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BACKGROUND: Immune checkpoint blockades (ICBs) are characterized by a durable clinical response and better tolerability in patients with a variety of advanced solid tumors. However, we not infrequently encounter patients with hyperprogressive disease (HPD) exhibiting paradoxically accelerated tumor growth with poor clinical outcomes. This study aimed to investigate implications of clinical factors and immune cell composition on different tumor responses to immunotherapy in patients with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). METHODS: This study evaluated 231 NSCLC patients receiving ICBs between January 2014 and May 2018. HPD was defined as a > 2-fold tumor growth kinetics ratio during ICB therapy and time-to-treatment failure of ≤2 months. We analyzed clinical data, imaging studies, periodic serologic indexes, and immune cell compositions in tumors and stromata using multiplex immunohistochemistry. RESULTS: Of 231 NSCLC patients, PR/CR and SD were observed in 50 (21.6%) and 79 (34.2%) patients, respectively and 26 (11.3%) patients met the criteria for HPD. Median overall survival in poor response groups (HPD and non-HPD PD) was extremely shorter than disease-controlled group (SD and PR/CR) (5.5 and 6.1 months vs. 16.2 and 18.3 months, respectively, P = 0.000). In multivariate analysis, HPD were significantly associated with heavy smoker (p = 0.0072), PD-L1 expression ≤1% (p = 0.0355), and number of metastatic site ≥3 (p = 0.0297). Among the serologic indexes including NLR, PLR, CAR, and LDH, only CAR had constantly significant correlations with HPD at the beginning of prior treatment and immunotherapy, and at the 1st tumor assessment. The number of CD4+ effector T cells and CD8+ cytotoxic T cells, and CD8+/PD-1+ tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes (TIL) tended to be smaller, especially in stromata of HPD group. More M2-type macrophages expressing CD14, CD68 and CD163 in the stromal area and markedly fewer CD56+ NK cells in the intratumoral area were observed in HPD group. CONCLUSIONS: Our study suggests that not only clinical factors including heavy smoker, very low PD-L1 expression, multiple metastasis, and CAR index, but also fewer CD8+/PD-1+ TIL and more M2 macrophages in the tumor microenvironment are significantly associated with the occurrence of HPD in the patients with advanced/metastatic NSCLC receiving immunotherapy.
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Carcinoma Pulmonar de Células não Pequenas/imunologia , Imunoterapia/métodos , Neoplasias Pulmonares/imunologia , Linfócitos do Interstício Tumoral/imunologia , Linfócitos/patologia , Neutrófilos/patologia , Receptores de Antígenos Quiméricos/imunologia , Idoso , Antígeno B7-H1/metabolismo , Biomarcadores Tumorais/análise , Carcinoma Pulmonar de Células não Pequenas/metabolismo , Carcinoma Pulmonar de Células não Pequenas/patologia , Carcinoma Pulmonar de Células não Pequenas/terapia , Estudos de Casos e Controles , Progressão da Doença , Feminino , Seguimentos , Regulação Neoplásica da Expressão Gênica , Humanos , Neoplasias Pulmonares/metabolismo , Neoplasias Pulmonares/patologia , Neoplasias Pulmonares/terapia , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Prognóstico , Estudos Retrospectivos , Taxa de SobrevidaRESUMO
BACKGROUND: Hypoxic tumors are known to be highly resistant to radiotherapy and cause poor prognosis in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients. CKD-516, a novel vascular disrupting agent (VDA), mainly affects blood vessels in the central area of the tumor and blocks tubulin polymerization, thereby destroying the aberrant tumor vasculature with a rapid decrease in blood, resulting in rapid tumor cell death. Therefore, we evaluated the anti-tumor efficacy of CKD-516 in combination with irradiation (IR) and examined tumor necrosis, delayed tumor growth, and expression of proteins involved in hypoxia and angiogenesis in this study. METHODS: A xenograft mouse model of lung squamous cell carcinoma was established, and the tumor was exposed to IR 5 days per week. CKD-516 was administered with two treatment schedules (day 1 or days 1 and 5) 1 h after IR. After treatment, tumor tissues were stained with hematoxylin and eosin, and pimonidazole. HIF-1α, Glut-1, VEGF, CD31, and Ki-67 expression levels were evaluated using immunohistochemical staining. RESULTS: Short-term treatment with IR alone and CKD-516 + IR (d1) significantly reduced tumor volume (p = 0.006 and p = 0.048, respectively). Treatment with CKD-516 + IR (d1 and d1, 5) resulted in a marked reduction in the number of blood vessels (p < 0.005). More specifically, CKD-516 + IR (d1) caused the most extensive tumor necrosis, which resulted in a significantly large hypoxic area (p = 0.02) and decreased HIF-1α, Glut-1, VEGF, and Ki-67 expression. Long-term administration of CKD-516 + IR reduced tumor volume and delayed tumor growth. This combination also greatly reduced the number of blood vessels (p = 0.0006) and significantly enhanced tumor necrosis (p = 0.004). CKD-516 + IR significantly increased HIF-1α expression (p = 0.0047), but significantly reduced VEGF expression (p = 0.0046). CONCLUSIONS: Taken together, our data show that when used in combination, CKD-516 and IR can significantly enhance anti-tumor efficacy compared to monotherapy in lung cancer xenograft mice.
