Myosin-9 (MYH9) belongs to the myosin superfamily of actin-binding motor protein. Recently, MYH9 has been thought to be associated with cancer cell migration, invasion, and metastasis. The aims of ...this study were to immunohistochemically examine MYH9 expression in surgically resected non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), and evaluate its correlations with clinicopathological parameters and the prognosis of patients.
MYH9 expression was immunohistochemically studied in 266 consecutive resected NSCLCs, and its associations with clinicopathological parameters were evaluated. Kaplan-Meier survival analysis and Cox proportional hazards models were used to estimate the effect of MYH9 expression on survival.
MYH9 expression was detected in 102 of 266 (38.3%) NSCLCs. MYH9 expression was significantly correlated with the adenocarcinoma histology (P = 0.014), poorer differentiation ((P = 0.033), intratumoral vascular invasion and lymphatic invasion ((P = 0.013 and P = 0.045 respectively), and a poorer prognosis ((P = 0.032). In addition, multivariable analysis revealed that MYH9 expression independently predicted a poorer survival (HR, 2.15; 95%CI, 1.17-3.92; (P = 0.01).
The present study revealed that MYH9 is expressed in a subset of NSCLC with a more malignant nature, and its expression is an indicator of a poorer survival probability.
To discover novel tumor markers for lung adenocarcinoma (AC), we performed proteomics analysis and reported a correlation between S100A16 membranous expression in AC tissues and a poor prognosis. ...However, some patients with a good prognosis also showed S100A16 membranous staining. We re-evaluated immunohistochemically stained tissues, and found membrane-positive and nucleus-negative expressions to be significantly higher in the presence of the following: male, smoker, positive nodal metastasis, higher p-TNM stage, larger tumor, poorer differentiation, positive for lymphatic invasion, positive for vascular invasion, and positive for pleural invasion (all factors P < .05). This pattern of staining was also an independent prognostic factor. Furthermore, we analyzed S100A16 mRNA expression using TCGA and Kaplan-Meier plotter databases, and found that higher S100A16 mRNA expression in AC was significantly correlated with poorer survival. To our knowledge, there has been no comprehensive study focused on both S100A16 protein and mRNA expression levels in AC patients. Our results suggest that the subcellular localization of S100A16 and S100A16 mRNA expression levels is a promising prognostic marker for AC.
•Membranous and nucleus staining of S100A16 was associated with poor outcome in lung adenocarcinoma.•S100A16 mRNA expression also showed poorer outcome in lung adenocarcinoma.•S100A16 expression is a promising prognostic marker for lung adenocarcinoma.
Highlights • Monoclonal antibody for CANX protein was established by the random immunization method. • Serum levels of CANX protein in lung cancer patients were detected by the RPPA method. • CANX ...protein is a useful early sero-diagnostic marker for lung cancer.
To investigate the relationships between the expression of MUC5B and clinicopathological parameters, the expression of MUC5B was immunohistochemically studied. MUC5B expression was observed in 129 of ...198 (65.2%) adenocarcinomas and in 4 of 49 (8.2%) squamous cell carcinomas (P < 0.00001). MUC5B expression was significantly associated with poorer differentiation (P = 0.0303), higher pathological TNM stage (p = 0.0153) and poorer prognosis of adenocarcinoma patients (P = 0.0017). Multivariable analysis with Cox proportional hazards models confirmed that MUC5B expression increased the hazard of death after adjusting for other clinicopathological factors (HR = 2.66; 95%CI, 1.26-5.61). We also immunohistochemically evaluated TTF-1 expression and found that the combination of MUC5B with TTF-1 is a useful marker for adenocarcinomas. The diagnostic accuracies of TTF-1 and MUC5B for adenocarcinoma were 83.8% and 70.4%, respectively. The accuracy increased to 94.3% when the two factors were combined. In survival analysis, the MUC5B(High)/TTF-1(-) group was significantly associated with a poorer outcome compared with the MUC5B(Low)/TTF-1(+) group (p < 0.0001). The present study suggested that the combination of MUC5B and TTF-1 expression is useful for discriminating adenocarcinomas from squamous cell carcinomas, yielding prognostic significance in patients with lung adenocarcinoma.
Background Nestin is a class 6 intermediate filament protein expressed in stem/progenitor cells during CNS development. Nestin expression has been detected in many kinds of tumors and was reported in ...a recent small-scale study in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). We investigated the relationships between nestin expression and clinicopathologic parameters and determined its prognostic significance concerning survival in patients with resected NSCLC. Methods Nestin expression in tumor cells was studied immunohistochemically in 171 consecutive patients with NSCLC, and associations with clinicopathologic parameters were evaluated. Kaplan-Meier survival analysis and Cox proportional hazards models were used to estimate the effect of nestin expression on survival. Results Nestin expression was observed in tumor cell samples in 27 of the 171 patients with NSCLC (15.8%). Nestin had only cytoplasmic expression. Clinicopathologically, nestin expression was significantly associated with squamous cell carcinoma ( P = .001), poorer differentiation ( P = .007), lymph node metastasis ( P = .008), intratumoral vascular invasion ( P = .003), intratumoral lymphatic invasion ( P = .008), pleural invasion ( P = .039), and poorer prognosis ( P < .001). Multivariable analysis confirmed that nestin expression increased the hazard of death after adjusting for other clinicopathologic factors (hazard ratio, 2.75; 95% CI, 1.39-5.46). Conclusions The present study suggests that nestin expression is a prognostic indicator of poorer survival probability for patients with resected NSCLC and may be used as a potential marker for select patients who should receive adjuvant chemotherapy.
