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Molecular Oncology, Markers, Clinical Correlates |
Department of Medical Oncology, Erasmus Medical Center Rotterdam (Daniel den Hoed Kliniek/Josephine Nefkens Institute) [H. B., J. A. F., M. P. L., M. E. M. G., J. G. M. K., G. S., K. N.], and Department of Hematology, Erasmus Medical Center (University Medical Center Rotterdam) [E. A. C. W.], 3000 DR Rotterdam, the Netherlands
Purpose: The aim of this study was to investigate whether expression of particular drug resistance genes in primary operable breast cancer correlates with response to first-line chemotherapy in advanced disease.
Experimental Design: We determined mRNA levels of BCRP, LRP, MRP1, MRP2, and MDR1 in 59 primary breast tumor specimens of patients who received chemotherapy as first-line systemic treatment after diagnosis of advanced disease. The relative expression levels were measured by quantitative real-time reverse transcription-PCR and subsequently analyzed in relation to the type of response to chemotherapy, the length of progression-free survival (PFS), and post-relapse overall survival.
Results: For each of these drug resistance genes, a large variation in expression level was observed among the tumors of the different patients. When analyzing mRNA expression in relation to overall response, it was found that the median expression level of these five drug resistance genes in the responding tumors, as compared with nonresponding tumors, was markedly lower. Classification of tumors as high versus low with respect to the expression level of these genes showed that the overall response in the MDR1-high subset (17%), as compared with the MDR1-low subset (68%), was significantly lower (P = 0.005). Although similar differences in response rate were found for subsets of tumors stratified by the expression level of the other drug resistance genes, none of the observed differences were statistically significant. However, in the subgroup of patients treated with anthracycline-based chemotherapy (5-fluorouracil, Adriamycin/epirubicin, and cyclophosphamide), a correlation between response and the expression of BCRP and MRP1 (only PFS) was found, whereas such an association was not present in the cyclophosphamide, methotrexate, and 5-fluorouracil-treated group of patients. Furthermore, high expression of LRP as well as MDR1 was found to be significantly associated with a poor PFS (P = 0.04 and P < 0.001, respectively). For lung resistance-related protein, this association was limited to 5-fluorouracil, Adriamycin/epirubicin, and cyclophosphamide. Expression levels of BCRP, MRP1, or MRP2 were not related with the length of PFS. Furthermore, no correlation between the expression level of these drug resistance genes and post-relapse overall survival was found.
Conclusions: In this pilot study, MDR1 expression in primary breast tumors was inversely related with the efficacy of first-line chemotherapy, and high expression level was a significant predictor of poor prognosis for patients with advanced disease. Apart from MDR1, the expression levels of BCRP, LRP, and MRP1 might have some additional predictive value for clinical outcome.
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