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Benzofenonas/administração & dosagem , Carcinoma Pulmonar de Células não Pequenas/terapia , Subunidade alfa do Fator 1 Induzível por Hipóxia/metabolismo , Neoplasias Pulmonares/terapia , Valina/análogos & derivados , Fator A de Crescimento do Endotélio Vascular/metabolismo , Animais , Benzofenonas/farmacologia , Carcinoma Pulmonar de Células não Pequenas/metabolismo , Linhagem Celular Tumoral , Fracionamento da Dose de Radiação , Esquema de Medicação , Regulação Neoplásica da Expressão Gênica/efeitos dos fármacos , Transportador de Glucose Tipo 1/metabolismo , Humanos , Antígeno Ki-67/metabolismo , Neoplasias Pulmonares/metabolismo , Masculino , Camundongos , Molécula-1 de Adesão Celular Endotelial a Plaquetas/metabolismo , Radioterapia , Resultado do Tratamento , Valina/administração & dosagem , Valina/farmacologiaRESUMO
KIF5B-RET gene rearrangement occurs in ~1% of lung adenocarcinomas. Recently, targeted agents that inhibit RET phosphorylation have been evaluated in several clinical studies; however, little is known about the role of this gene fusion in driving lung cancer. Immunohistochemistry was used to evaluate the expression of the FOXA2 protein in tumor tissues of patients with lung adenocarcinoma. KIF5B-RET fusion cells proliferated in a cohesive form and grew tightly packed with variable-sized colonies. The expression of RET and its downstream signaling molecules, including p-BRAF, p-ERK, and p-AKT, increased. In KIF5B-RET fusion cells, the intracellular expression of p-ERK was higher in the cytoplasm than in the nucleus. Two transcription factors, STAT5A and FOXA2, exhibiting significantly different expressions at the mRNA level, were finally selected. p-STAT5A was highly expressed in the nucleus and cytoplasm, whereas the expression of the FOXA2 protein was lower; however, it was much higher in the nucleus than in the cytoplasm. Compared with the expression of FOXA2 in the RET rearrangement-wild NSCLC (45.0%), high expression (3+) were observed in most RET rearrangement NSCLCs (94.4%). Meanwhile, KIF5B-RET fusion cells began to increase belatedly from day 7 and only doubled on day 9 in 2D cell culture. However, tumors in mice injected with KIF5B-RET fusion cells began to rapidly increase from day 26. In cell cycle analyses, the KIF5B-RET fusion cells in G0/G1 were increased on day 4 (50.3 ± 2.6%) compared with the empty cells (39.3 ± 5.2%; P = 0.096). Cyclin D1 and E2 expressions were reduced, whereas CDK2 expression slightly increased. pRb and p21 expression was diminished compared with the empty cells, TGF-ß1 mRNA was highly expressed, and the proteins were accumulated mostly in the nucleus. Twist mRNA and protein expression was increased, whereas Snail mRNA and protein expression was decreased. Particularly, in KIF5B-RET fusion cells treated with FOXA2 siRNA, the expression of TGF-ß 1 mRNA was remarkably reduced but Twist1 and Snail mRNA were increased. Our data suggest that cell proliferation and invasiveness in KIF5B-RET fusion cells are regulated by the upregulation of STAT5A and FOXA2 through the continuous activation of multiple RET downstream signal cascades, including the ERK and AKT signaling pathways. We found that TGF-ß1 mRNA, where significant increments were observed in KIF5B-RET fusion cells, is regulated at the transcriptional level by FOXA2.
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Immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) offer improved survival for patients with advanced malignant melanomas. However, only a subset of these patients exhibit an objective response rate of 10-40 % with ICIs. We aimed to ascertain the effects of RNA signatures and the spatial distribution of immune cells on the treatment outcomes of patients with malignant melanomas undergoing ICI therapy. Clinical data were retrospectively collected from ICI-treated patients with malignant melanoma; RNA expression profiles were examined via next-generation sequencing, whereas the composition, density, and spatial distribution of immune cells were determined via multiplex immunohistochemistry. Patients with poor and good responses to ICIs showed significant differences in mRNA expression profiles. Different spatial distributions of T-cells, macrophages, and NK cells as well as RNA signatures of immune-related genes were found to be closely related to therapeutic outcomes in ICI-treated patients with malignant melanomas. The spatial distributions of PD-1+ T-cells and activated M1 macrophages showed a significant correlation with favorable responses to ICIs. Our findings highlight the clinical relevance of the spatial proximity of immune cell subsets in the treatment outcomes of metastatic malignant melanoma.
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Melanoma , Receptor de Morte Celular Programada 1 , Humanos , Inibidores de Checkpoint Imunológico/farmacologia , Inibidores de Checkpoint Imunológico/uso terapêutico , Macrófagos/metabolismo , Melanoma/tratamento farmacológico , Melanoma/genética , Melanoma/metabolismo , Receptor de Morte Celular Programada 1/genética , RNA , RNA Mensageiro , Estudos Retrospectivos , Neoplasias Cutâneas , Melanoma Maligno CutâneoRESUMO
Warfarin is a commonly prescribed anticoagulant drug for the prevention of thromboembolic disorders. We investigated the contribution of genetic variations of four genes and clinical factors to warfarin dose requirement and provided a warfarin-dosing algorithm based on genetic and clinical variables in Korean patients. We recruited 564 Korean patients on stable anticoagulation. Single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) for the VKORC1, CYP2C9, CYP4F2 and GGCX were analyzed. Using multiple regression analysis, we developed a model to predict the warfarin requirement. The SNPs of VKORC1, CYP2C9, CYP4F2 and GGCX showed significant correlation with warfarin dose. Patients with the 3730AA genotype received significantly higher doses of warfarin than those with the 3730GG (P=0.0001). For CYP2C9, the highest maintenance dose was observed in the patients with wild-type genotype compared with the variant allele carriers (P<0.0001). The multiple regression model including age, gender, body surface area (BSA), international normalized ratio (INR) and four genetic polymorphisms accounted for 35% of total variations in warfarin dose (R(2)=0.3499; P<0.0001). This study shows that age, gender, BSA, INR and VKORC1, CYP2C9 and CYP4F2 polymorphism affect warfarin dose requirements in Koreans. Translation of this knowledge into clinical guidelines for warfarin prescription may contribute to improve the efficacy and safety of warfarin treatment for Korean patients.