We established the KU‐Lu‐8 monoclonal antibody (MoAb) using a lung cancer cell line as an antigen and a random immunization method. The KU‐Lu‐8 MoAb recognizes basigin (BSG), which is a ...transmembrane‐type glycoprotein that is strongly expressed on the cell membranes of lung cancer cells. This study aimed to clarify the relationships between BSG expression and clinicopathological parameters and determine the prognostic significance of BSG expression in pulmonary adenocarcinoma (AC) patients. To evaluate the significance of BSG expression in lung cancer, we immunohistochemically analyzed 113 surgically resected pulmonary adenocarcinomas, and the associations between BSG expression and various clinicopathological parameters were evaluated. Kaplan‐Meier survival analysis and Cox proportional hazards models were used to investigate the effects of BSG expression on survival. Clinicopathologically, BSG expression was significantly associated with tumor differentiation, vascular invasion, lymphatic invasion, and a poor prognosis. In particular, BSG expression was significantly correlated with poorer survival in patients with stage I AC. The high BSG expression group (compared with the low BSG expression group) exhibited adjusted hazard ratios for mortality of 4.694. BSG expression is indicative of a poor prognosis in AC patients, particularly in those with stage I disease.
Although adjuvant platinum-based chemotherapy (AC) has been shown to improve survival of patients with completely resected stage II and stage IIIA non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), its effect is ...limited. Nestin is a class VI intermediate filament protein expressed in neural stem cells and several cancer cells including NSCLC. In the present study, we aimed to determine its prognostic significance concerning survival in NSCLC patients receiving AC.
Nestin expression in cancer cells was immunohistochemically studied in 90 patients with completely resected stage II and stage IIIA NSCLC treated with AC and its association with clinicopathologic parameters, including ABCG2, E-cadherin, and vimentin expression, was evaluated. Kaplan-Meier survival analysis and Cox proportional hazards models were used to estimate the effect of nestin expression on survival.
Nestin expression was observed in 28 of the 90 (31.1%) NSCLCs. Clinicopathologically, nestin expression was associated with loss of E-cadherin expression (P = 0.006) and vimentin positive expression (P < 0.001). In survival analysis, nestin expression was significantly associated with a poorer prognosis (P = 0.028). Multivariable analysis confirmed that nestin expression is an independent prognostic indicator in NSCLC patients receiving AC (HR = 2.56; 95% CI, 1.23-5.30, P = 0.01).
The present study reveals that nestin expression is a prognostic indicator of a poorer survival probability in NSCLC patients receiving AC, although its prognostic significance still requires confirmation with larger patient populations.
Abstract To develop useful early and/or differential diagnostic markers for pulmonary adenocarcinomas, we generated monoclonal antibodies using A549 cells derived from pulmonary adenocarcinomas as an ...immunogen. Hybridoma supernatants were immunohistochemically screened for antibody production by AMeX-fixed and paraffin-embedded A549 cell preparations. Positive clones were monocloned twice by limiting dilutions. From a group of obtained antibodies, an antibody designated as KU-Lu-3 showed cytoplasmic staining. The antigen recognized by KU-Lu-3 was detected by modified two-dimensional immunoblotting, and was determined to be the receptor of activated C kinase 1 (RACK1). To evaluate the utility of KU-Lu-3, we immunohistochemically studied 184 cases of pulmonary carcinoma and paired normal lung tissues, using formalin-fixed and paraffin-embedded tissue microarray sections. The expression was significantly high and frequent in adenocarcinomas but was barely detected in a few squamous cell carcinomas and large cell carcinomas ( p < 0.0001). Moreover, RACK1 expression was also significantly associated with the pathological stage, tumor size and lymph node status of adenocarcinoma patients, but not with tumor differentiation, or patient age and gender. These results suggest that RACK1 may be a novel differential diagnostic marker for pulmonary adenocarcinomas.
Although cisplatin-based adjuvant chemotherapy improves the survival of patients with resected non-small-cell lung cancer, not all patients show a survival benefit, and some patients experience ...severe toxicity. Therefore, identifying biomarkers is important for selecting subgroups of patients who may show improved survival with platinum-based adjuvant chemotherapy. S100A16 is thought to play key roles during different steps of tumor progression. The aim of this study was to evaluate the use of S100A16 expression as a prognostic marker in patients with completely resected lung adenocarcinoma receiving platinum-based adjuvant chemotherapy.
S100A16 expression was immunohistochemically studied in 65 consecutive lung adenocarcinoma patients who underwent complete resection and received platinum-based adjuvant chemotherapy. Kaplan-Meier survival analysis and Cox proportional hazards models were used to estimate the effect of S100A16 expression on disease-free survival (DFS) and overall survival (OS).
S100A16 expression was detected in 26 of the 65 (40.0%) lung adenocarcinoma patients. Although S100A16 expression was not correlated with DFS (
=0.062), it was significantly correlated with OS (
=0.009). In addition, multivariable analysis revealed that S100A16 expression independently predicted a poorer survival (HR =4.79; 95% CI =1.87-12.23;
=0.001).
The present study revealed that S100A16 is a promising candidate as a prognostic marker for platinum-based adjuvant chemotherapy in resected lung adenocarcinoma. A further large-scale study is needed to confirm the present results.
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