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Departments of Medical Oncology [J. M. S., G. D., J. S., J. M. G., A. S., M. P., P. E., F. B.] and Pathology [O. R.], Clinica Puerta de Hierro, E-28035 Madrid, Spain
Purpose: Free plasma RNA has been scarcely studied in patients with cancer. Here we examine the presence of RNA from epithelial tumors in plasma from a series of breast cancer patients and its correlation with tumor characteristics and circulating tumor cells.
Experimental Design: ß-actin mRNA was analyzed to check the viability of plasma RNA in samples from 45 patients with breast cancer and 25 controls. Nested primers were used to detect the presence of cytokeratin 19 (CK19) and Mammaglobin in the same samples. Eleven clinicopathological parameters were studied and correlated with molecular parameters. Additionally, we looked for circulating tumor cells in 16 of these patients and in 10 of the controls.
Results: All samples showed detectable quantities of ß-actin RNA. In controls, 3 cases (12%) were positive for Mammaglobin, and 5 (20%) were positive for CK19 RNA; of the 45 patients, 27 cases (60%) were positive for Mammaglobin, and 22 (49%) were positive for CK19. These differences were statistically significant (P = 0.001). Tumor size (P = 0.01) and proliferative index (P = 0.02) were associated with the presence of Mammaglobin, CK19, or both RNAs in plasma. Pathological stage (P = 0.06) was close to significance. Although a statistical relationship was not demonstrated, 9 of the 10 patients with circulating tumor cells showed epithelial mRNAs in plasma.
Conclusions: We conclude that epithelial tumor RNA is detectable in plasma from breast cancer patients and that this finding is associated with a probable poor prognosis and circulating tumor cells.
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