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Algoritmos , Anticoagulantes/administração & dosagem , Povo Asiático/genética , Modelos Biológicos , Farmacogenética/métodos , Varfarina/administração & dosagem , Fatores Etários , Idoso , Análise de Variância , Hidrocarboneto de Aril Hidroxilases/genética , Tamanho Corporal , Citocromo P-450 CYP2C9 , Sistema Enzimático do Citocromo P-450/genética , Família 4 do Citocromo P450 , Relação Dose-Resposta a Droga , Feminino , Frequência do Gene , Estudo de Associação Genômica Ampla , Humanos , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Oxigenases de Função Mista/genética , Polimorfismo de Nucleotídeo Único/genética , Análise de Regressão , Fatores Sexuais , Vitamina K Epóxido RedutasesRESUMO
BACKGROUND/AIM: LY2835219 (LY), a novel CDK4/6 inhibitor, prevents cell proliferation through G1 arrest. Docetaxel (DTX) and paclitaxel (PTX) are cytotoxic drugs targeting tubulin-mediated apoptotic cell death via G2/M arrest. We evaluated the antitumor effects of DTX/PTX and LY individually and in combination in lung adenocarcinoma cells with or without KRAS mutations and xenograft mice harboring KRAS mutations. MATERIALS AND METHODS: We investigated in vitro/in vivo changes in signaling molecules and analyzed cell proliferation, cycle, and apoptosis via flow cytometry and western blotting. RESULTS: LY cytotoxicity was dose-dependent and varied with KRAS mutation status. DTXâLY showed synergistic cytotoxicity regardless of KRAS mutation. Furthermore, the synergistic effect of PTXâLY was significantly greater than that of PTX+LY. DTXâLY remarkably reduced the number of G0/G1 cells and increased the number of G2/M arrested cells, resulting in an increase in apoptosis and subG1 cells. CONCLUSION: DTXâLY has synergistic antitumor effect in lung cancer cells and xenograft mice regardless of KRAS mutation.
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Quinase 4 Dependente de Ciclina/antagonistas & inibidores , Quinase 6 Dependente de Ciclina/antagonistas & inibidores , Neoplasias Pulmonares/tratamento farmacológico , Proteínas Proto-Oncogênicas p21(ras)/genética , Taxoides/farmacologia , Aminopiridinas/farmacologia , Aminopiridinas/uso terapêutico , Animais , Antineoplásicos/farmacologia , Antineoplásicos/uso terapêutico , Apoptose/efeitos dos fármacos , Benzimidazóis/farmacologia , Benzimidazóis/uso terapêutico , Ciclo Celular/efeitos dos fármacos , Linhagem Celular Tumoral , Proliferação de Células/efeitos dos fármacos , Sinergismo Farmacológico , Humanos , Neoplasias Pulmonares/genética , Neoplasias Pulmonares/patologia , Camundongos , Mutação , Proteínas Proto-Oncogênicas p21(ras)/metabolismo , Transdução de Sinais/efeitos dos fármacos , Taxoides/uso terapêutico , Ensaios Antitumorais Modelo de XenoenxertoRESUMO
BACKGROUND: As EBV-associated gastric cancer has unique features that are different from EBV (-) gastric cancer, EBV is considered to have a key role in gastric carcinogenesis. It has been reported that viral latent membrane protein 2A (LMP2A) in EBV-transformed tumor cells activates the phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase (PI3K)/AKT pathway, which provides a survival signal and chemo-resistance to cytotoxic anti-cancer drugs. This study was to evaluate anti-proliferative effect and cell cycle change when 5-FU and LY294002 (LY), a selective inhibitor of PI3K, were treated separately or combined with different schedules in EBV positive gastric cancer cell line, SNU-719. METHODS: After single treatment and sequential combination of 5-FU and LY, cytotoxic activity was measured by MTS assay. When 5-FU and LY were treated in single and sequential combinations, the expression of p-AKT, p-NFkB, p-p53 and bcl-2 was observed on different concentrations by Western blot analysis. We also investigated the effect on apoptosis and cell cycle distribution using flow cytometry. The LMP2A siRNA inhibition was done to confirm the reversal of decreased 5-FU activity and p-AKT. RESULTS: When 5-FU was sequentially combined with LY, the combination index (CI) value indicated synergistic anti-proliferative effect. The expression of p-AKT and p-NF kappaB was upregulated by 5-FU alone but sequential treatment of 5-FU and LY decreased the expression of both p-AKT and p-NF kappaB. When 5-FU was combined with LY, G0/G1 and sub G1 cell population (%) increased. When 5-FU was added to the cells transfected with LMP2A siRNA, its anti-proliferative effect increased and the expression of p-AKT decreased. In sequential combination of 5-FU and LY, the expression of p-p53 was increased and bcl-2 expression was diminished compared to 5-FU alone. CONCLUSION: These data suggest that sequential combination of 5-FU and LY induce synergistic cytotoxicity and overcome intrinsic and acquired resistance of 5-FU via downregulation of activated p-AKT and mitochondria-dependent apoptosis in EBV gastric cancer cell line, SNU-719.
