Shtabinskaya T.T., Kendysh E.N.

Grodno State Medical University, Belarus

The prognostic significance of the expression of angiogenic markers in high-grade anenocarcinoma of the colon

The main criterion of the degree of malignancy in pathologic diagnosis of adenocarcinoma of the colon according to the "International histological classification of tumors of the bowel" (WHO, Geneva, 2000) is the degree of differentiation of tumor cells.

It should be noted that patients with high-grade adenocarcinomas(HGA), even at similar scope and nature of surgical intervention, the effectiveness of the treatment is different: some patients live 5 years or more, while others - die early after treatment on disease progression.

Purpose: to determine the value of angiogenic markers expression in HGA of colon for the prognosis of the disease.

Materials and methods: 16 cases of HGA were investigated.

The study was performed on paraffin sections using antibodies to VEGF, CD 105, MMP-2, Erk2, iNOS, TGF-β, NRP1, MMP-9 according to standard procedure. Quantitation of the level of expression was described in the previous article  [1].

Statistical analysis was performed using STATISTICA 10.0 (SNAXAR207F394425FA-Q).

Results: Due to the fact that the median adjusted disease-free survival (ADFS) in patients with high grades of 1,5 (1,0-2,3) years, the relative risk of an adverse outcome of disease calculation was performed for the 2-year time period.

Indicators of relative risk for CD105, VEGFA, NRP1, MMP-2, MMP-9, TGF-β, Erk2, iNOS in HGA depending on ADFS two years are shown in Table 1.

 

 

 

Table 1 - Performance OR 105 for CD, VEGFA, NRP1, MMP-2, MMP-9, TGF-β, Erk2, iNOS in HGA depending on ADFS

Indicator

ADFS

RR (95%CI))

Antigen

Точка разделения

<2 (n=8)

≥2 (n=8)

р

CD105

vascular endothelium

≤0,610

1 (12,5%)

3 (37,5%)

0,443

0,4 (0,07-2,50)

>0,610

7 (87,5%)

5 (62,5%)

0,339

2,3 (0,40-13,61)

VEGFА

overall

≤0,894

5 (62,5%)

4 (50%)

0,201

1,3 (0,46-3,65)

>0,894

3 (37,5%)

4 (50%)

0,703

0,7 (0,27-2,17)

parenchymal

≤0,673

1 (12,5%)

4 (50%)

0,833

0,3 (0,05-1,92)

>0,673

7 (87,5%)

4 (50%)

0,829

3,2 (0,52-19,43)

stromal

≤0,809

4 (50%)

1 (12,5%)

0,156

2,2 (0,89-5,39)

>0,809

4 (50%)

7 (87,5%)

0,119

0,5 (0,19-1,11)

NRP1

overall

≤0,833

5 (62,5%)

3 (37,5%)

0,896

1,7 (0,59-4,73)

>0,833

3 (37,5%)

5 (62,5%)

0,896

0,6 (0,21-1,70)

parenchymal

≤0,500

2 (25%)

0 (0%)

0,733

2,3 (01,27-4,27)

>0,500

6 (75%)

8 (100%)

0,878

0,4 (0,23-0,79)

stromal

≤0,755

5 (62,5%)

3 (37,5%)

0,896

1,7 (0,59-4,73)

>0,755

3 (37,5%)

5 (62,5%)

0,896

0,6 (0,21-1,70)

MMP-2

overall

≤0,024

7 (87,5%)

3 (37,5%)

0,296

4,2 (0,67-26,31)

>0,024

1 (12,5%)

5 (62,5%)

0,209

0,2 (0,24-1,49)

parenchymal

0,010

8 (100%)

5 (62,5%)

0,100

-

>0,010

0 (0%)

3 (37,5%)

0,0007

-

stromal

0,012

4 (50%)

1 (12,5%)

0,089

2,2 (0,89-5,39)

>0,012

4 (50%)

7 (87,5%)

0,061

0,5 (0,19-1,11)

MMP-9

overall

≤0,336

1 (12,5%)

4 (50%)

0,334

0,3 (0,05-1,92)

>0,336

7 (87,5%)

4 (50%)

0,234

3,2 (0,52-19,43)

parenchymal

0,305

0 (0%)

2 (25%)

0,733

-

>0,305

8 (100%)

6 (75%)

0,549

-

stromal

0,157

0 (0%)

2 (25%)

0,733

-

>0,157

8 (100%)

6 (75%)

0,639

-

TGF-β

overall

≤0,923

3 (37,5%)

7 (87,5%)

0,336

0,4 (0,13-9,99)

>0,923

5 (62,5%)

1 (12,5%)

0,254

2,8 (1,01-7,64)

parenchymal

0,940

3 (37,5%)

8 (100%)

0,05

0,3 (0,10-0,72)

>0,940

5 (62,5%)

0 (0%)

0,045

3,7 (1,39-9,63)

stromal

0,498

1 (12,5%)

3 (37,5%)

0,335

0,4 (0,07-2,50)

>0,498

7 (87,5%)

5 (62,5%)

0,661

2,3 (0,40-13,61)

Erk2

overall

0,003

4 (50%)

3 (37,5%)

0,988

1,3 (0,49-3,39)

>0,003

4 (50%)

5 (62,5%)

0,201

0,8 (0,29-2,06)

parenchymal

0,001

3 (37,5%)

1 (12,5%)

0,667

1,8 (0,75-4,33)

>0,001

5 (62,5%)

7 (87,5%)

0,361

0,6 (0,23-1,34)

stromal

0,0006

2 (25%)

1 (12,5%)

0,789

1,4 (0,54-3,89)

>0,0006

6 (75%)

7 (87,5%)

0,536

0,7 (0,26-1,87)

iNOS

overall

≤0,840

3 (37,5%)

5 (62,5%)

0,889

0,6 (0,21-1,70)

>0,840

5 (62,5%)

3 (37,5%)

0,597

1,7 (0,59-4,73)

parenchymal

≤0,680

1 (12,5%)

4 (50%)

0,156

0,3 (0,05-1,92)

>0,680

7 (87,5%)

4 (50%)

0,161

3,2 (0,52-19,43)

stromal

≤0,740

1 (12,5%)

6 (75%)

0,052

0,2 (0,03-1,17)

>0,740

7 (87,5%)

2 (25%)

0,046

5,4 (0,86-34,56)

 

As can be seen from the table, a risk factor for poor outcome in patients with HGA of the colon is overexpression of TGF-β (> 0,940) in the parenchymal component of the tumor (RR (95% CI) = 3.7 (1,39-9,63), p = 0.045).

No statistically significant differences in the expression of the other markers of angiogenesis have been identified.

Conclusion: The risk factor of adverse outcome in patients with HGA of the colon is overexpression of TGF-β (> 0,940) in the parenchymal component of the tumor (RR (95% CI) = 3.7 (1,39-9,63), p = 0.045).

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