OBJECTIVE To evaluate the predictive value of humanepidermal growth factor receptor-2 (HER-2) and P53 in taxane-based and anthracycline-based neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NAC)in breast cancer.METHODSSixty-two patients wi...OBJECTIVE To evaluate the predictive value of humanepidermal growth factor receptor-2 (HER-2) and P53 in taxane-based and anthracycline-based neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NAC)in breast cancer.METHODSSixty-two patients with breast cancer wereincluded in this study.Twenty-two patients were treated withtaxane-based (taxane group) and 40 with anthracycline-based(anthracycline group).ER,PR,c-erbB2 and P53 were detected byimmunohistochemistry staining before NAC,and FluorescenceIn Situ Hybridization(FISH) was used to detect the HER-2 geneamplification for the cases with the expression of c-erbB2 proteinas (++) or (+++).The efficacy of the regimens was evaluated afterNAC.RESULTS In the anthracycline group,objective response (OR)was observed in 30 out of 40 patients (75%),whereas no response(NR) was observed in 10 patients (25%).In the taxane group,ORwas observed in 15 patients out of 22 patients (68.2%),whereasNR was observed in 7 patients (31.8%).HER-2-negative status wascorrelated with a high OR in both taxane-based and anthracycline-based NAC (P = 0.023 and P = 0.029),whereas P53-negative statuswas correlated with high OR rate in anthracycline-based NAC (P= 0.041).The significant difference of the CR rates was observedbetween the patients took<4 cycles and>4 cycles NAC (4.65% vs.21.05%,P<0.05).CONCLUSION The patients with HER-2 gene non-amplicationmay be sensitive to both taxane-based and anthracycline-basedchemotherapy;the patients without P53 overexpression maysuitable to select anthracycline-based chemotherapy;and properincreased NAC cycles may increase CR rates.展开更多
Background:Triple-negative breast cancer(TNBC)is a type of highly invasive breast cancer with a poor prognosis.According to new research,long noncoding RNAs(lncRNAs)play a significant role in the progression of cancer...Background:Triple-negative breast cancer(TNBC)is a type of highly invasive breast cancer with a poor prognosis.According to new research,long noncoding RNAs(lncRNAs)play a significant role in the progression of cancer.Although the role of lncRNAs in breast cancer has been well reported,few studies have focused on TNBC.This study aimed to explore the biological function and clinical significance of forkhead box C1 promoter upstream transcript(FOXCUT)in triple-negative breast cancer.Methods:Based on a bioinformatic analysis of the cancer genome atlas(TCGA)database,we detected that the lncRNA FOXCUT was overexpressed in TNBC tissues,which was further validated in an external cohort of tissues from the General Surgery Department of the First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University.The functions of FOXCUT in proliferation,migration,and invasion were detected in vitro or in vivo.Luciferase assays and RNA immunoprecipitation(RIP)were performed to reveal that FOXCUT acted as a competitive endogenous RNA(ceRNA)for the microRNA miR-24-3p and consequently inhibited the degradation of p38.Results:lncRNA FOXCUT was markedly highly expressed in breast cancer,which was associated with poor prognosis in some cases.Knockdown of FOXCUT significantly inhibited cancer growth and metastasis in vitro or in vivo.Mechanistically,FOXCUT competitively bounded to miR-24-3p to prevent the degradation of p38,which might act as an oncogene in breast cancer.Conclusion:Collectively,this research revealed a novel FOXCUT/miR-24-3p/p38 axis that affected breast cancer progression and suggested that the lncRNA FOXCUT could be a diagnostic marker and therapeutic target for breast cancer.展开更多