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Cromonas/farmacologia , Resistencia a Medicamentos Antineoplásicos/efeitos dos fármacos , Fluoruracila/farmacologia , Herpesvirus Humano 4/patogenicidade , Morfolinas/farmacologia , Proteínas Proto-Oncogênicas c-akt/metabolismo , Neoplasias Gástricas/tratamento farmacológico , Neoplasias Gástricas/metabolismo , Antimetabólitos Antineoplásicos/farmacologia , Apoptose , Western Blotting , Ciclo Celular , Proliferação de Células , Transformação Celular Neoplásica , Regulação para Baixo , Sinergismo Farmacológico , Quimioterapia Combinada , Inibidores Enzimáticos/farmacologia , Infecções por Vírus Epstein-Barr/tratamento farmacológico , Infecções por Vírus Epstein-Barr/metabolismo , Infecções por Vírus Epstein-Barr/virologia , Herpesvirus Humano 4/genética , Humanos , Mitocôndrias , NF-kappa B/genética , NF-kappa B/metabolismo , Fosfatidilinositol 3-Quinase/metabolismo , Inibidores de Fosfoinositídeo-3 Quinase , Proteínas Proto-Oncogênicas c-akt/genética , RNA Mensageiro/genética , RNA Interferente Pequeno/farmacologia , Reação em Cadeia da Polimerase Via Transcriptase Reversa , Transdução de Sinais , Neoplasias Gástricas/virologia , Células Tumorais Cultivadas , Proteínas da Matriz Viral/antagonistas & inibidores , Proteínas da Matriz Viral/genética , Proteínas da Matriz Viral/metabolismoRESUMO
Sel-CapTM, a digital enrichment next-generation sequencing (NGS)-based cancer panel, was assessed for detection of epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) gene mutations in plasma for non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), and for application in monitoring EGFR resistance mutation T790M in plasma following first-line EGFR-tyrosine kinase inhibitor (EGFR-TKI) treatment. Using Sel-Cap, we genotyped plasma samples collected from 185 patients for mutations Ex19del, L858R, and T790M, and compared results to those of PNAclampTM tumor biopsy (reference method, a peptide nucleic acid-mediated polymerase chain reaction clamping) and two other NGS liquid biopsies. Over two-thirds of activating mutations (Ex19del and L858R), previously confirmed by PNAclamp, were detected by Sel-Cap, which is 4-5 times more sensitive than NGS liquid biopsy. Sel-Cap showed particularly high sensitivity for T790M (88%) and for early-stage plasma samples. The relationship between initial T790M detection in plasma and progression-free survival (PFS) following first-line EGFR-TKIs was evaluated in 34 patients. Patients with T790M detected at treatment initiation (±3 months) had significantly shorter PFS than patients where T790M was first detected >3 months post treatment initiation (median PFS: 5.9 vs. 26.5 months; p < 0.0001). However, time from T790M detection to disease progression was not significantly different between the two groups (median around 5 months). In conclusion, Sel-Cap is a highly sensitive platform for EGFR mutations in plasma, and the timing of the first appearance of T790M in plasma, determined via highly sensitive liquid biopsies, may be useful for prediction of disease progression of NSCLC, around 5 months in advance.
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PURPOSE: Isoform 2 of tight junction protein claudin-18 (CLDN18.2) is a potential target for gastric cancer treatment. A treatment targeting CLDN18.2 has shown promising results in gastric cancer. We investigated the clinical significance of CLDN18.2 and other cell-adherens junction molecules (Rho GTPase-activating protein [RhoGAP] and E-cadherin) in metastatic diffuse-type gastric cancer (mDGC). MATERIALS AND METHODS: We evaluated CLDN18.2, RhoGAP, and E-cadherin expression using two-plex immunofluorescence and quantitative data analysis of H-scores of 77 consecutive mDGC patients who received first-line platinum-based chemotherapy between March 2015 and February 2017. RESULTS: CLDN18.2 and E-cadherin expression was significantly lower in patients with peritoneal metastasis (PM) than those without PM at the time of diagnosis (P=0.010 and 0.013, respectively), whereas it was significantly higher in patients who never developed PM from diagnosis to death than in those who did (P=0.001 and 0.003, respectively). Meanwhile, CLDN18.2 and E-cadherin expression levels were significantly higher in patients with bone metastasis than in those without bone metastasis (P=0.010 and 0.001, respectively). Moreover, we identified a positive correlation between the expression of CLDN18.2 and E-cadherin (P<0.001), RhoGAP and CLDN18.2 (P=0.004), and RhoGAP and E-cadherin (P=0.001). Conversely, CLDN18.2, RhoGAP, and E-cadherin expression was not associated with chemotherapy response and survival. CONCLUSIONS: CLDN18.2 expression was reduced in patients with PM but significantly intact in those with bone metastasis. Furthermore, CLDN18.2 expression was positively correlated with other adherens junction molecules, which is clinically associated with mDGC and PM pathogenesis.
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Epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) mutation testing is essential for individualized treatment using tyrosine kinase inhibitors. We evaluated two EGFR mutation tests, cobas v2 and PANAMutyper, for detection of EGFR activating mutations Ex19del, L858R, and T790M in tumor tissue and plasma from 244 non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients. The Kappa coefficient (95% CI) between the tests was 0.82 (0.74-0.92) in tumor samples (suggesting almost perfect agreement) and 0.69 (0.54-0.84) in plasma (suggesting substantial agreement). In plasma samples, both tests showed low to moderate sensitivity depending on disease stage but high diagnostic precision (86%-100%) in all disease stages (sensitivity: percentage of mutations in tumors that are also detected in plasma; precision: percentage of mutations in plasma which are also detected in tumors). Among the 244 patients, those previously diagnosed as T790M carriers who received osimertinib treatment showed dramatically better clinical outcomes than T790M carriers without osimertinib treatment. Taken together, our study supports interchangeable use of cobas v2 and PANAMutyper in tumor and plasma EGFR testing. Both tests have high diagnostic precision in plasma but are particularly valuable in late-stage disease. Our clinical data in T790M carriers strongly support the clinical benefits of osimertinib treatment guided by both EGFR mutation tests.
