Prognostic Impact of Preoperative Plasma Levels of Urokinase Plasminogen Activator Proteins on Disease Outcomes after Radical Cystectomy

PURPOSE: We sought to validate the association of plasma levels of urokinase-type plasminogen activator (uPA), its soluble receptor (SuPAR) and its inhibitor (PAI-one) with oncologic outcomes in a large cohort of patients treated with radical cystectomy (RC) for urothelial carcinoma of the bladder (UCB).

MATERIALS AND METHODS: We collected preoperative blood samples from 1,036 consecutive patients treated with RC for UCB. Plasma specimens were assessed for levels of uPA, SuPAR and PAI-one. Retrospective logistic and Cox regression analyses were performed to assess their correlation with clinical outcomes. The additional clinical net benefit provided by the biomarkers was evaluated using decision curve analysis.

RESULTS: Preoperative plasma uPA, SuPAR and PAI-one levels were significantly elevated in patients harboring adverse pathological features. Higher levels of all biomarkers were independently associated with an increased risk of lymph node metastasis; uPA levels were also independently associated with ≥pT3 disease. Preoperative uPA and SuPAR were independently associated with recurrence-free and cancer-specific survival. The addition of these biomarkers to standard pre-treatment and post-treatment models improved the discriminatory power for prediction of lymph node metastasis, ≥pT3 disease, and recurrence-free and cancer-specific survival by a prognostically significant margin.

CONCLUSIONS: We confirmed that elevated preoperative plasma levels of uPA, SuPAR and PAI-one are associated with features of aggressive disease and worse survival outcomes in patients treated with RC for UCB. These biomarkers hold potential in identifying patients who are likely to benefit from intensified/multimodal therapy. They also demonstrated the ability to improve the discriminatory power of predictive/prognostic models, thus refining personalized clinical decision-making.

Errataetall:

ErratumIn: J Urol. 2023 Dec;210(6):931. - PMID 37942860

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2021

Erschienen:

2021

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:206

Enthalten in:

The Journal of urology - 206(2021), 5 vom: 01. Nov., Seite 1122-1131

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Schuettfort, Victor M [VerfasserIn]
Pradere, Benjamin [VerfasserIn]
D'Andrea, David [VerfasserIn]
Grossmann, Nico C [VerfasserIn]
Quhal, Fahad [VerfasserIn]
Mostafaei, Hadi [VerfasserIn]
Laukhtina, Ekaterina [VerfasserIn]
Mori, Keiichiro [VerfasserIn]
Rink, Michael [VerfasserIn]
Karakiewicz, Pierre I [VerfasserIn]
Motlagh, Reza Sari [VerfasserIn]
Katayama, Satoshi [VerfasserIn]
Lotan, Yair [VerfasserIn]
Scherr, Douglas [VerfasserIn]
Abufaraj, Mohammad [VerfasserIn]
Fajkovica, Harun [VerfasserIn]
Compérat, Eva [VerfasserIn]
Enikeev, Dmitry [VerfasserIn]
Shariat, Shahrokh F [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Biomarkers
Biomarkers, Tumor
EC 3.4.21.73
Journal Article
PLAUR protein, human
Plasminogen Activator Inhibitor 1
Plasminogen activator inhibitor 1
Receptors
Receptors, Urokinase Plasminogen Activator
Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
SERPINE1 protein, human
Urinary bladder neoplasms
Urokinase plasminogen activator
Urokinase-Type Plasminogen Activator
Urokinase-type plasminogen activator

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Date Completed 27.10.2021

Date Revised 09.11.2023

published: Print-Electronic

ErratumIn: J Urol. 2023 Dec;210(6):931. - PMID 37942860

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1097/JU.0000000000001936

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM327284765