Plasma cell membrane localization of c-MET predicts longer survival in patients with malignant mesothelioma : a series of 157 cases from the MESOPATH Group

INTRODUCTION: By regulating cell functions such as growth, survival, motility/migration, and invasion, the c-mesenchymal-epithelial transition (c-MET) receptor tyrosine kinase/hepatocyte growth factor (HGF) axis accounts for a critical pathway in malignant pleural mesothelioma.

METHODS: Overall survival correlations of c-MET and phospho-c-MET immunostainings were investigated in 157 malignant pleural mesothelioma patients for whom paraffin-embedded specimens were referred to our center for pathological diagnosis certification (MESOPATH French National group). Subcellular localization of the activated c-MET receptor after HGF stimulation was assessed in nontumorogenic cell lines.

RESULTS: Positive c-MET expression was found in 119 samples (75.8%), more frequently in the epithelioid subtype (p < 0.0001). Among those 119 positive c-MET specimens, 77 (64.7%) were also positive for phospho-c-MET. Both c-MET and phospho-c-MET scoring were independent of patient gender or age. Phospho-c-MET scoring or localization did not associate with survival. Conversely, patients with a c-MET immunohistochemical staining intensity higher than 1, but exclusively confined to plasma membrane, had a median overall survival of 25 months versus 13 months for all other patients. Only exclusive plasma membrane staining remained significantly associated with a worse prognosis in multivariate analysis (hazard ratio = 2.9, 95% confidence interval 1.0-8.2, p = 0.043). Using the HBEC3 immortalized epithelial cell lines treated with HGF, we showed the physiological relevance of phospho-c-MET nuclear translocation.

CONCLUSIONS: Our results lighten that, disregarding the intracellular c-MET receptor traffic, only c-MET plasma membrane localization could be a relevant prognosis biomarker in malignant pleural mesothelioma. Whether patients with c-MET plasma membrane immunostaining could beneficiate from c-MET-targeted therapies remains to be established in prospective trials.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2012

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2012

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:7

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Journal of thoracic oncology : official publication of the International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer - 7(2012), 3 vom: 07. März, Seite 599-606

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Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Levallet, Guénaëlle [VerfasserIn]
Vaisse-Lesteven, Mélissa [VerfasserIn]
Le Stang, Nolwenn [VerfasserIn]
Ilg, Anabelle Gilg Soit [VerfasserIn]
Brochard, Patrick [VerfasserIn]
Astoul, Philippe [VerfasserIn]
Pairon, Jean Claude [VerfasserIn]
Bergot, Emmanuel [VerfasserIn]
Zalcman, Gérard [VerfasserIn]
Galateau-Sallé, Francoise [VerfasserIn]

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EC 2.7.10.1
Journal Article
MET protein, human
Multicenter Study
Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-met

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Date Completed 14.06.2012

Date Revised 02.01.2021

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1097/JTO.0b013e3182417da5

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NLM214565831