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This paper reports the fabrication of indium gallium tin oxide (IGTO) thin-film transistors (TFTs) with ultraviolet (UV)-treated PVP- co-PMMA-based hybrid gate insulators at an extremely low temperature (≤150 °C). Synergetic hafnia loading and UV treatment were used to tailor the mechanical softness and hydroxyl fraction in the polymer dielectric film. The UV-treated hybrid dielectric film had a low hydroxyl concentration, a smoother surface, and a denser packing nature, which can be explained by the high ionicity of hafnium oxide and photon-assisted improvement in the cohesion between organic and inorganic materials. Suitability of the UV-treated hybrid dielectric film as a gate insulator was evaluated by fabricating bottom gate TFTs with sputtered IGTO films as a channel layer, which showed high carrier mobility at a low temperature. The resulting IGTO TFTs with a UV-treated hybrid gate insulator exhibited a remarkable high field-effect mobility of 25.9 cm2/(V s), a threshold voltage of -0.2 V, a subthreshold gate swing of 0.4 V/decade, and an ION/OFF ratio of >107 even at a low annealing temperature of 150 °C. The fabricated IGTO TFTs with the UV-treated hybrid dielectric film on the plastic substrate were shown to withstand the 100 times mechanical bending stress even under an extremely small curvature radius of 1 mm due to the intrinsic stretchability of the hybrid dielectric film.
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BACKGROUND/AIMS: The outcome of local treatment for advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) remains poor, with therapies such as induction chemotherapy (IC) yielding conflicting results. This study aimed to assess the clinicopathologic and prognostic significance of the excision repair cross-complementation group 1 (ERCC1), beclin-1, and glucose-regulated protein of molecular mass 78 (GRP78) in patients with locally advanced NSCLC receiving docetaxel-platinum IC, along with efficacy and safety. METHODS: This is a retrospective observational cohort study. We reviewed medical records of 31 NSCLC patients receiving docetaxel-platinum IC, and conducted immunohistochemical staining of ERCC1, beclin-1, and GRP78. RESULTS: Response rate was 67.8% with 10.7 months of median relapse-free survival (RFS) and 23.1 months of median overall survival (OS), and no treatment-related death was reported. High expression of ERCC1, beclin-1, and GRP78 was identified in 67.7%, 87.1%, and 67.7%, respectively. Expression of ERCC1 and GRP78 did not reveal statistical significance in survival, whereas high beclin-1 expression revealed longer OS (7.6 months vs. 23.2 months; log-rank p = 0.024). In multivariate analysis, histologic differentiation (hazard ratio [HR], 3.48; p < 0.001), stage (HR, 8.5; p = 0.024), and adjuvant treatment (HR, 16.1; p = 0.001) were related to RFS, and in OS, stage (HR, 5.4; p = 0.037), adjuvant treatment (HR, 8.6; p = 0.004), and beclin-1 expression (HR, 8.2; p = 0.011) were identified as significant prognostic factors. CONCLUSION: Our findings suggest that high beclin-1 expression predicts longer survival in locally advanced NSCLC and docetaxel-platinum IC is a treatment option that deserves consideration.
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Proteína Beclina-1/metabolismo , Carcinoma Pulmonar de Células não Pequenas/metabolismo , Proteínas de Ligação a DNA/metabolismo , Endonucleases/metabolismo , Proteínas de Choque Térmico/metabolismo , Neoplasias Pulmonares/metabolismo , Adulto , Idoso , Antineoplásicos/uso terapêutico , Carcinoma Pulmonar de Células não Pequenas/tratamento farmacológico , Carcinoma Pulmonar de Células não Pequenas/mortalidade , Docetaxel/uso terapêutico , Chaperona BiP do Retículo Endoplasmático , Feminino , Humanos , Quimioterapia de Indução , Neoplasias Pulmonares/tratamento farmacológico , Neoplasias Pulmonares/mortalidade , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Compostos de Platina/uso terapêutico , República da Coreia/epidemiologia , Estudos RetrospectivosRESUMO
BACKGROUND: Atypical hemolytic uremic syndrome (aHUS) involves dysregulation of the complement system, but whether this also occurs in thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura (TTP) remains unclear. Although these conditions are difficult to differentiate clinically, TTP can be distinguished by low (<10%) ADAMTS13 activity. The aim was to identify the differences in complement activation products between TTP and aHUS and investigate ADAMTS13 activity as a prognostic factor in aHUS. METHODS: We analyzed patients with thrombotic microangiopathy diagnosed as TTP (N=48) or aHUS (N=50), selected from a Korean registry (N=551). Complement activation products in the plasma samples collected from the patients prior to treatment and in 40 healthy controls were measured by ELISA. RESULTS: The levels of generalized (C3a), alternate (factor Bb), and terminal (C5a and C5b-9) markers were significantly higher (all P<0.01) in the patients than in the healthy controls. Only the factor Bb levels significantly differed (P=0.008) between the two disease groups. In aHUS patients, high normal ADAMTS13 activity (≥77%) was associated with improved treatment response (OR, 6.769; 95% CI, 1.605-28.542; P=0.005), remission (OR, 6.000; 95% CI, 1.693-21.262; P=0.004), exacerbation (OR, 0.242; 95% CI, 0.064-0.916; P=0.031), and disease-associated mortality rates (OR, 0.155; 95% CI, 0.029-0.813; P=0.017). CONCLUSION: These data suggest that complement biomarkers, except factor Bb, are similarly activated in TTP and aHUS patients, and ADAMTS13 activity can predict the treatment response and outcome in aHUS patients.
