Expression of extracellular matrix metalloproteases inducer on micrometastatic and primary mammary carcinoma cells.
Clin Cancer Res
; 10(10): 3422-8, 2004 May 15.
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ABSTRACT
PURPOSE:
EMMPRIN (extracellular matrix metalloprotease inducer) is a glycosylated member of the immunoglobulin superfamily known to stimulate the production of matrix metalloproteases (MMPs) 1, 2, and 3 and MT1-MMP in peritumoral fibroblasts. We here evaluated whether EMMPRIN expression is related to tumor progression in human breast cancer. EXPERIMENTALDESIGN:
An immunohistochemical study using high-density tissue microarrays (n = 2222 breast cancer samples) and EMMPRIN-specific antibodies HIM6 and MEM-M6/1 was performed, and staining results were statistically correlated with various clinicopathological parameters. To analyze the putative association between EMMPRIN expression and bone marrow (BM) micrometastasis, an additional set of 55 breast tumors from patients with or without micrometastatic cells as determined with anti-cytokeratin antibody A45-B/B3 were included in our study. Cytokeratin-positive cells in BM were costained with EMMPRIN-specific antibody 1G6.2.RESULTS:
Positive EMMPRIN staining correlated significantly with various histopathological risk factors (higher tumor grade, increased tumor size, negative estrogen receptor status and progesterone receptor status, and higher mitotic index) as well as decreased tumor-specific survival (log-rank, P = 0.0027). In particular, in patients > 50 years (i.e., postmenopausal women), EMMPRIN expression was an independent prognosticator as shown by Cox regression analysis (relative risk = 1.7, 95% confidence interval 1.4-4.3, P = 0.036). An involvement of EMMPRIN in tumor progression was also supported by the fact that it was expressed on approximately 90% of micrometastatic cells in BM.CONCLUSIONS:
EMMPRIN expression in primary tumor predicts an unfavorable prognosis in breast cancer, suggesting a crucial role of EMMPRIN in progression of human mammary carcinomas.
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Assunto principal:
Metaloendopeptidases
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Antígenos CD
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Matriz Extracelular
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Antígenos de Neoplasias
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Neoplasias
Tipo de estudo:
Etiology_studies
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Prognostic_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Limite:
Humans
Idioma:
En
Ano de publicação:
2004
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Article