| Literature DB >> 26244666 |
Jon Lidfeldt1, Pär-Ola Bendahl1, Carina Forsare1, Per Malmström2, Mårten Fernö1, Mattias Belting2.
Abstract
Experimental models implicate protease activated receptors (PARs) as important sensors of the proteolytic tumor microenvironment during breast cancer development. However, the role of the major PARs, PAR-1 and PAR-2, in human breast tumors remains to be elucidated. Here, we have investigated how PAR-1 and PAR-2 protein expression correlate with established clinicopathological variables and patient outcome in a well-characterized cohort of 221 breast cancer patients. Univariable and multivariable hazard ratios (HR) were estimated by the Cox proportional hazards model, distant disease-free survival (DDFS) and overall survival by the Kaplan-Meier method, and survival in different strata was determined by the log-rank test. Associations between PARs and clinicopathological variables were analyzed using Pearson's χ2-test. We find that PAR-2 associates with DDFS (HR = 3.1, P = 0.003), whereas no such association was found with PAR-1 (HR = 1.2, P = 0.6). Interestingly, the effect of PAR-2 was confined to the ER-positive sub-group (HR = 5.5, P = 0.003 vs. HR = 1.2 in ER-negative; P = 0.045 for differential effect), and PAR-2 was an independent prognostic factor specifically in ER-positive tumors (HR = 3.9, P = 0.045). On the contrary, PAR-1 correlated with worse prognosis specifically in the ER-negative group (HR = 2.6, P = 0.069 vs. HR = 0.5, P = 0.19 in ER-positive; P = 0.026 for differential effect). This study provides novel insight into the respective roles of PAR-1 and PAR-2 in human breast cancer and suggests a hitherto unknown association between PARs and ER signaling that warrants further investigation.Entities:
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Year: 2015 PMID: 26244666 PMCID: PMC4526525 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0134932
Source DB: PubMed Journal: PLoS One ISSN: 1932-6203 Impact factor: 3.240
Patient and breast tumor characteristics in 221 premenopausal patients with lymph-node negative breast cancer.
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| 47 | 30–57 |
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| 1 | 67 | 31 |
| 2 | 79 | 37 |
| 3 | 70 | 32 |
| Not determined | 5 | |
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| Chemotherapy | 21 | 9.5 |
| Tamoxifen | 7 | 3 |
| Ovarian ablation | 1 | 0.5 |
| None | 192 | 87 |
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| Cumulative distant recurrence | 15.4 | 11.0–20.5 |
| Cumulative breast cancer mortality | 7.7 | 4.7–11.7 |
| Cumulative mortality | 8.2 | 5.0–12.2 |
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| Cumulative breast cancer mortality | 19.5 | 14.6–25.0 |
| Cumulative mortality | 20.4 | 15.4–26.0 |
Associations between other prognostic factors and PAR-1 and PAR-2, respectively.