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BACKGROUND: We screened resected tumor tissues from patients with lung cancer for EGFR mutations, ALK rearrangements, and rearranged during transfection (RET) gene variants (including RET rearrangements and the Kinesin Family Member 5B (KIF5B)-RET fusion gene) using various methods including reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR), transcript assays, fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH), and immunohistochemistry (IHC). We also examined the protein expression of associated downstream signaling molecules to assess the effect of these variants on patient outcome. METHOD: We constructed a tissue microarray (TMA) comprising 581 resected tumor tissues from patients with lung adenocarcinoma and analyzed the microarray by both FISH (using RET break-apart and KIF5B-RET SY translocation probes) and a commercial RET transcript assay. We evaluated the expression of RET and RET-related signaling molecules, including p-AKT and p-ERK, by TMA -based IHC staining. RESULTS: Among the 581 specimens, 51 (8.8%) specimens harbored RET rearrangements, including 12 cases (2.1%) carrying a KIF5B-RET fusion gene. Surprisingly, RET expression was lower in KIF5B-RET fusion gene-positive than in RET wild-type specimens. We detected activating EGFR mutations in 11 (21.6%) of the 51 RET variant-positive specimens. Among the KIF5B-RET fusion gene-positive specimens, p-ERK expression was significantly lower in the EGFR mutation subgroup showing RET expression than in the EGFR mutation subgroup that did not express RET. Similarly, the RET rearrangement group showed significant variation in the expression level of p-AKT (Pâ¯=â¯0.028) and p-ERK, whose expression remarkably increased in specimens not expressing RET. The expression of p-ERK markedly increased in the RET rearrangement group regardless of RET expression. CONCLUSION: This result suggests that a combination of RET and ERK inhibitors may be an effective treatment strategy for lung adenocarcinoma patients harboring RET variants.
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Adenocarcinoma/genética , Biomarcadores Tumorais/genética , Rearranjo Gênico , Neoplasias Pulmonares/genética , Proteínas de Fusão Oncogênica/genética , Proteínas Proto-Oncogênicas c-ret/genética , Adenocarcinoma/patologia , Adulto , Idoso , Idoso de 80 Anos ou mais , Animais , Receptores ErbB/genética , Feminino , Seguimentos , Células HEK293 , Humanos , Neoplasias Pulmonares/patologia , Masculino , Camundongos , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Mutação , Células NIH 3T3 , Prognóstico , Translocação Genética , Ensaios Antitumorais Modelo de Xenoenxerto , Adulto JovemRESUMO
PURPOSE: Matrix metalloproteinase (MMP) and tissue inhibitor of matrix metalloproteinase (TIMP) play an important role in tumor invasion and progression. The aim of this study was to evaluate the prognostic role of MMP-1 and TIMP-1 in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). To find out a potential serum biomarker, tissue and serum levels were investigated together. PATIENTS AND METHODS: For 85 surgically resected NSCLC patients who had pre-operative serum samplings, MMP-1 and TIMP-1 expression were investigated using immunohistochemistry in tumor tissue and ELISA in serum. Tumor cells and surrounding stromal cells were assessed separately. RESULTS: Higher expression of MMP-1 in tumor cells comparing to stromal cells was related to male gender (P=0.006), ever smoker (P=0.004), and pooly differentiated tumor (P=0.043). For TIMP-1, adenocarcinoma showed higher tumor cell expression, while squamous cell carcinoma showed higher stromal expression (P=0.007). Patients with high carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA) level, the presence of vascular invasion, recurrence or death showed higher serum MMP-1 level. There was no correlation between the tissue and serum levels of MMP-1 and TIMP-1. A tumor/stroma TIMP-1 intensity ratio ≥1 was strongly associated with early recurrence in multivariate analysis (hazard ratio=280.55, 95% confidence intervals; 11.12-7080.45; P=0.001). High serum MMP-1 (≥3,500pg/ml) showed a trend for short overall survival (P=0.080). When serum MMP-1 was combined with CEA level or presence of vascular invasion, its prognostic implication was statistically significant (P=0.045 and P=0.015, respectively). CONCLUSION: The tumor/stroma TIMP-1 intensity ratio in tissue is useful to predict tumor recurrence. Serum MMP-1 level showed a possibility as a prognostic biomarker.
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Adenocarcinoma/metabolismo , Carcinoma Pulmonar de Células não Pequenas/metabolismo , Carcinoma de Células Escamosas/metabolismo , Neoplasias Pulmonares/metabolismo , Metaloproteinase 1 da Matriz/metabolismo , Inibidor Tecidual de Metaloproteinase-1/metabolismo , Adenocarcinoma/sangue , Adenocarcinoma/patologia , Adulto , Idoso , Idoso de 80 Anos ou mais , Antígeno Carcinoembrionário/sangue , Carcinoma Pulmonar de Células não Pequenas/sangue , Carcinoma Pulmonar de Células não Pequenas/patologia , Carcinoma de Células Escamosas/sangue , Carcinoma de Células Escamosas/patologia , Feminino , Humanos , Neoplasias Pulmonares/sangue , Neoplasias Pulmonares/patologia , Masculino , Metaloproteinase 1 da Matriz/sangue , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Prognóstico , Inibidor Tecidual de Metaloproteinase-1/sangueRESUMO
PURPOSE: Dose-limiting toxicities of docetaxel are widely considered to be neutropenia, anemia, skin toxicity, and nausea. One of the factors that limit the use of docetaxel is its unpredictability of inter-individual variation in toxicity. MATERIALS AND METHODS: In order to identify the genetic factors that affect the risk of docetaxel-induced toxicities, we recruited patients who received docetaxel chemotherapy. We genotyped 92 patients with single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in 5 genes: CYP3A4 (CYP3A4(*)1B, CYP3A4(*)18, and CYP3A4(*)3), CYP3A5 (CYP3A5(*)2 and CYP3A5(*)3), ABCB1 (C1236T, G2677G/T, and C3435T), SLCO1B3 (rs11045585), and ABCC2 (rs12762549). RESULTS: Out of 92 patients, 70 had grade 3 or 4 neutropenia; 4 had grade 1 or 2; and 18 had no toxicity (76.1%, 4.3%, and 19.6%, respectively). The findings of the SNP analysis showed that patients with TT genotype of ABCB1 3435C>T polymorphism showed significantly higher risk of neutropenia and anemia (p=0.029 and p=0.044, respectively). There were significant associations between docetaxel-induced leucopenia and 2677G/T of ABCB1 and rs12762549 of ABCC2 (p=0.025 and p=0.028, respectively). In a multivariate analysis, we observed that patients carrying 2677G>T in ABCB1might be associated with higher risk of chemo-resistance when treated with docetaxel (odds ratio [OR], 6.48; confidence interval, 1.92 to 21.94; p=0.003). In a subgroup analysis of non-small cell lung cancer patients, a significant association of tumor response with G2677T/A (OR, 4.54) in ABCB1 and SLCO1B3 (OR, 9.44) was observed. CONCLUSION: Our data suggest that ABCB1 (2677G/T) and SLCO1B3 (rs11055585) might be major genetic predictors of docetaxel-related toxicities in patients receiving docetaxel chemotherapy.
