Intraoperative opioids are associated with improved recurrence-free survival in triple-negative breast cancer

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BACKGROUND: Opioid-induced immunomodulation may be of particular importance in triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) where an immune response is associated with improved outcome and response to immunotherapy. We evaluated the association between intraoperative opioids and oncological outcomes and explored patterns of opioid receptor expression in TNBC.

METHODS: Consecutive patients with stage I-III primary TNBC were identified from a prospectively maintained database. Opioid receptor expression patterns in the tumour microenvironment were analysed using publicly available bulk and single-cell RNA-seq data.

RESULTS: A total of 1143 TNBC cases were retrospectively analysed. In multivariable analysis, higher intraoperative opioid dose was associated with favourable recurrence-free survival, hazard ratio 0.93 (95% confidence interval 0.88-0.99) per 10 oral morphine milligram equivalents increase (P=0.028), but was not significantly associated with overall survival, hazard ratio 0.96 (95% confidence interval 0.89-1.02) per 10 morphine milligram equivalents increase (P=0.2). Bulk RNA-seq analysis of opioid receptors showed that OPRM1 was nearly non-expressed. Compared with normal breast tissue OGFR, OPRK1, and OPRD1 were upregulated, while TLR4 was downregulated. At a single-cell level, OPRM1 and OPRD1 were not detectable; OPRK1 was expressed mainly on tumour cells, whereas OGFR and TLR4 were more highly expressed on immune cells.

CONCLUSIONS: We found a protective effect of intraoperative opioids on recurrence-free survival in TNBC. Opioid receptor expression was consistent with a net protective effect of opioid agonism, with protumour receptors either not expressed or downregulated, and antitumour receptors upregulated. In this era of personalised medicine, efforts to differentiate the effects of opioids across breast cancer subtypes (and ultimately individual patients) should continue.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2021

Erschienen:

2021

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:126

Enthalten in:

British journal of anaesthesia - 126(2021), 2 vom: 01. Feb., Seite 367-376

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Montagna, Giacomo [VerfasserIn]
Gupta, Hersh V [VerfasserIn]
Hannum, Margaret [VerfasserIn]
Tan, Kay See [VerfasserIn]
Lee, Jasme [VerfasserIn]
Scarpa, Joseph R [VerfasserIn]
Plitas, George [VerfasserIn]
Irie, Takeshi [VerfasserIn]
McCormick, Patrick J [VerfasserIn]
Fischer, Gregory W [VerfasserIn]
Morrow, Monica [VerfasserIn]
Mincer, Joshua S [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Analgesics, Opioid
Immunomodulation
Journal Article
Opioid receptor
Opioids
Outcome
Personalised medicine
RNA-seq
Receptors, Opioid
Recurrence
Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
Survival
Triple-negative breast cancer

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Date Completed 01.02.2021

Date Revised 02.02.2022

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.bja.2020.10.021

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM317879596