目的研究P-糖蛋白(P-glycoprotein,P-gp)、乳腺癌耐药蛋白(breast cancer drug resistance protein,BCRP)和肺耐药蛋白(pulmonary resistance protein,LRP)在乳腺癌原发灶和腋淋巴结转移灶中表达的差异。方法采用免疫组织化学染色法检测...目的研究P-糖蛋白(P-glycoprotein,P-gp)、乳腺癌耐药蛋白(breast cancer drug resistance protein,BCRP)和肺耐药蛋白(pulmonary resistance protein,LRP)在乳腺癌原发灶和腋淋巴结转移灶中表达的差异。方法采用免疫组织化学染色法检测126例乳腺癌患者的原发灶和66例腋淋巴结转移灶中P-gp、BCRP、LRP的表达。结果 (1)P-gp、BCRP及LRP在乳腺癌原发灶中的阳性表达率分别为41.27%(52/126)、38.89%(49/126)、65.87%(83/126),在腋淋巴结转移灶中阳性表达率分别为59.09%(39/66)、63.64%(42/66)、60.61%(40/66)。P-gp、BCRP在乳腺癌淋巴结转移灶中的表达高于原发灶(P<0.05),LRP在原发灶和淋巴结转移灶之间的表达差异无统计学意义。(2)P-gp、BCRP在乳腺癌原发灶和腋淋巴结转移灶中表达差异没有统计学意义(P<0.01),Kappa值分别为0.276、0.356;LRP在原发灶和淋巴结转移灶中的表达差异没有统计学意义(P>0.05)。(3)乳腺癌原发灶中2个耐药蛋白共表达率为35.71%(45/126),3个耐药蛋白同时表达的阳性率为15.08%(19/126),有2个或3个耐药蛋白共表达率为50.79%(64/126),高于单独阳性表达率33.33%(42/126,P<0.05)。腋淋巴结转移灶中2个耐药蛋白共表达率为53.03%(35/66),高于单独阳性表达率(27.27%[18/66],P<0.05);3个耐药蛋白同时表达的阳性率为16.67%(11/66),有2个或3个耐药蛋白共表达率为69.70%(46/66),高于单独阳性表达率(P<0.01)。腋淋巴结转移灶中2个耐药蛋白共表达率及2个或3个耐药蛋白共表达率均高于乳腺癌原发灶中的表达(P<0.05)。(4)Kaplan-Meier生存分析结果表明,乳腺癌腋淋巴结转移灶中P-gp、BCRP及LRP阳性表达者5年总生存期较原发灶耐药蛋白阳性者低(P<0.05)。结论在乳腺癌原发灶和腋淋巴结转移灶中的P-gp、BCRP表达差异有统计学意义,LRP表达则没有明显差异;多个耐药蛋白共表达协同作用为耐药的主要特征,腋淋巴结转移灶中可能具有更强的耐药性。展开更多
基金This work was supported by a grant from the Ministry of Public Health Scientific Research Foundation of China(No.WKJ2007-3-001)
文摘OBJECTIVE To evaluate the predictive value of humanepidermal growth factor receptor-2 (HER-2) and P53 in taxane-based and anthracycline-based neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NAC)in breast cancer.METHODSSixty-two patients with breast cancer wereincluded in this study.Twenty-two patients were treated withtaxane-based (taxane group) and 40 with anthracycline-based(anthracycline group).ER,PR,c-erbB2 and P53 were detected byimmunohistochemistry staining before NAC,and FluorescenceIn Situ Hybridization(FISH) was used to detect the HER-2 geneamplification for the cases with the expression of c-erbB2 proteinas (++) or (+++).The efficacy of the regimens was evaluated afterNAC.RESULTS In the anthracycline group,objective response (OR)was observed in 30 out of 40 patients (75%),whereas no response(NR) was observed in 10 patients (25%).In the taxane group,ORwas observed in 15 patients out of 22 patients (68.2%),whereasNR was observed in 7 patients (31.8%).HER-2-negative status wascorrelated with a high OR in both taxane-based and anthracycline-based NAC (P = 0.023 and P = 0.029),whereas P53-negative statuswas correlated with high OR rate in anthracycline-based NAC (P= 0.041).The significant difference of the CR rates was observedbetween the patients took<4 cycles and>4 cycles NAC (4.65% vs.21.05%,P<0.05).CONCLUSION The patients with HER-2 gene non-amplicationmay be sensitive to both taxane-based and anthracycline-basedchemotherapy;the patients without P53 overexpression maysuitable to select anthracycline-based chemotherapy;and properincreased NAC cycles may increase CR rates.