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BACKGROUND: The KIF5B-RET rearrangement is detected with the frequency of 1 ~ 2% in 'triple marker'-negative lung adenocarcinomas, i.e., EGFR, KRAS and EML4-ALK wild type. These mutational changes are known to be mutually exclusive, but the co-existence of ALK rearrangement with activating mutations of EGFR is rarely found. METHODS: We examined the KIF5B-RET fusion gene in frozen tissues from 154 surgically resected lung tumors using RT-PCR with direct sequencing and the mutation status of EGFR and KRAS genes using PNA clamping. We tested KIF5B-RET translocation in Formalin Fixed Paraffin Embedded using fluorescence in situ hybridization. We also measured RET mRNA and protein expression by RT-PCR and immunohistochemistry, respectively. RESULTS: The existence of KIF5B-RET fusion gene was identified in 9 patients. The mean age was 67.2 and M: F ratio 4:5. Of 9 patients, 3 patients harbored wild type of EGFR and KRAS gene. However, KIF5B-RET fusion gene coincided with EGFR or KRAS mutation in 6 patients. These six pts were also positive for both RET break-apart probes (23.9%) and KIF5B-RET fusion (44.4%). However, there were no correlations between RET mRNA and protein expression in the KIF5B-RET-positive patients. The median disease free survival and overall survival were 23.9 months and 29.5 months, respectively. CONCLUSIONS: Taken together, our data suggest one-step screening platform for KIF5B-RET as well as EGFR, K-RAS, ALK oncogenic mutations be necessary for lung adenocarcinoma patients because EGFR or KRAS mutation are not infrequently found in KIF5B-RET-positive patients.
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Adenocarcinoma/genética , Genes erbB-1/genética , Neoplasias Pulmonares/genética , Mutação , Proteínas de Fusão Oncogênica/genética , Proteínas Proto-Oncogênicas p21(ras)/genética , Adenocarcinoma/mortalidade , Adenocarcinoma de Pulmão , Adulto , Idoso , Idoso de 80 Anos ou mais , Biomarcadores Tumorais/análise , Biomarcadores Tumorais/genética , Análise Mutacional de DNA , Intervalo Livre de Doença , Feminino , Humanos , Imuno-Histoquímica , Hibridização in Situ Fluorescente , Neoplasias Pulmonares/mortalidade , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Reação em Cadeia da Polimerase em Tempo Real , Reação em Cadeia da Polimerase Via Transcriptase ReversaRESUMO
The KRAS gain-of-function mutation confers intrinsic resistance to targeted anti-cancer drugs and cytotoxic chemotherapeutic agents, ultimately leading to treatment failure. KRAS mutation frequency in lung adenocarcinoma is ~15-30%. Novel therapeutic strategies should be developed to improve clinical outcomes in these cases. Deregulation of the p16/cyclin-dependent kinase (CDK) 4/retinoblastoma (Rb) pathway is frequently observed in various cancers and it represents an attractive therapeutic target. We compared the anti-tumor efficacy of genetically knocked-down CDK4 and a pharmacological inhibitor of CDK4/6, CINK4, in KRAS mutation-positive lung adenocarcinoma cells. We also investigated changes in anti-proliferative activity and downstream molecules with these treatments in combination with paclitaxel. CDK4 short interfering RNA (siRNA) significantly increased paclitaxel sensitivity in KRAS mutation-positive H23 cells. CINK4 demonstrated concentration- and time-dependent anti-proliferative activity in 5 adenocarcinoma lines. CINK4 induced G 1 arrest by downregulating the p16/cyclin D1/Rb pathway, resulting in apoptotic induction via increased expression of cleaved caspase3, cleaved PARP and Bax. Combined CINK4 and paclitaxel produced synergistic anti-proliferative activity and increased apoptosis through reduced cyclin D1 and Bcl-2 in KRAS mutation-positive cancer cells. These data suggest CDK4 is a promising target for development of anti-cancer drugs and CINK4 combined with paclitaxel may be an effective therapeutic strategy for enhancing anti-tumor efficacy in KRAS mutation-positive lung adenocarcinoma.