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| Variable | n | % | n | % | n | % | P-value | n | % | n | % | P-value |
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| 221 | 100 | 112 | 51 | 109 | 49 | 119 | 54 | 102 | 46 | ||
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| 0.6 | 0.046 | ||||||||||
| <50 years | 166 | 75 | 86 | 52 | 80 | 48 | 83 | 50 | 83 | 50 | ||
| ≥50 years | 55 | 25 | 26 | 47 | 29 | 53 | 36 | 65 | 19 | 35 | ||
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| 0.7 | 0.001 | ||||||||||
| <20 mm | 165 | 75 | 85 | 52 | 80 | 48 | 100 | 61 | 65 | 39 | ||
| ≥20 mm | 56 | 25 | 27 | 48 | 29 | 52 | 19 | 34 | 37 | 66 | ||
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| 216 | 0.3 | <0.001 | |||||||||
| 1 | 67 | 31 | 36 | 54 | 31 | 46 | 47 | 70 | 20 | 30 | ||
| 2 | 79 | 37 | 42 | 53 | 37 | 47 | 48 | 61 | 31 | 39 | ||
| 3 | 70 | 32 | 31 | 44 | 39 | 56 | 20 | 29 | 50 | 71 | ||
| Not determined | 5 | |||||||||||
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| 197 | 0.007 | <0.001 | |||||||||
| ≤20% | 135 | 69 | 76 | 56 | 59 | 44 | 86 | 64 | 49 | 36 | ||
| >20% | 62 | 31 | 22 | 35 | 40 | 65 | 18 | 29 | 44 | 71 | ||
| Not determined | 24 | |||||||||||
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| 207 | 0.2 | 0.3 | |||||||||
| Neg | 184 | 89 | 98 | 53 | 86 | 47 | 103 | 56 | 81 | 44 | ||
| Pos | 23 | 11 | 9 | 39 | 14 | 61 | 10 | 43 | 13 | 57 | ||
| Not determined | 14 | |||||||||||
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| 0.4 | <0.001 | ||||||||||
| Neg | 75 | 34 | 35 | 47 | 40 | 53 | 28 | 37 | 47 | 63 | ||
| Pos | 146 | 66 | 77 | 53 | 69 | 47 | 91 | 62 | 55 | 38 | ||
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| 0.10 | <0.001 | ||||||||||
| Neg | 62 | 28 | 26 | 42 | 36 | 58 | 18 | 29 | 44 | 71 | ||
| Pos | 159 | 72 | 86 | 54 | 73 | 46 | 101 | 64 | 58 | 36 | ||
*Chi2-test; the trend version for histological grade.
Univariable Cox regression analysis of factors for survival within 5 (DDFS) and 10 (BCM) years.
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| Variable | n | HR | 95% CI | P-value | n | % | HR | 95% CI | P-value | n | % |
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| <50 years | 166 | 5.8 | 1.4–24 | 0.016 | 32 | 19 | 3.6 | 1.3–9.9 | 0.016 | 39 | 23 |
| ≥50 years | 55 | 1.0 | Reference | 2 | 4 | 1.0 | Reference | 4 | 7 | ||
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| <20 mm | 165 | 1.0 | Reference | 22 | 13 | 1.0 | Reference | 28 | 17 | ||
| ≥20 mm | 56 | 1.8 | 0.87–3.6 | 0.11 | 12 | 21 | 1.7 | 0.91–3.2 | 0.095 | 15 | 27 |
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| 1 | 67 | 1.0 | Reference | 5 | 7 | 1.0 | Reference | 10 | 15 | ||
| 2 | 79 | 1.9 | 0.67–5.6 | 0.2 | 11 | 14 | 0.85 | 0.36–2.1 | 0.7 | 10 | 13 |
| 3 | 70 | 4.0 | 1.5–11 | 0.007 | 18 | 26 | 2.6 | 1.2–5.4 | 0.013 | 23 | 33 |
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| ≤20% | 135 | 1.0 | Reference | 15 | 11 | 1.0 | Reference | 22 | 16 | ||
| >20% | 62 | 2.8 | 1.4–5.6 | 0.004 | 17 | 27 | 2.1 | 1.2–4.0 | 0.015 | 19 | 31 |
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| Neg | 184 | 1.0 | Reference | 19 | 10 | 1.0 | Reference | 27 | 15 | ||
| Pos | 23 | 6.1 | 2.9–13 | <0.001 | 11 | 48 | 4.6 | 2.3–9.4 | <0.001 | 11 | 48 |
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| Neg | 75 | 2.4 | 1.2–4.7 | 0.011 | 18 | 24 | 2.1 | 1.2–3.8 | 0.015 | 21 | 28 |
| Pos | 146 | 1.0 | Reference | 16 | 11 | 1.0 | Reference | 22 | 15 | ||
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| Neg | 62 | 3.0 | 1.5–5.8 | 0.001 | 17 | 27 | 2.7 | 1.5–4.8 | 0.001 | 20 | 32 |
| Pos | 159 | 1.0 | Reference | 17 | 11 | 1.0 | Reference | 23 | 14 | ||
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| Low | 112 | 1.0 | Reference | 16 | 14 | 1.0 | Reference | 20 | 18 | ||
| High | 109 | 1.2 | 0.61–2.3 | 0.6 | 18 | 17 | 1.2 | 0.67–2.2 | 0.5 | 23 | 21 |
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| Low | 119 | 1.0 | Reference | 10 | 8 | 1.0 | Reference | 15 | 13 | ||
| High | 102 | 3.1 | 1.5–6.4 | 0.003 | 24 | 24 | 2.4 | 1.3–4.5 | 0.006 | 28 | 27 |
*2-df likelihood ratio test.
