Evaluation of Lens Culinaris Agglutinin-Reactive α-Fetoprotein in Diagnosis of Malignant Tumors

BACKGROUND: To assess the potential of AFP-L3% for the utility to diagnose malignant tumors.

METHODS: AFP-L3 was concentrated from clinically-collected serum samples via the Hotgen Biotech glycosyl capture spin columns and then measured through the protein microarrays. The levels of AFP and AFP-L3 were detected by electrochemiluminescence immunoassay. In this retrospective study, 266 patients with the level of serum AFP-L3 over 1 ng/mL were recruited from December 2014 through April 2019. Among them, 155 patients were clinically diagnosed/confirmed with malignant tumors, including 101 hepatocellular carcinomas, 47 stomach malignant tumors, and 7 other malignant tumors; and the rest of 111 patients were nonmalignant tumors.

RESULTS: Patients with serum AFP-L3 level of greater than 1 ng/mL were mainly detected in hepatic diseases, including hepatocellular carcinoma, cirrhosis and chronic hepatitis. In patients with no tumors, the levels of serum AFP-L3 over 1 ng/mL were only observed in liver disease. The levels of AFP-L3 in blood were substantially greater in patients with HCC. Among the malignant tumor patients with the level of serum AFP-L3 over 1 ng/mL, HCC accounted for 60%, gastric cancer for nearly 40%. The AFP, AFP-L3, and AFP-L3% in blood were increased significantly in patients with liver malignancy, chronic liver disease, and cirrhosis. However, the elevation of AFP-L3 and AFP-L3% in the malignant cohort was more evident than that in the nonmalignant counterpart.

CONCLUSIONS: AFP-L3 is likely to contribute to the differential diagnosis of HCC as well as other hepatic diseases. AFP-L3% is a reliable indicator for diagnosing benign and malignant tumors.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2022

Erschienen:

2022

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:68

Enthalten in:

Clinical laboratory - 68(2022), 10 vom: 01. Okt.

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Jia, Zhongwei [VerfasserIn]
Xia, Jinxing [VerfasserIn]
Lu, Qiong [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Alpha-Fetoproteins
Biomarkers, Tumor
Journal Article
Lentil lectin
Plant Lectins

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Date Completed 19.10.2022

Date Revised 19.10.2022

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.7754/Clin.Lab.2022.211219

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM347657818