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- Title
Plasma Endoglin is Associated with Favorable Outcome for Pemetrexed-Based Therapy in Advanced Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer.
- Authors
Li, Che-Hsing; Ko, Jiunn-Liang; Hsiao, Yu-Ping; Tsai, Ming-Hung; Lai, Yen-Chein; Hsin, I-Lun; Kang, Yu-Ting; Sheu, Gwo-Tarng; Lin, Wea-Lung; Wu, Ming-Fang
- Abstract
Purpose: Pemetrexed-based chemotherapy (Pem-C) is the first-line chemotherapy for advanced non-squamous non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). However, limited tumor-associated proteins in blood are available to predict pemetrexed response and/or survival. Patients and Methods: Plasma samples from three responders and three nonresponders with stage IIIB–IV NSCLC were collected prior to Pem-C and analyzed using Proteome ProfilerTM Human XL Oncology Array to detect 84 oncology-related proteins. The plasma concentrations of cathepsin S, endoglin (ENG), and matrix metalloproteinases 3 and 9 in 71 patients with advanced NSCLC treated with Pem-C were further measured using enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay based on the remarkable differences in the four proteins between responders and nonresponders in the array results. Results: Pem-C responders had significantly higher ENG levels but not the other three markers than nonresponders (mean ENG level: 27.1 ± 7.4 vs 22.3 ± 6.9, p < 0.01). High ENG concentration was correlated with improved progression-free survival (hazard ratio [HR]: 0.52, 95% confidence interval [CI]: 0.31– 0.86, p < 0.01) and overall survival (HR: 0.55, 95% CI: 0.32– 0.94, p < 0.05) in patients treated with Pem-C, and the ENG level was an independent factor in our cohort (HR: 0.54, 95% CI: 0.33– 0.89, p < 0.05). ENG concentration in Pem-C responders also significantly increased at the time of best response (p < 0.05). Conclusion: Cumulatively, this study reveals that ENG is correlated with Pem-C responsiveness in patients, which indicates the potential use of plasma ENG levels as a non-invasive biomarker for pemetrexed-based treatment in patients with non-squamous NSCLC.
- Subjects
NON-small-cell lung carcinoma; ENDOGLIN; BLOOD proteins; ENZYME-linked immunosorbent assay; MATRIX metalloproteinases
- Publication
Cancer Management & Research, 2021, Vol 13, p9305
- ISSN
1179-1322
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.2147/CMAR.S338957