Univariable Cox regression analysis of PAR-1 and PAR-2 for survival in relation to other variables.
| DDFS, 5 years | BCM, 10 years | |||||||||||
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| PAR-1 High vs Low | PAR-2 High vs Low | PAR-1 High vs Low | PAR-2 High vs Low | |||||||||
| Variable | HR | 95% CI | P | HR | 95% CI | P | HR | 95% CI | P | HR | 95% CI | P |
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| <50 years | 1.3 | 0.64–2.6 | 0.5 | 3.3 | 1.5–7.4 | 0.003 | 1.2 | 0.62–2.2 | 0.6 | 2.5 | 1.3–5.0 | 0.007 |
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| <20 mm | 1.3 | 0.56–3.0 | 0.5 | 3.6 | 1.5–8.9 | 0.005 | 1.5 | 0.69–3.1 | 0.3 | 2.7 | 1.3–5.7 | 0.011 |
| ≥20 mm | 1.0 | 0.32–3.1 | 1.0 | 1.6 | 0.43–5.9 | 0.5 | 0.86 | 0.31–2.4 | 0.8 | 1.5 | 0.48–4.7 | 0.5 |
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| 1–2 | 0.92 | 0.34–2.5 | 0.9 | 4.5 | 1.6–13 | 0.005 | 0.97 | 0.40–2.3 | 0.9 | 2.5 | 1.0–6.1 | 0.041 |
| 3 | 1.3 | 0.50–3.3 | 0.6 | 1.0 | 0.37–2.9 | 1.0 | 1.3 | 0.54–2.9 | 0.6 | 1.2 | 0.46–3.0 | 0.7 |
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| ≤20% | 0.63 | 0.22–1.8 | 0.4 | 3.8 | 1.3–11 | 0.014 | 0.71 | 0.30–1.7 | 0.4 | 2.3 | 0.99–5.3 | 0.052 |
| >20% | 1.4 | 0.50–4.1 | 0.5 | 1.3 | 0.43–4.1 | 0.6 | 1.2 | 0.47–3.3 | 0.7 | 1.2 | 0.43–3.3 | 0.7 |
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| Neg | 1.0 | 0.43–2.6 | 0.9 | 2.9 | 1.1–7.7 | 0.029 | 1.1 | 0.50–2.3 | 0.9 | 2.0 | 0.92–4.3 | 0.081 |
| Pos | 0.69 | 0.21–2.3 | 0.5 | 2.3 | 0.60–8.6 | 0.2 | 0.64 | 0.20–2.1 | 0.5 | 2.4 | 0.64–9.1 | 0.2 |
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| neg | 2.6 | 0.93–7.3 | 0.069 | 1.2 | 0.45–3.2 | 0.7 | 2.0 | 0.82–5.0 | 0.13 | 1.5 | 0.60–4.0 | 0.4 |
| pos | 0.49 | 0.17–1.4 | 0.19 | 5.5 | 1.8–17 | 0.003 | 0.73 | 0.31–1.7 | 0.5 | 2.7 | 1.2–6.3 | 0.022 |
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| neg | 1.5 | 0.55–4.0 | 0.4 | 0.96 | 0.34–2.7 | 0.9 | 1.2 | 0.48–2.9 | 0.7 | 1.2 | 0.45–3.4 | 0.7 |
| pos | 0.81 | 0.31–2.1 | 0.7 | 4.6 | 1.6–13 | 0.004 | 1.1 | 0.47–2.4 | 0.9 | 2.5 | 1.1–5.7 | 0.029 |
*Number of failures below 10.