基金funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.82072931 and 82002805)
文摘Background:Triple-negative breast cancer(TNBC)is a type of highly invasive breast cancer with a poor prognosis.According to new research,long noncoding RNAs(lncRNAs)play a significant role in the progression of cancer.Although the role of lncRNAs in breast cancer has been well reported,few studies have focused on TNBC.This study aimed to explore the biological function and clinical significance of forkhead box C1 promoter upstream transcript(FOXCUT)in triple-negative breast cancer.Methods:Based on a bioinformatic analysis of the cancer genome atlas(TCGA)database,we detected that the lncRNA FOXCUT was overexpressed in TNBC tissues,which was further validated in an external cohort of tissues from the General Surgery Department of the First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University.The functions of FOXCUT in proliferation,migration,and invasion were detected in vitro or in vivo.Luciferase assays and RNA immunoprecipitation(RIP)were performed to reveal that FOXCUT acted as a competitive endogenous RNA(ceRNA)for the microRNA miR-24-3p and consequently inhibited the degradation of p38.Results:lncRNA FOXCUT was markedly highly expressed in breast cancer,which was associated with poor prognosis in some cases.Knockdown of FOXCUT significantly inhibited cancer growth and metastasis in vitro or in vivo.Mechanistically,FOXCUT competitively bounded to miR-24-3p to prevent the degradation of p38,which might act as an oncogene in breast cancer.Conclusion:Collectively,this research revealed a novel FOXCUT/miR-24-3p/p38 axis that affected breast cancer progression and suggested that the lncRNA FOXCUT could be a diagnostic marker and therapeutic target for breast cancer.
文摘目的研究P-糖蛋白(P-glycoprotein,P-gp)、乳腺癌耐药蛋白(breast cancer drug resistance protein,BCRP)和肺耐药蛋白(pulmonary resistance protein,LRP)在乳腺癌原发灶和腋淋巴结转移灶中表达的差异。方法采用免疫组织化学染色法检测126例乳腺癌患者的原发灶和66例腋淋巴结转移灶中P-gp、BCRP、LRP的表达。结果 (1)P-gp、BCRP及LRP在乳腺癌原发灶中的阳性表达率分别为41.27%(52/126)、38.89%(49/126)、65.87%(83/126),在腋淋巴结转移灶中阳性表达率分别为59.09%(39/66)、63.64%(42/66)、60.61%(40/66)。P-gp、BCRP在乳腺癌淋巴结转移灶中的表达高于原发灶(P<0.05),LRP在原发灶和淋巴结转移灶之间的表达差异无统计学意义。(2)P-gp、BCRP在乳腺癌原发灶和腋淋巴结转移灶中表达差异没有统计学意义(P<0.01),Kappa值分别为0.276、0.356;LRP在原发灶和淋巴结转移灶中的表达差异没有统计学意义(P>0.05)。(3)乳腺癌原发灶中2个耐药蛋白共表达率为35.71%(45/126),3个耐药蛋白同时表达的阳性率为15.08%(19/126),有2个或3个耐药蛋白共表达率为50.79%(64/126),高于单独阳性表达率33.33%(42/126,P<0.05)。腋淋巴结转移灶中2个耐药蛋白共表达率为53.03%(35/66),高于单独阳性表达率(27.27%[18/66],P<0.05);3个耐药蛋白同时表达的阳性率为16.67%(11/66),有2个或3个耐药蛋白共表达率为69.70%(46/66),高于单独阳性表达率(P<0.01)。腋淋巴结转移灶中2个耐药蛋白共表达率及2个或3个耐药蛋白共表达率均高于乳腺癌原发灶中的表达(P<0.05)。(4)Kaplan-Meier生存分析结果表明,乳腺癌腋淋巴结转移灶中P-gp、BCRP及LRP阳性表达者5年总生存期较原发灶耐药蛋白阳性者低(P<0.05)。结论在乳腺癌原发灶和腋淋巴结转移灶中的P-gp、BCRP表达差异有统计学意义,LRP表达则没有明显差异;多个耐药蛋白共表达协同作用为耐药的主要特征,腋淋巴结转移灶中可能具有更强的耐药性。
