Automated Quantification of Extranuclear ERα using Phosphor-integrated Dots for Predicting Endocrine Therapy Resistance in HR+/HER2− Breast Cancer

Autor: Akiko Sato, Minoru Miyashita, Nobuhisa Harada, Kouki Tsuboi, Hisatake Okada, Yoh Hamada, Mayumi Takano-Kasuya, Zhaorong Guo, Narufumi Kitamura, Narumi Harada-Shoji, Takanori Ishida, Yasushi Nakano, Shin Ichi Hayashi, Yohei Hamanaka, Noriaki Ohuchi, Kohsuke Gonda, Hiroshi Tada
Rok vydání: 2019
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Zdroj: Cancers, Vol 11, Iss 4, p 526 (2019)
Cancers
Volume 11
Issue 4
ISSN: 2072-6694
DOI: 10.3390/cancers11040526
Popis: In addition to genomic signaling, Estrogen receptor alpha (ER&alpha
) is associated with cell proliferation and survival through extranuclear signaling contributing to endocrine therapy (ET) resistance. However, the relationship between extranuclear ER&alpha
and ET resistance has not been extensively studied. We sought to measure extranuclear ER&alpha
expression by immunohistochemistry using phosphor-integrated dots (IHC-PIDs) and to assess its predictive value for ET resistance. After quantitative detection of ER&alpha
by IHC-PIDs in vitro, we developed &ldquo
the nearest-neighbor method&rdquo
to calculate the extranuclear ER&alpha
Furthermore, tissue sections from 65 patients with HR+/HER2- BC were examined by IHC-PIDs, and the total ER&alpha
nuclear ER&alpha
extranuclear ER&alpha
PIDs score, and ratio of extranuclear-to-nuclear ER&alpha
(ENR) were measured using the novel method. We demonstrate that quantification of ER&alpha
using IHC-PIDs exhibited strong correlations to real-time qRT-PCR (r2 = 0.94) and flow cytometry (r2 = 0.98). High ER&alpha
ENR was significantly associated with poor overall survival (p = 0.048) and disease-free survival (DFS) (p = 0.007). Multivariate analysis revealed that the ER&alpha
ENR was an independent prognostic factor for DFS [hazard ratio, 3.8
95% CI, 1.4&ndash
11.8
p = 0.006]. Our automated measurement has high accuracy to localize and assess extranuclear ER&alpha
A high ER&alpha
ENR in HR+/HER2&minus
BC indicates decreased likelihood of benefiting from ET.
Databáze: OpenAIRE
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