays. CD15 expression was assessed by immunohistochemistry. The relationship between CD15 expression and survival parameters, clinicopathology features was assessed. Kaplan-Meier and Cox proportional hazards model were utilized to determine the correlation between CD15 expression and overall survival (OS). RESULTS: The median follow-up time was 54.6 months (range, 3-121 months). The positive rate of CD15 expression was 81.7% (246/301). The cut-off value of CD15 expression was defined as the maximum for Youden index by plotting the receiver operating characteristic curve for survival status. As the threshold was 0.5, all cases were divided into two groups: positive expression group and negative expression group. In correlation analysis, loss of CD15 expression was correlated with female gender, higher Fuhrman nuclear grade, with sarcomatoid differentiation, with necrosis, and with vascular invasion. Kaplan-Meier analysis indicated that the OS time of patients with loss of CD15 expression was shorter than that of patients with positive CD15 expression (P = 0.013). CONCLUSION: CD15 is a significant prognostic factor in clear cell renal cell carcinoma.
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Pueblo Asiatico , Carcinoma de Células Renales/metabolismo , Neoplasias Renales/metabolismo , Antígeno Lewis X/metabolismo , Adolescente , Adulto , Anciano , Anciano de 80 o más Años , Carcinoma de Células Renales/patología , Niño , Preescolar , Femenino , Humanos , Inmunohistoquímica , Estimación de Kaplan-Meier , Neoplasias Renales/patología , Masculino , Persona de Mediana Edad , Análisis Multivariante , Pronóstico , Adulto JovenRESUMEN
AIM: Although immunohistochemistry (IHC) and reverse transcription-PCR can detect ALK rearrangements, the ALK break-apart FISH assay is currently considered the standard method. MATERIALS & METHODS: Five patients with advanced non-small-cell lung cancer, who had an ALK-negative FISH result that was later confirmed as positive by the Ventana IHC assay, were studied. Four had previously received chemotherapy or radiotherapy. All five were subsequently treated with Crizoitinib 250 mg twice daily. RESULTS & CONCLUSION: Four patients had a partial response to Crizotinib and one had stable disease. IHC is an efficient technique for diagnosing ALK rearrangements in patients with non-small-cell lung cancer, and may serve as an alternative to FISH in clinical practice.
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Carcinoma de Pulmón de Células no Pequeñas/diagnóstico , Carcinoma de Pulmón de Células no Pequeñas/tratamiento farmacológico , Pirazoles/farmacología , Piridinas/farmacología , Adenocarcinoma/diagnóstico , Quinasa de Linfoma Anaplásico , Crizotinib , Reordenamiento Génico , Humanos , Inmunohistoquímica , Hibridación Fluorescente in Situ , Neoplasias Pulmonares/diagnóstico , Proteínas Tirosina Quinasas Receptoras/genéticaRESUMEN
The expression levels of CTLA-4 and CD28 were analyzed in 191 nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) patients diagnosed and treated at our hospital between January 2010 and November 2011. The 3-year overall survival (OS) rate (91.4% vs. 81.2%,p = 0.043), failure-free survival (FFS) rate (82.8% vs. 68.0%, p = 0.009) and distant failure-free survival (D-FFS) rate (85.8% vs. 72.3%, p = 0.006) in the low tumor CTLA-4 expression group was higher than in the high tumor CTLA-4 group. There were no differences between the locoregional failure-free survival (LR-FFS) rates in the high and low tumor CTLA-4 expression groups. Moreover, no differences in the OS, FFS, D-FFS, or LR-FFS were observed between the groups with high and low lymphocyte CTLA-4 levels, high and low tumor CD28 levels, or high and low lymphocyte CD28 levels. Cox regression analysis confirmed the prognostic value of tumor CTLA-4 expression, particularly for D-FFS, in NPC patients (p = 0.044). NPC patients with high tumor CTLA-4 expression had a poorer prognosis than those with low expression.
