Plasma Endoglin is Associated with Favorable Outcome for Pemetrexed-Based Therapy in Advanced Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer

© 2021 Li et al..

PURPOSE: Pemetrexed-based chemotherapy (Pem-C) is the first-line chemotherapy for advanced non-squamous non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). However, limited tumor-associated proteins in blood are available to predict pemetrexed response and/or survival.

PATIENTS AND METHODS: Plasma samples from three responders and three nonresponders with stage IIIB-IV NSCLC were collected prior to Pem-C and analyzed using Proteome ProfilerTM Human XL Oncology Array to detect 84 oncology-related proteins. The plasma concentrations of cathepsin S, endoglin (ENG), and matrix metalloproteinases 3 and 9 in 71 patients with advanced NSCLC treated with Pem-C were further measured using enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay based on the remarkable differences in the four proteins between responders and nonresponders in the array results.

RESULTS: Pem-C responders had significantly higher ENG levels but not the other three markers than nonresponders (mean ENG level: 27.1 ± 7.4 vs 22.3 ± 6.9, p < 0.01). High ENG concentration was correlated with improved progression-free survival (hazard ratio [HR]: 0.52, 95% confidence interval [CI]: 0.31-0.86, p < 0.01) and overall survival (HR: 0.55, 95% CI: 0.32-0.94, p < 0.05) in patients treated with Pem-C, and the ENG level was an independent factor in our cohort (HR: 0.54, 95% CI: 0.33-0.89, p < 0.05). ENG concentration in Pem-C responders also significantly increased at the time of best response (p < 0.05).

CONCLUSION: Cumulatively, this study reveals that ENG is correlated with Pem-C responsiveness in patients, which indicates the potential use of plasma ENG levels as a non-invasive biomarker for pemetrexed-based treatment in patients with non-squamous NSCLC.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2021

Erschienen:

2021

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:13

Enthalten in:

Cancer management and research - 13(2021) vom: 28., Seite 9305-9318

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Li, Che-Hsing [VerfasserIn]
Ko, Jiunn-Liang [VerfasserIn]
Hsiao, Yu-Ping [VerfasserIn]
Tsai, Ming-Hung [VerfasserIn]
Lai, Yen-Chein [VerfasserIn]
Hsin, I-Lun [VerfasserIn]
Kang, Yu-Ting [VerfasserIn]
Sheu, Gwo-Tarng [VerfasserIn]
Lin, Wea-Lung [VerfasserIn]
Wu, Ming-Fang [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Biomarker
Endoglin
Journal Article
Non-squamous non-small cell lung cancer
Pemetrexed-based therapy
Prognostic factor

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Date Revised 02.05.2022

published: Electronic-eCollection

Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE

doi:

10.2147/CMAR.S338957

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM337531897