The PDGF pathway in breast cancer is linked to tumour aggressiveness, triple-negative subtype and early recurrence
Jansson, Sara LU ; Aaltonen, Kristina LU ; Bendahl, Pär Ola LU ; Falck, Anna Karin LU ; Karlsson, Maria ; Pietras, Kristian LU
and Rydén, Lisa
LU
(2018)
In Breast Cancer Research and Treatment
169(2).
p.231-241
- Abstract
Purpose: The platelet-derived growth factor (PDGF) signalling pathway is often dysregulated in cancer and PDGF-receptor expression has been linked to unfavourable prognostic factors in breast cancer (e.g. ER negativity, high Ki67 and high grade). This study aimed to evaluate the expression of PDGFRα, PDGFRβ and ligand PDGF-CC in breast cancer in relation to molecular subtypes and prognosis. Methods: Protein expression of tumour and/or stromal cell PDGFRα, PDGFRβ and PDGF-CC was evaluated in primary tumours (N = 489), synchronous lymph node metastases (N = 135) and asynchronous recurrences (N = 39) using immunohistochemistry in a prospectively maintained cohort of primary breast cancer patients included during 1999–2003. Distant... (More)
Purpose: The platelet-derived growth factor (PDGF) signalling pathway is often dysregulated in cancer and PDGF-receptor expression has been linked to unfavourable prognostic factors in breast cancer (e.g. ER negativity, high Ki67 and high grade). This study aimed to evaluate the expression of PDGFRα, PDGFRβ and ligand PDGF-CC in breast cancer in relation to molecular subtypes and prognosis. Methods: Protein expression of tumour and/or stromal cell PDGFRα, PDGFRβ and PDGF-CC was evaluated in primary tumours (N = 489), synchronous lymph node metastases (N = 135) and asynchronous recurrences (N = 39) using immunohistochemistry in a prospectively maintained cohort of primary breast cancer patients included during 1999–2003. Distant recurrence-free interval (DRFi) was the primary end-point. Results: High expression of all investigated PDGF family members correlated to increasing Nottingham histopathological grade and high Ki67. Tumour cells displayed high expression of PDGFRα in 20%, and PDGF-CC in 21% of primary tumours, which correlated with the triple-negative subtype (TNBC). Patients with high PDGF-CC had inferior prognosis (P = 0.04) in terms of 5-year DRFi, whereas PDGFRα was up-regulated in lymph node metastasis and recurrences compared to primary tumours. High primary tumour PDGFRα was associated with increased risk of central nervous system (CNS) recurrence. Conclusions: High PDGFRα and PDGF-CC expression were linked to breast cancer with an aggressive biological phenotype, e.g. the TNBC subtype, and high PDGF-CC increased the risk of 5-year distant recurrence. Tumour cell PDGFRα was significantly up-regulated in lymph node metastases and asynchronous recurrences. Our findings support an active role of the PDGF signalling pathway in tumour progression.
(Less)
- author
- Jansson, Sara
LU
; Aaltonen, Kristina
LU
; Bendahl, Pär Ola
LU
; Falck, Anna Karin
LU
; Karlsson, Maria
; Pietras, Kristian
LU
and Rydén, Lisa
LU
- organization
-
- The Liquid Biopsy and Tumor Progression in Breast Cancer (research group)
- Breastcancer-genetics
- BioCARE: Biomarkers in Cancer Medicine improving Health Care, Education and Innovation
- Personalized Breast Cancer Treatment (research group)
- Division of Translational Cancer Research
- Department of Laboratory Medicine
- Breast Cancer Surgery (research group)
- Surgery (Lund)
- publishing date
- 2018-06-01
- type
- Contribution to journal
- publication status
- published
- subject
- keywords
- Breast cancer, Platelet-derived growth factor receptor, Platelet-derived growth factor-CC, Targeted therapy, Triple-negative breast cancer, Tyrosine kinase receptor
- in
- Breast Cancer Research and Treatment
- volume
- 169
- issue
- 2
- pages
- 231 - 241
- publisher
- Springer
- external identifiers
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- scopus:85041106916
- pmid:29380207
- ISSN
- 0167-6806
- DOI
- 10.1007/s10549-018-4664-7
- language
- English
- LU publication?
- yes
- id
- f23c7ab4-73b8-46fa-bfad-cb8da427f1ad
- date added to LUP
- 2019-05-31 13:52:45
- date last changed
- 2024-06-12 17:55:12
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abstract = {{<p>Purpose: The platelet-derived growth factor (PDGF) signalling pathway is often dysregulated in cancer and PDGF-receptor expression has been linked to unfavourable prognostic factors in breast cancer (e.g. ER negativity, high Ki67 and high grade). This study aimed to evaluate the expression of PDGFRα, PDGFRβ and ligand PDGF-CC in breast cancer in relation to molecular subtypes and prognosis. Methods: Protein expression of tumour and/or stromal cell PDGFRα, PDGFRβ and PDGF-CC was evaluated in primary tumours (N = 489), synchronous lymph node metastases (N = 135) and asynchronous recurrences (N = 39) using immunohistochemistry in a prospectively maintained cohort of primary breast cancer patients included during 1999–2003. Distant recurrence-free interval (DRFi) was the primary end-point. Results: High expression of all investigated PDGF family members correlated to increasing Nottingham histopathological grade and high Ki67. Tumour cells displayed high expression of PDGFRα in 20%, and PDGF-CC in 21% of primary tumours, which correlated with the triple-negative subtype (TNBC). Patients with high PDGF-CC had inferior prognosis (P = 0.04) in terms of 5-year DRFi, whereas PDGFRα was up-regulated in lymph node metastasis and recurrences compared to primary tumours. High primary tumour PDGFRα was associated with increased risk of central nervous system (CNS) recurrence. Conclusions: High PDGFRα and PDGF-CC expression were linked to breast cancer with an aggressive biological phenotype, e.g. the TNBC subtype, and high PDGF-CC increased the risk of 5-year distant recurrence. Tumour cell PDGFRα was significantly up-regulated in lymph node metastases and asynchronous recurrences. Our findings support an active role of the PDGF signalling pathway in tumour progression.</p>}},
author = {{Jansson, Sara and Aaltonen, Kristina and Bendahl, Pär Ola and Falck, Anna Karin and Karlsson, Maria and Pietras, Kristian and Rydén, Lisa}},
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keywords = {{Breast cancer; Platelet-derived growth factor receptor; Platelet-derived growth factor-CC; Targeted therapy; Triple-negative breast cancer; Tyrosine kinase receptor}},
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title = {{The PDGF pathway in breast cancer is linked to tumour aggressiveness, triple-negative subtype and early recurrence}},
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