Plasma progastrin-releasing peptide level shows different predictive profiles for treatment response by androgen receptor axis-targeted agents in patients with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer

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BACKGROUND: The neuroendocrine (NE) pathway cannot be ignored as a mechanism for castration-resistant prostate cancer (CRPC) progression. The neuromediator, gastrin-releasing peptide (GRP) may be involved in the aberrant activation of the normal androgen receptor (AR) and increased AR variants. This study focused on plasma levels of progastrin-releasing peptide (ProGRP) and examined the treatment outcomes with androgen receptor axis-targeted (ARAT) agents.

METHODS: One hundred patients with metastatic CRPC were enrolled. Enzalutamide (ENZ) or abiraterone acetate/prednisone (AA/P) were administered to 50 patients each in a nonrandomized manner as a first-line or later choice. Plasma ProGRP levels were determined using a chemiluminescent enzyme immunoassay, and data were collected prospectively. The study endpoints were prostate-specific antigen (PSA) response and survival estimates.

RESULTS: In the ENZ series, ProGRP levels correlated with the maximum PSA change from baseline (high ProGRP: -34.5% vs. low ProGRP: -85.7% p = .033). PSA progression-free survival (PFS), radiographic/symptomatic (r/s) PFS, and overall survival (OS) in patients with high ProGRP were significantly worse than those in patients with low ProGRP (median PSA-PFS: 3.3 vs. 10.0 months, p = .001, r/s PFS: 5.0 vs. 15.0 months, p < 0.001, and OS 17.5 vs. 49.0 months, p < .001, respectively). In addition, ProGRP showed an independent predictive value for all survival estimates in multivariate analyses. In the AA/P series, ProGRP levels did not correlate with the PSA change or predict PSA-PFS and r/s PFS, but they maintained a significant difference in OS (19.0 vs. 48.0 months, p = .003).

CONCLUSIONS: Plasma ProGRP provides a consistent predictive value for OS in metastatic CRPC patients who underwent therapy with ARAT agents. Meanwhile, ProGRP showed different predictive profiles for PSA- and r/s PFS between ENZ and AA/P. These findings clinically suggest a mechanism for CRPC progression involving the NE pathway via the GRP. The underlying mechanism of different predictive profiles by the ARAT agent should be explored in future research.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:6

Enthalten in:

Cancer reports (Hoboken, N.J.) - 6(2023), 3 vom: 26. März, Seite e1762

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Yashi, Masahiro [VerfasserIn]
Nishihara, Daisaku [VerfasserIn]
Yokoyama, Megumi [VerfasserIn]
Fuchizawa, Hirotaka [VerfasserIn]
Okazaki, Akihito [VerfasserIn]
Takei, Kohei [VerfasserIn]
Suzuki, Issei [VerfasserIn]
Sakamoto, Kazumasa [VerfasserIn]
Kijima, Toshiki [VerfasserIn]
Kobayashi, Minoru [VerfasserIn]
Kamai, Takao [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

3BL184GALN
Abiraterone Acetate
Androgen receptor axis-targeted agents
Antineoplastic Agents
Big gastrin
Castration-resistant prostate cancer
EC 3.4.21.77
EM5OCB9YJ6
Gastrin-releasing peptide
Journal Article
Neuroendocrine pathway
Peptides
Progastrin-releasing peptide
Prostate-Specific Antigen
Receptors, Androgen

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Date Completed 21.03.2023

Date Revised 23.03.2023

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1002/cnr2.1762

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM34983329X