Laboratory of Molecular Diagnostics and Immunology, National Institute of Tuberculosis and Lung Diseases, Warsaw, Poland.
Eur J Med Res. 2009 Dec 7;14 Suppl 4(Suppl 4):42-4. doi: 10.1186/2047-783x-14-s4-42.
While adjuvant therapy of early-stage non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) is widely accepted, literature data concerning neoadjuvant treatment provide contradictory results with both improved and unaffected survival rates. Also, data concerning potential effects of neo-adjuvant therapy on cellular level are scarce.
The aim of present study was to analyze the effect of chemotherapy followed by surgical resection on several key biological markers of tumor growth (TGF-beta, VEGF), apoptosis (sAPO-1/Fas/CD95) and invasiveness (TIMP-1) assessed in the sera of NSCLC early-stage patients (IB-IIIA). -
Measurements were performed by ELISA method in blood serum from 24 NSCLC patients (I-IIIA) collected prior therapy, one day before surgery and 3 days after.
TGF-beta serum concentrations were significantly lower after both chemotherapy (P<0.05) and surgery (P<0.01) in comparison to the baseline. VEGF levels decreased following NEO therapy with subsequent significant up-regulation after surgery (P<0.001). Interestingly, post-surgery serum VEGF strongly correlated with TGF-beta concentration (r = 0.52, P = 0.014). No significant differences were observed for serum sAPO-1/CD95/FAS as well as TIMP-1 concentrations at any of three evaluated time-points.
Neoadjuvant treatment of early-stage NSCLC affects mostly mechanisms responsible for tumor growth and vascularization. Its effect on cancer cells apoptotic activity needs further evaluation.
虽然辅助治疗早期非小细胞肺癌(NSCLC)已被广泛接受,但有关新辅助治疗的文献数据提供了相互矛盾的结果,既有改善的生存率,也有未受影响的生存率。此外,关于新辅助治疗对细胞水平潜在影响的数据也很少。
本研究旨在分析化疗后手术切除对早期非小细胞肺癌(IB-IIIA)患者血清中几种肿瘤生长关键生物学标志物(TGF-β、VEGF)、凋亡(sAPO-1/Fas/CD95)和侵袭性(TIMP-1)的影响。
通过 ELISA 法在 24 名 NSCLC 患者(I-IIIA)的血清中进行测量,这些患者在治疗前、手术前一天和手术后 3 天采集血液。
与基线相比,化疗(P<0.05)和手术(P<0.01)后血清 TGF-β浓度均显著降低。NEO 治疗后 VEGF 水平下降,随后手术后显著上调(P<0.001)。有趣的是,手术后血清 VEGF 与 TGF-β浓度强烈相关(r = 0.52,P = 0.014)。在三个评估时间点中的任何一个时间点,血清 sAPO-1/CD95/FAS 以及 TIMP-1 浓度均无显著差异。
早期 NSCLC 的新辅助治疗主要影响肿瘤生长和血管生成的机制。其对癌细胞凋亡活性的影响需要进一步评估。