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Biomarcadores de Tumor/análisis , Antígeno CTLA-4/biosíntesis , Carcinoma/patología , Neoplasias Nasofaríngeas/patología , Adulto , Anciano , Antígenos CD28/análisis , Antígenos CD28/biosíntesis , Antígeno CTLA-4/análisis , Carcinoma/mortalidad , Femenino , Humanos , Masculino , Persona de Mediana Edad , Carcinoma Nasofaríngeo , Neoplasias Nasofaríngeas/mortalidad , Pronóstico , Tasa de Supervivencia , Adulto JovenRESUMEN
BACKGROUND: To investigate the role of PD-L1 expression in tumor recurrence and metastasis in Chinese patients with breast cancer. METHODS: Suitable tissue samples were available from 870 patients with breast cancer. Paraffin-embedded tumor sections were stained with PD-L1 antibody. The correlations between PD-L1 expression and clinical characteristics, ER/PR/HER2 status and survival parameters were analyzed. Kaplan-Meier and univariate Cox proportional hazards model analyses were used to compare the survival of patients with high PD-L1 expression and patients with no PD-L1 expression. RESULTS: The median follow-up time was 98 months(range, 17-265 months).The positive rate of PD-L1 expression in breast cancer was 21.7% (189/870). PD-L1 high expression was inversely associated with larger tumor size, higher tumor grade, more positive lymph node number, as well as negative ER and PR status. PD-L1 expression was particularly higher in TNBC compared with non-TNBC, although no statistical significance was observed. Nomogram logistic regression results based on clinical and pathological features showed that the following factors were more likely associated with high PD-L1 expression: patient age younger than 35 years, larger tumor size, lymphovascular invasion and advanced stage. Our data indicated that patients with high PD-L1 expression had poor DFS, DMFS and overall survival compared with those with no PD-L1 expression. Univariate Cox proportional hazards model analysis showed that PD-L1 was an independent prognostic factor for tumor prognosis. CONCLUSIONS: PD-L1 expression is an important indicator of unfavorable prognosis in breast cancer patients.
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Antígeno B7-H1/metabolismo , Neoplasias de la Mama/diagnóstico , Neoplasias de la Mama/metabolismo , Regulación Neoplásica de la Expresión Génica , Adulto , Anciano , Anciano de 80 o más Años , Neoplasias de la Mama/mortalidad , China , Supervivencia sin Enfermedad , Femenino , Estudios de Seguimiento , Humanos , Inmunohistoquímica , Estimación de Kaplan-Meier , Metástasis Linfática , Persona de Mediana Edad , Análisis Multivariante , Metástasis de la Neoplasia , Recurrencia Local de Neoplasia , Nomogramas , Pronóstico , Modelos de Riesgos Proporcionales , Análisis de Regresión , Resultado del Tratamiento , Adulto JovenRESUMEN
Sargassum fusiforme is a kind of brown algae that has been widely consumed not only as food, but also as herbal medicine for thousands of years. The purpose of this study was to investigate the antioxidant activities and intestinal functions of polysaccharides extracted from S. fusiforme (SFP) in normal and cyclophosphamide-induced immunosuppressed mice. The experiment was performed on six groups of ICR mice, which treated with cyclophosphamide (CY, 200 mg/kg) or different dosages of SFP for 14 days. The results showed that administration of SFP was able to overcome the immunosuppression, and significantly increased the spleen index and antioxidant activities in mice (P<0.05). It also remarkably improved the numbers of jejunal intraepithelial lymphocytes (IELs) and goblet cells in immunosuppressed mice (P<0.05). For normal mice, SFP increased both thymus index and intestinal function parameters such as villus length/crypt depth ratio and intestinal IELs and goblet cells (P<0.05). The results suggested that SFP, possessing pronounced antioxidant activities, may play an important role in the improvement of intestinal function in mice. This might be one of the possible mechanisms of SFP for the immunomodulatory effects.
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Antioxidantes/farmacología , Factores Inmunológicos/farmacología , Yeyuno/efectos de los fármacos , Extractos Vegetales/farmacología , Polisacáridos/farmacología , Sargassum/química , Animales , Glutatión/metabolismo , Yeyuno/citología , Yeyuno/inmunología , Hígado/enzimología , Linfocitos/efectos de los fármacos , Linfocitos/inmunología , Malondialdehído/metabolismo , Ratones Endogámicos ICR , Bazo/efectos de los fármacos , Bazo/inmunología , Superóxido Dismutasa/metabolismo , Timo/efectos de los fármacos , Timo/inmunologíaRESUMEN
Autophagy is an evolutionarily conserved process that involves lysosomal degradations of cellular organelles. Microtubule-associated protein 1 light chain 3A (LC3A), an autophagic gene, is differentially expressed in human cancers. However, the relationship between LC3A expression and hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) has not been investigated. Tissue microarray-based immunohistochemistry was used to examine the expression patterns of LC3A in HCC. The resulting data were analyzed using receiver operating characteristic curves, Spearman's rank correlation, Kaplan-Meier plots and Cox proportional hazards regression modeling. Two distinct patterns of LC3A expression were observed in HCC: "stone-like" structuring and diffuse cytoplasmic expression. High levels of LC3A expression were more frequently observed in HCC tissues compared to the adjacent non-tumorous tissue. Correlation analyses indicated that high expression of the "stone-like" LC3A was correlated with greater levels of serum AFP, poorer tumor differentiation and the presence of vascular invasion. Kaplan-Meier survival analysis showed a significant association between high expression of the "stone-like" LC3A and unfavorable prognosis (P<0.001). Importantly, multivariate analysis (P<0.05) identified the "stone-like" expression of LC3A in HCC as an independent prognostic factor. Collectively, our data provide compelling evidence that "stone-like" expression of LC3A plays an important role in HCC progression and may act as a biomarker of prognosis for patients with HCC.