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Adenocarcinoma/tratamento farmacológico , Protocolos de Quimioterapia Combinada Antineoplásica/farmacologia , Quinase 4 Dependente de Ciclina/antagonistas & inibidores , Quinase 6 Dependente de Ciclina/antagonistas & inibidores , Neoplasias Pulmonares/tratamento farmacológico , Paclitaxel/farmacologia , Inibidores de Proteínas Quinases/farmacologia , Proteínas Proto-Oncogênicas/genética , Proteínas ras/genética , Adenocarcinoma/enzimologia , Adenocarcinoma/genética , Adenocarcinoma/metabolismo , Adenocarcinoma de Pulmão , Linhagem Celular Tumoral , Quinase 4 Dependente de Ciclina/genética , Quinase 4 Dependente de Ciclina/metabolismo , Quinase 6 Dependente de Ciclina/genética , Quinase 6 Dependente de Ciclina/metabolismo , Sinergismo Farmacológico , Técnicas de Silenciamento de Genes , Genes ras , Humanos , Neoplasias Pulmonares/enzimologia , Neoplasias Pulmonares/genética , Neoplasias Pulmonares/metabolismo , Mutação , Paclitaxel/administração & dosagem , Inibidores de Proteínas Quinases/administração & dosagem , Proteínas Proto-Oncogênicas p21(ras) , RNA Interferente Pequeno/administração & dosagem , RNA Interferente Pequeno/genética , Transfecção , Células Tumorais CultivadasRESUMO
Patients with HPV-positive oropharyngeal cancer show better tumor response to radiation or chemotherapy than patients with HPV-negative cancer. HPV oncoprotein E6 binds and degrades a typically wild-type p53 protein product. However, HPV16 infection and p53 mutation infrequently coexist in a subset of HNSCCs. The purpose of this study was to investigate the mechanisms through which tumor biology and molecular genetic mechanisms change when two HPV-negative, p53-mutated oropharyngeal cell lines (YD8, non-disruptive p53 mutation; YD10B, disruptive p53 mutation) derived from patients with a history of heavy smoking are transfected with HPV E6 and E7 oncogenes in vitro. Transfection with HPV E6 and E7 oncogenes in YD8, reduced the abundance of proteins encoded by tumor suppressor genes, such as p-p53 and p-Rb. Cell proliferative activity was increased in the cells transfected with E6E7 compared to cells transfected with vector alone (P=0.09), whereas the invasiveness of E6E7-transfected cells was significantly reduced (P=0.02). cDNA microarray of the transfected cells with E6E7 showed significant changes in mRNA expression in several signaling pathways, including focal adhesion, JAK-STAT signaling pathway, cell cycle and p53 signaling pathway. Regarding the qPCR array for the p53 signaling pathway, the mRNA expression of STAT1 was remarkably upregulated by 6.47-fold (P<0.05); in contrast, IGF-1R was significantly downregulated by 2.40-fold in the YD8-vector compared toYD8-E6E7 (P<0.01). Finally, data collected from these two array experiments enabled us to select two genes, STAT1 and IGF-1R, for further study. In immunohistochemical study, nuclear STAT1 expression was slightly higher in HPV-positive compared to HPV-negative oropharyngeal tumors (P=0.18); however, cytoplasmic STAT1 was significantly lower in HPV-positive cases (P=0.03). IGF-1R expression levels were remarkably lower in HPV-positive compared to HPV-negative cases (P=0.01). Our data suggest that upregulated STAT1 and interferon signals by HPV16 E6 and E7 genes may play a major role in the relatively favorable prognosis for HPV-positive oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma cases with non-disruptive p53 mutations.
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Carcinoma de Células Escamosas/genética , Transformação Celular Viral/genética , Proteínas Oncogênicas Virais/genética , Neoplasias Orofaríngeas/genética , Proteínas E7 de Papillomavirus/genética , Proteínas Repressoras/genética , Proteína Supressora de Tumor p53/genética , Apoptose , Carcinoma de Células Escamosas/metabolismo , Carcinoma de Células Escamosas/virologia , Linhagem Celular Tumoral , Proliferação de Células , Adesões Focais/metabolismo , Regulação Neoplásica da Expressão Gênica , Papillomavirus Humano 16/genética , Humanos , Janus Quinases/metabolismo , Invasividade Neoplásica , Neoplasias Orofaríngeas/metabolismo , Neoplasias Orofaríngeas/virologia , Infecções por Papillomavirus/genética , Infecções por Papillomavirus/virologia , RNA Mensageiro/biossíntese , Receptor IGF Tipo 1/genética , Receptor IGF Tipo 1/metabolismo , Fator de Transcrição STAT1/genética , Fator de Transcrição STAT1/metabolismo , Transdução de Sinais/genética , TransfecçãoRESUMO
Direct sequencing remains the most widely used method for the detection of epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) mutations in lung cancer; however, its relatively low sensitivity limits its clinical use. The objective of this study was to investigate the sensitivity of detecting an epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) mutation from peptide nucleic acid-locked nucleic acid polymerase chain reaction (PNA-LNA PCR) clamp and Ion Torrent Personal Genome Machine (PGM) techniques compared to that by direct sequencing. Furthermore, the predictive efficacy of EGFR mutations detected by PNA-LNA PCR clamp was evaluated. EGFR mutational status was assessed by direct sequencing, PNA-LNA PCR clamp, and Ion Torrent PGM in 57 patients with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). We evaluated the predictive efficacy of PNA-LNA PCR clamp on the EGFR-TKI treatment in 36 patients with advanced NSCLC retrospectively. Compared to direct sequencing (16/57, 28.1%), PNA-LNA PCR clamp (27/57, 47.4%) and Ion Torrent PGM (26/57, 45.6%) detected more EGFR mutations. EGFR mutant patients had significantly longer progressive free survival (14.31 vs. 21.61 months, P = 0.003) than that of EGFR wild patients when tested with PNA-LNA PCR clamp. However, no difference in response rate to EGFR TKIs (75.0% vs. 82.4%, P = 0.195) or overall survival (34.39 vs. 44.10 months, P = 0.422) was observed between the EGFR mutations by direct sequencing or PNA-LNA PCR clamp. Our results demonstrate firstly that patients with EGFR mutations were detected more frequently by PNA-LNA PCR clamp and Ion Torrent PGM than those by direct sequencing. EGFR mutations detected by PNA-LNA PCR clamp may be as a predicative factor for EGFR TKI response in patients with NSCLC.