| Literature DB >> 34964211 |
Masatoshi Kanayama1, Taiji Kuwata1, Masataka Mori1, Yukiko Nemoto1, Natsumasa Nishizawa1, Rintaro Oyama1, Hiroki Matsumiya1, Akihiro Taira1, Shinji Shinohara1, Masaru Takenaka1, Kazue Yoneda1, Koji Kuroda1, Takashi Ohnaga2, Fumihiro Tanaka1.
Abstract
Detecting rare circulating tumor cells (CTCs) in the bloodstream is extremely challenging. We had previously developed a novel polymeric microfluidic device, "CTC-chip," for capturing CTCs and have shown high capture efficiency in lung cancer cell lines by conjugating Abs against epithelial cell adhesion molecules (EpCAM). This study aimed to optimize the EpCAM-chip and clarify the prognostic impact of CTCs in lung cancer patients. Of 123 patients with pathologically proven lung cancer, both progression-free survival (P = .037) and cancer-specific survival (P = .0041) were predominantly poor when CTCs were detected before treatment. After classification into surgical and chemotherapy groups, progression-free survival was worse in CTC-positive patients in both groups (surgery, P = .115; chemotherapy, P = .012), indicating that the detection of baseline CTCs is a risk factor for recurrence and progression. Furthermore, we recovered captured CTCs using micromanipulators and undertook mutation analysis using PCR. Thus, the EpCAM-chip is a highly sensitive system for detecting CTCs that contributes to the prediction of recurrence and progression and enables genetic analysis of captured CTCs, which could open new diagnostic, therapeutic, and prognostic options for lung cancer patients.Entities:
Keywords: CTC-chip; EpCAM; circulating tumor cell; lung cancer; polymeric microfluidic device
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Year: 2022 PMID: 34964211 PMCID: PMC8898730 DOI: 10.1111/cas.15255
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Cancer Sci ISSN: 1347-9032 Impact factor: 6.716
Characteristics of 31 patients with lung cancer
| Characteristics | Patients (n = 31) |
|---|---|
| Age (y); median (range) | 69.0 (55‐91) |
| Sex | |
| Male | 19 (61.3) |
| Female | 12 (38.7) |
| TNM stage | |
| IA/IB | 2 (6.5)/7 (22.6) |
| IIA/IIB | 2 (6.5)/1 (3.2) |
| IIIA/IIIB | 9 (29.0)/2 (6.5) |
| IV | 8 (25.8) |
| Histology | |
| Adenocarcinoma | 16 (51.6) |
| Squamous cell carcinoma | 12 (38.7) |
| Others | 3 (9.7) |
Data are shown as n (%) unless otherwise indicated.
FIGURE 1A, Distribution of circulating tumor cells (CTCs) detected using the CellSearch system and epithelial cell adhesion molecule (EpCAM)‐chip according to their count in 7.5 mL and 1 mL peripheral blood collected from lung cancer patients. B, Distribution of CTCs detected using the EpCAM‐chip according to their count in 1 mL peripheral blood collected from lung cancer patients and healthy participants
FIGURE 2CONSORT diagram of the study. CTC, circulating tumor cell
Characteristics of 123 lung cancer cases according to circulating tumor cell (CTC) counts (CTC ≥ 1/CTC = 0)
| Characteristic | CTC ≥ 1 (n = 58) | CTC = 0 (n = 65) |
|
|---|---|---|---|
| Age (y); median (range) | 74.0 (42‐91) | 73.0 (49‐91) | .883 |
| Sex | |||
| Male | 36 (62.1) | 43 (66.2) | .637 |
| Female | 22 (37.9) | 22 (33.8) | |
| Tumor laterality | |||
| Right | 32 (55.2) | 41 (63.1) | .373 |
| Left | 26 (44.9) | 24 (36.9) | |
| Histology | |||
| Adenocarcinoma | 34 (58.6) | 45 (69.2) | .206 |
| Squamous cell carcinoma | 17 (29.3) | 13 (20.0) | |
| Small cell carcinoma | 3 (5.2) | 4 (6.2) | |
| Others | 4 (6.9) | 3 (4.6) | |
| TNM stage | |||
| IA/IB | 5 (8.6)/4 (6.9) | 13 (20.0)/12 (18.5) | .217 |
| IIA/IIB | 2 (3.4)/7 (12.1) | 5 (7.7)/2 (3.1) | |
| IIIA/IIIB/IIIC | 6 (10.3)/4 (6.9)/2 (3.4) | 9 (13.8)/2 (3.1)/1 (1.5) | |
| IVA/IVB | 15 (25.9)/13 (22.4) | 11 (16.9)/10 (15.4) | |
| Classification | |||
| Surgery | 26 (44.8) | 45 (69.2) | .0062 |
| Postadjuvant therapy | 2 (7.7) | 1 (2.2) | |
| Chemotherapy | 32 (55.2) | 20 (30.8) | |
| First line | 29 (90.6) | 16 (80.0) | |
| More than second line | 3 (9.4) | 4 (20.0) | |
| CTC counts (median, average) | 2, 3.67 | 0, 0 | |
Data are shown as n (%) unless otherwise indicated.
FIGURE 3Cancer‐specific survival (CSS) and progression‐free survival (PFS) according to circulating tumor cell (CTC) count (CTC ≥ 1/CTC = 0) in (A) all cases, (B) surgery patients, and (C) chemotherapy patients
FIGURE 4Images of cells trapped in the epithelial cell adhesion molecule (EpCAM)‐chip being collected using a micromanipulator. CTC, circulating tumor cell
FIGURE 5Results of electrophoresis for cells. (A) PC9 (EGFR exon 19 deletion), (B) NCI‐H1975 (EGFR exon 21 L858R and exon 20 T790 M mutations), and (C) NCI‐H441 (KRAS G12V mutation) captured using the epithelial cell adhesion molecule (EpCAM)‐chip. g DNA, genomic DNA; WGA, whole‐genome amplification
FIGURE 6A, Image of immunohistochemical staining of cells in the peripheral blood of lung cancer patients with EGFR exon 19 deletion captured using the epithelial cell adhesion molecule (EpCAM)‐chip. B, Electrophoresis results of these cells. CTC, circulating tumor cell; g DNA, genomic DNA; WBC, white blood cell; WGA, whole‐genome amplification